Dare to Share

(Picture taken from the cover of a book on quilting - available on Amazon)

Recently I read Richard Nelson Bolles’ What Color is Your Parachute?

More than job searching, I found myself doing some soul searching after reading it.

It led to me to accept myself in my entirety – my past, my present and my future - all the colors and threads which are the patchwork of my life.

I found myself compelled to write a “Dare to Share” piece about myself.

I had already Dared to Share about my personal life right here on this blog in posts such as "If Life is So Good, Why do I Feel so Sad?

Now I felt compelled to “Dare to Share” in my professional life. 

Triple Hatter (which you can read below) was the result.

I have already "Dared to Share" it once.

It made me feel so empowered.

I hope it will motivate you to read What Color is Your Parachute? (when you get a chance) but more importantly, to learn to accept who you are in your entirety (past, present and future)...

... and then to “Dare to Share” everything you are with the world.

My Dare to Share piece is below.  Read it.  Then go write yours. And start sharing it with the world.

Triple Hatter

One Gal.  3 Hats.

I am a Commissions Analyst who writes advertising copy and a blog.

I am a Copywriter who does Commissions Administrations and Implementations.

I am a Commissions Admin who does Xactly Implementations

You could call me a Triple Hatter.

One Gal. 3 Hats.

Solution Partners Inc, Los Gatos

This is where I picked up my Implementations Hat.

I said goodbye to fear and a regular paycheck when I signed up to be a contract Business Architect with Solution Partners and do Xactly Incent Implementations for different companies.

2 years and 4 projects later (including two 3-month stints at Salesforce Inc) – I am still entranced with the nuts and bolts of the Xactly Incent Commissions Machine.

And now I can’t wait to see what it’s like to work both sides of the equation – the administration side and the implementation side. 

Which company will provide me with the opportunity to put both these skills to work? It’s exciting to speculate and wonder.

Extreme Networks, Santa Clara

This is where the Commissions Admin Experience I had gained at Palm was put to the test.

And my ideas about my skills and traits.

Excel whiz. 

Good at picking up new software. 

Accurate.

Deadline Oriented.

Dependable.

I was there 5 years and had a fantastic relationship with my boss.

Need I say more? 

Palm Inc

This is where I got my training wheels as a Commissions Admin.

No sooner did my boss sign me on to assist with commissions, when she went out on Maternity Leave.

And never returned.

So I was Palm’s one-woman commissions team from that point on.

Of course, this meant I needed to take off my training wheels ASAP.

Staying up nights with multiple Excel books, I did.

It paid off.

Minoo Jha Life Strategies

My writing hat.

It’s my oldest hat.

Writing comes naturally.

As flying to a bird.

For a while, it looked like I had a broken wing.

But when in December of 2010, I started blogging, I knew I was back in the groove.

I write the Minoo Jha Life Strategies blog.

Posting regularly to it, inviting guest posts and promoting it via Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

Triple Hatter.

That’s me.

P.S.  A link to one of my 2 career related posts is provided below:

http://minoojha-actionableideas.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-day-job-xactly-more-or-less.html

P.S.  Thanks for reading my Dare to Share piece and please visit Minoo Jha Life Strategies again. 

Before I let you go, I would like to mention one other hat to you - My Motherhood Hat.

I’ve covered some of the humorous sides of wearing this hat in my post It’s Called Motherhood -1 and in a second post It’s Called Motherhood-2.

P.S. How many hats do you wear?  What are your favorite hats?  How many hats have you worn before, some which you were sad to take off, some which you were glad to take off?  Dare to Share! Everything about you is precious.  All the colors and threads that have made up your life are uniquely yours. Don't be afraid to share it with the world.