http://www.pennwellblogs.com/pnjb/2010/01/12/eliminate-your-fear-of-being-fired/ A blog for energy professionals Thu, 17 May 2012 06:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.pennwellblogs.com/pnjb/2010/01/12/eliminate-your-fear-of-being-fired/#comment-7537 Jonah Gibson Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:37:45 +0000 http://www.pennwellblogs.com/pnjb/2010/01/12/eliminate-your-fear-of-being-fired/#comment-7537 I got rid of the fear of being fired, and then got fired. I remained fearless for the first 4 months, but then the severance ran out. 14 months later I'm still jobless, and my principal fear is starving. At some point along the way I realized that I had been ticking and footing for fools and charlatans for 35 years. I'm over it. Now I have to reinvent myself as something useful engaged in something satisfying. I suspect there are a lot of people in my approximate boat. I'm blogging about it at http://daysoflivingaimlessly.blogspot.com I got rid of the fear of being fired, and then got fired. I remained fearless for the first 4 months, but then the severance ran out. 14 months later I’m still jobless, and my principal fear is starving. At some point along the way I realized that I had been ticking and footing for fools and charlatans for 35 years. I’m over it. Now I have to reinvent myself as something useful engaged in something satisfying. I suspect there are a lot of people in my approximate boat. I’m blogging about it at http://daysoflivingaimlessly.blogspot.com

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