PROFESSIONAL EDGE with columnist Kim R. Wells, from the WWW.BLACKCOLLEGIAN.COM Career Center

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

3 Things We Should Learn in This Recession


With great challenges there are often great lessons, and this recession is no exception.

1. It rains on the just and the unjust. When the world's marketplace is in major flux, we all feel the impact. So don't beat yourself up over challenging times you may be facing in your career or personal finances. Make up your mind to find the opportunities in this moment, protect what is rightfully yours, and develop a new strategy if necessary to move forward. Those that will succeed will have the talent or willingness to develop their existing talent, the character to endure the right way without looking for shortcuts, and the wisdom to make critical adjustments wherever necessary to thrive in a changing world.


2.Take a snapshot of the changing national and global social-economic landscape
Do an inventory of your talents and interest, see if you can match a strategic need of people or organizations with your unique personal genius. These times are going to open up new opportunities for innovative thinking, technology, and services for someone, why not you?

3. Hard times have a way of recalibrating our priorities to what matters most. Is it really all about the money, power, and prestige or is there something else more important in life that you need to give more attention to? Whether it is family and loved ones you need to spend more time with, self-preservation strategies such as taking better care of yourself in your eating, exercise and spiritual development, or simply taking a little more time to appreciate the more simple things in life.


KRW

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