My mantra at the moment is don't quit. A few years ago, I had been unemployed for 18 months, the odd days training here and there helped us through, but we began to run out of money. I spoke to friend of mine and asked him if he knew a tame Head Hunter (the recruitment type not the tribal type) who I could chat too before I took up mini cabbing. Well he introduced me to David of Young English associates. David put me straight and told me that I would get something because he had placed people half as good as me.
On Davids wall was a poem and this is what it said
Don’t Quit
When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road you are trudging seems all up hill
When funds are low and debts are high
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest if you must but don’t you quit
Life is queer with its twist and turns
As everyone of us sometimes learns
And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow
You may succeed with another blow
Often the blow is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victors cup
And he learned too late when night came down
How close he was to the golden crown
Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
And you never can tell how close you are
It maybe near when it seems afar
So stick to the fight when you are hardest hit
Its when things seem worse that you mustn’t quit
