{"id":683,"date":"2019-11-10T16:58:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T16:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgealfredkennedy.com\/blog\/?p=683"},"modified":"2019-12-03T04:26:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T04:26:55","slug":"leaning-your-career-ladder-against-a-different-wall-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgealfredkennedy.com\/blog\/leaning-your-career-ladder-against-a-different-wall-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaning Your Career Ladder Against A Different Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201dTake responsibility for the direction of your life; no one else will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is always a family member, favored teacher, school guidance counselor, or revered colleague with well-intentioned career advice.  Often, their advice may conflict with your dreams for a different future than the one they suggest for you.  You appreciate their confidence and do not want to suggest they may be mistaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to do?  If this sounds familiar, remember this:  you alone are ultimately responsible for your life \u2013 successes and failures.  Therefore, the goal is to lean your career ladder against a wall of your own choosing, not one selected by someone else.  Taking such a bold step is not always an easy decision to make, but it is necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe all have two choices:  We can make a living or we can design a life.\u201d  Jim Rohn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you have settled on the career goal, the life\u2019s purpose that speaks to your passion, find out what you need to do to be successful.  Find out how to get from where you are to where you need to be.  And, then do those things!  Many fail to take this important last step and live lives by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take action without undue regard for failure.  The reward is growth through the courage of your convictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you choose to live a life by design, you inevitably encounter resistance.  Jack Canfield (Jack Canfield and Pamela Bruner \u201cTapping Into Success\u201d) notes \u201cwhen you reach for new levels in your life, your relationships, your career or business, and your health, it\u2019s natural to encounter resistance and change.   So pat yourself on the back when they show up because it\u2019s usually a sign that you\u2019re playing big.\u201d
Each of us is a unique emotional and psychological being and therefore each of us deals with challenges and social pressures differently.  Self doubts may emerge depending on the source of the resistance to our determination to lean our career ladder against a wall of our own choice.
The test of our resolve to succeed is to develop techniques to allay fear and doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I relied on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1)  A well designed, but flexible, strategic plan,
2)  A focused mindset,
3)  A determination to succeed, and
4)  A willingness to get past the doubters and naysayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canfield and Bruner, in their book, \u201coffer step-by-step instructions and strategies to help allay fears and doubts\u2026and move toward your ultimate success with confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never fear the probable loss of old relationships.  Value, instead, the rewards from making new friendships, exploring new horizons, and determining that you can do; that you can be someone of your own unique design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To paraphrase Betsy Myers (\u201cTake The Lead\u201d \u2013 Motivate, Inspire, and Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You), once you\u2019ve experienced the exhilaration of succeeding on your own terms, \u201cgood luck trying to follow someone else\u2019s rules ever again.\u201d  When you choose the wall to lean your ladder against, the view from the top has a taste different than anything else you may have attempted.  It\u2019s just different!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s why.  There was no simple formula for your success.  You loved the journey as much as you loved mounting the top rung of your ladder.  Moreover, you overcame self-doubt, subsisted at times on sheer passion, and now savor the success that came from taking personal responsibility for your life, defining a plan for success, and persevering.  You never lost faith in your most valued asset \u2013 yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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