Getting Out of the Way

We're wrapping up our first few chapters on personal excellence, so this is our time to take note of what we've learned about ourselves and create one or two personal development goals.

We are preparing to take an honest inventory of our self-understanding, what attitudes, beliefs and behaviors serve us, and what gets in our way of making tethered choices & taking action.

I believe this is the necessary preparation work often ignored when folks are looking for more success and fulfillment in the workplace. Too frequently we want to boil career satisfaction down to a simple talent/job match, and it's just not that one-dimensional. How we go about our work, cultivate relationships and achieve results is the foundation for success.

For many of us in the empowerment group, we've created habits, beliefs and attitudes that served us at some point in our life. Our assignment now - if we choose to accept it - is to figure out what we need to unlearn so we can create a more direct route to success. We'll do this by riding on our strengths, while ditching the things getting in our way.