Problems arise when a person whose main concern is happy relationships is asked to move into a position where they will have little interaction with others. Or, a person who prefers searching for facts is required to move into sales. Sometimes, folks are asked to move into managerial positions when they are far happier being employees. Consider this scenario. Kevin was a ten-year employee with a manufacturing firm. Everyone loved Kevin. He was personable, friendly and easy to get along with in his positions as both an employee and a project leader.

After he was promoted to project manager, Kevin found that he was feeling anxious more often and folks seemed to be a little less friendly towards him. He thought it might improve with time, but it did not. Kevin was concerned and felt great internal conflict while trying to keep everyone happy: his boss, his leaders, his customers and his staff. The more managerial decisions required of him, greater conflict he felt. His health was suffering and his disappointment was growing. Here he thought that he had been rewarded with this promotion and yet he began to dread going to work each morning.

What was happening? Kevin's greatest driver at work was his relationships. Being able to see needs and fill them, to nurture relationships, to keep his finger on 'people pulse' of organization was fulfilling to him. He did it very well and it had its own rewards. As a manager, he was asked to be more oriented to deadlines and bottom lines than to interpersonal relationships. Sometimes he had to make unpopular decisions. He hated that. It flew in face of his great need to maintain and retain healthy relationships. Kevin was simply in wrong position.

Kevin suffered from an internal work-style war. He may have wanted and deserved promotion, however, it was wrong one for him. To be effective as a manager in that situation, he would have to stretch his style greater than his comfort zone. He could well be an effective manager in another situation.

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As you think about your needs and motivators, what comes to mind? When you clearly know what those needs are you can assess your current career path. Take time to investigate. You could be happier, healthier, more effective and productive. Know and honor your preferred work-style.

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President Kennedy made a decision ... he said, we will put a man on moon and return him safely to earth before end of decade. The fact that it had never been done before in all hundreds of thousands of years of human history was not even a consideration. He DECIDED where he was with what he had. The objective was accomplished in his mind second he made decision. It was only a matter of time ... which is governed by natural law, before goal was manifested in form for whole world to see.

The greatest stumbling block you will encounter when making important decisions in your life is circumstance. We let circumstance get us off hook when we should be giving it everything we've got. More dreams are shattered and goals lost because of circumstance than any other single factor.

Let's consider money with respect to our decision making process. You should never let lack of funds determine whether you will or will not do something. Think about it for a moment. When you decided to buy your first home, did you just happen to have a couple hundred thousand dollars sitting in bank? I don't think so, I know I didn't. But, minute you made decision to buy home, money seemed to appear - just like unadulterated magic. Somehow you came up with down payment; you may have had to scrimp and save every extra penny … but you did it. And if you were honest with yourself, you probably had enough money to buy new curtains and a bevy of other things for new home. The minute you make decision to do something, you will attract to you all that is requisite for realization of that goal.

Whether you can afford it or not should never be a consideration. Whether you want to or not is only consideration. You can afford anything; there is an infinite supply of money. All of money in world is available to you, when decision is firmly made. If you need money, you will attract it.

How often have you caught yourself saying, "I would like to do or have this but I can't because ..." Whatever follows "because" is circumstance. Circumstances may cause a detour in your life but you should never permit them to stop you from making important decisions.

Napoleon said, "Circumstances, I make them."

The next time you hear someone say they would like to vacation in Paris, or purchase a particular automobile but they can't because they have no money, explain they don't need money until they make decision to go to Paris or purchase car. When decision is made, they will figure out a way to get amount needed. They always do.

Many misguided individuals try something once or twice and if they do not hit bulls-eye, they feel they are a failure. Failing does not make anyone a failure, but quitting most certainly does and quitting is a decision. By following that form of reasoning, you would have to say when you make a decision to quit, you make a decision to fail.

Take first step in predicting your own prosperous future. Build a mental picture of exactly how you would like to live. Make a firm decision to hold on to that vision and positive ways to improve everything will begin to flow into your mind.

Your life is important and, at its best, life is short. You have potential to do anything you choose, and to do it well. But, you must make decisions and when time for a decision arrives, you must make your decision where you are with what you've got.