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I grabbed my clothes
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took some money that I had saved
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and I just thought
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that I should leave
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For the whole night, I was thinking
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about how long would I be able to
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survive with these 300 Rs
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And will my life end when
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this money gets exhausted
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They explained to me that
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I have to go door to door
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and sell things
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This door that got shut on me
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had told me where I actually stand
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It broke my confidence
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At that time, being alive
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was the most important thing
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Here I am
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standing in front of you
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a successful entrepreneur
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with a company that clocked
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a turnover of approximately
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15 Crores last year
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If you really want to reach the pinnacle of success
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then you need to try again & again
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Just like that, today
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I am standing in front of you
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and narrating my story
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sharing my journey
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A journey where one door
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that got slammed
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right on my face
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at the age of 15
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opened doors of success for me
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Hi, I am Chinu Kala
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founder of Rubans Accessories
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India's most loved jewellery brand
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An entrepreneur who is
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not an IIM Graduate
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Let alone IIM, I do not
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have a masters degree itself
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Actually
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I was not even able to
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complete my basic education
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But still, here I am
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standing in front of you
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A successful entrepreneur
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with a company that
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clocked a turnover of
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approximately 15 Crores
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last year
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I was able to reach here
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because I was
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adamant to succeed
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I was really stubborn
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to become successful
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And that stubbornness
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took me along
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I belong to Mumbai
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Born and bought up in Mumbai only
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I belong to a typical middle-class family
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Maa, Papa, and Siblings
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This was my world
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My mom used to work abroad
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so she used to be out mostly
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We were mostly raised by my father
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One day
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when I was just 15
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me and my father
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ended up having a really
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heated argument, and
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he scolded me, saying
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that if you can't listen to me
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and want to do everything on your own
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then you don't need to live in my house
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And I also got filled with rage
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and decided to leave the house
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and I did it
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Got my clothes
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and took some 300 Rs that I had saved
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and I decided to leave the house
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And, I came down the building
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and stood there for more than 2 hours
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I was confused that what should I do now
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But, I was so stubborn
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that I had decided not to go back
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Hence, I left
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I didn't even think about that
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where would I live & what would I eat
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You know when we are kids
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then most of our basic needs
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are taken care by our parents
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We don't even realize that
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someone is working hard
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to take care of our life
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And you need money for everything
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I was clueless about everything
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But I had this hazy memory that
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I had seen some people sit at
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Bombay Central Station
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I caught a train and went there
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By then, it was already night
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I just had a vada pav at night
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And like other people there
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I put my bag under my head
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and lied down
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But I couldn't sleep
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For the whole night, I contemplated
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that how long would I survive like this
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And will my life end
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with there 300 Rupees
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This night was really tough
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and scary for me
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By the morning, I was crying
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I didn't know
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what to do or
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where to go
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or whom to ask for help
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During this, a kind woman approached me
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She asked me why I was crying
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After I told her my story
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even she couldn't see my condition
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And she suggested me
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something about door to door sales
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And I remember that
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she told me that
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I would be able to get a daily commission
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And I just sat there
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I did nothing but just sat there the whole day
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But, it was a question of survival
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and I didn't have any other plan
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So, the next day I reached that office
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to get some work
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They explained to me that I have to
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go from door to door and
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sell some items, like
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Knives, coasters
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and other basic kitchen equipment
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stuff like that
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I thought that this is easy
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and I would be able to do it
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I also interacted with some people
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and made arrangement for
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my stay at a dormitory
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To be honest, at that time
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Nothing seemed more important
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to me than survival
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Hence, I didn't even think
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if I am safe or not
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I just stood up and went to work
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It was my first day
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I took my bag with all the stuff and started
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I rang the doorbell of the first house
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A woman came out
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Before I could've spoken anything
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she saw those items in my hand
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and without even saying anything
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she just shut that door on my face
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For a moment, I became numb
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I was in shock
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I didn't feel this bad
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when my father told me to get out
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I thought that this must be very easy
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People usually need these things
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so they will buy it
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But this door that got slammed
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on my face bought me back to reality
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It broke my confidence, it just broke
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everything inside me
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But I guess this was
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my first encounter
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with the real world
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I didn't have time
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or the option
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to cry, be sad or
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to give up
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because I had to feed myself
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You know, the zeal to survive
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can fill up anyone with enough courage
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that they are able to do anything
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And I think that hunger
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to survive
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gave me that new strength
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and I stood up again
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wiped off my tears
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and this time
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I told myself that I won't take any rejection
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I went to the next house
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And this time, I didn't get rejected
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I did my first sale that day
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Now that I think about it
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it seems like a very small achievement
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but this was the first
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success of my life
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Whenever I feel dejected
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I just remember that day
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That day, life taught me a valuable lesson
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that in order to reach anywhere in life
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you will have overcome challenges
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You will get opportunities
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like I got one from
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that aunty at the station
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and you will face a lot of challenges
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just like when that door got slammed on my face
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But it is up to you
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to get back on your feet and
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fight to succeed
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and survive, and
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these choices that you will make
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will be monumental
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both in your success
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and failures
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I learned one thing about life
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that anything that provides
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you with a 2-time meal
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and a roof to live under
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It is never small
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I did a lot of jobs
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Waitress, tele-caller
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receptionist
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I did every job here and there
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and learned something from
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every job that I did
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and these learnings guide me even today
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I was always outperforming my peers
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because I never had the
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security of not performing
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I never had the privilege
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of a fall back plan
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I didn't even have the option to quit
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working or sit at home
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My only option was to give 100%
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in anything and everything that I do
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I eventually got a job at a clothing store
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I was good at sales
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I learned a lot of other things here
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