Hesitation is the biggest trap that can undo you in pivotal career moments, according to the author. When a pivotal career moment arises, hesitation allows doubts and fears to take over. Instead, the author advocates for taking immediate action when these moments occur. By acting instead of waiting to see what happens, you access qualities like confidence and resourcefulness that were there all along. The key message is that in pivotal career moments, the choice is yours - you can either hesitate or choose to act and define success on your own terms.

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The Mighty Powerful TRAP That Will
Undo Your Pivotal Career Moment 14 June 2017
In those crucial moments that define a career, there's one response - above all
others - that will undo you. Know the trap - and choose a different response.
In the Pivotal Career Moments – those crucial instances
that, together, define a career – there’s one response we
might choose that’s more destructive than all other issues
and obstacles we might otherwise face:
HESITATION.
Hesitation is the splinter in the keystone of our career
strategy that will bring the whole thing crashing down.
Because in that moment of hesitation, we give life to every
reason, doubt, fear and limiting belief that keep us from
what we want in our careers.
Hesitation is a trap. And it’s one of the key reasons why,
to my mind, “wait and see” is no basis for a career
strategy.
The antidote? ACTION.
When you sense that pivotal career moment. When you
get that knowing hint, be it instinct, intuition, inspiration,
insight (or, indeed, some other source not beginning with
the letter “i”): LEAP. Take action in the moment.
Because in taking action in the moment, all the things you
were (otherwise) waiting to have show up – qualities like
confidence, and certainty, and energy, and resources, and
resourcefulness – show-up anyway. Because, of course,
they were there, all along. (But you know that already.)
So choose success
I started this piece with the thought that hesitation is
a chosen response. How does that sit with you? The idea
that I choose to hesitate. Comfortably – or otherwise?
Either way: that’s the thought I want to leave with you.
That in your Pivotal Career Moment, your response is
your choice. Shrink/Embrace. Plateau/Accelerate.
Hesitate/Act.
In the moment, choose action. In the moment, choose
(your definition of) success.