Leverage On Layoffs

I happened to read this article on entrepreneur.com on how to leverage on layoffs. The article is quite interesting and showcases the life of Diane Lindquist, Veteran journalist and an expert on the trade economy of the U.S.-Mexico border.

She was offered a buyout from the San Diego Union-Tribune after being at the news paper for nearly 30 years. Older journalists were shown the door for younger blood to take their places. With the knowledge she had acquired over the years helped her move to a role of a consultant on the border business, thus transforming a Layoff into an Entrepreneurial birth.

The key notes from Diane Lindquist story are

1. Knowledge Is Power - Re-visit your skills. Build on them further and transform yourself into an expert on it. You don’t necessarily have to quite your day job to offer consultation. Build a platform online and freelance your skill sets. If you are good, people would come knocking at your doors.

2. Be Positive - Diane Lindquist did not brood and cry over the loss of her job. She looked at the positive side of her layoff by focusing on providing her skills online, through her blog. This is what each one of us has to look at, a positive side of the situation that we are in. It would alter the way we live life.

3. Adapt To Change – The move from being a busy worker bee to a lonely boss is not very nice. Change is the only thing that is constant in life. There are pro’s and con’s to everything. Being a lonely boss, would further push you to expand on your business for the very sake of working with more people.

Here are the Reference links
Cover Story
Diane Lindquist Site

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