It was a surreal moment for me to get hired as the Sales Vice President at a salary of $16,000 a month. I had worked hard for years and I was deeply appreciative of the opportunity to jump company and receive a huge pay raise.
All because I helped out the CEO twenty years ago when he was in trouble
Little did I know that the reason I got the job was because of a favor I did for the CEO of the company twenty years ago.
I had been friends with the CEO for many years, but I had no idea that the favor I did for him twenty years ago would be remembered and appreciated so much.
It all started when the CEO got into some financial trouble. He was a family man and he was struggling to make ends meet.
He had already tried all the conventional methods to get out of his financial situation, but nothing seemed to work. That was when he asked me for help.
I was in a position to help him financially and I did not hesitate to do so. I lent him a significant sum of money to help him out of his financial situation.
I knew that it was a risk, but I had faith that he would be able to repay me in the future. I had no expectations of any reward or recognition, it was just a favour to help out my friend.
Little did I know that he would remember this favour and pay me back in an unexpected way.
Twenty years later, when he was the CEO of a successful company, he remembered my favour and decided to reward me for it. He hired me as the Sales Vice President of his company and offered me a salary of $16,000 a month.
It was an offer I could not refuse and I was deeply grateful to him for this opportunity. I knew that he had remembered my favour and decided to reward me for it.
Did not expect anything in return, but am glad that my kindness was somehow repaid
It was a humbling experience to know that he had appreciated my gesture so much and it made me even more determined to do my best in my new role.
The experience taught me an invaluable lesson in life. It taught me the power of kindness and the importance of helping your friends in their time of need.
It also taught me that it is possible to be rewarded for something you have done in the past, even after a long time and even though I didn’t expect anything in return by helping him previously, I was glad that my kindness back then got me some good karma.