I was told either be fired or accept a massive pay cuts.

I answered, okay, I'll take the firing.

I worked for a company for 14 years.

I love working there for 12 of those years.

There were two main parts of the job.

The first was the sale side of things.

This was away from the office in the customer's location,

and it involved quite a bit of driving on a couple of occasions

flying abroad to work face to face with the customers

to deliver a high quality product.

We weren't the cheapest, but we wore the superior product,

and I was the best employee when it came to delivering the product.

I consistently got rave reviews from customers from my personal style

when it came to delivering the product and executing the customer's vision.

I got a huge amount of repeat business and I got a lot of new business

through word of mouth with customers recommending the company based on their

experiences with me.

The second part was the office side.

This was my weaker side.

I hated cold calling potential customers with numbers I found in the phone book.

When it came to answering the phone and speaking to potential customers

who initiated contact with us, I was fine.

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