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MONDAY MOTIVATOR EXAMPLE 3:

September 20, 2004

How Do You Sabotage Your Career?

Many people go through their careers unaware of the ways they sidetrack their paths to success. Many self-inflicted professional injuries often recur without us taking a long, hard look at how we may be sabotaging our own careers. If it seems you struggle to get ahead without much success, you may want to examine if you fall prey to certain personality traits that often drag careers down.

First and foremost keep in mind that a career lies within you; not within your company. When you fully realize this, you will take ownership for your success. You will be accountable for your actions and you will stop finding excuses or blaming others. The great news of all of this is that you can find security within yourself. If things become a bit shaky at work because of a merger, acquisition, or downsizing, you know that you will land on your feet!

Make it a great week. Own your career!

Joan Burge
Professional Excellence Coach
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Eliminate Career Downers

1. You never feel like you’re good enough. As a result, you do things that get you demoted to a level where you think you belong.

2. You don’t see shades of gray. You see the world as black and white. You insist on fighting the “good” fight and in the process, alienate even the people who support you.

3. You avoid conflict. The workplace needs the healthy process of conflict, resolution and progress. If all you try to do is avoid all conflict, you undermine your work relationships and ultimately the organization.

4. You see all transaction from a win-lose perspective. Approaching situations as adversarial in nature makes you a bully. You have to learn to play nice.

5. You’re a rebel without a cause. You may feel like you’re an agent of change, but you’re probably doing little to change the organization—and doing more to turn people off.

6. Fear rules your career. When you’re terrified of risk and change, you fail to consider the consequences of not changing.

Joan Burge
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Joan Burge is the founder & CEO of Office Dynamics, Ltd., a national training and consulting firm. As a national speaker, corporate trainer, and author, Joan equips people with the proper skills, attitudes, and strategies to be successful in their professional and personal life. She is the author of 3 books, 12 workbooks, and has been published in more than 54 trade and professional journals. She is most known for her Star Achievement Series, a 12-part curriculum designed to bring out the star performance in employees.

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