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IT WAS ON MY VISION BOARD

My #visionboard #dreamboard Came True - Career Ladder #itwasonmyvisionboard

8/30/2014

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I had a great career by some people's definition, but not by mine. I worked for a large, "stable" company, in a salaried position with full benefits....But I wanted more. 

My complaints were the same as most: underpaid, underemployed, and at one point I even had a manager who refused to speak to me. She would silently walk by my desk, go into her office and email me. When she failed to give me a performance review I knew I had to leave. No performance review meant no argument for a promotion. Nothing I was doing was being documented!

There was such an overwhelming sense of dread going in to work. I wrote the word "temporary" on a post-it note and stuck it on my computer screen. I used up most of my vacation days. But instead of going on vacation, I spread them out and used them one at a time for what I called "mental days". I remember telling my family member "This ain't living".  My coworker and I would go to the park every day at lunch and they would have to give me a pep talk so that I would actually go back and finish out the day. I couldn't imagine being there for years.

I knew what I wanted, I wanted a new job with a new organization. I wanted progress. I wanted to climb the ladder of success that everybody talks about. 

So I put a picture of a woman in a business suit climbing a ladder on my vision board... It worked!

A short time later I got an interview with the federal government. And then they made me an offer!! YES! But that's not all. See, I knew nothing about the government setup, I had never worked in that area and didn't know anyone else who had. I had no idea that they refer to their positions as "Career Ladder Positions" and each year you get a "step increase". I was floored.

The position I accepted was just what I needed at the time. I was there for a couple of years, and every every year I was there... I got a promotion.

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