Career Crimes

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Career Crime: Missed the Starting Gun

You’re guilty if
  • You think there is plenty of time to start figuring things out, so you’re waiting until later to start getting serious
Sentence
  • You realize that you’ve been wasting chances that are passing you by every day, and if you had taken some of them, you’d be in a totally different place today
Avoid it By
  • Doing at least 1% toward your goals every day, starting today
  • Not waiting for someone else to tell you what you need to do next
  • Making decisions instead of procrastinating
Challenges
  • You don’t have a deadline that will make you get started
  • You freeze because you aren’t sure where to start
  • You underestimate the impact you can make for yourself and others
  • You focus on missed opportunities instead of your future
Use Career Foresight to
  • Set and track Goals with deadlines
  • Assess yourself with Checkups on your progress toward your goals
  • Start finding out what you need to do and who can help you start going in the right direction -Everybody, Toolbox
  • Squash limiting beliefs about procrastinating - Redefine