Africa-Press – Botswana. The notion that ‘what does not kill you makes you stronger’ is a precise description of Nthabiseng Mmusi’s ordeal. At a time when unemployment is at skyrocket high, the safety, sustainability and wellness strategist saw herself being dismissed from her corporate job a year ago.
As expected, her world came crumbling down, with her mind full of mixed emotions, but above all having more questions than answers.
She saw her future diminish before her eyes and uncertainty crippling in, as she reminisces of the ‘one letter, one meeting’ incident that turned her life around. The abrupt dismissal not only affected her finances, but to some extent various areas of her life, including her overall being.
“The career I had built for over a decade was gone. It broke more than my bank account, it broke my confidence, my identity and for a while, my voice,” she reminisced.
While the dismissal case plays out before the court of law, she gathered the courage to pour out her experience in her 320-page book titled ‘When They Fired Me, I Let Myself Rise’.
Scheduled to be launched in Cresta Grande Jwaneng on August 16, the book is a motivation piece of literature that intends to inspire others who find themselves on the flip side to dust themselves and strive for courage and resilience.
“The pain can be a grave, or it can be a soil where you plant something new, hence I chose to plant and to rise. This book is a lifeline for anyone who has ever been knocked down, for the men told to man up and suffer quietly, and for the women told to smile through pain and keep the peace, and for anyone who has ever been made to doubt their worth. This is my way of saying you are not your worst moment, you can pause, you can heal and you can return, louder, stronger and unapologetically yourself,” Mmusi described the book’s objective.
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