Friday Four: Four Tips to Keep Your Obstacles at Bay

Friday, March 7, 2008

Believe it or not, adversity can be the best thing to happen to your career building efforts. The way you handle the occasional obstacles in your career will be looked at by your colleagues and bosses, and if you can handle your difficulties with grace and aplomb, you can bring your vision to life.

Here are four tips to help you handle the pressures of adversity that occasionally threaten to get in the way of your building your career:

1. Don’t be afraid to consider worst-case scenarios, but always work to create the best-case scenario. There is one difference between a career building pessimist, a career building optimist, and a career building visionary: the first two see only one side of the coin and don’t really consider the other extreme; the third considers both, prepares for both, and works to ensure that it doesn’t have to come to worst-case scenario.
2. Budget is budget. Prepare for it well! Not everyone can draft up a budget, and definitely not everyone can stick to it. One of the greatest pitfalls of any person’s career building goals is underestimating or overestimating his budget.
3. Two words: back-up plan. One’s vision of life and career objectives will never come to fruition without a back-up plan. If something doesn’t go according to plan, there’s got to be a ‘Plan B.’ It is just common sense, really.
4. Be careful when you compromise. At first glance, compromise is a good thing when it comes to building your career. However, you’ll also find that compromise can also end up derailing all your efforts if you aren’t careful. So ensure you stick to your values when it comes to making those decisions; at the very least, you can go to bed better at night.
   

My book, “Bring Your Vision to Life,” is home to several ideas that can help you deal with adversity and get through the pressures. For more information, click here. | 0 comments

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