Do You Feel Stuck On A Career Plateau?
Do you think you have gone as far as you can in your present
position? Are you bored, unchallenged or burned out on your
present job? Do you feel like you are at a dead end? Here’s the
good news. You are on a plateau. Life I supposed to be full of
plateaus. They are an important part of your life journey.
A few years ago I went on a hiking trip with a group in Tuscany.
Everyday we climbed mountains. When we arrived at a plateau we
had a picnic.
You can make a picnic on your plateau. The picnic is an
opportunity for rest, relaxation, reflection. Let it nurture,
nourish, and refresh your body and soul. Use it to regroup and
reevaluate. Make ongoing lists for all the blessings in your
life. Focus ONLY on the positives. Enjoy it. It’s a giant Joy
Break. (See my ebook Joy Breaks). Don’t rush it. Use the time you spend on
the plateau to figure out how and where to take your next step,
To do that you must deepen your self knowledge. Self knowledge
is always the key to creating the life you want. If you have my
work book
Stop
Doing What You Hate Start Doing What You Love, take it
out and spend quality focused time with it. It is about you. If
you think you have done the exercises, do them again. As I tell
you in the book, you will get different and deeper answers and
revelations about yourself each time you do it.
Reflect on your strengths, accomplishments, the things you do
better than other people do. What do you enjoy doing? What new
thing would you love to learn? How do you want your ideal day to
look.? Take classes in fun things that are new to you. Peruse
catalogs and job listings for ideas. Arrange to go on
informational interviews.
Time you spend being angry, upset and pressured is time wasted.
It’s even worse than that because it reinforces a negative self
image and moves you backward.
If you create the picnic I described you will discover that you
are much more than you think you are. You will feel renewed and
ready to move on. Enjoy your journey!
Dorene-isms
- "Self knowledge is the key to having the life you desire"
- "Love isn't anything unless you demonstrate it"
- "Perfection is not a human condition"
- "Relationships are the result of the things you avoid"
- "Don't let fear be your guiding emotion"
- "Holding on to anger is like taking poison every day and hoping the other person will die"
- "You can't be a what"
- "The dumbest question asked of children: 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' It's dumb because you can't be a what." In an interview, Tobey Maguire's statement illustrates this point: "Acting is what I do, not who I am."
- "You can do many things happily and with fulfillment if you remain true to who you are."
- "Don't let fear be your strongest emotion"
Notable Quotes
- "If you fight for your limitations you will always have them" - Jerry More
- "We find comfort among those who agree with us; growth among those who don't" - Frank Clark
- "It's better to do it right than to do it right now" - David Hamlin
