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Changing Career

Is it possible that there are basic myths and lies that are ruining your life, holding back your career or
justifying an unhappy or unfulfilled life? … 0 … ourselves can go a long way toward derailing our
success, according to several experts who weighed in on the topic this week. Here’s what two of them
had to say:

Greg McKeown, author

Why do capable people fail to break through to the next level? It’s a question McKeown began
pursuing an answer to … 1 … 15 years ago. “The answer to the question, to my great surprise, is
success,” he wrote in his post 12 Myths that Lead to a Busy, Unfulfilling Life.
… 2 … when working with executives in successful Silicon Valley companies. “The success bred
options and opportunities which undermined the very focus that led to success in the first place. In
other words, I found that success can be a catalyst for failure,” McKeown wrote. What often happens,
he contended, is that successful people … 3 … . “If we’re not careful, our lives become dictated by
ideas which sound convincing at some level but are really myths,” he wrote. He pointed to 12 big
myths that can lead to a stressful, unsatisfying career and life. Here are a few of the myths:

If everyone is doing it then I need to do it.
“Let the fear of missing out consume you. Accept … 4 … being busy and checking social media and
email constantly. Don’t pay attention to the quiet voice telling you a different life is possible. Just go
with the crowd,” he wrote. The truth: “There is a joy in missing out. Discover it.”

I’ll stay up late and get it done.
If you ever mention sleep to someone remember to talk about how little you’ve had lately. … 5 … last
night. It’s okay to be tired and to admit it. But don’t show weakness or worse, laziness by suggesting
you need a full eight hours. The truth, he wrote, is that “sleep is for high performers.”

“… 6 … ,” McKeown wrote. “When organising your life, there are only two options: The disciplined
pursuit of the essential or the undisciplined pursuit of the nonessential,” he wrote. “And that matters
because if you don’t prioritise your life, someone else will.”

Theresa Sullivan, career coach

Sometimes we can be our own worst enemies, contended Sullivan in a post. “That voice we hear in our
head recites some pretty interesting narratives so often and so frequently that we really start believing
them after a while,” she wrote. The trouble is … 7 … creates a reality that is also just our own.

Sullivan offered the top five lies that professionals tell themselves. Here are some of the lies:

I haven’t found my passion, and I don’t have a passion.
Is that true? You cannot think of one thing that you love doing or being? Is there something you do
better than other people you know? If you had a free day all to yourself to do whatever you wanted in
the world, could you imagine something … 8 … ?” she wrote.