Commandment #4 – Be Patient

Our ten commandments of surviving a downsizing continue……

Patience – this may well be the most challenging of all our commandments.  You decide upon a task.   With great intentions, you believe that it will be completed within a specified period of time. Or, you count on someone else to help. The date and time are set. You assume that everyone is as task oriented and as honorable as you.

Surprise…….unless you are a wizard of efficiency or a master of time management, very little will go exactly as planned. Murphy’s Law is all powerful and if you don’t build the virtue of patience into your planning and thinking, be prepared for exhaustion and frustration. Stuff happens and it is rarely favorable.   Patience is a hard won gift, not lightly given. So be prepared to develop your patience as best you can. While your levels of determination, organization and preparation are critical, you still need to cultivate the patience skill when downsizing, moving, and making life changes. Good luck, I am sure you will be successful!