Life teaches us many lessons. A lot of the time it’s our mistakes we learn from, but not always. Sometimes it’s the things we do right. And, in the process, if we’re lucky we also find out about ourselves, at the same time. When we decided to close our agency, it was a very tough decision. But that was just the beginning.
There were a lot of very difficult conversations that had to be had; and they all fell on me. First, with the man who ran our parent company. And then with our staff, with our clients, with our suppliers and alliances and with the industry, in general. To say it was challenging and intense would be an understatement.
The biggest revelation was what I discovered about myself: I was much more of a grown up than I thought I was. I didn’t hide. I didn’t cower. I accepted responsibility. I faced it.
I did what had to be done. I told who had to be told, despite the butterflies in my stomach, the nausea, the Continue reading