Okay, the person that encouraged me to do something in the past was my husband. Six years ago we were living in Alicante. I was working for a Zara that is a very well known company, very established, and it was COVID time. So at that time I had a job opportunity to move to another company to change city and everybody tells me, Laura, don’t do that. It’s COVID. It’s like an uncertain period of time. You are in this company, you have like stability. My husband was the person who told me, you need to take the risk, go ahead and at the end it will be good for both, for our family. He left his job just to support me and we moved together and at the end he has now a very good job as well here. For me, it was an upgrade in my professional career. So at the end, the decision was very good for both, but he was the only person that encouraged me to take my decision because everybody else told me not to do it. So it’s something I’m very lucky to have a partner that always supports me in these kind of decisions.
Band 7+: TALK ABOUT A TIME WHEN SOMEONE ENCOURAGED YOU TO DO SOMETHING. YOU SHOULD SAY : - WHO THE PERSON WAS - HOW LONG YOU'VE KNOWN THE PERSON - WHAT THE PERSON ENCOURAGED YOU TO DO AND TALK ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF WHAT YOU WERE ENCOURAGED TO DO.
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Okay, the person that encouraged me to do something in the past was my husband. Six years ago, we were living in Alicante. I was working for Zara, which is a very well-known company, very established, and it was COVID time. At that time, I had a job opportunity to move to another company and change cities, and everybody told me, Laura, don't do that. It's COVID; it's an uncertain period of time. You are in this company; you have stability. My husband was the person who told me, you need to take the risk, go ahead, and in the end, it will be good for both of us, for our family. He left his job just to support me, and we moved together, and in the end, he has a very good job here as well. For me, it was an upgrade in my professional career. So in the end, the decision was very good for both of us, but he was the only person that encouraged me to take my decision because everybody else told me not to do it. So I'm very lucky to have a partner who always supports me in these kinds of decisions.
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