Be the master of your disaster

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You have a lot in common with GM and Chrysler: “50% of Americans today say they are dissatisfied with their jobs, up from 40% in 1995,” according to the Conference Board.

Being unhappy at work has nothing to do with the quality of work available. It has everything to do with your fear and inability to decide to go after what you want. Economic uncertainty is the perfect opportunity to seize control of your career. Why? Because you have little to lose.

You know everything you need to know now. However, what you don’t have is the ability to make a decision in the face of uncertainty. You will never get more certainty. The time is now. There is no tomorrow.

It’s called progress. To have progress you must suck first. The single greatest lesson you must learn is that there is no right choice for you. All decisions have opportunities. Pick the one that seems the most interesting at the moment.

First, you must die. GM and Chrysler have died. A definition of death is the termination of something. For years, these two companies knew that their old way of doing business was not sustainable. But they could not change. You also know, deep down, that you cannot continue on much longer being uninspired at work. It’s killing you. The solution is career bankruptcy.

A Morgan Stanley study found that returns were strong for companies that emerged from bankruptcy from 1980 through 1993, the last period of multiple recessions.

Covad, a company recently declaring bankruptcy, said its restructuring will “make the company virtually debt-free while putting it in a better position to obtain the additional capital necessary to achieve profitability.”

In other words, a rebirth. A second chance.

But how do you get reincarnated. Let’s look at GM. Never in my life have I ever wanted to own a GM car. After researching gmreinvention.com, I was actually inspired to consider them. Why?

They see this as an opportunity to recreate and reinvent a better product. GM CEO Fritz Henderson said it quite beautifully: “We will get the job done and do it once. We will start over and get stronger.”

A great line in the commercial is: “…The only chapter we are focused on is chapter 1.”

But starting over is too risky, right? Let’s look at the risks in your life. Your risk is that you will lose what you have. Is it all that much? Imagine you shifted your focus on the opportunity that existed if you changed your life? Is it possible that the true risk is continuing your life as is? What do you risk losing if you do not change? Your energy, your enthusiasm, your dreams? Your greatest risk now, is the status quo.

A new life is calling you. One that you yearn for deep down.

Poll question: If you could reinvent yourself, what would you do differently with your career? Send your answer to the e-mail below. The most inspiring answer may get published.

Remember: Every master was once a disaster. Failure is your teacher.

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