Finding Relevancy In a Changing World — Feeling Comfortable with the Discomfort of Change | Leadership and Values in Action, LLC

In a world changing daily, how do you stay relevant in your work? Begin feeling comfortable with the discomfort of change! Read more about how you can. Third in a series.

In the Introduction of the book I published earlier this year, Tales of a Displaced Worker, I tried to capture the feelings of receiving devastating news. We were told, via email on Friday afternoon, that the college was going to close in 6 weeks. In the Introduction, I wrote, “My stomach dropped and I wasn’t sure what I was reading. How could the college have gotten to this point, when only weeks prior to the announcement we had been told how healthy the institution was? But in that moment the floor fell out from beneath my feet and I was entirely uncertain about my professional future. Of course, I was concerned for the students, but I knew they would be fine. Their resiliency is always underrated, having dealt with other college-wide crises with aplomb and nerve. I, however, was not seeing an easy path to a great future.”

Since receiving this news and spending the last two years trying to move forward, I have learned a couple of lessons. Previously, I wrote about staying authentic and vulnerable in my work and leaning into my fear. I…