With all due respect, let me start this blog as an extension to my last blog, Your Career Is Yours. I guess; a few people have got offended by my last blog. So, this one is purely to elaborate on my previous blog. What I meant by changing the job was not necessarily quitting your current employer and joining a new one. What I implied was that you should periodically change the nature of your work and the environment you work in, because doing so gives you a big learning curve, which is necessary to surmount on in order to grow in your professional life.
A lot of people have criticized me of being too opinionated. I refute them all by saying that I have, and strive for, various perspectives -- and most of the times as many as possible. And, when you have many perspectives, you can gauge the pros and cons in a much better way.
People, by nature, are scared of leaving behind the legacy that they create by working for ages. It's natural to feel scared of leaving behind that legacy for others to enjoy and bank on. But, we must not forget that we also inherit some kind of legacy when we take on something new in life. And, our motive should be to leave behind a better legacy than the one we inherit, and relentlessly keep moving on to make things better. Usually, and mostly, incumbents are scared of loosing their legacies -- and feeling so is very natural.
If we are genuine talents, we should be confident enough to take on different challenges at different organizations (a firm has many organizations, such as, Marketing and Sales, Pre-Sales, Strategy and Planning, Development, Project Management, Operations, just to name a few). But, usually, and unfortunately, at most firms, you don't get opportunities to move around across different organizations, for obvious reasons. In that case, you are unintentionally, indirectly forced to quit the firm and pursue your dream, provided you are seriously looking for enhancing and diversifying your skills.
Thus, as I said, your career is yours. So, it is only you who has to decide what you want to do. If you love your firm more than your career, you will compromise on your learning curve, but, if you love your career more than your firm, you will make all the required efforts to make your career shine. Although the opinion is mine, but the choice is gonna be yours. And, trust me, there is only one rule, and that there is NONE.
1 comment:
Oh, now I realize why high performers dont shift so often!! To prove ourself to be a consistent performer in any enviornment of work, we need change. Change brings new challenge, energy, hope in life.
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