Hi community, I want to highlight the mindset that almost ruined my career and life. It’s a mindset that digs us deeper and deeper into a hole of bad experiences.

It's the attitude "I don't get paid for that" or “That's not my job”

Have you ever had thoughts like this at your current or former workplace? Have you had the idea that you shouldn't do something because you weren't paid enough to do it or it wasn't your responsibility? I was the same way until I read and understood this part of a book by Wallace Wattles in the Science of Series. The first part states,

“The person who is certain to advance is the one who is too big for their place…”

This means for those who want to guarantee their advancement in life or work they must outgrow their current situation. Be to dynamic of a force to be there.

In short when we don’t give our all, we have little right to expect to receive more. When you hold back from life, life holds back from you. However, when you show the capacity to do more than your environment calls for, you by universal law will receive more to tend to and thus benefit more.

Here are 5 questions to ponder on this topic. A few things you have to ask yourself as a reality check. This may hurt.

1. Am I waiting for something to change in my environment before I give it my all and really go after my goals and dreams?

2. Do I believe I can just show up different if my situation was different although I’ve never been that way? (Truth is you won’t, if you aren’t now)

3. Am I a taker, in how I try to get the most from life but give the littlest value I can offer?

4. Do I think I am owed something? (you're not owe anything from life)

5. Am I currently filling my space in all my life’s situations? Do/did I do enough to make it obvious I’m too much of an energetic force to be in my current or past situation?

In closing, it is helpful to take ownership of your reality. If something wasn’t for you to tend to, you wouldn't have been aware it needed tending. When we have the ability to perceive things and don't tend to them it tarnishes our energy and hinders our growth. Do more, so you can be more, my friend. But put your energy in the right places, invest it, don't squander it.

Do you have any areas of your life you want to change and are willing to do more in those areas so you can transcend them? If you are motivated to share the area and the new actions you'll take below.

To being the hero of your story! #wordsofadvice #inspiration #jobsearch #fired