The Darien Starbucks was humming Thursday morning when my friend and I sat down for coffee. She is a financial whiz and also recently authored a book on interior design. We quickly dove into our own world of comparing notes, offering contacts and sharing war stories.
This woman is chin-deep in the current economic crisis. She’s a financial advisor for one of the companies we’ve been reading about on the front pages ad nauseam.
Her attitude is nothing short of remarkable. She’s suiting up every day and going to the office, fielding customer calls (which can’t be gratifying) and organizing creative networking opportunities for savvy women.
“I can’t wait to tell my grandchildren about this in 20-30 years. I’ll tell them how I was at the epi-center of the early 21st century financial meltdown, and that I had a front row seat.
“Not only that, I was being paid to go through it and earned the equivalent of a Ph.D. in macro and micro-economics to boot.”
I left the coffee shop inspired and uplifted by this woman’s courage, vision and sense of proportion. This, too, shall pass and she’ll live to tell the story and relish every minute of sharing what it was like in 2009.
being in the midst of this massive correction our world is experiencing reminds me of my very own personal corrections i weathered in the 80’s(which were much worse than this) that gives me the strength, vision and confidence to know i will survive this ‘road to hana’! this time however, it’s not just about surviving but putting yourself out there with so many opportunities available thru technology and social networking that can sustain and challenge us to thrive. the lessons are available now to focus and manage this stressfull and difficult, unchartered time. i am choosing to walk thru this fire and come out new and refreshed while poised for the next new phase of prosperity in a different package that i’m so excited to experience! Sometimes we have to be satisifed and content to live and be with the questions rather than be in the anxiety and absence of answers.
@Donna
Thank you for this heartfelt share and testimony to survival and thriving. You’re the poster child for that–a winner in every way.