What to do When You're Living Between Worlds

Between worlds.?Sounds a bit soap opera-ish.

What does this mean to you??

When you sit with a foot in each world, between opposite ends of the stick…

The employed or unemployed

Have a job, and you are interviewing for your next role

Being an employee or becoming an entrepreneur

What's now, and what's next

You are living in the transition. This is what I call the hallway.?

Lots of doors. They have yet to open.?The waiting can be a place of anxiety or curiosity.?

Sometimes, we can't see what’s in front of us, behind us, or all around us.?

This is a time when we can’t see what’s ahead.?

This is the time to get clear on what’s complete. What’s finished. What’s done.?This affords us to be with what’s coming.

If you are living with what WAS you are trying to solve for the past.

And while you can always work with a therapist or certified coach to help reframe the experience, I’d offer the looking forward is where the opportunity and possibilities lie.?

There is a freedom here.?

There’s an adage about Thomas Edison losing everything in a fire, and his response was, “Now we can start fresh.”

I’m not saying it’s comfortable.?

What I am offering is staying in the place of what WAS; the place of the discomfort is NOT where I want you to live. You can visit the discomfort when you need to process your thoughts and feelings with a therapist or certified coach.?

What's essential now is that you accept that you don't know what’s next.?What you can know is:?

?? How you want to feel regularly

?? Your values and the rules of reciprocity that you hold

?? The types of people and types of organizations you want to be around (I’m not talking proper nouns; I am talking about what the experience feels not the WHO)?

?? Your skills, strengths, and talents

?? What your professional brand stands for

Yes, you still need to network, interview, and apply.?

But you need to do the career strategy work.

You need to know who you are, not who you think they think you are.??

There is no faster way to hope, confidence, and conviction.?

You can look for what's next and wait to do this work. Then, there's a good chance you'll will be frazzled, anxious, and tired when you land and run into the first speed bump.?

Or you can do this work and steady yourself so that when the next thing comes, bumps and all, you will have strengthened your roots. Whether you are employed, entrepreneurial, fractional, or freelance, you can show up and handle the waves of crazy things that life throws at you.?

I’ve been hired, promoted, laid off, and fired. I’ve built teams of thousands, fortified tiny and mid-size start-ups with successful exits, and eventually launched my own business. None of this would have been possible if I didn't know who I was.?

Get clear on your professional brand in the nooks and crannies of your day. Spend time here. Work with a coach. Invest in this work. Spending time getting to know myself has always been worth it.?

Here's to possibility.

If you want to navigate the complexities of the professional landscape and build a career strategy, I can help. Schedule a free strategy session where we will dig into your goals and what’s possible. Schedule with me HERE