8 Thoughts That Are Really Bad for Your Career Development
Written by Dr. Thomas J. Denham
Take Steps - Personal Strategy
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© 2011, Dr. Thomas J. Denham, Careers In Transition LLC
The #1 barrier to achieving career success is you. You are standing way of your own success with negative distortions. I am often my clients’ best cheerleader, while they act as their own worst enemy beating themselves up with criticism, self-doubt and worry. I listen patiently and hear them offer up their dominant thoughts from the dark side. Thoughts come and go so frequently that we rarely think about how they impact our day. It is impossible to think negatively and have healthy career development. What we think has a direct impact on how we feel, what we say and how we act. Erase these eight thought patterns that can derail you from your future.
1. Absolute Thinking – This is the tendency to perceive your job situation as either all bad or all good with no shades of gray. This is an “always” or “never” mentality. It may take the form of: “I’ll never be able to get a job.” or “I’ve always been this way.”
2. Blaming – An unconstructive way to handle things is to blame someone, something or yourself. This may include such phrases as: “It’s my entire fault” or “It is all their fault.” or even “If xyz didn’t happened, then I would not be in this situation.”