12.09.2024

HOW THE LUCK SYNDROME AFFECTS CAREER SUCCESS

Some people rely on luck. They believe that without making any effort, luck will fall from the sky somewhere and everything will be arranged in the best way. Miracles usually do not happen, and bitter experience always brings them the conviction that luck is most often earned.

Some people suffer from the lucky syndrome. They think that they are doing well, and they do not realize that nothing falls to them from the sky somewhere, but they provide it themselves. It does not weigh on them because they are smart, capable, love their work and have the ambition to do it in such a way as to achieve success. But because of this ease, they do not have enough self-confidence, they doubt their own skills.

Luck syndrome is a disease that can affect even the most intelligent people and make them downplay their achievements. And healthy confidence is key to success. Because it gives you courage and you achieve even more.

"My success is pure luck" is a misconception when it comes to your career. Yes, luck plays a role in everyone's story. But don't overlook the efforts and sacrifices you've made throughout your life to get here. No one would hire you for this job if you hadn't worked hard to get the education, qualifications, experience. The HR specialist at the company would have rejected you just by seeing what you listed in your bio.

It is very dangerous to attribute all your successes to luck, because you will begin to worry that you will not be able to maintain the high level you have reached for long, because it is due to chance and not to your abilities and knowledge.

Even if it seems to you that you got this job and this post because you were in the right place at the right time, this is only a small part of the truth.

Treat the lucky syndrome by mentally listing the facts of your biography. Remember how many years of study and work you have behind you. How carefully you have prepared and in competition with how many people you have defeated to perform brilliantly and win the desired position in the company where you work. To be promoted, you not only had the necessary qualifications, but also accepted challenges, were brave and tirelessly pursued your ambitions. "In the right place at the right time" is not an element of chance, but the result of purposeful movement.

A sign that you are suffering from the lucky syndrome is that you do not like to talk about your achievements or are shy to hear about them from other people. Bragging is unpleasant, but excessive modesty does not help success. Your discomfort when receiving recognition and compliments is due to an insidious inner voice that whispers to you that you do not deserve them. His whispers have nothing to do with reality - with the achievement itself and with whether it deserves praise. It is due to the way you perceive yourself.

The personal self-assessment of many people does not correspond to reality. It's human. With the luck syndrome, the discrepancy is in that option - to underestimate yourself, which is less unpleasant for others than overestimation and narcissism. But it's not good for you to have no self-confidence when you deserve it.

Again, remember how much effort is behind your achievements. Congratulate yourself on your success, let others congratulate you too. Rejoice in it and celebrate it. Feel special. Don't tell yourself or others, "I'm sure anyone could handle it." This is how you demean what has been achieved. And if you belittle it, don't expect your colleagues and boss to admire it.

Perhaps this modesty was instilled in you by your parents, but it is not productive. When you feel yourself starting to think "it's a matter of luck", focus all your attention on the fact that you gave your best by going through the details of what you did and what it cost you. That's how you'll prove to yourself that it wasn't just luck.

When you purposefully fight the lucky syndrome, you will not fall victim to this dangerous disease. You will get to know yourself, understand how far the limits of your abilities extend, and learn to believe in yourself, create and manage a mental impulse that will help you succeed in everything.

It has been scientifically proven that the human brain responds better to success than to failure. "According to recent studies in neuroscience, nothing makes us more successful than the frequent feeling of having achieved success. Then the brain rewards us for experiencing pleasure by increasing the level of the hormone dopamine. Some people even become addicted to this pleasure and become dependent on the achievement of success. The more we succeed, the longer our brain retains the necessary information, which in turn helps us succeed again," explain scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

Therefore, it is much more productive to try to feel the success, and not only and not so much to learn from your mistakes, as the popular maxim states. Banish any syndromes and reward yourself with instant gratification. It is like money in the bank - it creates a sense of security. Which, combined with luck, is a whole lot of capital.