Great Entrepreneurs: November 2008 Archives

This month is the third solid month of mass layoffs since the house of corporate cards began to fall. Hundreds of thousands of highly skilled people find themselves looking for work, hoping for a fast break that will prevent them from defaulting on the loans that prop up the "good life".

But as the shocking news spreads about these disastrous layoffs lets not forget that behind it all there is a whopping big secret...

...Hardly anyone really wants their corporate job to begin with!

Movies are made, books are written and songs are sung about people who break free from the office shackles to pursue a greater and more fulfilling purpose with their life.

They go on to start their own small businesses, run marathons through the Sahara, volunteer for charity, act in a musical, audition for a play or even sell widgets on ebay between play time with the kids.

Sometimes people need to be pushed from the nest in order to discover their brave spark and to see their value.

I can guarantee that there will be some green eyes peering at those "unfortunate folk" who are packing their desks and taking their first steps into the uncertain, bold new world that lies beyond the homogeneous days of meetings and reports in a corporate cubicle.