Too much dwelling on the past could keep you from succeeding in the present.
Every career is made up of choices. But sometimes, even when we know we made the right decision, we find ourselves longing for a forgone role or career path. How does this sort of dwelling on the road not taken affect us in the workplace? And what can employees, managers, and organizations do to help workers who may be experiencing some internal conflict with respect to their chosen careers?more than 300 U.S.
Through these surveys, we found that many workers spend a significant amount of time dwelling on alternative professional paths they could have taken — even years after the decision is made. In fact, just 6% of the participants in our study reported never or almost never thinking about other paths they could have taken, and 21% reported thinking about these questions often or even almost always.
These are social workers who might have been veterinarians, architects who could have been painters, teachers who considered pursuing law. One participant described trading a future as a scientist for a career in finance after a bad experience with a supervisor during his PhD program.
“I’ve often wondered what would have happened if I had pursued my PhD in biochemistry or genetics. I had a natural affinity towards scientific endeavors and did exceptionally well in these areas…If I had become a genetic engineer, I would have been on the forefront of scientific development and potentially changing all of humanity. It is possible that I would not have achieved monetary success, but I would have likely been more fulfilled with the ‘possibilities’ of the work.
Whether their career choices were driven by a desire for financial stability, a search for fulfillment, or other motivations, almost all of the workers in our study demonstrated at least some wistfulness about what might have been had they taken an alternate path. Moreover, we found that longing for forgone professional identities often kept them from being fully invested and effective in their current jobs.
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