Leadership by example
Did you know that (in extreme cases) job loss can lead to depression and PTSD?......anybody? Yeah, me neither. I had to learn that little nugget of wisdom the hard way. Of course, the beauty of life is in its ability to roundhouse kick you in the head with bursts of harsh truths and uncompromising realities. Then again, maybe those things fall under the category of “what makes life beautiful”, in that its unpredictability illuminates certain possibilities that one wouldn’t have even thought possible had it not been for the unforeseen debacles that they had to experience. But, maybe the beauty in the dark times that we all go through is in the notion that there are people that can lead us through them, mentors in the seemingly endless mineshafts of inner turmoil and outer despair. But, as per my usual self, I’ve jumped ahead. So, let’s take a step back from my unusual attempt at self-reflective analysis and start over. A while back, I had the misfortunate of being laid off. The