It Will Never Happen To Me | CareerAngles.com

My brother-in-law and sister-in-law dated in high school, got married, got good jobs, raised two daughters, and divorced in the last few years. They never thought they would be among the statistics. But they are. They never thought would happen to them.

I’m connected with him on Facebook and read that he was experiencing heart failure, would need to have heart valve replacement surgery in the next few months. When I knew him he was obese and, although, he says he has lost weight, apparently it hasn’t done enough to rectify whatever his genetics are and his previous diet had been to avoid being in this predicament. He never thought would happen to him.

There are many things in life and our careers that we never think will happen to us.

We work hard. We try hard. We do what we are told and, at times, make great suggestions about how to do things better with no expectation of reward other than we get promoted or get a good salary increase.

We never think will be passed over. We never think that bad economic times will cause us to lose our jobs. We never think our boss will leave and take with them all the promises and hope that they gave us, leaving us with a new manager who knows nothing about us and with whom we have to start from scratch again.