Being laid off is an opportunity
There are 3 things that are I believe is absolutely true about being laid off
- It will happen to you and me at least once in our life time, but more likely multiple times.
- It sucks every time it happens no matter how prepared or unprepared we are. There is no escaping feeling at least some disappointment, anger, frustration, confidence blow, hostility etc…
- It’s up to us to decide how long we will let it suck – we can dwell on our bad luck and let the event forever define us in some negative way OR we can rise above it after awhile and choose to view it as an opportunity to reflect and perhaps do what we really want to do in life.
Last night I saw the movie “Up in the Air” by George Clooney – great movie! That’s what prompted this post. He plays a character named Ryan Bingham, whose job is to fire people from theirs. The main point of the movie is not relevant here , but I wanted to share three parts of the movie that really stood out to me related to job transitions. ...