All too often, people wait to advocate for themselves, which is a terrible idea. Here are a few examples of how this move can have a crippling impact on your career.
A job is posted with requirements slightly above your experience level. Rather than go for the opportunity, you do this instead. You tell yourself you’re not quite ready for this job, so you don’t apply. Ironically, the job goes to one of your peers who has less experience than you.
Since your co-worker resigned, you’ve been doing their job and yours. Your boss has often complimented you on your performance yet hasn’t spoken about your pay. You convince yourself that it’s best to wait until your annual performance review (months away) to ask for a raise as you sink further into debt.
You’ve been thinking it’s time to ask for a promotion, yet the little guy on your shoulder tells you to wait. After all, if you really deserved a promotion, wouldn’t your boss have promoted you already? So, you decide not to make any waves and wait as you watch less qualified people get promoted.
Nothing good has ever happened by waiting, which is why you need to take control and advocate for yourself. Take responsibility for where you are and where you want to be; take charge of your destiny.
Waiting for someone to recognize and reward your contribution or for the environment to change won’t get you where you want to be. Nor will blaming others or the system for your lack of success help propel you forward.
Here are some questions to reflect upon that will help you get traction.
- What’s the next step in my career and have I shared my vision with my boss?
- Are you too nice at work? Are you always saying yes when at times, you should be saying no?
- Do you passively wait to see what kind of raise you might receive, or do you negotiate in advance for the raise you feel you deserve?
- Do you wait for your boss to assign you more responsibilities, or do you offer to take items off your manager’s plate?
- Are specific skills or education levels needed to advance your career, yet you haven’t made any moves to acquire these requirements?
- Do I place the blame for where I am in my career on others, or do I take responsibility for my current situation?
- What’s one behavior or belief holding me back that I’m willing to work on changing?
- What am I really waiting for?
Research shows that more people regret things they didn’t do than the things they did, even if things didn’t turn out as planned. After all, with time, focus, and effort, you can fix almost anything, but you can’t go back and do the things you dreamed of doing but didn’t.
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