I didn't get that opportunity!
We often face this question when either promotion or during hike cycle. Don't we think, "why them and not me?". I was once told "If there is something out there which is meant for you, you would get it sooner or later in your life". But as we grow and start our corporate life we learn a new modified version of that statement, i.e. "If you want something go ahead and either fight for it or earn it, but don't just sit there and hope for it to fall in your lap".
During one of our recent office meeting our manager came and told us, "i know most of you are frustrated and think you are not getting what you want. But if you are jealous because someone else got it by getting their hands dirty don't regret it because you lack the skill to get things you need so stop complaining and better work your way up".
So this article is not to motivate you or make you feel you are worth it. But it is about why you been failing at every step and building up that wall of frustration.
Everyone gets frustrated living same life again and again without changing for months or years. But what make those guys different who have climbed the ladder is their skill to get things done and use their mistakes to prove they have learned and grown in their role better than others. As quoted by Theodore Roosevelt “The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.” So stop blaming those who got ahead of you.
Best way to climb the ladder is don't explain your mistakes but share your learning from them so others don't fall into that pit, do retrospect, prepare presentations and help everyone to explain your approach. When you do that people recognize your work and they would know you ain't idle. But that doesn't mean you need to make a mistake you can share learning from your project failure because of bad planning of group or maybe you fixed something which was designed before you on-boarded the project as that helps your seniors to know your analytical skills and that is a path to your growth.
Last but not the least it's better you grow as being human we can't stop comparing ourselves with others. Best is to be in your shoe and find your goal than making someone's goal as yours as they have a different story to tell.
During one of our recent office meeting our manager came and told us, "i know most of you are frustrated and think you are not getting what you want. But if you are jealous because someone else got it by getting their hands dirty don't regret it because you lack the skill to get things you need so stop complaining and better work your way up".
So this article is not to motivate you or make you feel you are worth it. But it is about why you been failing at every step and building up that wall of frustration.
Everyone gets frustrated living same life again and again without changing for months or years. But what make those guys different who have climbed the ladder is their skill to get things done and use their mistakes to prove they have learned and grown in their role better than others. As quoted by Theodore Roosevelt “The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.” So stop blaming those who got ahead of you.
Best way to climb the ladder is don't explain your mistakes but share your learning from them so others don't fall into that pit, do retrospect, prepare presentations and help everyone to explain your approach. When you do that people recognize your work and they would know you ain't idle. But that doesn't mean you need to make a mistake you can share learning from your project failure because of bad planning of group or maybe you fixed something which was designed before you on-boarded the project as that helps your seniors to know your analytical skills and that is a path to your growth.
Last but not the least it's better you grow as being human we can't stop comparing ourselves with others. Best is to be in your shoe and find your goal than making someone's goal as yours as they have a different story to tell.
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