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July 08, 2008

"Oh Sh*t This is It!" Moments

Every once in a while there will be a time in your life when the expression, "Oh Sh*t this is it" pops into your head. Recognize this for what it's worth and understand from that moment forward there is no turning back.

Your "Oh sh*t this is it!" moments transcend both your personal and work life. These moments usually come without warning and depending upon the context, they sometimes result in a personal ReBoot.

Sometimes we know an “Oh Sh*t This is It!” moment will be happening in our lives. And then sometimes such moments hit us when we least expect it and prepared to deal with them.

Looking back at a moment that helped define the current “me”, July 8, 1996 was both a very bad day for me and one of the best days of my life. July 8, 1996 was the day I was liberated from my day job on Wall Street (as in fired). Getting fired most likely saved my life (at the time I was working for Cantor Fitzgerald Securities in the World Trade Center) and was I given the opportunity to execute on a dream that I had inside of me, even if that wasn’t what I was thinking about when I was “let go.”

It took losing my job to force me to rethink my future and act on it. And I haven’t looked back since.

"Oh Sh*t this is It!" moments happen to everyone and more often than we realize. Please feel free to share your stories in the comment section below.

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Jeff, thanks for sharing this. It reminds me of a terrific quote from the movie Wall Street -- "Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them."

Absolutely goddamn right.

Posted by: Michael E. Rubin, Blog Council at July 10, 2008 12:25 PM

Love your ability to turn a phrase: "'oh shit, this is it'" moment" is perfect. You gave new meaning to a phrase that was once used to portray a person's final thought before death. We all have those small moments of clarity when we can see a major life change happening in front of our very eyes, as if we were watching a football game in slo-mo. I felt the 'oh shit, this is it' moment when I received my PSH300 and my N95. Sounds silly, but I knew the arrival of these little pieces of technology in my life would open up doors I never knew were there. And so far, it's been a wild ride! I'm having SO much fun.

Loving your self-reflectiveness, as always. Keep up the good work, my dear friend Jeff!

Posted by: PurpleCar at July 8, 2008 02:44 PM

I was pregnant and my dad was diasnosed with Alzheimer's. My husband and I knew we had to radically re-engineer our lives. I changed jobs, he went to grad school, we moved back to the US and we bought a house with my parents. None of that would have happened without the universe slapping me upside the head.

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I was semi homeless and semi living by the world trade center a month b4 the thing blew up. I got a free trip to Mexico for the month. Beat that.

Posted by: Noah David Simon at July 8, 2008 08:28 AM

I am smack dab in the middle of one of those moments. The roller coaster of life is suddenly making an uphill climb.

Keep up the nudges Jeff...they really are making a difference.

:o)

Posted by: AnnOhio at July 8, 2008 08:13 AM

I know exactly what you're talking about -- those pivotal moments in your life that take your breath away and force you to think "Oh Sh*t... WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NOW?"

That happened to me exactly three years ago when I learned that I was SIX MONTHS pregnant. Yes, you read that correctly. I had no idea that I was pregnant and just happened to find out during my yearly OB/GYN appointment. We had 3 months to figure out what to do, prepare etc. I had to completely redefine who I was as well as reassess my future. No easy task for someone who had completely built her self-image around her career.

Now, my son is the best thing that ever happened to me and I can't bear the thought of life without him. Being a mom is the most fulfilling role I've ever had. I thank God every day for my son.

So, yeah... I know exactly what you're talking about.

Posted by: Lynn Eastep at July 8, 2008 08:04 AM

Jeff, I am presently going through the "oh sh*t this is it" moment and your blog has been one of the guiding lights. I continue to give praise and thanks that you are in my life.

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