3 Reasons Why You're Not Getting Promoted

[NOTE: This is a guest post by my friend, Bozi Dar, that addresses a frustration I consistently hear from my readers. Moreover, his insights are drawn from "cracking the code" on moving up the corporate ladder...to the tune of 6 promotions in 6 years - along with increasing his compensation 15x. Enjoy!]
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Are you being passed over for promotions by people
you KNOW aren't better than you?

If so, you know how it feels.

It hurts. It makes you feel disappointed, frustrated and, sometimes, even angry.

It also makes you wonder why you spent all those extra hours working...away from friends, family and sidelining your personal life.

The question is: why do some people get promoted while others don’t?

Is it merit? Luck? Self-promotion?

After working with ambitious professionals for over a decade, I started to see patterns. Actually, there are 3 common reasons why most people get passed over for promotions.

1 - Limiting beliefs

Everything that happens in your visible world - job promotions, recognition, salary increases – is largely driven by your invisible world (that which you form based on your own beliefs).

You would be surprised to learn how many of the super smart, seemingly buttoned-up careerists have a limiting belief that they shouldn’t be talking about their successes and that results will speak loud enough.

Sound familiar?

Such beliefs are a fast path towards sabotaging their career success for years, until they realize that it may be too late.

The key to a winning career mindset is to be aware of your top 3-5 limiting beliefs.

Once you identify they, you can begin recognizing the impact they have on you, and then work to systematically eradicate them. This practice alone will have an exponential impact on realizing your professional goals.

2 - Lack of career strategy

Have you ever worked in an organization which didn’t have a strategy? Very unlikely.

Organizations without a strategy are like ship without a compass. And the same applies to your career.

No career strategy? You'll only get to experience your career, not accelerate it. [Click here to tweet this]

Unfortunately, most people don’t have a career acceleration strategy.

Or, equally bad, their strategy is based on a traditional (read: generic and rehashed) career advice such as “I need to put myself out there more” or “I need to network more” or “I need to work harder.”

3 - No systems to execute that strategy

As the old saying goes, "Out of sight, out of mind."

The result of this is that everything else gets more priority than your career. Every new email, every new idea of your boss, every new little project…they all start getting more priority.

Soon, you find your self working harder but getting only an average grade at your yearly performance review…while someone else gets promoted.

You can take action on this today by tending to your career acceleration plan regularly.

Block 5-10 minutes in your calendar daily.

You will use this short time to look at your one-page strategy document and decide on one thing you will focus on today.

One this that will get you closer to your next role.

This way, you prioritize your career first versus it getting hijacked by someone else's agenda. Moreover, you begin making daily progress towards gaining control over your career, getting your promotion quicker and more...

If you find this advice valuable, please join Bozi as he digs into these topics deeper and provides even MORE actionable advice focused on accelerating your career.
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Kevin Kermes is an Entrepreneur, Author and Speaker. He served as an Infantry Officer and later, worked as a Headhunter where he directed more than 1,000 searches. Kevin writes weekly for 295,000+ subscribers at Career Attraction (Forbes Top 100 website) and Every Veteran Hired with the simple mission of providing smart, actionable advice that gets results.

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