Career Self Sabotage
Intolerance of Uncertainty and Its Impact on Your Career
March 19, 2015
Good article by Julie Beck in The Atlantic about people’s varying intolerances for uncertainty. Some of us are more tolerant of uncertainty and some of us less.
In the article, which you can read here, Beck discusses how avoidance is a major way people try to cope, ineffectively, with uncertainty. She goes on to describe how avoident coping mechanisms can be self-sabotaging in the context of people’s career.
“Avoidance taken too far could manifest itself in something like turning down a promotion at work.”
Sounds nearly unbelievable that someone would be that self sabotaging, but that kind of thinking and behavior, made in the fog of anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty, happens all the time. It negatively impacts people’s careers and lives in profound ways.
Managing anxiety, and intolerance of uncertainty, is a key skill in life and career, and one that many of us need more assistance with than we may have thought. Read More...