December Topic: Define success.
By Cindy Rose Ferguson with Avon with Cindy Rose
Success is such a subjective word. In short, I am humbled to say I’ve experienced an abundance of success in my life.
Professional is the most frequent connection to the word “success”. In this regard, yes. Career and independent ventures alike have shown up for me and continue to nourish success in my life.
My professional growth began in September of 1976 from building tent trailers (those long silver ones) and renting a room, to packaging baked-on-site goods, to 10-hour shifts under $2.00/hour folks. Then there was a real 2”x4” upside my head with “A Cause for Pause” when I ended up with a serious back injury… stopped in my tracks.100%. The silver lining was that during this time, I was blessed to return to school. When I returned to the factory, it was in the office within the plant, assisting with plant office duties (no computer, yet).
Voila – a new and blessed “Cause for Pause”, which was the first of many, until 1988, when major illness and surgery put me back into a challenging “Cause for Pause”. Well, time to sit back and learn, again.🙏
The following 25 years would see me primarily in the travel industry. From October of 1978 until July 1991, I was beside my mother, helping her run her Travel Agency – Travel Your Way. We were waiting for the building to be renovated from a motorcycle shop to an elegant travel agency, in a room in the back of a gas and service centre for Mac Trucks. Mom went on the road, and I managed the paperwork and phones. My surgery created the opportunity to use my brain, not the body. It grew and grew, providing many great honors through those years.
Next comes my M.A.C. (Mini Administration Computer) story. I like the M.U.G (mac.users.group) story. I was chosen, along with our wee agency, in Canada to work with Air Canada in the development and implementation of The M.A.C. – Mini Administration Computer. Something brand new to the travel industry. 2000… The New Age in Automation…Yay!!
My travel career ended in 1999. Y2K warned it would change the world, and it did. It changed our world as we knew it for sure. I am forever grateful for the 70s to y2k because I was able to experience the gifts and lessons of so many cultures and ancient civilizations.
April 1999 to March 2017 was a lengthy “Cause for Pause” and there were too many blessings from this period of time to document here.
Currently, Avon with Cindy Rose is as successful as I make it, as with all things in life. To me, it is all up to each and every one of us individually to define and create our “success”.
