Turning "What Now?" into "Watch Me!" - Wellbeing Wisdom Tiny Bites Podcast

I was talking to a friend the other day. She’d just been let go by a company she’d worked for since before this century began.

She was mad. Very mad. Seriously mad.

As she vented to me, she was playing out scenarios of how she could get back at the person who fired her and at the so-large-everyone-in-the-world-knows-their-name corporation that released her. I let her talk. She didn’t want or need my advice, she just needed to spew.

When she ran out of steam, she asked, “What now?”

Great question – have you ever had a ”what now” moment, too? Most of us have, and it’s a helpless feeling. When you’re the one feeling that way, I hope you have a good friend who can do for you what I did for my friend – hold up a virtual mirror. I reminded her how talented she is, what a great manager she is, how many people know and respect her, both inside and outside the workplace, and then I asked her to talk about the things she’s wanted to do in the past few years but was too busy to do them.

Suddenly her mood switched from revenge to dreams. Suddenly her energy moved from defeated to hopeful. Suddenly she quit focusing on the loss and started focusing on the fact that she had a very generous severance package and had the time and the means to chase a dream. No revenge – just success.

PS...want more? Subscribe to the Mind, Body, Soul Sessions podcast, a weekly mental spa treatment for your total self! #success #leader #lawofattraction #personaldevelopment #mentalwellbeing