What’s natural can often look strange

With the latest financial disaster still going on and the Canadians predicting another six months before we even get close to what will pass for the bottom, it’s a good time to rehash something that will help you be as successful as possible. Nothing can guarantee success, but the following along with a lot of hard work can make it a lot more likely.

No matter what you do or where you are in your career, you find more success by doing what feels natural. You may not find success doing what’s natural, but doing what is unnatural is a surefire way to avoid it.

When I talk with clients, I always insist that they take whatever I say and compare it to what they already know. Sometimes they resist a truth, but if it doesn’t fit their reality then they should just cast it off and look for something else. You have to go with what fits naturally.

So many hidden high potentials (HHPs) work at jobs that don’t feel natural. Maybe you’re lucky enough to never have felt it. You always had work that fit. But many of you know this feeling all too well. You are straining in your job, out-performing everyone else but getting the same pay. Or your job is crushing you, destroying your very soul.

Because doing what is unnatural for you will kill you. It’s not what you were meant to do. [Read more →]