Re-Igniting Your Life After Job Loss - Part III
"A great attitude is not the result of success; success is the result of a great attitude." - Earl Nightingale
"You have the privilege of choosing your attitude in any given set of circumstances." - Unknown
We all react to change in our own ways, but there are often four basic reactions to events that change our lives. Some people may see change coming early and prepare, some may bolt into action once a change is experienced, some may deny and resist change because they fear it will lead to something worse, and others may learn to adapt when they see that changing can lead to something better. Many people will experience varying degrees of all these reactions to change. However we react, it is important to recognize that change is a part of life and we must learn to cope with it and navigate through uncharted territory in order to be successful.
You've taken time to grieve your loss and adjust to the changes in your life after losing your job. Now it’s time to begin moving forward and re-ignite your life. Take another look at the quotes above. Our attitudes make all the difference in the world and can become self-fulfilling prophecies. As we think, so we are. If we put our difficulties into perspective, we can see the opportunities in even the most difficult of circumstances. What are you telling yourself about your job loss? Is it the most terrible thing that has ever happened to you? OR Is it an opportunity to look at what you really want to do with your life?
Norman Vincent Peale said, "Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are." You have the power to adjust to your job loss, and adapt to the change, by choosing your attitude. Take the tack that this is just a temporary stumbling block that you have the power to overcome. Then, as Brian Tracy said, "Turn your stumbling blocks into steppingstones to success."
Phyllis Bottome said, "There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them." Often the difficulties you experience, such as losing your job, are out of your control, so the only thing you can do is manage what you do have the power to control, and that is your attitude. Your attitude is nothing more than your thoughts, feelings, and actions. To adjust your attitude you must first change your thoughts, which will change the way you feel, which in turn, will change your actions. So if you are looking at your job loss as the worst thing that has ever happened to you, shift your thinking to see this experience as an opportunity to determine what you really want to do with the next phase of your life. Now is the time to look forward and discover your new path.
"The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow." - William J.H. Boetcker
©Copyright 2008 by Kathleen A. Bowersox, M.Ed., LPC, LPBC, Quantum Leap Success Coaching, www.QuantumLeapSuccessCoach.com - Additional information: kasox@comcast.net. Reprint permission granted in part or whole when the following credit appears in full: Copyright 2008 by Kathleen A. Bowersox, M.Ed., LPC, LPBC. All rights reserved.
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