Way To Avoid Career Regrets | Fusion - WeRIndia

Regret is to be sure an upsetting feeling that is dangerous to our prosperity, and it is something that should be quickly treated as an emotional malady.

If you have any existing regrets that you’re harboring, it’s essential that you find conclusion so that you can release the emotional charge behind it.

We’ve all experienced some form of career regret.

Maybe it was a career change or a professional decision we wish we hadn’t made.

Regrets can also happen if we aren’t as far along in our careers as we’d like to be. Or we haven’t achieved as much as we thought we would, whether it is money, a certain title or a sales goal. How can we avoid making poor choices the next time?

Here are few tips which may help you to plan for your career and to avoid career regrets:

Adjust your goals

It is important to align your goals with what is most important to you, identify your career values and then the things that are fulfilling to you, career-wise.

To determine what’s critical to you internally, identify what your career values are and what is most fulfilling to you career-wise. This will help you ensure that when you set your career goals, you will be doing what matters most to you from the inside out.

Your career values would be what give you a sense of reward, such as connecting with people, a collaborative work environment or creativity in your job. Then, your external priorities are the practical elements that will allow you to take care of yourself or your family, financially, emotionally and health-wise.

Align your career choices and goals with both elements, the internal and external priorities. Too often, professionals neglect one or the other when establishing their goals.

 

Get outside your comfort zone

Most of the elderly will tell you that they don’t regret what they have done but the things that they didn’t do when they had the chance.

If we want to achieve great things in life, we can’t afford to be timid and settle for the status quo. We should be willing to step outside our proverbial comfort zone because that is where the magic happens.

Prosperity comes to those who are willing to take chances and get comfortable with sensible risk taking.

If you aren’t happy with where you are right now in your life, you should muster the courage and strength to alter your situation before you become apathetic about your mediocre existence.

Take sensible risks and get outside your comfort zone.

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Live in the present moment

The strains of everyday existence can cause us to frequently slip into lapses of mental time travel. We could either become involved with the hopeless feelings of past recollections or in the enthusiastic expectation without bounds.

It’s sound (and even pleasant) to think about the past and plan in moderation.

We want to be able stay within our limits so that we don’t miss out on the bountiful gifts of the present moment. We can extract all the goodness and wisdom from the present once we immerse ourselves into an experience and open ourselves up to the sensory pleasures on offer.

Evaluate the risk up front

Any steps we take toward a goal require some element of risk. To say yes to one thing, you need to say no to something else.

Taking risks is part of the deal, but it’s important to evaluate each step first and make sure it’s the right risk, will move you toward your goal and is the best step to that end to achieve your goal.

When evaluating, ask yourself: Will this move me toward my goal? How so and what is the time frame? What action steps must I take to achieve this goal? Are there any other ways to accomplish this goal?

 

Leave a legacy

At the end of your life, you want to be able to say that you left the world a better place.

Perhaps you raised children who grew up to be responsible, moral and successful individuals.

Maybe you founded a business that now provides jobs and supports numerous families.

Or perhaps you championed a cause that was dear to your heart and your efforts were instrumental in creating substantial, positive change.

The scale of your contribution doesn’t matter if it has your finger prints on it.

Your actions will model authenticity and valor for the youth because you dared to live life based on your own terms.

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