Success

The birth of a baby

What a feeling, before my eyes, was the dream of my life comming true. Started simple; 15 employees, few machines, just enough for me to get my prototype out. Being the petrol head I was, I couldnt just sit down and boss everybody through my office, I worked with them. I took charge of exterior design, and helped with other things. We didnt have much time for our big day: The Dubai motor show. My first show as a car maker, I was thrilled but very nervous, Its a make it or break it scenario, I cant mess this up. As a crew, we had to make sure everything was perfect, I have fought too much to settle for less.
2 Days until the Dubai motor show, which meant we had one day to finish everything and ship the car to the UE, and we werent even close to finishing. We still had to instal the dashboard, the cabels, all kinds of tiny stuff the car wouldnt start without. That moment I knew if we didnt work slightly longer we wouldnt make it.
This was a crucial moment, I had to convince 15 people, to stay late to finish everything tonight. I took a deep breath, gathered my staff then said:
- I only hired you guys because I saw in you what I loved. I saw your passion, you guys love cars as much as I do or even more, I have gone throughgod knows what to make it here.. Are you ready to do whatever it takes to finish this project? We are getting closer and closer to our deadline, if we are going to make it we need to force through it this night.. who's with me?
At that moment, I had said what I needed to say, I looked at my employees, they knew I wasnt intending to forcing them to work, I was giving them the choice. I chose not to be a boss, but a leader.
The look I saw on them gave me so much joy, they didnt say anything.. but I understood everything. We did everything we could to finish everything, if an employee falls asleep I would cover him up until he gets enough rest and wake up, we dealt with it as a team. When the sun was up, we had already finished.
Seeing the sun rise for the first time on my baby. Me and my crew just stood there, it was perfect. I knew I had to fly my girl, she waw my biggest support, she had to be there for my first show. I covered up the car, we went to sleep to get some power back. I wake up to the ringtone of my phone, its my girl, she's here!
My happiness just doubled, my two babies are going to meet for the first time, I pick her up from the aeroport,( I have to clarify that she lives in another country for the moment), we chatted up for hours and hours.
Dear readers remember, time spent with a loved one is not wasted time, IF not over done.
Anyway, after chatting was the time she sees the car, I took her to the HQ, I had her eyes covered, took her where the car is, then... there was it, the look that Sally (my girl) had, said it all, I had done a good job, because she is the kind of person who wouldnt be shy or afraid to speak if she doesnt like something; thats why I kept her next to me.
The next day we had to travel to the United Emirates to attend the Dubai motor show, we shiped the car... arriving in Dubai, we had to take advantage of the time we had and walk around the city and see whats there, and I was really astonished, its really an amazing city.
It is finally here, I had prepared what I was going to say, but as soon as I walked to the show I was amazed bythe amount of people there, car makers like Lamborghini, Ferrari, Koenigsegg, Pagani, Bentley.... were there, then there was I, the new guy. I was scared to be honest, but
I had to grow even bigger balls, I needed this to work.
While I was sucked-up overthinking, I noticed a people crowding up around the car, it was my presentation's time.I dropped everything I wrote earlier, I needed to speak from the heart.. I kept talking for long minutes.I saw my girl starring at me, tears in her eyes, it didnt surprise me, even I wanted to cry, when you go through all that and finally succeed, it is really something.
All praise to god, I could get some interest on the car, made some potential buyers, got some orders.
It was the official start of my company.
   

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Its amazing how far did our heroe come, will it last?
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