The Loser Language of Regret

 Like management consulting, media and tech, the Hollywood sector is losing jobs - probably permanently. 

In an article in LA Times, one of those in production Heather Fink puts out there that being in sound for 14 years was her "biggest mistake." That mindset likely will impede her ability to spot and pounce on opportunities. 

What should Fink be thinking and doing instead? 



That's where the Five of Cups card in the Tarot hammers its message. Sometimes called the "Spilled Milk" card, it manifests how dead-end (as well as off-putting) it is to reflect on what didn't go as expected. 

Fink could have have taken the steps on her journey to what would be next in earning a good living by framing her past as leverable. That is, she could take an inventory of her knowledge, skills and networks and explain where she will explore figuring out a fit for all that.

During the early 1970s, the market for university humanities professors went kaput. We Ph.D. students had to reinvent ourselves for alternate career paths. Those who thrived didn't shoot themselves in the foot with lamenting how "all that overeducation" was a waste of time. On interviews we expressed gratitude for being able, for example, to develop such analytic prowess. To today I "sell" my research abilities. That's even in the mystical force field of the Tarot.

In this second decade of the 21st century the challege for knowledge workers will be how to transition from what lines of work are no longer marketable to what can prove out to provide a good living. No one who can assign work wants to take in an earful of regret. 

In most cases you have only one shot in communications. Jane Genova is a communications coach and content-creator. Complimentary consultation (please text 203-468-8579 or email janegenova374@gmail.com)

 


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