How Career Regrets Stunt Professional Growth

I have a few that I have learned a lot from. First was staying in a position too long. While when I started teaching I was really happy but things changed after a while I realized that the position was not for me. Instead of leaving I stayed until I let go. Had I left l now know when it is time for me to move on and take the skills that I learned in that job and apply them to a new position. This also taught me that I like to be constantly learning in a position to feel challenged. I also worked for a friend which at first was great however over time I came to realize that I needed more structure in my work environment. When I realized this I tried to changes things at that company. However, this was not what my friend the owner wanted her company to look like. Instead of leaving when I realized this I should have left instead I lost my job and my friend. I now know that you need to remember what your role is within a company and Not expect them to change. You either accept the environment and your role or you move on.?

Do I have regrets?? I wish I would have picked a different position.? I interviewed for two positions and I was able to pick one.? I picked a position because I knew of the team leader and I liked his management style and how he helps develop his people.? After about 6 months, he moved on to another role on a different team.? I liked working with the team and have formed some great relationships with former and current members of the team.? Our corporate office, in my functional area, doesn't like the team. While I have mostly enjoyed my roles in my current company, I wish i would have started about 5 years before I did.? This would have allowed me to move up farther in the company before all of the changes.

.... And there i thought i will never recover from it all, self reflection was also my wake up call. 8 months in a new job got promoted to manager and got placed in a work environment of staff which were old enough to be my parents. I came in with the idea of how i should lead from all past experiences being lead and months down the job when finally i was finding my place and doing as i saw fit for me and my staff, all was put infront of me, on why i felt it was just not going well for me, it was all because of that first impression and obviously being clueless on what i was doing but deep down knew i wanted it so bad and knew i was ready. Only at the end of my journey at that place i realized i had made that mistake myself from the beginning and now know better as ive started managing at a different city and now its tricky as its people of my age so im just here trying to learn and hear others views with that, you wont always get it right the first time. Mistakes are there to build us and for us to know better and be open to being taught as much as one can be of a higher position.