Book your one way ticket to success
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have you ever bought
a one-way ticket when ahmad got his
one-way ticket to canada
the only english word he knew was hello
he was lucky to be alive as he escaped
prison and torture
in kurdistan and now he was reunited
with his family
from being a politician and university
professor
the only job he could get here was in a
pizza shop
as he didn’t require much english but he
had two children to feed
and support and nothing else mattered
he also discovered to his surprise that
he actually liked working with his hands
and making the pizza dough at night
he would attend english classes to try
to assimilate into the community
he became the hardest worker in the
kitchen and soon was promoted as a
manager
when the opportunity came to buy a pizza
shop with not too much fuss he grabbed
it
and after he opened another one and
another one
it looked as he made it he had the money
he bought a house and his family was
taken care of
but ahmad wasn’t going to stop here he
never forgot his community
and the people who were left behind he
had a dream
to find his voice again and speak up for
the people who couldn’t
he sold the shops and embarked on a new
journey
to become a career coach and support
other immigrants and refugees in their
journey to integrating canada
that’s how we met and we became friends
for life
i was truly inspired by his
determination to succeed against
adversity
and make the most of every beginning
today he is a successful program manager
entrepreneur and community pillar and
advocate
for the vulnerable people some
beginnings
are more challenging than others and we
all wish that the journey we take to be
smooth
and easy like ahmad
i was also one standing at the airport
terrified of the unknown
my one-way ticket was on the 12th of the
12th
- such a peculiar day to have held
my one-way ticket in my hand want to say
on this date my plane landed at
vancouver airport
here i was with my whole life fitting in
one suitcase
we had no job opportunity waiting for us
no friends
and most probably not enough money to
survive
in a nutshell no security
just a world of uncertainties and
probably
the american dream but something that
seemed
so terrifying became the refreshing
drive of starting all over
despite the fear of ending up homeless
lonely or worse falling sick without
having the proper attention
needed for recovery with nothing to lose
i could get anything
you see when i was growing up
we were really poor and i thought
that my one-way ticket to a better life
was to become an engineer so i did
while i could say it was a rewarding and
stable career
that wasn’t my dream job but hey it paid
the bills
and helped got rid of the anxiety of
being poor
my dream however was to work in a
profession
where i helped others growing their
purpose and also start my own business
it proved really hard for me to justify
that to achieve this
i was going to have it give it all up
the financial security and recognition
that came with my job as an engineer
most believed i was making a great
mistake and would live to regret it
so there i was now in a new city in a
new country
after i purchased my one-way ticket and
left it all behind
finally i had taken a leap of faith and
created
room for new adventures the opportunity
to chase
my wildest dreams i also had nothing to
lose
and no return ticket to my all
comfortable life
with no holds barred i began
experiencing a sense of
freedom courage and confidence like
never before
but make no mistake there was the fear
of uncertainty that crept in sometimes
i just made it certain to show me the
sight and hold on to the possibilities
that
what could i do with this new face of my
life
it was a feeling of being drunk of
energy and hope
soon enough through persistence the
planets aligned
i landed my dream job as a career coach
i went on publishing my first book
and opened my first e-commerce business
things that
most probably i would have not achieved
or experienced
if i didn’t take that risk of purchasing
that one-way ticket
mark zuckerberg once said the biggest
risk
is not taking any risk in a world that
is changing really quickly
the only strategy that is guaranteed to
fail
is not taking risks
when you look forward the path tends to
seem uncertain
and the future impossible to predict
when you look back however all the
thought seems to connect somehow
well except of course the those that
mark the action you could have taken
the greatest life lesson i learned from
that one-way ticket is that
in life the more things you accumulate
the more solid you become in your career
the more financial stability you have
the harder it becomes to make changes
take risks
follow your dreams and speak your truth
you become bound by your past by the
things you have
and fear consumes you that you might
lose everything
the consequence of this you begin to
play safe
you think you are rich but you are
actually poor
poor in living to the fullest
you are robbed of the energy and beauty
of a new beginning
the number one thing i’ve noticed people
struggle with when it comes to
unemployment
or lack of job satisfaction is the fear
of a new beginning
as a career coach i had the privilege of
assisting hundreds of people
transition from unemployment to
employment
from one career to another from a job
to a dream job transitioning into a new
chapter
or starting over is an incredible
opportunity
to reclaim your life and redesign your
future
everyone can get a fresh start but there
is no easy way
to start over most of us
we are afraid of failure some of us
cannot let go of what we have
when i realized that most people are
fearful of taking that chance
and making a change in their life
choices i took it on myself
to start sharing my secret of making the
most of every new beginning
these three steps will help you know
more about yourself
and your aspirations it will define what
is important
and set you off on the path to a fresh
start with confidence
and enthusiasm number one
make a what if list of everything you
will lose
if you fail to achieve your goal what if
i will never get a job
what if i cannot support myself if i end
the relationship
what if i won’t be able to finish the
course
whatever it is please write it down
and keep in mind that challenges
are only as big as we make them
number two admit that defeat is
temporary
and not permanent people feel stuck in
there forever
they imagine their worst fear will never
end thinking like
i will be forever homeless i will never
find something
someone else the situation will never
change in my favor
they make all sorts of excuses in their
head and you know something beautiful
about the mind
when you make excuses you get to keep
them
number three eventually
you would get there to the place you
want to be
just have a success mindset and the
belief of certainty that
everything will work out for you
harness the energy of the new beginning
the more excited
and enthusiastic you are the more people
will gravitate around
you and more opportunities will come
and even if your dream is not going to
happen immediately
or within the goal time frame you set
for yourself
know that in the process you will become
transformed
you become more confident skilled and
other doors will open for you
opportunities not seen from a distance
are often times seen when you get closer
to your target
when you understand and accept that your
past
does not determine your future and you
get the one-way ticket to the life you
want
coupled with a strong commitment to
making it work
you become unstoppable and in the
process
you transform and become much more than
expected
i guarantee you your life
will never be the same
today there is more fear in the world
than ever before
people are afraid of getting sick we are
scared and hoping that those we love
don’t get sick either
we don’t want to lose our jobs
businesses end up poor
with no security plan we may shy away
from failure
but we crave stories of overcoming and
persevering
this is the perfect opportunity
to get your one-way ticket to your dream
life
starting a new career ending the toxic
relationship
opening your business taking care of
your well-being
you just have to take a leap of faith
book your one-way ticket to success
today
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