"More Like That Please"

Before I took the leap into self-employment, I worked for a serviced office provider.

My job was to open new centres across the UK and part of that involved selling office space.

When I was quite new to the role, I managed to negotiate a big contract. It was the highest-value contract of the year. It also meant that, combined with the other deals I'd closed, the centre would have reached its twelve-month target within three months.

The day the signed contracts came through and the deposit landed in the bank, I was over the moon. Weeks of hard work had finally paid off.