Breaking the status quo in your profession

The risk of stagnation in a career increases over a period of time, if there are no conscious efforts made to gain new skillset and building the right mindset to achieve professional goals.

Being in the status quo with your current job role and nature of work degrades one's working capabilities.

Generally, this happens due to a lack of enough skillset and mindset acquisition while career progression. It is very important to keep skilling yourself with different skills regardless of the type of skill you choose to learn. It keeps you driven in life and engages in finding meaningful purpose to grow.

Stagnation is inevitable if you stop learning in life.

This attitude of disinterest towards your current job or either from being unsure about "what exactly is the role and responsibilities" that you would love to work on.

To come out of the first situation you would have to work through your priorities in life and know where you are heading else the danger of getting stuck in similar kind of jobs keeps circling all the time.

Working mechanically might only be a good idea to meet deadlines. But it cannot be a way of working for long. Add some fresh views and ideas to your work and get inspired by different people, art, books or even a movie. The idea is to make your work fun by making a conscious effort to improve.

To break the status quo and the stagnation in your career, you can take small steps like learning a new skill and working on your mindset to flourish. You can setup some time with seniors at leadership positions to help you with guidance. Getting yourself a mentor would be a great idea.

These are some of the ways through which you can excel in a career, this might seem a lot but if you stay fit and eat healthy and filled with a lot of energy, you will have enough mind power to execute things well without getting stressed over it.

A person excels in their career by demonstrating their capabilities through the work, communication, and critical thinking. You can be serious about your work, yet don't have to make it seem like a grim, Have some light shades of fun by participating in different socializing activities or through learning something new in your personal life by working on something that you truly enjoy.