Overcoming Success Pitfalls
Reading Stories of successful Professionals reveals that
their achievements brought them privileges such as status and wealth. The
achievements however came at a cost and with pitfalls. The stories also tell that many achievers are
either too busy chasing the privileges to avoid the pitfalls, or are unprepared
to avoid them.
An example is those who fall into the snare of moral
failure. Their professional achievements are as a result short lived or
tarnished, often lending heavy burdens to their families and societies. At a
personal level, the professional consequences they face can be dream
shattering. Yet, new cases continue to surface. One of the reasons for this
trend is that Society often recognizes and rewards vocational performance only.
Therefore, In pursuit of this recognition, many focus on vocational achievement
allowing important private areas of their lives to suffer neglect. As a result,
many paradoxically excel in one life area and perform dismally in the other
areas. However, areas of life are so interrelated that any neglected area
eventually affects performance in all others. Many appear surprised when they
fall into pitfalls because their attention would have excluded the areas were
the pitfalls lay.
To avoid the pitfalls of success one needs a life view that
holds private and public life issues in a healthy tension. Such a view will
identify poor self-leadership as the seedbed of professional pitfalls.
The Trendsetters Society at Monash with guest, Dr. Kurai
Chitima, are interactively exploring how
the STARS model can solve the menacing success-failure paradox. STARS
(set to achieve real success), is a self-leadership framework that empowers
achievers with values, and tools to overcome success pitfalls. Seminars are running For five
successive Thursdays beginning 22 August 2013
