5 Fears That Are Holding You Back In Your Career

5 Fears That Are Holding You Back In Your Career

By Perminus Wainaina

What’s holding you back from landing your dream job or advancing in your career? Are you afraid of failure? Of the stress of more responsibility? Of letting someone down?

Maria had been looking to change jobs for over 6 months. When she finally got a job offer, she wasn’t sure she wanted to take it. She would have more responsibilities, and she would need to travel more.

I was afraid to suddenly make all these changes in my life. It was too much for me to take all at once, and I ended up not taking the job,” she says. 

To date, I look for other job opportunities, and I’m afraid to take a lot more responsibility. I’d rather stay with what I know and appear like I know it all, rather than starting afresh.

No doubt, it has impacted my career. I have stayed longer at this organization, and missed other job opportunities that would have most likely accelerated my career.”

Many times the reasons you give yourself for not going after that new job, not asking for the raise, or not sending in your CV seem legitimate at the moment but they all boil down to fears.

How then do you get past your fears and accelerate your career?

Here are the biggest roadblocks to achieving success in your career, and what you can do to combat them.

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