Layoffs don’t just take our jobs. They can scramble our judgment. Here’s how to get both back.
An entrepreneur on my podcast told me this story:
“When I went bankrupt, I begged a friend, who had built a unicorn, for a meeting. He gave me 30 minutes. But the moment we sat down, I could tell he wanted to leave.
Six months later, after I’d worked on myself, I went back with clarity and energy. This time, he introduced me to people and offered support.
What I learned was simple: if you go to people with negative, desperate energy, you pull them down. But if you show up with direction and passion, they go out of their way to help.”
That’s the Busy Bee trap.
When layoffs hit, many of us cope by throwing ourselves into endless activity - networking calls, resume blasts, constant LinkedIn posts.
It feels like progress.
But it’s often just frantic energy that pushes people away.
Because action is not the same as movement.
That inner shift moves us forward far more than 100 frantic actions.
Because once our headspace shifts, our actions carry real power.
The real challenge during a layoff: managing our headspace while clarifying what we want.
When we do this systematically, we give ourselves the best chance to succeed.
We dive deeper into this in today's episode.
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