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Benedikt Oehmen

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Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

So to me, it comes down to your point of view and how you choose to engage with that event in your life. That event being your parting ways with your former employer, either by your own choice or you're being forced to because you have been laid off or the company is no more. And we can choose to look at that and say, oh my God, this is the worst thing that ever happened to me.

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

So to me, it comes down to your point of view and how you choose to engage with that event in your life. That event being your parting ways with your former employer, either by your own choice or you're being forced to because you have been laid off or the company is no more. And we can choose to look at that and say, oh my God, this is the worst thing that ever happened to me.

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

What am I going to do now? This is the most scary thing that ever happened to me in my life. I'm being thrown out of my comfort zone. I had this nice little place where I was good at what I was doing and it was comfortable and I made money and that allowed me to survive and live my life. And that's when people, if you look at it like that, then yes, it's very scary.

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

What am I going to do now? This is the most scary thing that ever happened to me in my life. I'm being thrown out of my comfort zone. I had this nice little place where I was good at what I was doing and it was comfortable and I made money and that allowed me to survive and live my life. And that's when people, if you look at it like that, then yes, it's very scary.

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

But you can also choose to look at this energy in your body that you feel this being stirred as, oh, there's energy in my body. I'm kingly all over. I'm excited for what lies ahead. So instead of looking at what you lost, it's, oh, wow. So I'm not bound to this company anymore. What other opportunities are there for me? What is it actually that I'm passionate about? What is it that fulfills me?

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

But you can also choose to look at this energy in your body that you feel this being stirred as, oh, there's energy in my body. I'm kingly all over. I'm excited for what lies ahead. So instead of looking at what you lost, it's, oh, wow. So I'm not bound to this company anymore. What other opportunities are there for me? What is it actually that I'm passionate about? What is it that fulfills me?

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

And is there maybe a better fit for me out there than what I have been doing previously? And if you look at it from that perspective, then change is exciting because now you enter this world of opportunity and the five stages of grief, you get through them a lot more quickly and rapidly. than when you look at it from the other side of being scarce and having that anxiety.

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

And is there maybe a better fit for me out there than what I have been doing previously? And if you look at it from that perspective, then change is exciting because now you enter this world of opportunity and the five stages of grief, you get through them a lot more quickly and rapidly. than when you look at it from the other side of being scarce and having that anxiety.

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

And if you have that for the first time, yes, it's completely normal to be scared because you lose your safety net. And that will always be scary, especially if you have to provide for your family and for your children. The more you get exposed to it, right, the more you are... Getting used to nothing in this world is 100% safe. Nothing is being granted or forever.

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

And if you have that for the first time, yes, it's completely normal to be scared because you lose your safety net. And that will always be scary, especially if you have to provide for your family and for your children. The more you get exposed to it, right, the more you are... Getting used to nothing in this world is 100% safe. Nothing is being granted or forever.

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

Then you get into the practice of building that resilience and asking yourself, Hey, what if tomorrow my workplace changes or my position at work or my responsibilities or I don't have a job anymore? What can I do right now to prepare myself for that eventuality and the change that is very likely to come in the future at some point?

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

Then you get into the practice of building that resilience and asking yourself, Hey, what if tomorrow my workplace changes or my position at work or my responsibilities or I don't have a job anymore? What can I do right now to prepare myself for that eventuality and the change that is very likely to come in the future at some point?

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

and if you look at it like that then you can prepare your yourself each day a little bit with stuff that makes sense for you in the future and that may start with looking at what am i actually passionate about what is it that i want to do with my life and how does it overlap with stuff i can get paid for and then you can start building accreditation and you can do research and you can develop yourself into that

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

and if you look at it like that then you can prepare your yourself each day a little bit with stuff that makes sense for you in the future and that may start with looking at what am i actually passionate about what is it that i want to do with my life and how does it overlap with stuff i can get paid for and then you can start building accreditation and you can do research and you can develop yourself into that

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

direction that when the moment comes and you're all and you're suddenly thrown out you have a system in place you're already on the road to something new just like okay cool that was great i'm very thankful for the experiences i'm taking all the good things i can from it that helped me learn and grow and become the person that i am today and with that set of skills and experiences let's move forward to the next thing

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

direction that when the moment comes and you're all and you're suddenly thrown out you have a system in place you're already on the road to something new just like okay cool that was great i'm very thankful for the experiences i'm taking all the good things i can from it that helped me learn and grow and become the person that i am today and with that set of skills and experiences let's move forward to the next thing

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

So the big three is really something I discovered during my last stages at Blizzard and then the year after when I was getting my coaching certifications and I was writing the book. And they're all about being kind, present and open. And for me, it's a framework that when we just stick to those three simple things, everything else falls into place.

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

So the big three is really something I discovered during my last stages at Blizzard and then the year after when I was getting my coaching certifications and I was writing the book. And they're all about being kind, present and open. And for me, it's a framework that when we just stick to those three simple things, everything else falls into place.

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

So being kind to me is all about self-acceptance, embracing the good things in our life and not looking at what we think we are missing. So let's... What we talked about previously is this point of view, right? It helps shape this point of view to a place where we have possibility instead of restrictions. And then being present is all about enabling that self-motivated and self-driven behavior.

Chief Change Officer
#349 Benedikt Oehmen: Layoffs, Level-Ups, and the ‘Big Three’ for Starting Over

So being kind to me is all about self-acceptance, embracing the good things in our life and not looking at what we think we are missing. So let's... What we talked about previously is this point of view, right? It helps shape this point of view to a place where we have possibility instead of restrictions. And then being present is all about enabling that self-motivated and self-driven behavior.