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She’d had enough.
She had been working towards getting promoted for weeks.
Her best efforts weren’t working.
“I’ve been trying so hard! Scouring the job boards. Updating my resume to align with each job description. Networking events multiple times a week. I was at least getting some bites although nothing great. Now, all of a sudden, for no reason I’m not even getting rejection emails”
She added things like:
“I knew I couldn’t get promoted past my current level”
“Every time I try to go for something big, the universe tells me not to. I should’ve just listened in the first place”
“There’s nothing else I can do, it’s not worth it anymore”
Have you been there? Even if it wasn’t for a promotion but for some other goal?
I know I sure have. And then, I tend to throw the baby out with the bathwater and say something like “Why does EVERYTHING have to be so hard?”
But let’s take a step back.
No email responses from potential employers in the past 4 days…..
Does it really mean you are never going to get promoted? You should have never tried? That there are no other means available? That life as a whole is just really hard
Nope. Not unless you want to make it mean those things.
You see, you get to make crickets from potential employers mean anything you want to. You can make it mean that you should have never tried or you can make it mean that you are still on the path to the perfect job. And, you can decide there’s nothing wrong with still being on the path. Being on the path is not worse than being in a new job. They’re both just neutral.
Sure, a vent sesh feels like a much needed release now and again.
But usually, venting is not problem solving.
Vent if you want. But, vent quickly.
When you get done venting switch yourself back into intentional thinking.
Start showing up as the person who already has your desired result. Then, watch it come faster than you can say:
“I knew I could do it!”
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