Comments on: 4 Devastating Career Killers … and How to Avoid Them (Part 3) http://www.upmo.com/blog/4-devastating-career-killers-%e2%80%a6-and-how-to-avoid-them-part-3 Get ready. Hunt smart. Move up. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:22:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Greg Howard http://www.upmo.com/blog/4-devastating-career-killers-%e2%80%a6-and-how-to-avoid-them-part-3#comment-4731 Greg Howard Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:06:08 +0000 http://www.upmo.com/blog/?p=190#comment-4731 For me, the toughest part of networking is not the work itself; I like being of service to others, and the help I receive in return is great, too. And, intellectually, I know I need to do it. It really comes down to the time commitment. Carving out a good chunk of a time in a busy schedule, and exercising the discipline to maintain it, is tough for me. I know it won't help me get to where I want to go, but it's so much easier to just go with the flow! Adding to the difficulty, it's easy for me to look at my long list of contacts and think, "I'm so behind! I'm not making any progress here!" In other words, it's easy to get down over all the things I'm not doing, rather than celebrating what I am doing. UpMo is really helping me in this regard, allowing me to focus on my most important contacts and not get so freaked out about keeping in touch with valuable but more distant connections. For me, the toughest part of networking is not the work itself; I like being of service to others, and the help I receive in return is great, too. And, intellectually, I know I need to do it. It really comes down to the time commitment. Carving out a good chunk of a time in a busy schedule, and exercising the discipline to maintain it, is tough for me. I know it won’t help me get to where I want to go, but it’s so much easier to just go with the flow!

Adding to the difficulty, it’s easy for me to look at my long list of contacts and think, “I’m so behind! I’m not making any progress here!” In other words, it’s easy to get down over all the things I’m not doing, rather than celebrating what I am doing. UpMo is really helping me in this regard, allowing me to focus on my most important contacts and not get so freaked out about keeping in touch with valuable but more distant connections.

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