They Lied to You

....that is, the people who told you "you can't buy happiness". To quote a ridiculously hilarious comedian: "You can't buy happiness? Oh really? Try frowning on a waverunner".

I've recently left my previous hell hole logistics job (thank god) as I found a new wonderful job through social networking. Yes, social networking does exist and it does work. Forget monster.com, forget careerbuilder, if you need a job then talk to everyone you know that has a job, or even other people who are looking. Because if you have a friend looking for a job, and he/she gets one, there's a decent chance that company is hiring more than one person.

Basically I'm selling Fiber Optic Ethernet to businesses. Very comparable to my CDW years that I very much cherished. Same type of sales process, only I don't have to become their bitch after I close them. No more quoting just to quote, no more "where's my package?" or "this doesn't work, fix it for me". I just close the deal, then I'm out. Kinda like a one night stand, but sales related.

I consider myself extremely lucky to have found this job. This is exactly what I told myself I would hold out for, and it took me 8 months to find it. I could've settled for something just as bad as my logistics job, but as tough as it was, I didn't cave, and it paid off dividends. Given I've only been with this company 3 weeks, my manager is a great guy, I have access to upper management, and based on what I learned in training just about every department in the company is sales conscious or geared to make my job easier and help me be more successful. I also met the CEO and he's the farthest thing from the typical CEO. This guy is a genius and I may just refer to him next time I'm in need of predicting the future.

Best part of this job is the compensation. Not only am I compensated very well up front, but the commission and bonus structure is uncapped and very rewarding. If you close a deal, you will get paid. Period.

Basically that means my life just got about 10 times better. It's amazing how happy one can be when you change environments, as well as have the notion you will be compensated for hard work. Money = Freedom, and to me Freedom = Happiness. It's not a materialistic concept, it's the ability to do what you want with your life. Just the thought of money has made me happier because I haven't even been here long enough to receive my first paycheck. Money = Happiness and don't you forget it.

Random Idea: I tend to feel left out as almost everyone I work with these days gets like 20 mintues off of every hour at work to go smoke a cigarette. I really don't want to take up smoking, but it would be nice to get some fresh air, only I feel out of place standing next to people who are smoking when I'm just standing there. If I could develop a product where people could make a habit of using on a regular basis that they would not allowed to use indoors, then I just might be able to tap a market that no one else has touched to this point. To be revisited later....or never again.