There are 4 words that are so deadly, that if you are using them, it almost guarantees you will not be nearly as successful as you want to be. If you use these 4 words it practically prevents you from being successful. What are they?

"I already know that."

Why are they the 4 most deadly words? This is because as soon as you start to think you know everything it closes off your mind, even to the things you don't know. Eventually, it makes it practically impossible to learn new things, grow your awareness, and achieve greater successes and breakthroughs. As a consequence, it keeps you stuck where you are currently at in life, holds you back and may even cause you failure.

There is a typical perception of being pessimistic for not opening to self-evaluation in Malaysia. The idea of taking the time to really look at yourself and reflect on the path that your career has taken – along with the skills and knowledge you have obtained as a result – is something most people rarely do. It is a completely ego based mindset. You would rather think you know everything about yourself rather than be open to learning and growing.

It is necessary to get a second opinion to acquire objective advice to take stock of your past career, identify future career aspirations through self-assessment, identify transferable skills to ensure you are assessing all career options and providing you with the tools and resources to market yourself to prospective employers. It’s important to clearly identify the aspects of your career that have worked to date, and those that haven’t. By combining this information, a list of characteristics and themes should help influence your career transition.

Remove the words "I already know that" from your vocabulary when you go to meetings or seminars, and you'll always end up leaving with stacks of amazing ideas. Not only from what was presented, but all the ideas that are triggered from what people say. By having that open mind it not only allows you to learn new things, but also allows you to think of new ways to use what they are talking about them. So what about the things you do already know? Does that way of thinking really serve you? Anything can be a learning experience if you choose it to be. Anything can trigger new ideas for you. Just place this in mind, ‘If you think you can, you can; if you think you can’t, you are right’.

Written by,
Elaine Loo (Trainer of HCE)