Laid off? It was YOUR FAULT. Superstars are retained.

You might have been laid off recently.  And you might be saying, “boo hoo hoo, nothing’s fair.”  Let me tell you something.  If you were laid off, it was your fault.

Period.

No ifs, ands or buts about it.  It was your fault.     See, you didn’t add enough value, you didn’t shine enough.  You probably had long coffee breaks, and you probably did things (like edit this book on company time) that caused you to be expendable.   Then, when you become a freelancer you whine that scummy places like Odesk are hard to keep.

Superstars are retained.  And if you were let go–it’s much easier to look at your own self and decide that something bad happened, and it wasn’t your fault.

But look in them mirror, compadre.

It was your fault.  It was something that you caused, it was something that happened because you didn’t shine to the point where the company decided that they couldn’t afford to let you go.

Now–that’s good news.

If it was your fault, then you’re not a victim of circumstance.  You’re not someone to be messed with, you’re your own actor, you can take your own actions, you are in control.   Look, true superstars are rare, and few and far between.   True  superstars are compelling, are earmarked early.   People with the intuition to win.

Have you?  Not hit a deadline?

Have you…complained abotu the job?

Showed up late, drunk or both?

Have you misunderstood or whined about something at work?  Not been grateful for the at bat, for the way to do it better than it’s been done?   Have you missed your sales quota?

Are you in a nonesential department?  Is the company you work for selling stuff that people don’t need?

Then it’s likely that your fall is your fault.

What does whining do anyway?  What does complaining, bitching or something else do?  Nothing good.  Be someone that’s better, that works harder and does it differently.

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