Turn Mistakes into Career Path Success
Of course, everyone makes career mistakes. For some, it means accepting a lifetime of struggle, meaningless jobs and unfulfilled dreams. For others, it means dealing with the mistakes and turning the negative experiences into positive career path success.Example of turning supposed mistakes into successPopular author Stephen King completed his first book, titled “Carrie”, at age 25. He sent the typewritten manuscript to each of 30 publishers and all rejected it. Despondent, King dumped it in the trash and went out looking for any kind of work necessary to support his young family.His wife, Tabitha, had faith in his talent. She retrieved the manuscript before it could be lost and convinced King to keep trying. Since then, he has sold more then 350 million copies of his books and written many successful television and movie scripts. (getbusylivingblog.com/famous-people-who-found-success-despite-failures)Consider each mistake a learning processThe natural distressful emotion, as happened to young Stephen King, is to treat a mistake as a disaster. It had to be something that is better forgotten as soon as possible. Instead, as difficult as it may seem at the time, you should overcome your distress and turn the failure into a positive experience.Examine the reasons for the mistake, as it applies to your career. For instance, was it when you applied for a job and you failed to get it? Instead of moping about it, did you then seriously look back on all the elements of your interview, resume or other factors that caused the rejection?In another scenario, after you accepted what looked like an attractive job offer, did it soon turn out to be the wrong decision and you needed to get away from it? Whatever the situation after you’ve failed in a career move, the only solution is to immediately learn all applicable lessons so your future attempts will be much improved.Never give upWhen Great Britain appeared to be on the verge of World War II defeat by Germany in 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill made many speeches to inspire his people. One of the most famous excerpts is, "Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, give up. Never give up. Never give up. Never give up." ([email protected])The same determination to overcome failure, never give up and then go on trying applies in achieving career path success. Forget excuses or blaming others for your mistakes. Put it all behind you and keep going forward in every positive ways.Keep an upbeat, positive attitudeJob seekers and others who want to improve their careers may be unaware of how they are perceived by others during face-to-face situations. In interviews and other career-related scenarios, mistakes too often show on your gloomy face, slouchy posture and other negative aspects. In many situations, an otherwise qualified person can fail to be accepted because of poor appearance and negative attitude.The biggest mistakeThe worst thing you can do after a career failure is to blame it on someone or something else. Don’t make the error of finding an excuse or scapegoat so you can escape responsibility for your own negative career moves. Of course, it may happen that someone or something else could cause you to do a job task wrong, miss an appointment or make a mistake you couldn’t avoid.However, you must make all the ultimate decisions and responsibility in pursuing your career path. No matter what the reason, it’s up to you to rise above all mistakes and perform your job better the next time, and the next after that.
