Fear. Friend or Foe?
Are you fearful of anything? Maybe you hate speaking in public, maybe you are scared to die, or maybe you are scared to find a new job. What fear are you grappling with today; in this season of your life? We all have fears. Sometimes we know them, sometimes we don't . Many times we need a close friend or family member to point them out to us.
I want to talk about fears to do the tough things to find a new job. Job searching is tough for many people, really tough. Sometimes the reason it is tough is because the cycle to find a job is so long. What I mean by that is by the time you decide to look for the new job, develop the resume, send it out to a bunch of listings and companies, talk to recruiters and friends, get leads, follow up, interviews and eventually acceptance, it can be months of work. It can be a difficult and tough process.
So why is this post on our fears? The main reason is because many times our fears will keep us from making a decision. Whether it is decision to look for a job or what the resume should look like or cold calling employers and recruiters or interviewing, these fears (even in the tiniest way) will slow down progress. These fears will creep up when you least expect it and derail your efforts.
The best way to determine if these fears are friend or foe is to be honest with yourself. Think about what is keeping you back from doing an job search activity. If it is fear, you have found a pressure point. Now you know it and it is your responsibility to work on it. If you don't work on the fear it becomes your Foe. If you acknowledge its existence and begin to work through it, it becomes your Friend.
Working on a fear is not easy to do. What I can tell you is if you work on the fear, it will probably become your greatest asset. Our fears tend to keep us from doing difficult things. We build a safe wall around us and when a situation arises and a fear is awakened, it begins to scream louder and louder until we either deal with it or allow it to deal with us. Fears are deeply entrenced and many times got that way because a person has allowed it to become stronger and stronger by not dealing with it.
If you work on a fear and resolve it, you are well on your way to working on others. Many times there are more than one. When you resolve one fear your conversations and interactions with potential employers will be easier to conduct. You won't have to work so hard to steer a conversation as to not expose what you are trying to hide. It's one less thing you have to hide from.
Work on a fear this week. Let me know how it goes.
Let's Get Started!
Jeff
I want to talk about fears to do the tough things to find a new job. Job searching is tough for many people, really tough. Sometimes the reason it is tough is because the cycle to find a job is so long. What I mean by that is by the time you decide to look for the new job, develop the resume, send it out to a bunch of listings and companies, talk to recruiters and friends, get leads, follow up, interviews and eventually acceptance, it can be months of work. It can be a difficult and tough process.
So why is this post on our fears? The main reason is because many times our fears will keep us from making a decision. Whether it is decision to look for a job or what the resume should look like or cold calling employers and recruiters or interviewing, these fears (even in the tiniest way) will slow down progress. These fears will creep up when you least expect it and derail your efforts.
The best way to determine if these fears are friend or foe is to be honest with yourself. Think about what is keeping you back from doing an job search activity. If it is fear, you have found a pressure point. Now you know it and it is your responsibility to work on it. If you don't work on the fear it becomes your Foe. If you acknowledge its existence and begin to work through it, it becomes your Friend.
Working on a fear is not easy to do. What I can tell you is if you work on the fear, it will probably become your greatest asset. Our fears tend to keep us from doing difficult things. We build a safe wall around us and when a situation arises and a fear is awakened, it begins to scream louder and louder until we either deal with it or allow it to deal with us. Fears are deeply entrenced and many times got that way because a person has allowed it to become stronger and stronger by not dealing with it.
If you work on a fear and resolve it, you are well on your way to working on others. Many times there are more than one. When you resolve one fear your conversations and interactions with potential employers will be easier to conduct. You won't have to work so hard to steer a conversation as to not expose what you are trying to hide. It's one less thing you have to hide from.
Work on a fear this week. Let me know how it goes.
Let's Get Started!
Jeff
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