The Termite that Eats You!

Have you seen those termites which spoil the books? They eat little by little, and heartlessly disfigure the books ?

How it will be if one such termite enters your life??????

Horrible to think…..????

The one that slowly eats all peace and happiness in life, and makes you like an ChatGPT, an AI, which directly claims ‘I do not have emotions’…

Human beings are emotional beings. If you lack emotions, what being you becomes…

What is this serious termite?

Before saying that, Let me tell you a story that happened some years back...

I got job in a new company.

Joining a new company always has new hopes, new lights.. right?

It was all colours in initial couple of years..

I was very energetic…

Work? whatever comes I take it with full josh..

Challenges? Come on… I can do anything…

Extra efforts?? What extra effort, we have to finish the task… we can do it….

?And the time went by…

Slowly, challenging tasks start to feel as complaining tasks..

Extra efforts? how long I have to work… is this never ending..? I have no free time????

And energies… it was way drooping... what to be energetic in doing same things every day… I am comfortable here, that itself is the big thing..

Hikes..? promotions??? -? sounds like alien words.. we don’t have much relation with them.. ? At times, we just get a glimpse of that…

???????????? And the time went by…

?Energies…. became frustrations.. self-guilt for not improving my own state, for not escaping from the place, self-blaming for not doing what I want to do and for not getting the value I deserve…

?Each day started to feel dragging, or don’t know how it pass.

‘Life’ – there nothing called life.. there is only work!

?And every sentence ends in a complaint about work…

Yes, You are right! ?????????????????????

Unknowingly, I got a termite, that slowly steadily started to eat me, my happiness, energies, my career…

That Termite, was: The Career Stagnancy!

Sometimes, we might not even know when this started or how it started.

We just feel things are not happening to us… ‘only to us’, others seems fine with their life!

Our Life feels tough and heavy.

Why did it happen?

?It was all happy in the beginning of career. When did it start to deteriorate? And Why?

This starts to happen when you get comfortable in what you are doing. Comfortability is such a beautiful lie, that, once you are in, you feel so fine there… but in truth it is making you lazy, if you are not proactively taking actions against it.?

Being in comfortable role, we forget our basic nature of ‘continuous learning’. A human being is an evolving being.. We grow every day, from birth to death.. Each stage we are learning new things (if we want or not).

Even in career, continues learning is a key factor, which we might not be mindfully aware of, until we hit our head. If there is no new learning in what we do daily, it starts to make you lazy/bored, because you are moving away from your natural state.

?How to escape from this termite?

?To escape from Termite attack, you need to use Termite killers!

??? What are the Termite killers for career stagnancy?

?1.???? Awareness: being aware that you got attacked by Termite, is the first and foremost thing. Unless you notice that, you allow the termite to eat you slowly and steadily.

2.???? Analyse: Once you are aware, analyse the situation. Analyse the depth of attack and accordingly you need to take action. The more it creeped in, faster and powerful killers you need to use.

3.???? Attack: Create the action plan and attack the termite with that. Take needed actions to come out of that state.

Upskill if required

Polish your knowledge

Uplift your energy levels and mindset, and charge!

4.???? Maintenance: why maintenance? The Termite attack can happen again. So be aware and have regular checks to keep it under control. Be open minded, be a continuous learner, keep your energies high and stay motivated.

5.??Last but not the least: If you need any help in killing those termites, don't hesitate to seek help!

Career stagnancy is such a creeper that slowly engulf us. Be aware, take the actions and escape from it, before it kills you!

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