Stunned But Thankful

“I was stunned – but thankful.”  That’s how Carolyn Starks describes her reaction to losing her job.  It sums up how a lot of people feel after being laid off if they are honest with themselves.  Underneath the shock and alongside the fear, there is a part of you that knows it is time for something different. What can get in the way of initiating a change on your own is attachment to what we refer to in Now What?® as the “package”.  As Carolyn puts it, “… I had been toying with the idea of leaving for two years, but kept thinking: you just don’t leave the Chicago Tribune.”  It was once she embraced what was happening and asked “What now?” that a creative idea for a business dawned on her.

“StoryBuilders’ Carolyn Starks.”