Be Daring: Try Something New
October 17th, 2008. Published under Career Satisfaction. No Comments.
While we love our comfort zones, career development stagnates with routine. Once we settle in to a position and know exactly what we can do, that’s all we do. While this strategy keeps us from failing, we don’t really succeed either.
Risking failure forces us to stretch our skills. Mary Ann was a successful college student in her last year at school. She could have coasted through her classes, graduated, and headed to law school at the end of the year. At the prompting of one of her professors, Mary Ann applied for a prestigious scholarship, something she had dreamed of but didn’t think she could get on her own. She put all of her effort into the application process and learned much about herself.
In essence, she failed and did not win the scholarship, but the process opened many doors for her; she won the school’s highest honors and accepted a job directing economic development in a small community. Mary Ann’s life would have been smoother had she not taken the risk, however she is grateful for the diversity it brought to her life.
Pick one of your daydreams. What can you do to make that dream a reality? If you go for it, you never know what opportunities await you.