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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 When I started Women For Hire exactly 10 years ago, everyone (except my husband) told me I was insane. They warned me not to give up a steady paycheck in pursuit of something so risky.
That came on the heels of having been fired several years earlier from a job I loved. I learned early on that none of us is guaranteed a paycheck indefinitely. At this point, I was determined—especially now that I was a mom to toddler twins—to avoid ever allowing one person to have the power to strip away my identity and confidence by firing me.
Sure, I was scared to start a business. I had no formal plan in place beyond the idea in my head. I had no nest egg or sizeable savings account to fall back on.
But instead of allowing the fear of failure to prevent me from pursuing my dreams, I used it to fuel my determination. I knew if this little idea (career fairs for women) didn’t take off, I’d have to go back and get a job again in PR, which I really didn’t want to do. And that was enough of a motivator to force me to make it fly!
Too many people allow fear of failure, fear of rejection and fear of being told NO to hold them back. It’s better to go for it—make a mistake and learn and grow—than to sit still and never pursue your dreams.
 Tory Johnson is the CEO of Women For Hire, the Workplace Contributor on ABC’s Good Morning America, and the author of Fired to Hired. Talk to her at Twitter.com/ToryJohnson.
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