I get it. Times are rough. The media, new and old, have been beating the freaking fear drum for over a year now. “OH, MY GOD! WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!”. Throw in the politics that this is GWB’s fault or Obama’s fault and it’s enough to make me puke.
Things change. Contents move, People live and die, businesses get started and fail, economies go from bust to boom and back. Nothing new here. Nothing to be seen. Move on.
I’m working with a few people who are experiencing these changes first hand. A few of the people I find myself in the position of mentoring. A few others I find myself just shaking my head because I really have no idea what they are about.
For the padawans my core of my coaching is this – keep moving. Run scared if you must, but whatever you do: keep moving. If you stop learning or get the idea that you are the master you are doomed. The earth will open up beneath you and swallow you whole leaving no trace of you. Keep moving.
I just read this my the Cardinal of Marketing: Graduate school for unemployed college students. Not a student? Wanna think that again? Already got a full time job? Change the course to be suitable.
The point of this isn’t necessarily the mastery of anything. It’s the continued learning, experiences and encounters with people. Regardless of where you are in life and what you’ve already accomplished, new experiences will help you grow more.