Friday I got fired.
After a year and a half of doing work I absolutely hated (with a client I adored), I made a mistake and it cost me 90% of my income.
Her decision did not come as a shock. In fact, not 2 hours before it happened, I told my mastermind group that it would. And the night before, when the incident happened, I said, “I’m done.”
Of course, that didn’t make it any easier to hear. Yet I know, the pain I have been processing is my ego acting out in fear. “What now?”
The truth is…it’s the best thing that could I happened.
Today, for the first time in a very long time, I felt compelled to blog. I mean, I just had to share. Writing gives me a peace that is hard to describe. Yet I had stopped doing it because I was too busy.
Today, I woke up with a sense of possibility. Not dread. Not overwhelm. P-O-S-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Today, I gave thanks (genuine, feel-it-in-my-bones, thanks) for my life and everything in it.
In other words, I realized that I am happy the shit is over.
The work I was doing was not inspiring. I did not jump out of bed every day with anticipation to do it. It was over my head, way beyond my capabilities and just plain, frustrating.
I never pretended to excel at administrative work. Yet, when people actually started paying for it, I just went with it. I was honest…I told them my background. Invariably, I would always make a mistake or miss a deadline and yet they would stay and keep paying.
So, I just kept trying harder. Taking more classes. If I knew more, I’d get better, right?
Sound familiar?
I, like many people who still work in Corporate America, was pouring time, energy and money into my WEAKNESSES, instead of my STRENGTHS.
I am a COACH. And a damn good one.
I can help you move from where you are, to where you want to be in POWERFUL ways.
I see YOUR greatness even when you can’t. I am your biggest fan, until you become your own.
THAT’S what I am good at. THAT’S who I “be”–without effort or struggle. It’s my natural state. And Friday, I was given the gift of time and space to reconnect with that gift and decide how I want to be of service in the world.
Getting fired was…The BEST THING EVER.
February 26th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Lisa – You’re a Rockstar!!! No really… You Are!! This post is amazing… instead of feeling bad for you, I’m excited for you! I was seriously just writing you an email to see if you were available to help with some projects as needed
You are SO right in what you say, and so wise in how you say it. I KNOW you are a Great coach, and this renewed attitude of yours is gonna kick things into gear for you. You really do get exactly what you manifest… this new attitude is going to bring you ooodles of coaching clientelle… I’m certain of it! Shoot me an email so I have your non-old-work email address (I used to have it, but it’s disappeared), I’d love to stay in touch… I miss working with you!!