16 - Wednesday, January 13, 1993 - North Shore News-

w Year's Bounce back from any career setbacks

VIRTUALLY ALL: successful
people have experienced career
setbacks, but the start of a new
year is the perfect time to resolve
to take a more positive attitude if
work becomes a problem.
_ As companies cut. costs and
staff to stay competitive, learning
to manage career downturns with
optimism and even humor is an
ever more important part of
climbing the ladder to success.

In Bouncing Back, author An-

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drew DuBrin shows how you can
beat a career crisis. Taken from
nis book, here are some tips for
bouncing back from career
downturns:
@ Make the best of it.

When a 47-year-old manager
on the headquarters staff of a

large company returned from, a.

business trip; he found another
man in his office. Given six
months to find another job within
the company, he went to work for
one of the smaller departments.

He dug into it with the en-
thusiasm of a person given:a new
lease on life and within 18 months
was promoted. Today he’s happier
as manager of a small department
than as a member of the corporate
staff.

@ Avoid self-pity.

Resilient people don’t feel sorry
for themselves. too long. They
spend their time plotting a’ come-
back.

A 30-year-old pharmacist had
_an agreement with the owner of a
drug store where “she worked to
buy him out when he_ retired.

’ Then the owner took ‘a larger of- *

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fer. Instead of feeling sorry for
herself, the pharmacist opened her
own pharmacy in a nearby shop-
ping plaza.

Today, she employs .over 30
part- and full-time workers.
® Be persistent. .

Winning often means getting up
one more time than you have been
knocked down. Victor Kiam,
owner of the. Remington shaver
company, was once a salesman for
Playtex. One sales call ended up
with the owner sweeping him out

- with a broom.

“I> was determined to: uncover
the cause of the man’s hostility,””
Kiam recalls. Thanks to his
predecessor, the man had greatly
overstocked his store. Kiam ar-

.Tanged for one of his larger ac-—
to purchase: the excess -

‘counts
merchandise. ‘‘Needless to say, I
made a friend,’” he says.

® Adapt to change.

Any kind of business shake-up

creates more change than most
people want to handle. Yet, those
who rise to the challenge make the
best impression. ,

When a new management team
at-a-clothing merchandiser. issued
strict new edicts,

Identify goals
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‘are very sore and they resist sim-

ple tasks like raising a coffee cup,
the workout was too strenuous.

**Exercise should, -enhance- the »
quality of your. life, not’ take it

over and not inhibit it.” .-::
There are many: ways to: help,

and to hinder, motivation. Work-"
: eliminating other breaks‘ or: work:

idea, but not if, that. friend: has | a.

ing out® with‘.a. friend. isa good

itness ; level:
to frustration.

more _advanced
that can’ lead
because ‘the friend wi

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But, Maier. ‘added, don’t: ‘wait
"for a friend’ —’ fitness classes ‘or’

centres often. have beginner groups
where
fitness” levels. can. meet. and work
‘together.

.. Determine: ‘goals: at ‘the: ‘outset .

“and: make: ‘alist of the’ things’ that

will stop a. workout from happen- ;

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sales . Managers complained that
their creativity was being stifled.

The fourth took a. different
tack. Her group. began a’ tight

program of planning,’ goal-setting:

aid researching sales and fashion’
trends.

The manager’s _wiltingness: to
change earned her ‘superiors’: ap-
preciation. Not coincidentally, of
the three managers ‘who resisted .

_ the changes, one was forced into

early retirement, one was’ demoted
and one was fired. : :
@ Keep things iti perspective. ~
Because our job is such a ‘big
part of our ‘self-image,-'a . career

. setback can make.us lose perspec-. :

tive. Instead of thinking “I’m an

unemployed steelworker,’’. for. ex-:

ample, think, .‘‘l’m a human being.

with options.”” oy
@ Never give up., °

A successful. 43-year-old

home-repair’ contractor was forc-: .

ed out of business’ by. a car.acci-
dent that ‘shattered his leg. When
he read of the current interest. in
the testoration of older homes, ‘he
realized he’ could combine: i
his woodworking talent. ere
Today his: company , has
reputation. : :

ing, . Then iry ‘to: -eliininate. “the
things that.will get.in the way of.
the fitness program.

If. an after-work ‘commitment
interferes, make’: ‘arrangements : to

‘do. the workout: befor

‘during ‘ hunch? Ifa! typ

‘hour is not ‘long ‘ enough,: talk: to

the.company about. extending it by

ing longer. :: “.

She also. recommended C
training _ _ using» more. than
form of exercise to help avoid get-
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