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How Getting Fired Was My Best Career Move

This Shit Works

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Sometimes Being Let Go Is the Catalyst for Change

JK Rowling survived on welfare, writing in Edinburgh Coffee Houses until her first book sold for $4,000. Howard Stern was fired from his job as a radio personality on NBC when management finally got fed up with his off-color humor. Lady Gaga was fired from her first record label, which wasn't prepared to wait another six months for her debut album. Sometimes being let go is the catalyst for change that will change your entire career.

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