Can you Help Me?
I got an email from someone who had gone through Super Service and whose team of 90 people are being let go. The person said at the end of the email, “Is there any way that you could share with me some beneficial advice that I could share with this team – most of which may be laid-off due to workforce reduction? I feel so vulnerable and yet I’d like to give these people, who got to know you, a head start to their new situation. Can you help me?”
I remember when my two children were just babies, and I got into work one day, and there was literally nothing there. The owner had left. The doors were locked and there was no-one around. I had no golden handshake, no past salary. It was devastating!
I went home with one thought, “I have to make some money!” I decided to make the choice, between getting upset and getting out there and doing something. That’s when I started selling food and freezers door to door. I literally walked up and down the street, in the rain and the wind knocking on hundreds of doors. It was the most amazing way to learn about human behavior. Because I got to see the whole of life. People who were rude and slammed the door, people who were angry and afraid and upset. And then I got to be with the other people who were open and loving, and caring and sharing.
Einstein once said, “There are two kinds of people in this world, the ones who see the world as a friendly place, and the ones who see the world as a hostile place.” Which one do you want to be?
What I learned was, that losing your job can actually be the best situation. I grew as a person in how I handled my problems. I got the opportunity to do door to door selling–which got me to understand that ‘no one could reject me–even though I was being rejected constantly, it was a state of mind!’
The most important thing was that I could handle any situation. When push came to shove, I could be the master of my own destiny. From then on, no matter what has happened in my life, I’ve always known that I am an amazing human being, and the challenges and upsets, are the character of my life. They are the scars, the things that define me. Without those I wouldn’t know how amazing I am.
If you want to grow roses, they have to have some manure!
And at the same time, I know how devastaing it was. It was horrendous….and I just had to overcome it. I had to look at it for what it was. It was just a stepping stone to greater things. No matter what is going on, I know I can handle it.
You too can handle anything. You have before and you will do again. This too shall pass. Rock N Roll Jeff & Val
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