Changing Fast

What is the upside to forecasting what could happen when it has not played out yet? Did you know 99 percent of what we worry about never comes true, yet we spend all this time anticipating it, letting our mind experience it as if it already happened.

Below is a list of questions to ask yourself:

Do you know your value when interviewing for a job?

Do you have a quantitative, qualitative, results-driven portfolio of work?

If you know you need to work on getting your online portfolio up, why are you waiting?

If you know your going to be laid off, why aren’t you calling others or me for help?

If you are laid off and you know where you live is a dead end, are you looking for somewhere else in the country to work?

If plan A does not work, do you have a plan B?

Do you have your profile on LinkedIn updated, along with the other social networks?

Do you read RSS Feeds everyday to keep up with what is going on?

Do you reach out to people you know to help you with possible job opportunites?

Have you talked to your partner/spouse about moving out-of-state to find work?

If you own a house, have you looked at how you can unload it if you need to?

Have you looked at your fundamental skills sets to see how they are transferable to other areas of work?

Do you know where the trends are going in your field of work?

Are you aware of companies that are doing well and growing?

Are you in a field of work that is growing or dying?

Are you helping others in need right now? (What goes around comes around!)

Do you really know how people view you?

What is your brand?

If plan A and B fall through, do you have a plan C?

The reason why I am asking you these questions is to keep you on your toes. I am really happy for you if you feel your job is safe, but if that is not the case, when is the time going to be right to start planning ahead?

My signature in my email used to say, "Discomfort is a good thing," meaning the things that make you the most uncomfortable are usually what you should be running towards! The one upside to this present economy is it is forcing all of us to face the things we may have not been dealing with. We do not have the choice anymore to put off the things we have avoided to optimize our career.  We should look at this economy as a motivator to stretch and grow.

If there was ever a time to get you out of your comfort zone, I would say it is now!