Caught Up in Concepts
Have you ever wondered why you’re not moving forward as quickly as you think you should? After all, you are smart and competent and have a pleasing personality, and you’re good to your friends and family, not to mention that you’re kind to animals. What else could you possibly do?
Even if you don’t have all the aforementioned skills, you do have enough tools to get the job done. Here’s my experience of what gets in the way: Getting caught up in concepts.
Concepts “should” work but they have a poor history of finishing the job.
Who you think you are won’t move you forward. There is a common thread I’ve noticed in “Conceptualizers”; they think they are special and their specialness should make them attractive to people who can help them reach their goals.
Here’s something that’s not a concept: That specialness ends at the border of your skin and is not a passport to progress. You’re not going to be offered opportunities because you’re special; you’re going to get doors to open up when you display a willingness to do the job at hand and not expect special treatment.
Reminds me of many stories . . .
Back in my radio career, I rarely met a part-time radio personality who didn’t think they were better than the full-time people who were employed at the station. Their assessment may have even been true in some cases. It was often their concept of entitlement that stood in the way of their advancement.
The part-timers who rose to the ranks of full-time didn’t think they had already arrived. They were willing to do all that was necessary to make that transition happen. They weren’t hampered by the concept of “should”; only focused on what needed to be done to reach their goal.
A concept is only an idea. An idea needs action for implementation. If your only action is an assessment inside your head, your chances of moving forward are all but dead.
You only get paid for what you work for, not what your think you’re worth.
Entitlement is a concept that has us misplace the keys to progress and we’ll never find them in that special place.
All the best,
John
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