Stalled Career And What Will Cause Movement
Career, work-life balance, and the daily grind, are things feeling a bit stalled or stuck? It may seem easy to self-assess and tell yourself, “I’m not sure about my options.” The feeling of a stalled career is common, mostly because people apply simple logic.
The logical examination considers all of the valuable reasons you are where you are. It considers the ease of the norm, the status quo, and perhaps the safety of no risk.
Feeling Logical
The norm feels comfortable. You know the routine. You’ve grown to appreciate and quietly value the repetitive nature of things being just the way things are. Mostly, you know what to expect, and often, when to expect it. That’s normal.
The status quo shields you from change. It is based on your expectations. Expectations of a secure job position, an annual salary increase, and accrued vacation pay. Work life exists during mostly fixed hours, and you are comfortable steering around long weekends, vacations, and holidays.
Your mind will convince you that this is logical, it makes sense. You can’t do this, or do that, because of the risk connected with a decision.
Sometimes you feel forced to make a move, or sometimes unfortunately your services are no longer needed and a new direction is required.
Regardless of the circumstances people still often feel stuck. Stuck because any other move has already been evaluated and the only choice is to stay right where you are.
The suggestion sometimes is that people will only change when they get miserable enough to make a move. Do you really want to be that miserable?
Stalled Career
I often ask people, “What are you going to give up?”
When our days and our time is completely filled, we have to give up something in order to do something new. Logically, this doesn’t always resonate, mostly because if you are truly stuck it is often hard to see what you can give up.
If you are going to get things moving again. If you’re going to get out of your career stall, you’re going to have consider doing something different.
Different is scary, not always the most logical, or it may seem unreasonable.
In many cases it is not a matter of different knowledge, it is a matter of old knowledge applied differently.
No movement guarantees one thing, you’re stalled.
-DEG
Dennis E. Gilbert is a business consultant, speaker (CSPTM), and culture expert. He is a five-time author and the founder of Appreciative Strategies, LLC. His business focuses on positive human performance improvement solutions through Appreciative Strategies®. Reach him through his website at Dennis-Gilbert.com or by calling +1 646.546.5553.
