Caroline Ceniza-Levine’s article, Five Warning Signs Your Desired Career Change Will Not Happen, published in yesterday’s Forbes Blog has excellent advice for those who feel stuck in their career transition.

If you feel that the barriers to your career transition are external, you should read this article.

If it is tough to read, it may be because you see yourself in "Jane’s" story.

Successful transition will require that you begin to notice the specific way in which you are like Jane and take action to avoid becoming a victim and your own worst enemy in your career transition. “You have to see the goal before you can reach it. If you don’t really believe you can make a change, you will find reasons that it won’t work and will give up too easily.” says Levine.

Her message highlights the reason to write “7 to 12 sentences that capture specific criteria you want out of your career and life over the next few years.

Sometimes our “thinking mind” gets in the way of us moving forward in this defined direction. It is often the root of why we get stuck . You can tell if its your “thinking mind” if your reasons are “I am too old”, “I am not experienced enough (when you have the experience)”, “I am not trained enough”, or “I am not good enough” etc.

The answer lies in letting your thinking mind chatter away while you go forward with your plan to find a postion that meets your established criteria. Act on your strengths in the direction of your deepest values.

Are you considering a career transition? Wayne Greenway is the Chief Executive Officer for Career Aviators. Career Aviators, a Certified B Corporation® helps professionals, managers, and executives find positions in which they will excel, value highly, and love to do. The profits from our work support programs to help vulnerable youth flourish in the face of highly stressful life situations.