Cognitive tricking (story of distraction)

 During early stages of my career journey, I had numerous options to pursue but I had a giant goal to honestly exploit my brainy skills to hunt unique projects. I was well shielded with my parents, guardians and professors who became authority figures and sometimes acted as “distractors" through logically imposing their own qualms or outmoded blueprints in shaping my career.

After holding an advanced psychology degree from a top ranked university, I was rigorously looking for exclusive career possibilities to enhance my professional persona as well as fulfill my mental eagerness. While scrutinizing different choices available in psychological ventures as a fresher, I got a prestigious offer from national institutes to design intelligence scenarios for administrative folks that may be a dream of academicians. Only elite professionals are enrolled for such psychological academic committee. I was surprised to get selected as member of committee probably after reviewing my skill set and resume in which I had highlighted my project prowess with illustration. I thought that I should discuss with my professor before proceeding further who was my advisor in conducting a long experiment for the completion of the Post graduate program.

 Professor Reddy (Changed name) had a good repute in university to guide students to chase their career goals. Prof. Reddy thoroughly checked my offer letter to attend a prestigious work that would have revolutionized my career. Dr. Reddy advised me not to join a psychological workgroup because it is not good for a career as it requires experienced professionals and high-level expertise in developing psychological scenarios for candidates. He further said that don’t dream big at the inception of your career. He further added that he was not a villain. His misguiding voice hammered my brain. As I had to reply to the institute and the deadline was approaching, Dr. Reddy recommended to first join a local psychometric institute to gain practical experience instead of directly jumping to a professional workgroup where you can fail to prove your academic knack.

I was facing avoidance - attraction conflict which was a major distraction in stepping up to the top professional team. My professor had years of experience but I had a feeling that I have to accept the invitation on the basis of my bundle of creative skills. As a fresher, my brain was full of innovative ideas and I wanted to embrace outstanding professional choices that ascend my career to zenith.

By the time the final project date reached, Dr. Reddy was miserable as I couldn’t decide about joining the workgroup. Dr. Reddy’s advice against a "special project" raised a unique kind of tension. But I gauged my reasoning prowess and found the senior's advice towards my prestigious project offer which created a cognitive distraction. I had a strong feeling to join the workgroup that might count a lot for opening avenues in future career growth.

My mind was bombarded with a sundry of thoughts. “If I would have followed the advice solely based on Dr. Reddy’s rank, then I would have missed a career-defining opportunity because he mistakenly gave wrong advice. It is entrenched in their comfort level but did not prove to brighten my career. After a strong struggle, I decided to accept the psychological project offer. To attend a reputed academic psychological workgroup was my right decision where I performed well and had a major breakthrough in chasing challenging and exciting academic goals to lay the foundation for excellent professional life

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