{"id":14625,"date":"2024-04-15T08:55:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T08:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appoint-recruit.ap.applyflow.com\/?p=14625"},"modified":"2024-12-09T00:03:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T00:03:38","slug":"fortune-favours-the-brave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appointrecruit.com.au\/fortune-favours-the-brave\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortune favours the brave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well I did it! I made the leap of faith to start my own business because you know what? I was happy where I was, but I wanted more. Nothing was wrong and everything was OK but I had stagnated professionally.\u00a0 I decided that I had to\u00a0<em>make<\/em>\u00a0a change and\u00a0<em>make\u00a0<\/em>it happen. \u00a0Appoint Recruitment is the result. Now I help other people make the same leap to whatever greatness\u00a0<em>they\u00a0<\/em>want to achieve. It\u2019s going to be an exciting ride! Who\u2019s in?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take the Leap!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Basically, you\u2019ve got two options.\u00a0 You can plod along, accept this is all there is, or you can grab the bull by the horns and charge ahead. It\u2019s scary, I know that for sure. But it\u2019s never going to get easier to make that decision. Regardless of if you are considering a new job or enhancing your current business there is no time like the present.\u00a0 Imagine where you or your business could be if you take a deep breath, stretch out your legs then jump!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Persistence!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did you know that Colonel Sanders\u2019 fried chicken recipe was rejected more than a thousand times before one restaurant finally took it on? Famous car fella Henry Ford went broke five times before discovering his business nirvana with the Ford Motor Company. Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard and his first business failed. What they all had in common was persistence and an unwillingness to accept mediocrity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Pay Off!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who knows where your leap of faith can take you?\u00a0 Did you know Vera Wang was a competitive figure skater who missed a spot on the 1968 U.S. Olympic team, failed at a magazine career and ultimately became one of the world\u2019s most famous bridal fashion designers?\u00a0 Mark Zuckerberg said: \u201cIn a world that\u2019s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIf nothing changes, everything stays the same.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kind of sounds like a riddle, doesn\u2019t it? Let\u2019s put it another way:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cIf I make a change, everything can be different.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cool, right?<\/p>\n<p>If you have that feeling in your throat that makes you want to scream, or if you\u2019ve felt consistently flat and lethargic at work, it\u2019s time to get moving.\u00a0 If you need talented staff to help you reach your business dreams it\u2019s time to make a change.\u00a0 Give us a call at Appoint.\u00a0 We would love for your success story to be a part of ours.<\/p>\n<p>Written by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jackiewythes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jackie Rahilly<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well I did it! I made the leap of faith to start my own business because you know what? I was happy where I was, but I wanted more. Nothing was wrong and everything was OK but I had stagnated professionally.\u00a0 I decided that I had to\u00a0make\u00a0a change and\u00a0make\u00a0it happen. \u00a0Appoint Recruitment is the result.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,53,67,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","category-candidate","category-career-advice","category-recruitment-tips"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/appointrecruit.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/appointrecruit.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/appointrecruit.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appointrecruit.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appointrecruit.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/appointrecruit.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15869,"href":"https:\/\/appointrecruit.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14625\/revisions\/15869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appointrecruit.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/14628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/appointrecruit.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appointrecruit.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appointrecruit.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}