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What's Your Exit Strategy
My friend Brent told me once that many professionals lack an exit strategy. I agree. If you think what you're doing today will last forever you're...well...crazy. This comes from a man who has had more than one balloon popped by change. It took me a number of years, but now I see change as a friend and not an enemy. Your next chapter is inevitably held up by hanging on when you should let go, and man is it tough to let go.
Disclaimer here; if you're called to see it through to the end, even when the odds are against you, then you should do it. That's destiny at work. When I was ceremoniously escorted out of corporate America all of my exit doors were shut before I could do anything...or so I thought. Don't mean to make you wince, but I was supposed to lose. I was supposed have things turned upside down. Without those events, I'm confident I wouldn't be the man I am today.
In many ways and exit strategy can be a win masked as a loss.
See this piece from the The Washington Post on the record industry. What a last gasp for air. Do you think the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) needs an exit strategy? Can any individual or organization afford to not have one?
Posted on Thursday, January 03, 2008 in Business Commentary, Life Perspectives | Permalink