I had. I was scanning the gray and brown toned jungle floor around me. I heard something. I ran up the trail, crunching leaf-litter under my thick boots to catch up with him. When I’m in the jungle in Laos,  or anywhere, I listen to the guide. That’s why I’ve hired him.

“Why?”

“Snakes.”

Snakes, cobras specifically, are a good reason to keep moving. Cobras use vibrations to locate friend, foe and prey. What my guide was conveying with those two words was that cobras use their bodies to determine how near or far a creature is by the strength and frequency of the vibrations it feels through the ground. The cobra would know when I stopped and be able to pinpoint my location.

“Don’t worry. You are faster.”

Really? OK. Good. That’s very good! Humans can outrun a cobra strike because we are about 4x faster. It’s the shock that slows us down. The shock of seeing a large cobra raise its body and look right at you. Um yes. I’d say that’s shocking!

I’m working with many clients who have lost their jobs and are shocked. Shocked by the lay-off, shocked by the loss of colleagues, shocked by the job market. Who wouldn’t be? I’ll tell you though, those who are getting the interview and the new job are the ones who get moving.  They get a plan. Like cobras, they use vibrations to create a picture of what they want. In a nod to one of my influences, Law of Attraction (LOA), it’s worth saying that the first to determine how they want to feel during their job search and new job, are the first to feel it, create the vibration, and achieve success.