It’s a very common situation where everything seems to go belly up. We then end up blaming our luck, our environment or in some cases – the evil eye. But, what if I told you there was a way to bypass this? What if I told you that there was a different approach that you can adopt – and by doing that, you can offset one of the biggest mistakes you can make in your career?
Read on.
Situation
- You seem to be having a string of bad luck
- Everything seems to be stacked against you
- And everyone’s your enemy!
- Everything seems to be going wrong
- “Am I sooo unlucky?”
- You seem to be missing opportunities
- Seem to be stuck in a vicious downward spiral
Cause
- Negative ideas and perspectives tend to stick
- Our mental makeup affects our outlook and decisions
- A foul disposition can sour relationships, destroy opportunities and negatively affect our career trajectory
- Sunk cost should not be a factor in decision making
Answer
- Intentionally search for the benefits of your situation
- Forces you to change your viewing angle – and interpretation
- Reframe that situation as a positive one
- Forces you to look through a positive lens/filter
- Look for the silver lining
- Understand that this is temporary
Result
- New perspectives generate new angles to the situation
- Your angle should be consciously chosen
- Different interpretation means different stories
- Everyone has a subjective reality
- You control the narrative/story running in your head
- The event happened. But, our interpretation can be different
- Spin the story that takes you closest to your goals
- Build your reality this way
- This is a key aspect of success
- Build your reality this way
Your Turn
- Look at common triggers
- What really gets you angry/upset?
- People
- Places
- Situations
- Things
- Ideas
- What really gets you angry/upset?
- Look at times you’ve felt ‘wronged’
- Look at the places where you’re carrying baggage in the form of…
- Anger
- Hate
- Resentment
- Avoidance
- Sarcasm
- Jokes
- Obedience
- Look at the places where you’re carrying baggage in the form of…
- Look at present, difficult situations
- What’s stressing you out now?
- Why?
- What’s stressing you out now?
- Finish this sentence: “Good. This means that…”
- Jocko Willink’s idea
- Do this as a daily exercise
- Write it with pen and paper for greater satisfaction
Join Us
- Run by Arvindh Sundar
- Goal: Increase Job Security, Reduce Career Risk And Win At Work With E.P.I.C Transformations
- Mission: Liberate a million millennials from an unsatisfying career
- Get in touch at arvindh@epiccareerlabs.com
- There’s a course that can help fix most of these
- Did you know?
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- You can take an assessment to figure out your career risk level too
- There’s a bigger version of this document that explains how to fix these things as well!
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