Featured Guest Blogger: William Merunka

Like the stock market, careers are full of ups and downs. During the up phase, we tend to celebrate and our happiness can be seen by those around us. Although the praise and recognition may not be our purpose for doing something, we enjoy the positive attention we may receive, even if we keep it to ourselves and don’t express it externally.

When our career is in the down phase, the whole world knows about it and we search for excuses as to why it didn’t go as we wanted it to. While the real reason can usually be found by evaluating things we did and didn’t do in our personal actions, the easier path, that we often take, is pushing the blame on other people and making excuses.

When speaking about career development, there should not be any excuses. Either we took the necessary steps to get from A to Z, or we didn’t. Bob can not put an end to your career. He may try to spread rumors about you, or steal clients from you, but he does not have the power to end your career.

While it may be hard to admit to ourselves that we are the cause of our failure, we need to be realistic and take a good look at our actions. It is important to realize, that you are not alone and this is something that happens to many people. Even some of the most successful people in the world had to deal with setbacks before becoming very successful. It’s the lessons that we learn from the failures that help us grow and become greater people.

There are a wide variety of reasons why we do not achieve the career success that we desire. If you can determine what is truly holding back in your career, you can work to overcome it. In this article, I will talk about a few of the more common obstacles that slow down or halt career development. [Read more...]