You Lost Your Job - Now What?
May 23, 2007 – 5:48 amTwo friends contacted me this week to let me know they’d lost their jobs and to ask my advice from a legal perspective.
Both were surprised by my answer, I think.
You see, I don’t believe there’s a legal solution for every problem. In fact, just the opposite, I believe that the law offers very few solutions for most people.
Sure, there are some situations in which you should absolutely talk to a lawyer after you’ve lost your job. I’ll share those with you next week.
In most cases, bringing in a lawyer is NOT the right answer.
Here’s what I recommend you do before you contact a lawyer.
1. Be grateful for the new opportunites that are about to come your way. You’ve heard it before …
As one door closes, there’s another one swinging open. If you are standing there pounding on the closed door, you’ll completely miss the open door behind which lays the opportunity you’ve been waiting for.
In my opinion, contacting a lawyer is likely to keep you pounding away on that closed door.
2. Examine why you lost your job without looking for others to blame.
As an employer, I can tell you that I will bend over backwards to keep employees who bring enthusiasm, joy, skill, dedication and effort to their job.
With conscious thought, ask yourself if you really Were bringing all of you to your job? If not, the Universe gave you a huge gift by ending it for you.
Frankly, you probably would have stayed there for several more years unhappy and yet unconsciously showing up everyday because it’s a heckuvalot easier to do that than to make a change.
Well, the Universe has something bigger planned for you.
And, if you are still convinced your boss was out to get you, have gratitude that you no longer have to work with someone like him or her. Make a list of the type of people you want to work with in your next job.
3. Get conscious about what you really want.
Think of losing your job as a wake up call.
The Universe is saying to you …
“Wake up, you CAN live the life of your dreams. You do NOT have to be stuck doing something you can’t stand for the rest of your life.”
What do you really want out of life? Before you unconsciously jump back into another job because you have financial fear, spend time consciously asking yourself what you really want.
Read Po Bronson’s book “What Should I Do With My Life?” Hire a life coach. Make a list of all the things you love and how you’d most like to serve the world. What can you do now to bring yourself to a greater awareness of your purpose in life and to begin pursuing that purpose?
This is your chance to find out! Don’t squander it.
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