As we reach the moment where we have to decide whether to buy a new bottle of shower gel or will hand wash just do, it’s a moment of reflection… 18 months ago I came here with some ideas, hopes & dreams. When one door closes… you have to say goodbye, and celebrate the door that is closing. You can’t stay mournful for too long. Onwards we must go. To the next venture. The next adventure play park. The next co-working space. The next Regimental Mess.
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Businesses notoriously don't handle redundancies well. After the tough decisions of having to reshape, rethink, redirect resources, they think their work is done. But that’s just where it starts. When the news breaks its not just a communication team’s issue. It’s a leadership issue, it’s an operations issue, a brand issue, a strategic choice about how redundancies are handled, and the impact on future success. Now is the time for business to show their true values.
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Give yourself a break. Take off the pressure. Panic won’t speed up the process of getting another job, if anything it will slow you down and get in your way. Be kind to yourself. When you get made redundant you might jump straight into writing your CV, searching for jobs that match your previous job title, writing applications, but there are so many others things you should be focusing on. You aren't just getting a job. You are dealing with shock, you have to give yourself time to digest and reflect, you are dealing with yourself and yourself can be brutally unkind.
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You have to work, slowly but surely, on your mind chatter. Each day moving yourself into a space of control and optimism, curiosity and open mindedness. Let go of things that aren’t helping you move on, and create room for good stuff to come in. The space in-between can be a challenge of emotions but you can make in a space of discovery. Keep an open mind, remain hopeful, be optimistic. A door maybe closing for you, but if you give yourself space to think, allow ideas to roam, could it be, could it possibly be, a good thing could come out of this for you.
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It’s not always about running down a beach living your dream job. Sometimes your priorities are driven by Life. As long as you know your why, and you know life is always work in progress you are doing ok.
Read MoreBefore you ditch your 9 to 5 take time to think about what it is that’s making you feel stuck. While you are in the great place of earning money while you think about it, you can afford the time to thinker deeper about causes, the role you play in your what you are feeling, and be clearer on what you want to happen next.
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Being an entrepreneur is much more than a grand title. It’s an attitude and a way that things get done. And that attitude and approach can be used in everyday life. Entrepreneurial thinking isn’t exclusive for the 5% super successful in this world, it’s an attitude that anyone can adopt to make life a bit better.
Read MoreBooks can change your life. If you were to spend an hour of time with the author it would cost you a whole lot more than the £9.99 you’ve just spent on their 80,000 words of wisdom. So if all that knowledge and wisdom is out there, why is it still so hard to act? Because we have to know what to do with it. Because we have to believe we can do something with it. Because we have to do something with it. We have to. No-one else.
So read the books. Listen to the webinars. Get people around you to support you all the way. And then take action. Do what the book says. Follow the action. And keep going. Always.
Read MoreGuest blog by Anonymous contributor. “There are three things I didn’t know when being made redundant that I’ve not heard anyone talk about. There are more than three things I didn’t know clearly, but my point is that these are three things I never heard anyone mention. The first two are lighter, maybe contemporary topics. The third one is a more anxious issue.”
Read MoreMost cliche givers means well. Their advice is drawn from set pieces, well-trodden paths, and as Russell Brand says ‘things that people say when they cant think quick enough to say anything else’. It’s painful to hear because it doesn’t feel its offering much. Cliches carry little comfort, wisdom or advice. And often cliches are totally untrue, or at least the sentiment is not true.
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I’ve been working on my new business for months now… probably years if you include the first ideas and experiments! In the last few weeks I have spent every day developing the product. I hesitated getting started at first. What if it’s nonsense. What if it doesn’t work. But after reading a lot of books, following a lot of entrepreneurs on Instagram, it was time to ‘stop talking, start doing’ as Shaa Wasmund would say.
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