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How My Business Insider Feature Happened (And Why It Wasn’t Just Me)
What you don’t see behind a story that gets picked
My interview was published in a few days ago. It felt like a dream until I had to pinch myself to realize it was real.
I was on cloud nine even though it was not much of a deal. But after a hard journey and a career devastation, finally, someone noticed and heard me.
It wasn’t a moment of pride like, “Wow, I made it.”
I didn’t “do something big” to be featured.
I just had a story. A dramatic one. One I lived through. And I guess I wrote it well enough that someone out there thought it was worth sharing.
But that feeling of being seen after months, or maybe years, after feeling like you’ve faded into the background, does something. It lifts your chin a little. It gives your fragile confidence just enough weight to say, “Maybe you’re not done yet.”
The article didn’t make me a star overnight. It didn’t suddenly change my life. In fact, everything is still the same. I did not get job offers or printed money through my personal brand or those jazz. But it did help me reach more people. Some of them messaged me to say the story resonated.
