{"id":13,"date":"2016-06-18T13:36:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T08:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mindler.com\/blog\/?p=13"},"modified":"2021-05-28T17:50:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T12:20:49","slug":"6-things-not-to-do-while-making-career-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mindler.com\/blog\/6-things-not-to-do-while-making-career-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Things Not To Do While Making Career Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do you do when you select a restaurant to throw a party?<\/p>\n

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You look it up on your smartphone, ask a couple of people for reviews, do a ground visit to check if the place meets your requirements of music and d\u00e9cor, see if the place falls in your price range, negotiate and make a booking, sit down with the manager to finalize menu, and then finally invite hundred other people.<\/p>\n

Basically, you do everything, you can to make sure that you\u2019ve got it all in order. But when it comes to making a choice that can make or break your entire future, you rely on pure hearsay, and maybe a few online reviews and advice that other people give you, and do not look for elements that might throw you off your game.<\/p>\n

So, essentially you do more due diligence for throwing a party, than while making your career decisions. When the world tells you what you should, we\u2019re telling you what you shouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

6 THINGS NOT TO DO WHILE MAKING CAREER DECISIONS<\/h1>\n

1- Two Before One<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Everyone knows that two comes after one, but while we\u2019re in the decision making process, we often first take decisions and then look for evidence that might justify our decision. So if you\u2019re thinking to yourself \u201cDoing Engineering would be a good move for me, but let me weigh out its pros and cons\u2026\u201d you\u2019re letting confirmation bias influence your decision. DO NOT do that, consider every option independently and give it a fair shot. Remember, AB = BA, but only in math!<\/p>\n

2- Tell Me, World<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Prof X mixed up sugar and spice and everything nice to brew success. But that could be a recipe for disaster, if you do it subjectively, and you know, with fifty other people. Your mind is already confused with the options that are open to you, and bringing in viewpoints of family and friends, which are totally different from each other will only deepen the ocean. Sure they all love you, and want what\u2019s best for you, but looks like this is a decision, that you have to take yourself. If you absolutely must, involve someone who is objective and can look at the bigger picture to give you the right advice.<\/p>\n

Also Read:\u00a0Money Vs. Passion- What Should You Run After?<\/a><\/p>\n

3- Let Fear Fly The Plane<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In general, decisions based on emotion tend to be more irrational than the ones based on fact and reason. And when fear captains the flight, the outcome is even worse. It tends to hold your mind hostage, and keeps you safe in your minute comfort space. Fear can and will never, support or reinforce your high ambitions. So pop that bubble and get started, make your career decisions, not on \u201cwhat if I don\u2019t make it\u201d, but on \u201cwhat if i do\u201d?<\/p>\n

4- Left Or Right<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For many, it\u2019s always this or that, IIT or nothing, a pattern known as \u201cA or B mentality\u201d. In such a zone, your mind tends to paint everything in black and white and show you only two stark options at the corners and nothing in the middle. Such a thought process, limits your horizon and stops you from accurately understanding the prospects that surround you. Sure, aim for the Everest, but do not limit your options. When in \u2018this or that\u2019 situation, always ask yourself, AND? You already have the two options in black, search for AND what else?<\/p>\n

5- Hold’em Tight<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The time of fashion design being exclusive to girls, and engineering to boys has long gone by. Today, we do what we like. They say to try something new, we have to first drain out what\u2019s in our mind already. It holds true to our career decisions as well. To truly explore something, we must first let go off our preconceptions and beliefs. Allow your perceptions and notions to grow along with evidence, never let your commitment to your ideology or set of beliefs stop you from doing what\u2019s right. After all, if 90\u2019s don\u2019t influence our style anymore, why should they influence our career decisions?<\/p>\n

Also Read:\u00a06 Tried And Tested Ways To Help You Choose A Career<\/a><\/p>\n

6-Think, A lot<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Excessive thinking could cause your mind to undergo \u2018analysis paralysis\u2019, a situation where your mind goes round and round in circles to absorb, analyze and debate to make a decision. That is until, a new internet article, or someone\u2019s viewpoint comes along. And then, it all starts again. This can happen to the best of us, and all we might end up doing is revolving in circles and not come to any final word. Thinking is fine, but do not overdo it. Give yourself a stipulated time to evaluate all possibilities, and then you must GAME ON, and make that career decision, you\u2019ve been dreading it for a while. Making decisions is hard. Knowing that they\u2019ll effect your entire life is harder. But this is a decision, that all of us have to make, don\u2019t be a dummy and fall into traps, do not do the things mentioned above, and you might be good to go, already!<\/p>\n

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Have something to add to this post? Share with us in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n

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