Let’s talk promotion in a career. You can kick @ss at every level, Your bosses are thrilled. You keep making more money, There is no ceiling. You’re on the way to top and nothing can stop you! The memes on Facebook encourage you. The books you read inspire you. But then, there is reality…
People get promoted to the point of their incompetence.
What does that mean? It means that you can kick @ass in every position BUT, at some point, you get to a position that you are… meh, mediocre at or even suck at.
All of a sudden, managers aren’t as excited with you. And you get stuck.
Sure, you can Google “How do I do X.” Just like, seeing as it took place in a galaxy far far away, Stormtroopers could have Googled (notice how Google has become so ingrained in us that their company name has become a verb,) “Where are the droids we are looking for.) I mean, they could go into hyperspace and all so they must have had some form of internet.
A long time ago in this galaxy, someone (talking about a friend) was asked to do a task that they had no knowledge about. Rather than say OK. That person (who I have no idea who it is…oh, wait… a friend) were honest and said that they could certainly learn how to do it but (seeing it involved ad spend) they, the friend (wait, did I say friend?) wouldn’t feel that it was right learning how to do it on their dime.
An example of NOT letting yourself be promoted because of incompetence.
If you’re not ready, stay the rockstar that you already.
Work your way up the right way. Learn what you need to in order to ascend to your next level of competence. And so on. And so on.
You’ll have a more successful career and not get stuck because of incompetence.
