Career Development Progress

[Mirch]

Re: Career Development Progress

@delta0900

I live in a competitive city, where there are a lot of professional Pakistanis. I feel like based off my age and the fact I grew up in the US and went to college here I should be in a higher position. I am making inroads to get to a higher position, but it’s so tough being in my current position as it is very entry level.
I have many demands-taking care of parents, buying a home, getting married, etc. How do I handle this predicament? Do you sometimes feel, compares to other Pakistani professionals, you are not up to par with them?

When you are in entry level position you are competing against everybody not only the Pakistani professionals. You need to make yourself standout. How do you do that? Think out the box , be a bulldozer, volunteer to extra assignment , present ideas , solicit ideas to improve your work , improve your performance , improve your surroundings , improve your environment, make an impact on others , their lives , their work. Now the high demands you are talking about, a lot of folks have those but they do not consider those as a reason not to excel at work they consider them a reason to excel. These should not be your handicaps , these should be your challenges, they should give you adrenaline rush not depression. These challenges should help you bloom not wilt.
If life did not offer challenges and people did not tackle them we all would still be living in caves and would be eating insects.
I can find 1000 reasons which are preventing me from utilizing my full potential and I can use those same reason to utilize my full potential and more and achieve my goals and dreams.