A Lenten Thought About Snatching Defeat From The Jaws of Victory
Those of us who have already spent a good chunk of our lives working have likely known good and bad times. A mix of success and failure may not be part of your plan, but, for most of us, that's the way things go. We'll use the phrase "snatching victory from the jaws of defeat" and its counter, "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory," to illustrate. Starting with snatching victory from the jaws of defeat - the happier of the two - I recall the time my company was trying to convert a promotional free trial period of using our service into a permanent arrangement. Things weren't going well. Although I was the new kid on the block, with little experience in marketing, I managed to figure out how to get the job done quickly and efficiently. I'll skip the details, but simply say what looked like a disastrous defeat turned into a great victory for our sales team. On the other hand, I can also recall being laid off. It came at a particula...