Especially, when you were following the rules, you did everything right, you worked your ass off, you
sacriiced what you really wanted to do for years or decades on the promise of a better life…and still got
sacked or, worse, watched your entire company go down in lames.
What’s going on in the world and the economy right now is frightening. Nobody knows when the other shoe
will drop, what it will look and feel like when it does, or if another shoe even exists. And, for many of the
hundreds of thousands of folks who lost their jobs this year, the position you’ve lost simply doesn’t exist
anymore…in any company. So, going back or making a lateral move isn’t an option.
But, I’ve got news for you...
What feels like the end of the the world to you now may, in fact, be the window you’ve dreamed of for
decades. How many of you have spent months or years secretly praying to win the lottery so you could
stop doing what you were doing and inally do what you loved? How many of you have felt locked into a
tired, life-sucking career by a suffocating marriage of golden or lead handcuffs, fear that you’d be judged or
ridiculed for changing paths and a life-stiling lack of belief in your ability to make a living doing what you
love?
The economy has just served you up a big, fat opportunity!
In fact, you may never get an opening like this again. A chance to make a bold change, take a shot at doing
what you love, and not be judged for trying. Not that it’s impossible to change paths anytime, it is. I’ve done
it many times. But, you’ve got a once-in-a-lifetime window here created by a once-in-a-lifetime event.
The meltdown has everyone re-examining how they earn a living and what they want out of their lives and
careers. Promises have been broken on a scale we’ve not seen since the Great Depression. Expectations have
been destroyed. The old paradigm no longer exists.
Whether you lip burgers or swap derivatives, losing a job just plain sucks. I’m not here to tell you otherwise.
