04/01/2024
❓Do you ever look back on where you started in appreciation of where you are at? 🙌🏼
When I started at the Hampton Inn Midway, I applied for a Housekeeping position because I didn’t think I was qualified for any other position.
I had no experience, a teen mom, and not even a high school diploma… when I thought of the odds against me 😬 I honestly HOPED that would give me a job in housekeeping!! 🙏🏼
When I stepped in that interview I was determined, one thing I’ve never been good at is accepting the word “NO” (ask my Momma & my Husband) so I knew that I would leave with a position even if that meant the window washer 🤣🤣😂😂🤣
When you have a spirit of determination and expectation accompanied by the the ability show your worth, others will see it and believe it too!!
Following my interview the Human Resources Director gave me “new hire” paperwork with my start date… and advised me that I would meet my Manager during my shift at the Front Desk 👀😳👀
I was shaking in my boots, I applied for housekeeping… I don’t have the credentials. Hell I had never booked a Hotel on my own. I was literally in run mode… was it a mistake ?? Either way, I’m grabbing my stuff before she realized she put me in the wrong position!! Nope, I’m a Front Desk Agent now!! I had a plan, I’m going to do so good in this position they would be crazy to let me go. 💅
My first day a work I vowed to learn everything there was to learn… even with a new baby, wasn’t nothing stopping me. I went from front desk agent, I did pbx (answering phones), reservations, I even drove the shuttle to and from the airport if needed!!! I wasn’t playing with them… they promoted me to Night Auditor in 90 days where I handle the days financial for the entire hotel…. Then in a few months BIG BOSS SUPERVISOR at 18 years old!! 🎉🎉
Where it all started ➡️created bigger positions, and brighter dreams… but most of all it proved that YOU are more than your qualifications!! What’s for you is not based on what you think you deserve, or not based on who’s more qualified‼️ It’s based on what God says you can handle! If he gave me the opportunity, I wasn’t going to let him down or me either‼️🙌🏼🙏🏼 If given the opportunity you have to be READY for what you’ve asked for…
"THE ONLY TIME YOU SHOULD EVER LOOK BACK IS
TO SEE HOW FAR YOU'VE COME."