Unlocked is a show all about opening possibilities so that, when you are hit with the unexpected, you have options from which to choose. 

Thursday, October 3

 

Reinventing Reinvention

 

 

There are times in our lives when we have to reinvent ourselves. It may be that we are facing failure, retirement, disappointment or we just don’t feel right where we are in our lives. Today, the word pivot seems to describe that moment of change, although reinvention says it better. And there are so many aspects of that moment – both at the time and after to make it happen. Join me as I talk with T J Elliott, former executive and now play write, as he talks about his decision to pivot, what it means to actually accomplish the pivot successfully, and how to prepare yourself to get through it.

 

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T. J. Eliott

 
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Humour, Nothing to Laugh at

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