Thanks for writing me off, Mr White
With so much change in the world of work and more options than ever before career uncertainty is rife. Here, Paul Sigaloff, VP and head of APAC for Yahoo, looks at some key tools to help us understand where we want to go, then how we’ll get there.
Have you ever been written off by someone, or told you’re not going to make it?
When I was seven years old I got incredibly ill and it took me about a year to fully recover. When I eventually went back to school, we had a parent’s evening with one of my teachers who told my parents I might get my GSCEs (Year 10 exams), but as for my A-Levels (Year 12 exams) or University, “Forget it”.
I want to take this moment to say thanks to Mr White. His complete lack of faith in me ignited a fire in my belly which carried me through all these stages with flying colours and on through my career.
