I founded my company on the notion that there is a BrightSide to everything.
It’s just how I am. But Jesus, where the hell is the BrightSide in this job market?
Seems like everything great about work is being strangled to death and left on the ground to die.
So, how do I hold the torch of hope?
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This challenging to be a coach, a career coach right now.
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It’s challenging to be anyone right now.
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It’s challenging to be be anybody.
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But being a coach right now is tough.
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And being a career coach of an organization called Brightside.
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Is particularly tough.
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We’re supposed to be holding the torch of hope.
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We’re supposed to be carrying optimism, real optimism, not some BS.
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Everything’s going to be great optimism.
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And sometimes that’s hard.
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Um, I’ve, I’ve not really struggled with that before, but I struggle with it now.
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And there are days where I just want to honestly hang it up and throw it all away and not talk about how hard it is to look for work.
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And how many people are getting laid off and that they’re getting laid off when they’ve been there for 20 years and it doesn’t really matter.
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They have to pack U and leave that minute.
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It’s kind of like it’s like the career coaching is the epicenter for sad stories.
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They’re just kind of coming in and piling on and piling on.
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And I’ve been thinking about like, how do I hold?
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How do I hold the torch?
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How do I hold it up?
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You know, I gotta be authentic.
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I gotta be real about it.
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But I still want to be here for people.
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I still want to be hopeful And I, you know, I, I realize it almost every time I get off the phone because there’s this cycle I go through I.
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Could be kind of down.
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I’m working on something, you know, running a business.
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So there’s always something.
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And then I’ll have a call with a client and going in, I’m a little bit disillusioned.
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But coming out I always feel better and I’ve realized it’s, it’s basic.
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What keeps me going and what I think can keep anyone going And that’s that’s each other.
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That’s you guys.
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That connection, that real connection around how hard this is, that’s making it work for me, that’s making this possible.
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Um, there’s got to be something there.
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We’re all, we’re all in the same.
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Boat almost all of us.
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If you have a job, you’re working your ***** off right now.
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You’re doing 5 people’s jobs.
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And if you don’t have a job, join the freaking club.
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There’s so many people out of work, about to go out of work, worried they’re going to be out of work.
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There’s got to be some power.
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In that common thread that we all have, which sadly is panic, is fear, is worry, but we are in it.
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We’re all here, we’re all going through it and there’s something there.
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So if you’re not reaching out to a career coach, that’s fine, but reach out to somebody, talk to somebody, connect with people.
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Connecting in person is our power.
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If you have to do a Zoom, but God dammit, connecting in person, that’s everything right now.
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And it doesn’t have to be around looking for work.
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It’s just got to be connection.
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You’ve got to feel supported and support other people and just have faith that we’re going to get each other through this.
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I really believe that.
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All right, take care of people.
