Russ Johns – Build Skills That Will Carry You Beyond Your Job

<p><strong>BIO:</strong> Russ Johns is a producer at The Pirate Syndicate. He helps people be SEEN, be HEARD &amp; TALKED ABOUT... using LiveStreaming Media.</p><p><strong>STORY:</strong> Russ spent 15 years dedicating all his time to his job at the expense of his family and health. The company went through a merger and acquisition, and Russ’s role was made redundant, leaving him jobless. Russ’s biggest regret is spending so much time building someone else’s dream instead of his.</p><p><strong>LEARNING: </strong>Build skills that are marketable outside of work. Build your dream, not someone else’s. Invest in what interests you and brings you joy the most.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong>“The worst investment is the one that you do not make. The time that you do not invest in what you are doing.”</strong></p><p class="ql-align-center">Russ Johns</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2><strong>Worst investment ever</strong></h2><h3><strong>Investing everything in his job at the cost of his family and health</strong></h3><p>Russ invested 15 years in an organization that he thought was amazing. He invested a lot of time at the cost of his family and health. He truly loved his job and had no desire to stop doing it.</p><h3><strong>Getting phased out</strong></h3><p>As fate would have it, the company went through a merger and acquisition, and Russ’s position was no longer needed. And just like that, he had to leave an organization he had dedicated his life to for 15 years.</p><p>The loss of his job was a tragedy that changed Russ’s life completely. It took him a while to recover from it.</p><h3><strong>Picking himself up</strong></h3><p>Russ had no choice but to pick himself up, recover from the loss, and come back in full swing. He had to learn new skills to keep going, but this time around, Russ decided to dedicate his time building his dream and not someone else’s.</p><h2><strong>Lessons learned</strong></h2><h3><strong>Do what interests you and brings you joy the most</strong></h3><p>Explore and understand some of t