Reinvention.
There are jobs and there are careers, a job is something you
do and a career is something you think you will do for the rest of your life.
You think this way until you do not think that way anymore and your forever
plans turn into…
The excitement
builds as you train and throw your heart into the business you want to succeed
in. You can think of nothing else because you are sure 30 years from now you
will be doing the same great thing, only better because you will be an expert.
Then the word reinvention comes to mind when what you wanted to do is not what
you thought or something else comes along in life.
At this point, do
you leave the comfort of what you have been doing? Is it going well for you and
what you thought it would be? Is the grass really greener on the other side?
The answers can be scary as you move towards self-doubt and begin to wonder what
it would be like to take a Left instead of the faithful Right.
Today’s world is
vastly different from 25 years ago, unrecognizable from 50 years ago. Times
when a person worked in one place until retirement, left with a gold watch and
a pension to go home and rest are long gone. The trend now is to find something
you are passionate about and chase the dream only to sell the dream back to
someone else at a later date.
If you do not
have a Golden Parachute you have to rescue yourself from the sudden stop at the
bottom. Reinvention can be the wind current to change your sails and push you
towards safety. Do not be afraid of the winds and be available to change
course. Just know and understand, whatever you do, be prepared to learn and
continue growing your knowledge. Besides, there is still time to earn the gold
watch and still follow your dream as you take your life Up One Level.
