“Sometimes digging a deeper hole only means you’ll run into another hole” – ok, not exactly Thoreau but I believe you’ll get what I mean.

What I’m saying here is that many people spend their time ‘thinking’ about a problem (digging the hole) and never apply action towards change. They spend so much time down in the hole that they eventually just ‘think’ their way to nowhere (another hole). And what good does it do? We’ve only got 24 hours in a day and if we spend all of our time ‘thinking’ about change and not acting on change then there we are, right back where we started.

When it comes to your career this can be a disaster. The answer is that you’ve got to go full circle. In other words, certainly you need to dig – you’ve got to find out how you think and feel about something in order to take action. Once you’ve deciphered that, the next step is to turn those thoughts/feelings into intelligent action. This is the step that so many people leave out. Once you apply ‘action’ you will then be able to observe the outcome, make adjustments and continue moving forward. You’ve got to apply the entire model or all you’ll do is keep running into more holes.

Posted by Robin Ogden - FiredUP Careers

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