Personal Narrative: Lessons Learned In Life

There are many lessons to be learned in life, lessons which are learned through conversations, mishaps, and great experiences. One experience I had was a little bit of all three. It was a conversation, started wrong, but nevertheless ended up being a great experience in which I learned an important lesson, that there are times to give up, and times to not give up, and sometimes even though giving up might seem like the right option, not giving up can lead to great success.
My senior year of High school was hectic. Not only did I have the stress that comes from school work, I also started working too, to hopefully get some experience, and also, have some change in my pocket. I had landed a pretty sweet job at an Insurance company named All …show more content…
I dialed the number once again, same protocol as the first time, pick up on the first dial, but instead this time, instead of his usual roar, I got a surprisingly mellow “Alright man, what do you want”. I responded with a little rant I had prepared myself, “Listen Mr. Jackson, I’ve called you 7 times now, each time I was not only met with rudeness, but you hung up on me...7 times! I’m calling for your own good, I have this paper I need signed, without your signature, I’m going to have to cancel your policy, if that’s what you want, that’s fine, but if you do want our business, I need you to sign this form.” “Listen!” he roared, at that point, I thought I was about to have it. But instead, he mellowed down and said “Fine, what is this form, why do I have to sign it?” Even though I was shocked that my ears hadn’t bled this time, I quickly got back into professional mode, and explained. He asked for my name afterwards, and we gradually went into a three-hour conversation, not about the form or his insurance policy, but a conversation full of rapport. He stopped by the next day and signed, and acknowledged that I had saved him quite a ton of cash my convincing him to sign. My colleague was definitely