Sometimes looking at the things that other people have done when they've been confronted by really bad situations can do you a lot of favours.
- You get new ideas.
- You realise that people successfully drastically change direction all the time.
- You realise that you can start a new career despite the fact that you're over forty.
- You realise that you can overcome a lot more than just redundancy.
Years ago, when the Banks started shedding branches left and right (leaving us no one local to talk to in the process!) our friend David G. was a Bank Manager in a small town. He was made redundant. He became a market trader. It was a drastic change of direction - and it worked out very well.
Not so long ago, when life in the financial world became impossibly stressful, our friend Dianne M. - who was then over forty - got out of credit management and joined the Probation Service. She was always a brilliant cook and a very knowledgable gardener. Now she works at Halfway Houses teaching people how to cook for themselves, and designs gardens for other people in her spare time.
Some years ago, our friend Julia M. had a very unpleasant and life-threatening accident. You can read about it - and about what Julia does now - by going to her website and navigating to 'About - Julia's Story'. Quite apart from reading about her personal experience and how she turned her life around afterwards, you'll find many interesting things on her site - whether you ever wanted to write a book or not. And a lot of those things - and a good deal of very good advice - is free.
David and Dianne and Julia all achieved something against the odds - and so can you if you are very determined, and believe in yourself.
Have to believe in yourself!
In the meantime, Justin Curtis has very kindly given us a couple of other interesting places to go - The VA Successs Group and My Virtual Assistant . Can't hurt to go there!
Geoff - http://www.metlissbarfield.com
