Career Shift - Letting Go of "Who You Used to Be"

 


Those "B" movies got it all wrong. The Death Card in the tarot isn't a message about death. It signals something new will be happening. The raised horse's foot indicates that's what you're moving toward. And it'll be occurring soon. 

But, as in all the tarot cards, the dynamic is about letting go of what has been. When it involves a necessary career shift that means leaving behind who you used to. Otherwise, the transformation can't take place. There's plenty of truth in the old cliche: One door has to close for a new one to open.

Usually professionals coming in for a tarot reading are in extreme pain. Their former way of making a living is collapsing. Or has collapsed. Yet, they lead in with a detailed round-up of what that was all about. Their former achievements. Their former daily routine. The sacrifices they had made.

Gently, I re-direct the session to how they can leverage the past into a fresh approach for putting together a livelihood. More firmly, I mandate they never again speak about who they used to be. 

Nostalgia is an emotion that not only keeps you stuck. In the eyes of others it brands you as a professional who never made the leap into the new order of things. This is a just-in-time economy: What are you doing today to sing for tonight's supper?

When Bob Iger returned to Disney for a second go as CEO he stumbled badly. He was trying to replicate past success. Not figure out how to make the new media landscape profitable for Disney. 

If you feel the compulsion to focus on a former identity you have plenty of company. Professional anonymous networks Blind, Fishbowl, Reddit and Glassdoor are jam-packed with laments of having been ABC or EFG for 10 years, now being without a career path for two.

What they could be putting out there for feedback is that, for instance, they are currently working as a security guard in a big box, like it and how can they upgrade this skill into making a good living again. That would take advantage of the collective wisdom of the crowd, instead of only soliciting bits and pieces of empathy. Empathy doesn't move the dial back to making a middle-class wage or opening a business.

US-based law firm Paul Weiss is having a lot of firsts. One is going from nowheresville in M&A to fifth place. Another is establishing a global presence. Although a "lifer" at that firm its chair Brad Karp has shaken off an old-line institutional identity. He has also released himself from his former branding as a Wall Street litigator. Currently he's an empire-builder in a sector in which the new order of things requires: Grow or go.

In the classic on professional change - "Necessary Endings" - Henry Cloud recommends conducting a ritual to facilitate letting go. In the passage from schooling to work, there is a graduation. In career shifts there can be a small memorial, recounting the meaningful moments of the past and manifesting the future. The invites could be those who have already mastered that transformation.

Thriving in crazy times starts from the inside.

Tarot Readings. Intuitive Coaching. Mediumship.

Remote and in-person. Pay what you can afford.

For complimentary consultation please contact Jane Genova at 203-468-8579 (text, voice)  or janegenova374@gmail.com.



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Elite Psychics - Cassanda Vanzant Provides Solution for Getting Clarity, Finally

Image
  Ever since The New York Times saluted the Tarot in April 2021as a tool for self-awareness and introspection, there has been massive interest in psychic readings. More recently the media designated psychics as the new therapists. However, that left those seeking guidance in a pickle. The issue is: How to select a psychic who is 1) authentic 2) caring and 3) will provide the results you need.  Long-time psychic Cassandra Vanzant observed that confusion. Her Ah-Ha moment was to develop a fresh approach to the "delivery" of the psychic connection. That is The Elite Psychics.  Excited about this breakthrough development in psychic services, I requested an exclusive interview with Vanzant.  *************************************************** THE ELITE PSYCHICS Q: With all the internet psychic sites to choose from, what makes your site, The Elite Psychics, different? A: I’ve worked for quite a few of these psychic online companies. Most prefer quantity over quality. ...
Read more

J. Michael Cline's Pain

Image
"Fandango founder [J. Michael Cline] left heartbreaking suicide note before jumping from NYC luxury hotel: ‘I can’t explain the pain’" -  New York Post , July 18, 2024  Cline, a very successful serial entrepreneur, was not alone in being unable to articulate his pain. So many suffering human beings decide to have a Tarot reading because they are unable to tell even themselves 1) What hurts and 2) How overwhelming that pain is. Our society demands that its members always be in complete control. That's the face you have to present to the world. The Tarot reader and the client work together to bring the distress to the surface. The New York Times explained how the Tarot is a tool for awareness.  Sometimes the pain is rooted in the unreal, such as the ruminations of the clinically depressed. They experience themselves as failures, on every level.  It could be temporary. There are those setbacks such the loss of the job.  Or it could be long-term as with chronic hea...
Read more

Changed Social Norms - Today Michael Corleone Would Probably Feel No Guilt in Having Fredo Offed

Image
  "Godfather III" has Michael Corleone tormented by his decision to have brother Fredo murdered. He even confesses the "sin" to a Roman Catholic priest. Today, that scripting might have been way different. After all, Fredo had put a hit on Michael, in his own bed with his pregnant wife next to him.  The Emerson College poll found that 40% of young people assess the murder of healthcare insurance executive Brian Thompson as "acceptable." Unreimbursed medical bills are the major cause of personal bankruptcies. Obviously, in current social norms there is no longer "absolute morality." That shift is shaping discussions in tarot readings. For instance, forget the commandment to not covet thy neighbor's wife. More to the point, is this issue: If that relationship will bring you what you need. Morality has almost become a transactional business case study. Here are variables A, B and C. Is the ROI you derive worth dealing with those factors?  Much ...
Read more