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For the first time in my professional career, I’m feeling forced to constantly prove my worth at work with my bosses, colleagues, fans and critics. Jobs are scarce and the potential of losing your job is all too real. But besides not getting a monthly paycheck, which in my case allows me to pay my bills and buy small luxury items, I worry about all those ideas and projects that won’t see the light of day. I worry about not having an opportunity tocontribute to social causes. I worry about all the people that I can help with my ideas and talents. Of course, I’m not ignorant of the importance of getting paid for your work.  I am, after all, an amalgam of creative and practical thinker.  We are going through a tough time where mediocre results just won’t cut it. There’s a saying that in crisis there’s opportunity. Well, my left-brain translates that as to mean, ‘learn a new skill, volunteer for tasks outside your scope of work, be humble and know that there are smarter and more talented people than you.’