As a professional, whether you work in a confined cubicle in a corporation or enjoying the experience of self employment, we go through different experiences that always arouse a variety of feelings. Though we’d hope that it would be mostly positive, the reality is it’s not. Negative feelings like envy, frustration, jealousy, stress, discomfort and anxiety, to name a few, show itself daily.
Some would consider it as normal and part of work life. There are others that abhor it, which would explain why they quit their job easily. In as much as we’d like to ignore and eventually accept them, it doesn’t help in your ongoing professional development if you let it win.
Picture this.
A new boss was just hired and you feel anxious and nervous about the change in management. You decide to wait it out and even refused to cooperate; hoping things go back to how it was before. After a few months, you notice the new boss praising one of your colleagues, which you think is not as competent as you are. You feel betrayed and frustrated. Probably envious of the fact you weren’t noticed. Your feelings eat you up and now you are miserable than ever, having to find out that your colleague was promoted.
What happened?
Most, if not all, would think it was because of office politics. Believe it or not, this is not always the case. By surrendering to the negative feelings, you pushed yourself to being mediocre. You weren’t in your element and you didn’t shine. The boss didn’t notice anything, thus making you look average.
If you gave yourself just enough time to accept the feelings and transformed it into something positive, then you would have been noticed. You might have received that well deserved praise and probably a promotion.
Conquering the negative feelings will make all the difference in your career. You will stand out from the crowd and will no longer be average.
