GOOD TO GREAT
ACE YOUR CAREER CHALLENGES Adapt, change
or eliminate obstacles in your path to success
NATALIE D.
BRECHER, CPM
(NBRECHER@
BRECHER
ASSOCIATES.COM),
IS PRESIDENT
OF BRECHER
ASSOCIATES IN
REDONDO BEACH,
CALIF.
MS. BRECHER
IS ALSO THE
AUTHOR OF THE
PUBLICATION
BELOW,
AVAILABLE
AT WWW.
IREMBOOKS.ORG.
IS YOUR BOSS’S DECISION NOT TO
YOUR LIKING? Is your company’s strategy
moving in a direction that doesn’t excite you?
Throughout your career, you’ll inevitably come
across situations that not only challenge you,
but try your very spirit. Regardless of their
causes, the outcomes of these challenges are
greatly influenced by how you respond. Don’t
care for something? Follow my “ACE” rule and
“adapt to it;” “change it;” or “eliminate it.”
Adapt to it: If you’ve ever said (and who
hasn’t?), “That’s not the way it should be,” then
you know the limitations and anger caused by
feeling like the world has not conformed to your
expectations. Sometimes a belief is mistaken due
to misreading reality, and a subsequent loss of
perspective. A common example is being stuck
in traffic, worried you’ll be late for an important
meeting. In response to your irritation toward
the situation, you aggressively snake in and
out of lanes. You’ve lost perspective; you’re
behaving as if you had control over something
you don’t.
The easiest change to make—
although it doesn’t feel that way
during the process—is to change
your perspective and mindset.
Not a simple façade change, but
a deep-rooted change achieved
through exploration.
Note: If it’s a question of legality, ethics or
morality, adaptation might not be the best
option. There is no comfort or success in adapt-
ing to something that falls on the wrong side of
the law, IREM ethics or your personal morals.
