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One Reason Why You Haven’t Been Promoted

Name: One Reason Why You Haven’t Been Promoted
Uploaded: 2022-06-15T21:13:12+00:00
Duration: 28 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this short career‑advice video, the speaker argues that a common reason employees fail to earn promotions is that they consistently place their own…

15 Jun 2022 · 0 min

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In this short career‑advice video, the speaker argues that a common reason employees fail to earn promotions is that they consistently place their own needs, desires, and personal vision ahead of the company's larger vision. The speaker explains that employers value individuals who can align with the organization’s overarching goals, willingly delay personal gratification, and sacrifice pay, time, or other comforts for the greater good. Without this willingness to subordinate personal interests to the business’s vision, the likelihood of promotion diminishes.

Here's one reason why you haven't been promoted. A lot of people don't get promoted because they're constantly putting themselves and their needs ahead of the business's. The goal of a business owner is to create a vision so big that your vision can fit inside of it. But if you're constantly putting your vision ahead of the greater vision, then the greater vision will never happen. Employers are always looking for people who are willing to sacrifice their own pay, their own time, anything that they desire in order to make the greater vision happen. If you're not able to delay gratification and sacrifice for the greater good of the business, there's a high likelihood that you won't be promoted.