www.yesyoucanmotivation.com (coming SOON!!)

I was driving the other day and had a weird happy thought pop into my head. I was thinking about what I can write to post on my blog and something that I did not really realize occurred to me that I hope will help you out. I know to some of you what I am going to say, especially in these rough economic times is going to sound somewhat well crazy but please trust me. Will you trust me? Thank you for those that said yes.

In less then a years time I was fired not once but twice, one professionally and the other on a personal level. Now I am sure you might be reading this and asking yourself or better yet asking me “how do you get fired on a personal level?” Well let me talk about the professional aspect of the firing first. I knew my mind was not happy working at the job I was at back in 2007, but the fact I was doing a job where I was in front of a group day in and day out, training was still my passion. When you have few individuals who do not have any motivation to be at work, well that can drain you daily and it did. I will admit that my attitude was not the best and my boss Amy J could see it plus the job that I was doing was becoming more and more of a baby sitter type of position then anything else. Well the day came when I had a meeting with Amy and she told me straight that I was not happy and it is creating a negative effect on the department, so I was told to clean out my desk.

I just want to add a little side note that after I was fired my then wife suggested starting my own business of dog walking. I did with her help but this was not MY passion, as much as I love dogs this was to me filler until something that I wanted to do come my way. That job took close to four months to happen but tension in the house was reaching a peak. So you might see where I am going next, or not maybe keep reading then.

Now here is how I was fired on a personal level (oh and yes I do have a point in this blog. You do trust me?) and that is simply getting fired from your marriage. Even within the marriage there is business like decisions and there are times just like when you are speaking to your boss that emotions need to be removed. Well in my case the business decision was more of Donald Trump decision and that is “Your Fired!” Even though both of us were in counseling, I was no longer a good “fit” for the company/marriage therefore I needed to clean out my desk.

Ok maybe you might be thinking “WOW Tommy those are sad stories” or not. I know you have trusted me so the point of the blog has come. For me getting fired in both situations was the best thing that could have happened to me. No I am not drinking or smoking anything at all. The “let go” part of the work area created back then of what do I really want to do as a career? I have always had a passion for travel and computers so that is what I looked for as a career. Up until March 19, 2010 I was a “road warrior” for close to being two years. I was able to see parts of the United States that I would of never had the chance to see unless I took what I was passionate about, plus I was able to learn a new skill of working with computer software. As I am typing this a very good friend of mine Mickey K is helping me put together my new website www.yesyoucanmotivation.com that is going to launch my own speaking business. I am well aware that I could not turn my passion of speaking and motivating people if I was in the same job and the same relationship. I am here to tell you that yes at the moments these two occurrences happened my net worth was at zero, if it was even that high. Again I am here to tell you that it is time to find your true self, your drive, and desire to create the life you deserve to be living starting now. My attitude is that right now I would rather be happy working towards creating MY business then working a job that I have zero passion about. I know this will take time, sweat, and maybe even tears to get off the ground but I will be much happier knowing I am in control of my destiny. If you read this blog last week I now want to ask for a favor. The favor is helping me get my business as a speaker going. The “Niche” that has my speaking fires a blaze are; talking to groups of going through divorce as a child and now as a parent, stay at home parents trying to get back into the work force (I was for two years a stay at home dad), and motivating yourself when you think all hope is lost. Please contact me at thomasmaloneyjr@yahoo.com and we can see how I can help your organization. Plus there will be announcements very soon of the website going live so you can follow me on Twitter @motivationbytdm.


Thank you for coming with me on my continued journey and another new chapter of my life. Please think about what has been written here today and along with that think about how you want the next chapter of your life to be put into words. Have a day and follow your passion.