First Memo of I LOST MY JOB AND I LIKED IT: 30-Day Law-of-Attraction Diary of a Dream Job Seeker

INTRODUCTION

My mission is to help you have a juicy life – not just any old life, but a life you feel passionate about, one that is on purpose, one that feels great! I want you to wake up in the morning and say: ‘I cannot wait to see what Life will bring me today!'

I want to help you turn hard times into good times. I am pleased that I have experienced the same difficulties as others. I am now in a position to apply the tools that I have discovered along the way to face up to the special challenges of today.

I am grateful that I have been practising the use of these various tools (mainly the Law of Attraction) for many years now. I am grateful that I started the ‘100-Day Reality Challenge’ community (also known as ‘Co-Creating Our Reality’ or CCOR) in 2005 with Sandy Grason and Laura Duksta, two wonderful and amazing women who, having written respectively Journalution and I Love You More, are now famous authors in the self-development industry.

Over the last eight years I have come to realise the extraordinary creative power that we all have. I have posted hundreds of videos and blogs on YouTube (well over 400 to date) and elsewhere on the Internet, and I have observed my life unfold while applying practices such as taking 100% responsibility, visualisation, vision boards, healthy eating, brainstorming, participating in seminars, etc. I have been practising these techniques consciously and deliberately for over 1,000 days (in ten 100-day challenges, which I shall explain later) such that I feel I am now fully equipped to use them in facing the personal challenge that I have been given: the loss of my job.

I realise that not everyone has the tools that I have. Many people are frightened. Many are wondering, ‘How can I get through this?’ It is my duty and my mission to help you. So I will be sharing my journey. It will unfold though the pages of this diary and, hopefully, it will help you see how you too can manifest your dream job, or, if you do not want to call it a ‘dream job’, at least a job which, every day, stimulates the flow of new ideas, a job such that you feel you are making a real and valued contribution, a job that you do not simply tolerate or endure for the sake of survival, or even for the sake of having money to enable you to do the things that you love.

I hear people say, ‘Get a good bed, you spend a lot of time sleeping!’ Yes, we do, but we also spend a lot of time at work and we all have work. This book is most definitely not about finding any kind of work, but about finding work that is fulfilling.

Through this book you will follow the journey of someone – me – who is determined to find a fulfilling job, a job that makes me happy. My intention is to be outstandingly creative in this job, to have new ideas flowing in, to be part of a talented team, to make a difference, and to feel content. That is my desire, my intention and the context in which I am living my life.


UNPRECEDENTED NEWS

This afternoon I received a call from Peter Gould, the CEO of my company: ‘Lilou, I have bad news.’ He paused for a few seconds. It seemed an eternity. I had felt the tension in the company, and sensed something bad was about to happen, but nothing could have prepared me for his words: ‘Your job is being made redundant. We’re not going to be able to keep you any longer.’

My heart was pounding. I asked, ‘So when do you want me to leave?’

He replied, ‘Well, as long as you hand in all the work you have, and do a professional handover, you can leave now.’

In a few seconds, with those few words, my life changed. My future had altered. What was I going to do? I’d been in the job for six months – Internet Marketing Director for a London-based hospitality company. For the previous seven years I had worked in the USA on a self-employed basis. I’d applied for this job from the USA. I was thirsty for a new adventure. I was thrilled, and accepted the position. It’s a dynamic, entrepreneurial company, but I have to say that it wasn’t all plain sailing, especially the last few weeks…

I just accepted the news at face value, trying not to read too much into it. I stayed professional on the phone, and tried to find out more about the practicalities. ‘OK, so how does this work? This has never happened to me.’ Since I had been with the company for only six months, the official policy was to give me only a week’s severance pay. However, as I had relocated from the USA, Peter told me that I’d be given a month’s salary. I thought that was generous, and it was some relief. Peter told me to call Alexis, the HR person, to arrange the details. Before our conversation ended, I asked him to email the 60 employees working in the office to let them know immediately. He sent an email explaining that I was ‘moving to pastures new’. Pastures? What is that now? Is this a British way of saying that you have been sacked? I didn’t think so. I had been fired and that was the truth, but that’s not how he put it. He possibly meant to imply that things would be greener for me on the other side…? Yes, that was probably it... I was hopeful.

I was certainly grateful for that smooth and considerate email, as I did not want to be the recipient of everyone’s sympathy, to look bad in front my colleagues. I had only worked six months in the position. Thirty minutes later, HR was in my office, and we discussed the details of my redundancy.

So that’s the news today: I’ve lost my job.

All afternoon colleagues came into my office and asked me what I was up to. They wanted juicy details. Under pressure, I started making up a story that I had some plans that I could not, as yet, share, but, yes, I was certainly moving to ‘pastures new’, as Peter had said. All the while, as I was saying to people, ‘It’s been a great experience, but, you know, it’s time to move on…,’ I was thinking of what exactly these pastures could be. By the end of the day, having received numerous visitors and emails, a new scenario was taking shape in my heart and mind: I was inviting my life to lift off. The bad news was transmuting into great news. I felt increasingly liberated by the minute. Here was an opportunity for something new, an opportunity for something great to start. It was up to me.

I’m back home now, digesting the fact that I was made redundant today. This is a first. I cannot explain why I now feel such relief! It has awakened such joy in me – and energy. I look forward to being guided rapidly to something new and fulfilling, where I can truly develop my passions and purpose, and prosper to the fullest extent.

I have to admit that I was not happy at work and it was affecting my entire life, especially the last few weeks, always stressed, working long hours, sleepless and not feeling like the captain of my own ship. Yuck! But I have learned a lot there. I have sharpened my skills, but most importantly I have learned what I did not want. I am extremely grateful for that.

Now it is time for more – to find something new. I am asking Life to guide me. This is the time for my dreams to become real…

Pre-order I LOST MY JOB AND I LIKED IT ON AMAZON.