Situation · Work
“I'm close to a promotion and I keep messing things up”
What could be going on
Sabotages near success: Fits exactly; check whether mistakes cluster just before big wins.
Self-handicapping: Fits if you create obstacles so failure has an excuse.
Failure schema: Fits if you believe success is not for people like you.
Impostor phenomenon: Fits if success makes you fear exposure.
Self-verification: Fits if success feels wrong because it contradicts how you see yourself.
Oedipal dynamics: Fits if success feels like beating or betraying a parent figure.
Questions to carry
- In the hours before the last mistake, what was happening around me?
- Which part of getting the promotion frightens me when I picture it?
Also said as
- I sabotage myself right before success
- why do I mess up when things are going well
- every time I'm about to get ahead I screw it up
- self-sabotage at work
- I keep making mistakes right before a big opportunity
- why do I mess up just as I'm about to succeed