Contest:Life Lessons

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Hello amazing Steemians over there, how are you all doing?, It's such a good day to be alive. Today, I will be talking about one of the life lessons I have learnt in little stay yet in life, so permit me to take you through this contest while sharing with you one out of many experiences that has fixed my life and panel beat me to the man I am now today.

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In my little stay yet on earth, I have experienced alot but then, there is one that really shaped me and mended me to the person I am today. It all happened when I left my family compound and decided to make something out of my life, then I decided to work in a supermarket as a cashier, this was a reputable supermarket filled with learned and graduates.

I started working there for like 3 months and believe me, I was so hardworking, sometimes I will be the one to clean the store all alone while the other workers will be outside, I never wanted that to bother me, I kept doing it without expecting any reward from anyone. On the 6th month, the manager was to be transferred to the headquarters and the board choosed me to take over as the manager.

I felt undeserving because, I was just a newbie there, alot of people more learned and experienced than me were there, so I reached out to the CEO, he told me he has been watching me with the CCTV cameras and has been seeing how devoted I was to attending to customers and keeping the shop near. This was one of the most emotional day for me, I took over as a manager and my salary went from #20,000 Nigerian Naira which is about 125 STEEM to #65000 Nigerian Naira that is about 375 STEEM, this was the beginning of my financial freedom.

This experience made me see life differently, sometimes, we might feel our good deeds are wasted because we are not rewarded instantly forgetting the fact that every action has a corresponding reaction. He told me to remain humble while taking on my new tax, I wished I had more time to still work with him, he is such a silent action taker.

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Firstly, being in a position that you have to coordinate activities of both your junior and seniors, great intellects was where I saw myself. My ability to relate with people irrespective of academic, family or religious background was elevated. I was able to interact with each of them depending on how well they understood life from their perspective.

Secondly, my financial freedom started there, I was able to pay my house rent from my first month salary, I left my sister's apartment and got a new place to stay, I started investing in crypto currencies, the money was huge, that was when I decided to get everything I needed pending on what the money could afford.

Also, this present job I am handling was given to me by the former manager of the supermarket, I was able to network with people that really matters and as well as being able to gain contract jobs like auditing and stock taking as an added advantage.

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Yes, I have shared this with countless people. I could remember when I left the place and I happened to meet a certain boy who has been giving the parents headache because of his constant fighting and carelessness, I was opportune to seat with him, I told him about the repercussions of engaging oneself in social vices, he even opened up to me about how he has not been able to keep a steady job because of his angered character, I shared my experience and he promised to change which I as well believe he has because, the mum has not called to complain of such again.

Secondly, I shared with my junior brother when was newly employed, I told him how I rose to the position of a manager even in the midst of my elders. This has always been ringing in his mind that every now and then he will be calling me to appreciated me for that piece of advice.

To my very best understanding, I think the phrase is saying even though there is always a good time at some point in our lives to merry with, the bad times also will certainly come, but then it doesn't come to break us but for us to learn from it.

Bad times are says for lessons, this is the only period we can get to learn probably from our mistakes or for the future. Either ways, bad days teach us lessons so when the good days come, we will utilize it.

I invite @etette, @wirngo and @panamaprecious to participate in this contest if they are yet to do so.