Doing the work of others
It’s no secret that I read A LOT. Right now I’m currently skimming 3 books and actively reading 1 other. One of the books I’m skimming through it Nice Girls Don’t Get The Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers.
I picked it up at the request of my friend (in my head), Belle. Tonight, I decided to look at parts of the book that I hadn’t seen in a while and I came across Mistake 4.
Mistake 4: Doing the Work of Others
I realized that this is a mistake that I made recently in life. I wanted to be everybody’s everything but I wasn’t able to do that and be everything that I needed to be for myself. I lost sight of my own dreams and couldn’t envision my way out of the rut that I was in.
“… There are two kinds of people in the world: careerists and achievers.Achievers keep busy by doing the work. Careerists spend their time managing their careers. Truth be known, you’ve got to be a little of both to get ahead.”
I think I’m finally seeing life as both an achiever and a careerist.