By Jamie Mason Cohen, Resilience Speaker
How will you fall upwards in 2020 and 2021?
Falling upwards is re-framing a situation that at first appears devastating professionally but turns out to be a blessing wrapped in a curse.
In two different times of my life, I lost jobs that I cared about due to factors outside of my control.
If I didn’t lose the first job due to not being able to renew my visa, I may never have moved back to Toronto, met my amazing wife and had two precious kids together.
Nor would I have gone back to school and started a new career truly serving people in a way that still impacts some of them years later.
The second time, I lost a job because the organization closed down, some people said, “that’s terrible, I’m sorry to hear that.” Others said, “that’s fantastic, that gives you a reason to pursue what you really want to do.”
Two years later, I “bet on myself” as Toronto Raptor Fred VanVleet said of himself when he initially wasn’t selected by any NBA team in the draft.
I created a new career for myself that I love: in working with businesses and associations across North America helping them tap into their strengths through unorthodox strategies to be effective leaders.
Here’s to re-framing the next setback as a chance to fall upwards in 2020.
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