10 Ways To Lift Yourself Up And Reach Your Career Goals In 2023

1. Focus on the upside of a downside situation. Every loss contains a gain if you look for it. “I have to pay more taxes this year than ever before” becomes “I made more money this year than I’ve ever made.”

2. Pinpoint the opportunity contained in the difficulty. Make it a habit to focus on the good news wrapped around bad news. Ask, “How can I make this situation work to my advantage? Can I find something positive in it? What can I manage or overcome in this instance?”

3. Develop a growth mindset. Think of a setback as a lesson to grow from instead of a failure to endure. Ask what you can learn from difficult work outcomes or failures and use them as stepping-stones instead of roadblocks. Consider how the obstacle is happening for you instead of to you so you’re empowered instead of victimized.

4. Broaden your scope. When threatened, your brain is designed to constrict and target the threat like the zoom lens of a camera. This limits your ability to see the bigger picture. Expand your outlook with a wide-angle lens that steers you beyond doom and gloom to bigger possibilities. Consider all the people and things you’re grateful for at work and home.

5. Be chancy. Take small risks and apply micro-adjustments to your thinking in new situations instead of predicting negative outcomes before giving them a try. “I won’t go to the office party because I’m afraid I won’t know anyone” becomes “If I go to the office party, I might make a new friend.”

6. Avoid blowing a negative situation out of proportion. Make micro-adjustments to your perspective and don’t let one bad experience rule your whole outlook: “I didn’t get the promotion, so I’ll never reach my career goals” becomes “I didn’t get the promotion, but there are more steps I can take to reach my career goals.”

7. Focus on the solution, not the problem. You’ll feel more empowered to cope with life’s curve balls when you step away from the problem and brainstorm a wide range of possibilities.

8. Practice positive self-talk. After a big letdown, underscore your triumphs and high-five your “tallcomings” instead of bludgeoning yourself with your “shortcomings.” Make a list of all of your skills. Read it back to yourself often. Give yourself a fist pump each time you reach a milestone or accomplishment.

9. Hang out with positive colleagues. Optimism is contagious. When you surround yourself with optimistic people, positivism rubs off, and the potential for possibilities is more likely to be realized.

10. Strive to see fresh starts contained in adversity. Failure is neither personal nor final. Envision letdowns as temporary and know that you can overcome them. Every time you get up and brush yourself off one more time than you fall, you succeed. Perseverance increases the likelihood of propelling you to the top of the leader board.

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