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There comes a time in the life of each of us when we begin to doubt our career-related decisions. This is happening gradually. At first, serious obstacles test our patience, then small routine tasks get on our nerves, until one day we say to ourselves: "That's enough." There is no motivation to move on anymore.
If you recognize yourself in this description, you may be dealing with stagnation in your career.
The reason for stagnation at work can be anything: the behavior of the boss, relationships with colleagues, a broken coffee machine, recycling, all at once or nothing. Stagnation is fueled not only by external factors, sometimes it is a consequence of the fact that internal resources have run out.
Here are a few possible reasons why you feel your career is standing still.
Does your work seem pointless to you? Do you often ask yourself why you are doing what you are doing? Does the lack of professional guidelines make you feel incompetent?
Over time, we lose sight of our motives and stray from the intended path. When this happens, our interest in work fades, and we feel like our connection with what we love is interrupted.
In addition, we feel lost if we lose one very important thing — a dream. When she's not there, it confuses us.
They take a lot of time and effort, but they force us to try more and more new ways until we find a solution. Thanks to difficult tasks, we develop and become true professionals.
When work does not cause any difficulties and turns into a boring routine, devoid of creativity and freedom of expression, we quickly burn out. Unfortunately, such a situation can deprive us of the ability to innovate and think outside the box.
Many underestimate their skills and abilities and get a job for which they are too qualified. As a result, such people are engaged in tasks below their professional level and receive not the highest salary.
When we do not find the proper use of our talents and capabilities, the ability to learn new things weakens. As a result, we stop growing professionally. Lack of growth means lack of pleasure — work becomes boring.
The other extreme is work overload, which makes us lose patience. A huge number of tasks, a disgruntled boss and inattentive colleagues only contribute to excessive irritation, which ultimately leads to burnout.
For many, money is an extremely important factor in professional life. And this is absolutely normal. When we work hard to increase the material reward for our work, and this does not happen, any desire to make efforts disappears. And this is also normal.
Money is not the only way to get rewarded for the work done. Attention and respect for our merits are no less important. When we don't get it, we can feel undervalued and even humiliated.
Of course, money pays the bills, but recognition feeds our self-esteem, fills us with energy and lifts our spirits.
If you find all the signs of stagnation in your work, don't worry — everything can still be fixed. Here are five effective ways to get out of career stagnation.
What are you aiming for? What makes you put on work clothes, sit in meetings and solve professional tasks? What do you want to do and what kind of specialist do you want to become?
Each of us has an innate desire to achieve something, and it is this desire that pushes us forward. As soon as you start talking about it out loud to yourself and others, you will commit yourself to fulfill it. This will help to get off the ground.
Many people see work solely as a source of livelihood. Of course, such an approach can fill pockets, but it cannot stimulate thinking.
Goals, short-term and long-term, make us look forward to a new day. Over time, our plans change along with priorities and needs, but we are never left without a goal.
Think about which direction you want to go so that you never have the feeling that you are going nowhere.
It takes time to achieve any goal. You are unlikely to start speaking perfect Spanish or playing the piano virtuosically in just a month. Moreover, an unrealistic deadline only increases the chances that you will quit classes halfway when you do not see the desired results in the allotted time.
Try to stay realistic and set yourself feasible goals and objectives.
If you don't want to keep up with the rapid changes in your professional field, you will have to act more decisively. Acquire new skills and hone old ones, follow trends and prove yourself every day by investing your skills and time in your favorite business.
Be patient. If you have set yourself an ambitious goal, the journey to it can be long and tedious.
Motivation lifts us to the peak of our capabilities. And it is easier for us to overcome stagnation, which often indicates exhaustion of mental strength, when we are internally motivated. Because in this case, we identify the causes of problems and solve them not for the sake of external rewards, but for the sake of self-development.
Every minute stretches like an hour when professional life is frozen in place. However, to solve the problem, it is enough to listen to yourself. Be unique, let your work and approach to business be remembered. There is nothing better than developing every day, expanding your boundaries and leaving everything in the past that pulls you back.
