Susanna Gray-Jones - Chime Search

19/06/2026

You just don’t know how long you have.

As recruiters, we spend a lot of time worrying.

The candidate who pulled out.

The placement that fell through.

The fee that hasn’t been paid.

The target you’re chasing.

The email that’s annoyed you.

Then something happens that reminds you how small most of it really is.

Someone gets a diagnosis they never saw coming.

Someone leaves the house and doesn’t make it home.

Someone says goodbye to a loved one without knowing it’s the last time.

None of us know what’s around the corner.

This isn’t a post about living in fear. It’s the opposite.

Work hard. Build the business. Chase your goals.

But don’t forget to enjoy your life while you’re doing it.

Call your parents.

Tell people you love them.

Take the holiday.

Watch the sports day.

Be present.

Because one day we’ll all send our last email, make our last placement and close our laptop for the final time.

Until then, try not to sweat the small stuff quite so much.

12/03/2026

11/03/2026

I was fired from my first job at 17 at a pub...

I have a failed marriage.

I sent a bulk email to a load of clients accidently … weren’t actually mine.

Last year I missed my desired target.

At the time, none of these moments feel great.

But they teach me something important.

Getting things wrong is part of building anything.

What actually holds people back isn’t failure.

It’s the fear of it.

We convince ourselves not to try things because we’re worried about looking stupid, getting it wrong, or having to admit we messed up.

But if you look at the people we admire most, their stories are full of setbacks.

James Dyson built more than 5,000 prototypes before his vacuum finally worked.

Sara Blakely was rejected again and again before Spanx existed.

The difference is they didn’t treat mistakes as the end of the story.

They treated them as part of the process.

When you take risks, sometimes you win.

Sometimes you learn.

But either way you move forward.

And every time something goes wrong and you realise the world didn’t end, you become a little bit braver the next time.

Confidence doesn’t come from everything going perfectly.

It comes from surviving the moments when it doesn’t.

So if you’re hesitating to try something because you’re worried about messing it up…

Remember this:

Failure isn’t the opposite of success.

It’s usually the path that gets you there.
...And guess what I still hustle and I still win and this year will be the best yet and I believe it will be for you too. Just make sure you are in the place where you can win and grow to be your best self.

16/01/2026

Humbled by this testimonial :)