Hi everyone, wishing you all great things.

I have been reading some posts and responded to just a few. You know I really did not nat to share this but based on so many negative and seemingly hopeless posts about work and life I had to say something that was positive and more uplifting.

Before anyone gets out their daggers to attack me. I am 56 years old. I am no threat to you. Please relax.

But I do want to talk to you from my heart to your heart. Yes these are hard times we face in the USA. I agree. And yes it is hard for all age groups and races and beliefs and genders to find a job. But you can’t give up, you can’t get negative, you can’t score and rant, you can’t blame others. We must accept our loss of employment fully upon our own shoulders. Please understand what I just said. I said accept and not agree. I am not here to judge you or anyone or myself actually. It is what it is. But we must come to the workforce with a heart of wanting to make our world better in any way we can. That we love our neighbors and we even love those that sometimes drives us totally bonkers.

So lets think about when we lost a job because we did something wrong. OK, as big or little as its was, we must learn from it. We must take ownership of it. We can not and should not blame others because we had been foolish, intoxicated, angry, bitter etc etc. We must own up to our own failures and agree to change and improve.

To the true victims of sexual harassment and physical abuse from an employer. You have avenues of government recognized organizations that will help and assist you and you deserve this assistance huge. But also remember life must go on and you can’t use it as a crutch or excuse. Deal with the aggressor, but you must pick yourself up and be amazing for you. No one else will do it.

The same is to be said for anyone who is a victim of any kind of workplace abuse. You eventually must take on board you and only you are responsible for your individual success.

Courage defines who we are and what we should be. Be filled with your courage and be confident in those things you do with excellence and brilliance. Having courage does make you stand out in any environment.

Have faith in who you are and why you are hear. If you don’t have faith in your self how can you possibly ask me to have faith in you other than faith in trust at the best.

Believe in your dreams and in yourself and what you can do and what you want to do. This is actually one of the most important drivers in your life success. You may have confidence and you may have faith but if you do not believe in you and your amazing person and self you won’t show it.

You are made to be a very special and amazing person and full of surprises to your friends and your community and to a workplace. The moment you don’t believe in you, you can’t let us all see the amazing things you can do. Believe in your ability to be awesome and amazing and generous and kind and the list goes on and on. Your ability to believe in you and your conviction in what you can do will make all the difference in what you do and who hires you.

So what if you have been fired from 7 jobs…..actually thats a badge of honor in some ways. Or if you had been caught taking something from your last job you should not have. Own up to it, own it and make it right.

You must work every day to make yourself someone that the general public wants to hire. And if we don’t work on that then we have failed ourselves, our family and actually our society. Because you may be the very person that they need and you did not show them.

My dear friends, stay the course, have the courage that you can face all challenges and obstacles, have faith that you will succeed and have belief in your self as a person that is amazing and gracious.

I wish you all every success and greatness. Only you can make this happen. Your friend ——John