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June 21, 2005 by Dane Carlson | 3 Comments

Getting fired may be the best opportunity you have to go to work for yourself, according to an article in Entrepreneur magazine:

“Being fired was the best thing that ever happened to me,” says Brinker, who feels that without that shove, he wouldn’t be where he is today. It was frightening at first, he concedes. “During the first year of starting BB, the money wasn’t coming in, and there were weeks that would go by where I’d feel like I was a loser and think that this wasn’t going to work. But I’d tell myself that if I could do one important thing a day, whether it was in marketing, cold calling or whatever, I would feel accomplished. Of course, I did 20 things a day. You just end up doing that.

“When you decide to start a business, it’s a little like jumping off a cliff,” says Brinker. “But the good news is, when you make the jump, you’ve made the decision. You’re falling, and there’s no looking back.”

Interesting perspective — but you really should make sure you parachute is at least attached before you jump!

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