Someone once told me when I was living and working in Los Angeles: “You’re nothing unless you’ve been fired at least once in your life.” Needless to say, they had just received a pink slip.

I was a bit cynical; I felt invincible at that age, like I could still change the world.

Since college, I had had a great track record of getting hired and staying hired. Back then, it was actually a good thing to stay in a job for long periods of time. I was the perfect Golden Retriever – the boss would ask for the seemingly impossible and I would go out and make it happen.