Being fired, let go, dismissed or laid off hurts the person it is happening to.

Please stop saying it& #39;s a business decision. That may be true but it is still personal, and it hurts that person being let go some degree. You are rejecting a human being.

Just because you are laid off, let go or even fired does not mean something is wrong with you. If you have lost your job, please take a second to breathe. I know you want to do something but let yourself process the loss first. Breathe.

Because so much of our identity is tied to what we do (it shouldn& #39;t be but it is), losing a job shakes us to our core. If you lose a job, you need time to recover from that experience. Don& #39;t take too long but do allow yourself to feel a certain kind of way.

You can& #39;t do anything about losing a job but you can control how you recover from it. Hold your head up. Do some soul searching. Make a plan. And work the heck out of that plan to get you to a better place than where you were. Breathe.