Sep 17

Written by: christy
9/17/2010 10:04 PM 

This week has been busy and great and tiring and fun.... loads of time to be creative and exciting projects to play with and work on.  The Tallahassee Woman Magazine is coming along, I truly love working with the ladies there.  Make sure to look for it on October 1st, you won't be disappointed!

On Thursday I went to the FPRA luncheon where I heard Matt Cheuvront (Matt Chevy) speak about Personal Branding.  I almost didn't go because I was pretty busy, but I am so glad that I did.  It is great to see and hear other designers out there that are going through similar situations and hear what they have learned.  Matt is in his early to mid 20's and has had a whirlwind year... moved, got a job, got fired from that job, blogged about it started his own marketing consultancy and web design firm, got married, moved again and now is about to launch a new company.  WOW Matt!!  You haven't been busy or anything this year have you?

 

Hearing Matt's story was like listening to a somewhat similar version of my own and it has made me think.... about courage and being even more real, which is something that I strive for.

Something that stuck out to me was that he just came out and said, "Yeah, I got fired and then I called my mom and I cried about it"  while most people that have been fired aren't brave enough to admit to it out of fear that people will think less of them, when really.... people don't always get fired from a position because they are incapable but because it is time to move on to bigger and better things. And lets face it, people lately are getting fired left and right.... So, I will say it too... yep, I got fired... it didn't feel good, it hurt, but after about a week of wondering what happened and pulling it together... I started to dream.  And now, 15 months later, I am thankful.  Thankful for the friends I made and the valuable information that I learned, because it gave me the courage to step out on my own and do what I wanted to do... play a more active role in raising my children and start my design company. Both children and business are growing and succeeding.

 

Matt presented 10 lessons that he learned from this past year. In my next post I will write the lessons he presented and my thoughts and the lessons that I have learned.... some the same and some different.

Copyright ©2010 christy