Being made redundant was one of the worst things that I’d ever experienced, but it gave me time (unexpected and emotionally painful as that time was) to re-evaluate my life and to understand what really motivated me. After a lot of reflection and soul searching, I realised that the thing I loved most in all the retail roles I’d had was the opportunity to help others to achieve their personal goals. I also realised that working with retail businesses, in a consulting capacity, to improve sales and profit wasn’t something I wanted to give up, but that my primary focus would be on influencing sales and profit through training, coaching and service initiatives.
The search for what really motivated me led to my decision to retrain, and to change my career direction, and ultimately resulted in my becoming the founder of Forage and thus enabling me to continue to do what I loved - helping others to achieve their goals through bespoke coaching, mentoring and consulting services.