Roadblocks to Success
What's holding you back from achieving your career goals?
In a recent survey, business professionals were asked about the barriers to achievinggthe career success they desire. Of the 70 respondents, here's what they identified as the biggest roadblocks to success.
Roadblock #1: The failure to clearly establish and focus on their bigger life goals from a physical, emotional, and spiritual perspective.
Roadblock #2: Fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear of leaving your comfort zone.
Roadblock #3: Everyone should make plans in his/her professional career and make improvements. Most people don't.
Roadblock #4: No Right Opportunity - not being able to be at the right place at the right time with the right contact.
Roadblock #5: Certifications and training.
Roadblock #6: Too much competition for a single job posting.
Roadblock #7: I am in a different place in my life and don't spend enough much time focusing on my career.
Roadblock #8: Embarassment and risk.
Roadblock #9: It's more and more difficult to 'shine'.
Roadblock #10: I make "too much money" to change jobs.
Roadblock #11: Current position has not provided any real hard skills that translate to the corporate world.
Roadblock #12: Competing with recent graduates.
Roadblock #13: Can't market my soft skills well enough.
Roadblock #14: Effective networking with the key decision makers.
Getting around your roadblocks isn't hard. You just have to have a straegy that contians several methods for dealing with barriers. One good approach is the Blitz Approach. It's an innovative team-based approach for getting ahead in business. You can read more about this at www.happyabout.info/blitz.php.
In a recent survey, business professionals were asked about the barriers to achievinggthe career success they desire. Of the 70 respondents, here's what they identified as the biggest roadblocks to success.
Roadblock #1: The failure to clearly establish and focus on their bigger life goals from a physical, emotional, and spiritual perspective.
Roadblock #2: Fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear of leaving your comfort zone.
Roadblock #3: Everyone should make plans in his/her professional career and make improvements. Most people don't.
Roadblock #4: No Right Opportunity - not being able to be at the right place at the right time with the right contact.
Roadblock #5: Certifications and training.
Roadblock #6: Too much competition for a single job posting.
Roadblock #7: I am in a different place in my life and don't spend enough much time focusing on my career.
Roadblock #8: Embarassment and risk.
Roadblock #9: It's more and more difficult to 'shine'.
Roadblock #10: I make "too much money" to change jobs.
Roadblock #11: Current position has not provided any real hard skills that translate to the corporate world.
Roadblock #12: Competing with recent graduates.
Roadblock #13: Can't market my soft skills well enough.
Roadblock #14: Effective networking with the key decision makers.
Getting around your roadblocks isn't hard. You just have to have a straegy that contians several methods for dealing with barriers. One good approach is the Blitz Approach. It's an innovative team-based approach for getting ahead in business. You can read more about this at www.happyabout.info/blitz.php.
Great post Todd - and the thing to remember about all these "roadblocks" is that they are generally self-imposed. So often we consciously (or unconsciously) limit ourselves from achieve the personal and professional satisfaction that we want. We make negative statements like "I don't have the networks/education/money/skills/marketability..." instead of focusing on "HOW can I improve my networks/education/money...." When we reframe the issue in a more positive, active problem-solving way, the steps needed to attain what we want become clearer and we have a better chance of success.
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You are so right. We have a great tendency to limit our own success. This is a major reason why our team-based approach, described in our book, is so effective. It helps people overcome their own self-induced hurdles and allows them to focus on the real hurdles. For example, fear was mentioned many times in the survey. If you were going into a dark scary house all by yourself, you may be a little scared because you don't know what's there. However, if you were going with others, your fear would be reduced. The team concept is great for surpassing 'perceived' obstacles and moving on to the real challenges at work.
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