Are you worried about a potential lay off?
Have you been laid off and are wondering what to do next?
Are you in business but unsure of where to go because of the shift in the economy?
As many of you are aware of, last March, I decided to bite the bullet and go back to working a 9 to 5 gig in addition to running my business. I had recently gone through a divorce and there were quite a few financial obligations I was newly responsible for. The perfect opportunity presented itself working for a company that I respect and for a man I really admire as a mentor. He is able to help at risk individuals find jobs and run a successful rapidly growing non-profit.
My role in the company was to help college students obtain internships in the new emerging Green Collar economy. How cool is that? I love counseling and marketing and I am such a big fan of the Van Jones, Green Jobs for All movement. How perfect is this match up? Plus, I had personal days and vacation days available so I could continue to pursue my speaking gigs and motivate the masses around the world.
For the past year, my amazing Green Team and I worked diligently and placed over 1,098 students in lucrative internships and part-time employment. We were so successful that many of the campuses began to take notice and articles were written in newspapers about us and our presence was recognized on the campus for the first time since the programs' inception years ago and the momentum was finally getting started.
Unfortunately, a few weeks ago, we were informed that our Green Internship program would be cut two years early due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control. WOW! It felt to me like a hard blow below the belt. Our program was so successful and we exceeded all of our goals and yet all of our hard work would result in an early termination.
This is when my work and practice as a spiritual counselor had to kick in so I would go to faith rather than fear. I know that every thought is energy and that what goes out, comes back in, as its exact equivalent, I decided to think more positively. Author Thomas Troward once said, “Any anxious thought as to the means to be employed in the accomplishment of our purposes is quite unnecessary. If the end is already secured, then it follows that all the steps leading to it are secured also”. It is our responsibility in each moment to choose what thoughts we want to give attention to.
We have to decide what thoughts are worthy and supporting of our energy and focus on those. I quickly shifted my thoughts of lack and fear and realized, that no one entity, organization or institution is my source and supply. I know that abundance is my natural state of being and as long as I am receptive to that, it will be magnetically attracted to me despite any economic conditions. Look at how many companies prospered in the Great Depression. If you don’t believe me read the book, "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. Mr. Hill breaks it down clearly and succinctly.
As I began to talk myself into a better emotional state through affirmations, affirmative prayer and surrendering to what I could not control, I found my peace to be restored and I began to take inspired action or InspirAction. This was a big difference from acting out of fear, worry, doubt, anger or resentment. This was coming from a high vibration energetic state that instantly began to attract opportunities to me.
Suddenly, seemingly out of the blue, a non-profit organization that I had been doing workshops for in the past called me up and informed me that they had several agencies that wanted me to resume workshops. Then, another training company that I had worked with in the past informed me that they have upcoming contracts for me. The University that I taught at, which had not given me classes for awhile suddenly had two classes for me to teach and I began having to turn work down. Opportunities kept pouring in! A speaking gig came in out nowhere and paid me a huge lump sum in advance.
I got money back from taxes. A partner agency informed me of a 1.7 million dollar grant they wanted to partner with our non-profit organization. I could go on and on and tell you all of the financial opportunities that flooded my phone, email and bank account, as I became receptive to the infinite source as my supply rather than the limited source of a “job”. My fear of a layoff shifted me into a faithful, Inspired Action that facilitated a huge payoff that keeps on paying.
