It’s Just a Job. . .
This past weekend number two seed Georgetown lost to the tenth seed Davidson Wildcats to advance to the sweet sixteen of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for the first time in nearly fifty years.
Georgetown’s stunning loss is just one more example that nothing is ever certain. Not in basketball and not in business.
Last week’s collapse of Bear Sterns, one of the largest investment banks in the world shook the entire financial sector.
For many, Bear Sterns was more than just a company, it was an institution with tens of billions of dollars and 14,000 workers. And now, most of those workers are not only without jobs but they have lost their life savings.
Like Enron before it, Bear Sterns is a reminder that a company is simply a job. It should not define who you are or consume your identity because no matter how how hard or long you work, inevitably you can never truly depend on it.
