I guess I am looking for advice from guys who weren't doing too great who then went on to do quite well.
I am about to turn 30, and I know I am surely a lot younger than a lot of people in here, but I feel like I am having an "oh shit, I've got to get moving" moment.
The first 9 years of my career have been fairly underwhelming. I work in a financial services sales type role in a sleepy small company. I have been able to get by on pretty poor numbers, just ticking over and doing just enough.
But now doing just enough is becoming incredibly difficult as I become more and more bored. I am keen to move to a different company, but working in a sales role you're judged on your numbers. I know that in a different environment I could do well, but I just don't know to sell myself based on my poor track record.
Just feeling like I have let myself down a bit (quite a lot). I have good skills, I am capable, I have just languished and clearly I have sleep walked in to a bad few years.
How did you climb out?