I'm not naive enough to believe I was the last of 15000 Americans laid off last week, but I was one of them. It's nothing new to me and I know I'll be fine. What is new is that, as I pondered the diversification of my (remaining) financial capital this past month, it occurs to me that I'm a victim of not diversifying my human capital. I have one employer,customer,contract converting all the hours I work into cash. If that position fails, devalues, or just slows below goal, I should have other positions in which I'm engaged balance out the loss. So I'll never work for an employer or a single contract again. I'm diversifying. So should you.
I'm already continuing my other security management contract but I'm interested in applying some of my expertise to recruiting, investing in green technologies, providing boutique security services such as audits, assessments and training in small, easy to purchase sessions, and I've even got an invention to patent and pursue.
