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My Top 10 Things That Will Stall Your Career
Don’t Get Offended This Is My Damn List (No Particular Order)
3 min readMar 15, 2022
- Not Setting Goals- What are your one-year or three-year career goals? On your job, you should set goals for you to accomplish. Coming in every day with nothing to look forward to but your cubicle sucks.
- Becoming Complacent- I have been guilty of this one before in my career. I had a position that paid ok, and the job was not hard, and I lost track of the reality that there was more out there to achieve. Never get complacent in your career. Two things will happen if you do. You will either get left behind in the career advancement race or you will be replaced by someone with more ambition than you have.
- Laziness- Laziness will kill any career! I don’t care if you are working at McDonald’s or have a spot on an NBA roster, if you are lazy, your career is doomed. There are too many hard workers in this world for an employer to waste their time on you.
- Staying At The Wrong Job Too Long- You can stall your career by working at the wrong job too long. If there are no growth opportunities or chances for advancement, then you should look for a better job.
- Not Continuing To Learn New Things In Your Profession- Courses, certifications, and degrees get old after a certain…
