Don’t Panic
By Kevin Donlin | March 28th, 2008
I’m leaving for 2 weeks of R&R in a warm, undisclosed location, i.e., very far from Minnesota.
Before I go, here’s a link to a great article on panic and why you need to lock it out of your job search.
It’s especially relevant now that the media are stuck on the story line of recession, recession and, oh, did you hear we might be in a RECESSION??!! (Never mind that certain economic Chicken Littles like columnist Paul Krugman have predicted 9 of the last 0 recessions.)
Panic is exciting. Panic sells newspapers and commercial time on TV. And panic will screw your life up into little knots if you pay it too much attention.
Anyway. Here are the key article excerpts:
The last time we went through this - in 2000 and early 2001 - when talk of “Are we or aren’t we in a recession?” was all aflutter, the same career fear-mongering kicked in. The time before that was around 1990.
Panic will push you to make rash and usually bad decisions. I saw it last time around. People looked at a don’t-worry-be-happy-recession-proof-jobs list and became realtors and mortgage brokers. Some realtors hated the work once they realized what and how long it took to make money or missed the boom and spent a lot of dough on education, never making a dime and winding up in a housing market devoid of buyers. Now the pace of job loss in the financial industry is significant and increasing.
The quick-fix list is not the answer in 2008, either. Just because someone says we need teachers for grades K-12 (which we do), doesn’t mean you’d be any good at it or like it. Just talk to some of those who jumped into education and back out as quickly once they realized they hadn’t looked thoroughly at a day in the life of a teacher.
Just because there’s a nursing shortage and some employers offer signing bonuses, doesn’t mean your divine calling is the same one Florence Nightingale heard. By taking the short cut, you’ll be right back where you started - panicked and looking for the next recession-proof job.
And this is the bottom line:
The problem isn’t the economy. When we’re done going through whatever we’re going through now, there will be something else that will affect your job and security. There always is. It’s your mind that’s your predicament, says motivational/spiritual speaker and author Dan Millman. It wants to be free of change.
Until I’m back in the saddle on or about April 14, stay calm, don’t panic and don’t let the buggers get you down.
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