If You're Fired...

The Donald is right on cue...one door closes another one opens...the mother of all advice have faith and stay true to yourself. Thank you for your words of wisdom and inspiration!

Hello Mr. Trump,

Nice piece you have there.

The biggest question would be "Why am I fired?"
This would form the basis to what you call an opportunity... or sometimes what could end up as a slippery flagstone in the struggle we call life.

Anyway, I very much agree to what you call "do not compromise". I specially liked the way Ayn Rand presented the character "Howard Roark" as a non-compromising individualist who finally paves his way to sucess.

I believe any Undergrad should not go for some career only measuring it with the yardstick of "money". The quest of money only would leave the individual stuck in the machine we call life. Career is something that must form part of life, not that it should frame life itself. Career should not be meant to make life, it should be life itself.

As for me, I am a student at the Undergrad level studying Chartered Accountancy in Nepal (I am going to India soon). I believe I will never be in a situation where somebody can "fire" me. I believe I own the key to my life and I am not going to authorize somebody to rule me. My ego is more like that of Caesar's. "I would rather be the most powerful in a small town rather than be number two in a huge empire". Maybe ego leads to no good, but again, who knows.

Avish from Kathmandu
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Play the Cards You’re Dealt....even if you have been fired.

Whether you are happily employed or suddenly unemployed, devise a well thought out career strategy, personal sales pitch, and network of contacts. You are responsible for charting the course of your career.

You Create Your Own Career Opportunities:

- Regardless your job situation, play to the best of your ability (word travels)
- Always, look for future opportunities and be willing to play the margins
- Continuously, network with a wide variety of people

~ Jessica Bond, Medical Careerist
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I would have to comment that I have the advantage of never being told "You're Fired". I would account this to providing exceptional productivity and exceptional product. There has been many times where I have "Fired" my employer / contract however. Typically as a result of my observation that there was no future in continuation with the company. As Mr. Trump has stated, there are numerous opportunities just waiting for your talent, and sometimes your being fired might get you out of that stagnant position. Personally I would have loved to see "The Apprentice" do a Canada vs USA version, allowing myself and other talented Canadians the opportunity to show Mr. Trump a vast resource he is overlooking. (hint hint Mr. Trump)

There is nothing you can excel at more than a job you love to do. When you find yourself going into work and feeling, "I hate this job", before your employer does terminate your employment, see this sign and start looking for something you do want to do. As well, give your employer notice that you feel you are not of great value to the company and have started looking for other employment and will notify him of when you have found another place of employment and will provide 2 weeks notice if he/she so desires. Not only will this provide you with an excellent recommendation by your employer that you are leaving, it also stops any negative termination of employment by being fired. You will likely impress this employer by your candor that you understand and acknowledge your productivity is not to a standard you personally find acceptable.

Sincerely

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Is it better to get the move on to a new opportunity or waste time thinking about if you are going to be fired? Conflicts with your personal inner self can create a ob resentment.

Know thyself and what your job passions are...before you get a big bang at the inner office and hurt over something that over time really lost with you anyway.

"Create a positive path for your success!"

Maybe if you have been fired, it's time for you to start your own business.

I was always taught, growing up in the mid-west, that it is important to work, do a great job, have a great work ethic, and treat the business as if it were my own. I began this at an early age, tending children, when I was actually still a child. Isn't it funny that, nowadays, parents would never entrust their children to a thirteen year-old, but they certainly did when I was a teen. We were such responsible kids, and took care of children for entire summers at a young age - guarding them with our lives. We were made to believe that if we were fired from a job, that somehow, we were failures. The key was to get a good job and keep it until a better opportunity came along. Then, proper protocol would be to give the employer 2 weeks notice before leaving, not burning any bridges, and working as diligently, that last 2 weeks as the first day on the job.

I am happy to say that, until my 30's, I was always hired for every job that I ever applied for, and was never fired from a job until my 30's. But, one thing that I have noticed about myself, is that the times that I have been fired from jobs, I happened to be in toxic relationships. It's almost as if I made myself get fired, so that I could, also, exit the relationship.

Luckily, I have finally learned from my past mistakes. Instead of getting involved with sub-par individuals, who only bring me down (bottom feeders), I just avoid those types like the plague. This way, I don't have to develop some ridiculous exit strategy when things don't work out, as I invariably know that they won't. You always hope to lead by example...but, some people don't appreciate that.

So, yeah, I was fired...and, now, I'm single and working (not at my dream job, but, I'm taking part in society), and taking my sweet time...until I meet a positive, like-minded person who will not drive me insane. At the same time, I am becoming a smarter, more fully integrated individual (no longer playing "mommy" to some guy), networking, and, improving my game. I am happy to be working, and look forward to upgrading my job status soon.

Being fired is not the worst thing in the world, and, I am sincerely grateful that I was fired from my last job in NYC (eh-hem), because I am now finding new, promising opportunities in Florida. It's tough to get over that initial shock of being fired, though...the psychology of it all that was drilled into my head as a kid - that loser's get fired. Winners leave jobs on their own terms, of their own accord. But, time's change. Firing doesn't have the negative connotation that it held in the old days. However, it is still not something that one should make a habit of doing.

Perhaps, one day I will be the boss, and, I will be able to mentor young people in the way that others, all the wiser, have assisted me.

My friend works in croatian Telecom company.They will fire 550 people next month.
She works in office. But she loves real estate. I told her that something awaits her but she has to decide from the heart.

Last week she got offer to manage one private company that provides material for real estate. It just came from nowhere. And that ''nowhere'' is her Heart.

Ina Matijevic

Good post Donald ! , In today's world, it is really hard to find job security. However, you are not refrained from being able to jump from one camel's back to another. There's no stopping on that !. Previous employers wouldn't have any authority to make decisions on the way you wish to live your life. Your life is totally yours! . Make the best of it. If you're not wanted, leave !.And don't look back ! Einstein said you can't solve a problem with the same mind that created it, so don't try going back and making a fuss about it. There are many opportunities in life which are just waiting for you to grab it, Take charge of your life and move on!

Prince Dudley,
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Yes, I´ve been fired, and even if at the beginning was a horrible experience, now I can see I found my way thanks to that horrible experience, my plan is giving my life to educationa and in this way making my life and other lives a better ones.
If you have to leave this experience, enjoy it! at the end you will see it is really a beginning!!
ITzeL :) Sánchez, México

Have you ever been fired from a job? If so, when?

Does being "fired" from a job echo something about yourself, habits, and attitude?

Downsizing in business has left alot of people looking for a new career. This is not based on individual performance. Being "fired" is.

Changing jobs to improve your personal situation is common today. Having a positive recommendation on your resume is better than having to explain why you were fired from 1, 2, 3 or more jobs.

Usually being "fired" from your job is an accurate indication of your job performance while doing that job. We all have to look into the mirror sooner or later. It is wise to make the necessary changes so you like what you see. If you are honest with yourself, you can find ways to improve instead of blaming someone else for being too hard on you.

I know a twenty year old who has been fired from every job he was hired for. In every case he was fired for drinking alcohol and doing illegal drugs on the job. He ends up back at home with his parents until... over and over again.

His mother always comes to his defense and takes him back. She even allows him to run up her credit card which to this day he has never paid back one penny. She complains about the situation but she makes excuses for his behavior and says he "has a mental defect."
I say, "it must run in the family."

I have spoken with dozens of people who were fired from their job. All of them either didn't know their true talents or refused to take responsibility for their behavior and attitude. For a chef to throw a pot of boiling water at the prep guy in a prominent restaurant, in my opinion is a very good reason to be "fired." So is the guy in charge of special effects at a nightclub who starts the place on fire and kills dozens of innocent people.

Would you want this guy to show up asking for a job, claiming his last employer "msunderstood" him? I wouldn't!

My favorite job I ever had was being a mother, and I was not fired I was denied from my legal, ethical and moral obligations to be one. This situation set into motion a desire to fight for what I believed in, thus turning me into a advocate for social injustice. I self studied the practice of law and just did it, for the next 8 years. This took me to drafting briefs that went as high as the highest court in this country- (they were returned and ridiculed), but I WROTE THEM! At the same time I struggled with my study of social work at ASU, located in Tempe AZ. (that later moved to downtown hell we call Phoenix) Learning about what I believed in from a academic point of view launched my interest in research regarding conflict resolution and social injustice via the human identify and social constructions of reality in online communities. This then led me to places all over the web where I have researched my methods for years, and each day I get up and write. After all that it would appear that I am an author and I can write for 8-12 hours a day never getting tired of it. I turned a very difficult situation into a lesson plan, and I advocate for the furtherance of research in the field of online identity based on the information I wake up everyday and discover. I know today that I would have found my way to this place no matter what, because it was a path I believe God intended for my life all along. I knew when I was 12 that I would practice law, and write a book. I forgot about that dream while I was busy with my favorite job, but still contend that even in the absence of all the disruptions of my life I would have found stories to write, they just might have been children’s stories not stories of political oppression. My inner desire to express self and explore the world around me is alive, and no matter what the environment I find myself in, there seems no way to fire a person once they find the course they are intended to be on. I feel confident that some people fire people just to exercise power over them, because they can, now that I own my own publishing company I doubt I will ever forget to inspire my staff. The greatest part of having it all taken away from you, is that you get to re-build it back, there has not been one day since this journey began that I thought oppression has not changed me. A loss of anything changes people, if you really treasure a job and find that someone takes it from you just because they can, this is not an opportunity this is a blessing from a very loving hand. Letting me see whom I was married to, and whom he was allied to, made me grow in ways I needed to grow anyway. I am very glad that I will not proceed in life writing in only one genre, my experiences opened doors to write global policy because it takes people like me to understand the challenges the minorities really have. I am just blessed enough to have the ability to tell a story- getting fired at anything SUCKS, but letting that feeling stop you from believing in yourself is the worse thing I might have done. I am glad I am a scrappy fighter, with a desire to win! I am also glad to pursue my dreams of being a author EVERYDAY, 7 days a week, and never get tired of it.
It is a good use of my life, the practice of law alone would have kept me miserable-
I think I would have killed myself by now if I were just a lawyer, and had to write arguments that not even I could tell were true or false- I am gald I am not stuck in that dream- it would have killed me within a year or so! (In fact it almost did). Lawyers have a tough life, the day of a lawyer is filled with the task of getting a scum bag client things you would not do for your best friend for a million dollars, but when a client wants it- you have to do it, like it or NOT! People often hate lawyers, but they fail to understand that without the clients requests or the poor judgement, well we would have less to hate them for!

I am absolutely agree with Mr Trump. People work not only for the company, but also for themselves. In China, a lot of people work only for the pay, for the money.
I don't like that way of leading a career life. We must be inspired both the boss and ourselves, people can't movitate themsleves will face lots of diffculities than those interested in the job.
So, get a job you like and keep it for long~
Thank you for another time, Mr Trump!

I was very good at my job, but I got fired for getting into an argument with another employee. He was not my customer, but rather somebody who giving me a hard time for being in a room doing work where he felt I had no business being. Turned out he was a high-powered government guy, so my HR department fired me (no questions asked). It has really had a negative effect on my motivation and outlook. I got another job, but I have to drive forever to get there and the work is boring. Any advice anyone? Any advice Mr. Trump?

I've never been fired yet, but I've fired a few managers and companies and went on to healthier environments. I did choose to leave by mutual agreement due to extended illness once. I've also had to let a few people go. It isn't easy, but it is in the best interest of the person who isn't meeting expectations and for the organization. Getting over the feeling of rejection is the hardest part of moving on. Also, dealing with the loss of identity from becoming what you do is difficult. You are much more than what you do for a living. After losing a job, it is a good time to evaluate where you are and where you want to be before rushing out to find a quick income fix.

Each of us is a package of abilities. To be successful, we need to be in careers that capitalize on those abilities, and we need to love what we are doing. We also need to be able to get along with people, and that includes subordinates, peers, managers, and customers. Actually, even complete strangers that may associate our behavior with the company or organization too. How about you Mr. Trump? Have you ever been fired?