Extraordinary Times Call For Extraordinary Career Planning.

Here's an excerpt from my newsletter -  

In the famous words of Yogi Berra, “The future ain’t what is used to be”.  And in the famous, although often misquoted, words of George Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” 

These are extraordinary times in the financial markets.  Some experts are using the “D” word.  Most of us haven’t had first-hand experience with the stock market crash of 1929, but we have all heard the horror stories … people losing everything and jumping out of windows on Wall Street.  The windows on Wall Street today ( as in most other modern office buildings) don’t open, so it’s unlikely we’ll see the same scenario … but there is the possibility of the economy crashing with resulting severe impact to those on Wall Street as well as to those of us on Main Street America.

Career planning is probably the furthest thing from your mind right now. Maybe career panic is a more accurate description?  Some thoughts you may be having are:  Will I still have a job?  How will I pay my bills?  What about college tuition for my kids?

The answers to all of these questions are the same:  We just don’t know.  But we do know that we need to have a plan for whatever may happen ... 

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I'm writing my second book to be entitled "Following the Road Not Taken", featuring stories of people who followed their dreams and how that worked out, and also stories of people who didn't follow their dreams, and what happened with them.

If you're interested in sharing your story, please email me at joannedustin@careerlostandfound.com.