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purpose by demonstrating how they are reaching
their own.
Fast forward two years, October 3, 2019, and
Solvay were facing another layoff, but this time I
volunteered to leave. As I type this, I am thinking
about coworkers saying, "job security" five years ago.
I questioned them: where is the job security for the
ones laid off? There is no such thing as job security!
I am a firm believer that learning to create
opportunities for yourself is the best security.
My mentor Dr. Stan Harris once told me,
"whenever you can't figure out something, I want you
to say this to yourself: 'When I make up my mind to
do something, God will orchestrate circumstances to
align themselves in my favor.” When I say, “I can't”,
my mind stops trying, but when I ask, “how can I”
then my mind keeps searching until it finds away.
And if there is a way, I will find it. And by the grace
of God, I will reinvent it".
Reinventing is what I did. For years, my
coworkers laughed at me because every year, I
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