Pessimism is Easy

When your perspective is contracted, we experience fear.” – Victor Heredia

I am continually amazed at how the experiences of the past several years is shaping our behaviour. During the pandemic we re-evaluated what mattered, or so it seemed so at the time. We learned how to be flexible, either by working from home, studying for a career or reinventing our businesses. Our homes and home life came into focus.

More recently, there has been much written about the great resignation, which presumably is a by-product of this pandemic. My friend Mavis Fernandes calls it “The Pandemic Affect – Being Fleet of Foot!”

I’m not an economist but it appears a recession is potentially the next event we must endure. This combination of a great resignation and a recession is a concerning combination to all.

As a child we would play a game of musical chairs at birthday parties. My colleague Jeff Altman, who is in the business of helping folks prepare for a job search said in a recent Higher Ground Leadership team call: “The music is slowing. It is time to find a chair, not a crap chair but one that serves your needs through this environment”.

Sounds like this could be a flagship moment in our lives! A moment that could define our well-being in the short term.

How about you? Have you consciously considered your next action? Remember, pessimism is easy!

“Faith is believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.” – Steven Furtick

I believe this is a time for us to embrace hope in our untapped abilities. Have faith. What you see in yourself is not the end of your potential.

Believe you can be successful and will find a “chair” that will serve your needs through this environment. Be a water-walker, a person who can walk through a flood, that other people drown in.

As always, my advice may only speak to the surface of your situation. Advice seldom goes deeper. It remains your challenge and opportunity to go deeper and improve your life.

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Arnie Wohlgemut is the Senior Consultant and President of KP Mylene & Associates #BuildingtoLead, a leadership development and facilities management consulting company. He is passionate about supporting new or emerging leaders with unique and exciting resources that inspire them to reach their potential.