Reinvention
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If there's one thing you can count on... if there's on thing you can know for sure. If there's one thing you can count on... things are gonna change.
Bryan Duncan, "Things are Gonna Change"
All change is inevitable, but not all change is welcome. Two years ago, I did not like the change of being downsized from a job I thought I would possibly retire from. But me being me, I wasn't immobilized for long, using the now-free time as an opportunity to reinvent on many levels, and craft a different career path. I'm still on that path of Reinvention, and a new part of the journey is assisting others with theirs. Today, I will be taking my wonderfully healing practice of Yoga and deepening it through a Power Yoga Teacher Training at CorePower Yoga-Sherman Oaks. The commitment: eight weeks of intensive physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation--an endeavor that will not only benefit my Orbit--but the worlds that orbit around me. For the past two years, I have led Tuesdays with Transitioners, a career resource and support group. The beauty of being in the midst of such a group is seeing people transform and reinvent in terms of the way they view their lives and vocation. Some have moved on to full-time work again, others have decided that transitioning to a new career or their own entrepreneurial pursuits is the right thing to do. In all of this, Reinvention is at work, in large and small ways. With encouragement from marketing success coach Marla Dennis, I am honing my focus and increasing the work of helping others Reinvent. Early this year, my friend Douglas E. Welch invited me to blog and talk about this very subject at his Career Opportunities site. Give it a read or listen to "No Better Time to Reinvent", and consider whether it may be your time! It's amazing what happens when you make a decision and set an intention. Those opportunities that match that intention begin coming across your path. I'll be writing about some of those in this space, so stay tuned...