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Clientele Performance Reports

So work begins in 2 minutes and here I am blogging through my phone.

I am to submit my report consisting of my fundraising activities and efforts for the past month. I am quite nervous since the last one I submitted was comparatively sub-par. My colleagues are stellar employees and somehow I feel that I am on a lower level. They seem a lot more motivated, much more energized and all the credit goes to them.

Now I can go on and make excuses about my unsatisfactory performance but I take all the blame because at times I felt like giving up. I am not going to lie because the job is hard and I felt like I was not cut out for front-line cold-calling. I was not prepared for humble pie most of the work week. I was/am arrogant and I have to fix it.

Therefore, as I enter today's work and submit my report I will treat this as a fresh start, even though my time with this company is limited and coming to a close. I will prove to myself that I can be a good team player; that I can look back at this job experience and say that I gave it everything I have.

And here we go.

Comments

  1. Tim23 August 2011 at 15:05

    wow you typed all of this on a phone?!
    and thats the spirit, add oil dear boy.

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