3 Easy Steps

to get Unstuck in Your Career – Part 2

When you are feeling stuck in your career or professional life, there is usually something holding you back. Often it isn’t outside forces that hold you back as much as your internal struggles. You may not be aware of it, but self sabotage works quietly in the background.

Step 3: Let go of your self sabotage

What is it that causes you to hold back and sabotage your efforts to follow your passion, go after your dream job, or start a new career direction?

In order to understand the reasons you may not be getting what you want at work, and why you may be falling short of reaching your goals, you need to look inside and answer the following questions:

1- When I don’t change, what am I getting from not changing?
2- What’s the positive intention behind staying stuck?

You may find that there are several reasons why you are subconsciously keeping yourself stuck. For some people it’s the fear of the unknown, for others it’s the security of their actual job, and for others it’s the anxiety caused by having to adapt to a new experience. Your saboteur is just helping you avoid dealing with this.

Once you know what it is needing from you, you can find another way to meet that need. For example, you may be in a job that pays the rent but that bores you to death. You know you want to change, but never get to send out those CVs. Your saboteur may be at work, because you are subconsciously scared of the new job – more responsibility, more stress, longer working hours.

So the real problem is not your procrastination, and forcing you to send the CVs is not likely to help: your saboteur will find another way to avoid the unknown. The most effective way for you to deal with this situation is to target the fear – once that’s dealt with, your saboteur will be satisfied and get out of the way. You’re in control.

Get in touch

To kick-start the process and get the ball rolling for your new career, job transition, or work in general, give me a call on 01865 751 432 or email Marien Perez, Professional Career Coach to find out more.