I am so lucky and privileged to assist and support people to move forward. And sometimes it just takes one session! I say this because last week I worked with someone, we’ll call her Kate, who was confused about her career direction. She already had several degrees but couldn’t decide whether to stay working as an accountant or go back to her previous area in the advertising world. Often this sort of confusion isn’t really about what job to do or the choice to be made but rather about something that is unacknowledged within the self.
For Kate one area that came up was the lack of acknowledgement of success. Kate had loads of qualifications and work success but when I asked her did she feel she was successful she couldn’t say yes. It took some work for her to acknowledge herself. So for her she just kept on achieving but with little self acknowledgement and so had to keep achieving because she never felt she got there – wherever there was! With further discussion she also realised that her current work environment or culture didn’t meet her values.
This of course can be dealt with by trying to change it or getting a new job. However if the fundamental issue of knowing what is success for herself, acknowledging it and celebrating it isn’t changed then her life will continue to be unfulfilled and dissatisfaction will keep occurring because she doesn’t know when she is successful.
So please acknowledge yourself today.