Heather Monahan

Five years ago when I got fired, I never knew that I'd be speaking alongside icons like this, right?

So it's just, it's so cool.

And again, you never know what's ahead of you.

That uncertainty that we all feel afraid of can oftentimes end up being the biggest blessing in the world because it certainly is for me right now.

I feel like it when I'm sitting here reflecting on this week.

Okay.

And then the next night, I had a friend who was in town from Canada unexpectedly messaged me and said, hey, let's meet up for a drink.

I said, great.

Well, when it came time to meet, he was running behind and said, you know what?

Just come to my work dinner with me instead.

And I thought, I really don't want to crash your client dinner.

You know, I said, well, I'll just stop by for a drink.

Ended up meeting the coolest clients.

I love them.

I was so sad that I actually didn't make the time to stay for the whole dinner because they were so cool.

We had the greatest time.

We were laughing hysterically.

And now I made two new contacts in Miami because of it.

So when you get that opportunity, you know, show up.

I'm so grateful I showed up and didn't just bow out because plans didn't go as we had hoped.