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The advent of the New Year, and its slew of failed resolutions, is prime time for questioning our current careers, jobs, bosses, or even how the mess on our desks is blocking success in our career. We want a new start, a new “us”, as fast as it takes to say “Happy New Year”! We job hop more than ever, thinking the grass is greener in the other cubicle.
Yet what many, if not most, end up discovering is that new jobs, careers or bosses do not necessarily translate into better jobs, careers or bosses. That all workplaces have some form of more or less insidious (and annoying) political BS, all bosses have pet peeves and shifting moods, and all office spaces require some minimal level of cleaning.
Although there indeed are many cases which warrant a drastic change, what we find at the end of the day is our mindsets about work need to also change. And since everyone is talking about change, resolutions and new everything, what with the New Year and spikes in gym memberships, how about altering the way we think about and view work?
1. Are you standing in your way to career success? We are our own friends and our own enemies when it comes to success. What ideas and concepts do you have about work that are preventing you from fulfilling your potential? Is your constant desire to please, risk aversion and/or fear of negative outcomes paralyzing you? Or do you need to adopt a gentler approach to yield results out of your team?
2. What can you change about you to bring more success to your career? While you can’t control your co-workers’, teammates or even bosses’ reactions, you can change YOU and the way you approach work. Do you need to speak up and be more assertive? Do you need to allow others to speak up? Is it time to seek new opportunities or pursue your passions? What can you concretely and practically change?
3. Start NOW, right where you are! Action is key. After identifying opportunities and obstacles, you need to act! Just start, right where you happen to be. Speak up at the team meeting, offer new ideas, seek new opportunities, write that book, do something! The more you do, the more you are able to do…
The Corporate Sis.
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