The ReInvention conversation
It's funny, but no matter where I go, and who I talk to, people are enthralled by the ReInvention conversation. When I present myself as a REInvention expert, it raises a lot of curiosity. I mean really, who says, "I'm a reinvention expert?" People say, I sell insurance, I'm a financial planner, I have an organizing business, etc.
I love the reaction.
Then, when I start talking about how I work with companies that want to reinvent their culture and with individuals who want to reinvent their lives, their eyes dilate wide open.
The concept has been around for a long time... so why do people think it's a novel idea?
I don't know the answer to that question, but I'll take a stab at it.
The boomers, especially. Well, we have just done what we do ... forever. A few of us have taken a chance on some entrepreneurial effort, but most have worked in corporate America or in some other capacity. We haven't focused on doing what WE want .. but rather on what was/is expected or to take care of our families. When I say... hey, you can do whatever you want to do ... I get these perplexed looks. They wonder, "really?"
What do I need to say to convince people to take some chances and begin to go after their dreams? Can you help me out?
What would grab you to want to make a shift?
Truthfully, deciding is part of the process ... but then, there's the follow-through. So, you decide you want something to be different .. you want to reinvent a portion of your life. But, then how do you do it?
Well, it's best to have a great support team or maybe a coach to walk through the process with you.
Keep posted. there's a 6-part series of teleclasses coming your way, If you don't already get the It's BoomerTime newsletter, go to www.itsboomertime.com and sign on. I'll be announcing the dates soon.
Enjoy thinking about what you want different and begin talking about it out loud as a possibility. that's part of the first two steps.
Enjoy!
I love the reaction.
Then, when I start talking about how I work with companies that want to reinvent their culture and with individuals who want to reinvent their lives, their eyes dilate wide open.
The concept has been around for a long time... so why do people think it's a novel idea?
I don't know the answer to that question, but I'll take a stab at it.
The boomers, especially. Well, we have just done what we do ... forever. A few of us have taken a chance on some entrepreneurial effort, but most have worked in corporate America or in some other capacity. We haven't focused on doing what WE want .. but rather on what was/is expected or to take care of our families. When I say... hey, you can do whatever you want to do ... I get these perplexed looks. They wonder, "really?"
What do I need to say to convince people to take some chances and begin to go after their dreams? Can you help me out?
What would grab you to want to make a shift?
Truthfully, deciding is part of the process ... but then, there's the follow-through. So, you decide you want something to be different .. you want to reinvent a portion of your life. But, then how do you do it?
Well, it's best to have a great support team or maybe a coach to walk through the process with you.
Keep posted. there's a 6-part series of teleclasses coming your way, If you don't already get the It's BoomerTime newsletter, go to www.itsboomertime.com and sign on. I'll be announcing the dates soon.
Enjoy thinking about what you want different and begin talking about it out loud as a possibility. that's part of the first two steps.
Enjoy!
Labels: BAby boomers, doing things different, Reinvention
posted by Ann Fry, Head Boomer at
5:23 PM
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Throughout New Jersey there are hundreds of "garden apartment" complexes. This are mostly brick two story structures built in the 1950's (boom time)housing a couple dozen apartments. When I was working in commercial real estate in the 1980's I learned that these buildings were built primarily by a group by different real estate developers collectively knows as the "refugee builders". The term as not meant as a slur. The developers represented a group of people, mostly Jewish, who had survived the concentration camps of WWII and come to America with, literally, the clothes on their back. Many of these men went on to be large developers, expanding their success across the nation.
The point is these developers took risks in staring these projects. They were willing to put everything on the line in hopes of making a living off real estate. The general consensus was that these men knew what it was like to have nothing. Knew what it was like not to know when their next meal was going to be, whether they would have roof over their head. Literally, not know if they would survive the next 24 hours. But they knew no matter what happened, they would survive. Losing everything was a minor inconvenience in comparison to the possible rewards of risk taking.
Most people in the US, particularly us boomer-babies, don't know what that feels like to lose everything; we hesitate to take a risk for fear of 'losing our stuff', because we don't have the knowledge that losing it all isn't the end. We have become a risk averse society. Just take a look around at how kids are treated these days...protected from every possible minute risk-possibility imaginable. They aren't allowed to feel what it's like to have "skin in the game".
Adults are in the same boat. Political correctness rules the day. God forbid someone's feelings should be hurt. And don't worry if they are, there are plenty of lawyers, therapists and anti-depressants to make sure you are compensated, emotionally and financially for all those bad feelings. It's better to 'stay the course'rather than THINK.
We are The Brave New World.
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