Did it occur to you one day that you are pursuing the wrong career? The pay you earn, perks you enjoy, and the people you work with are great, but somehow you feel that you are not moving on with a career purpose.
Fulfillment and joy of working is lost or has waned considerably to the point of losing your effectiveness on the job and marring your credibility at work. The result: you perpetuate you existence in your organization. Have you considered a career change?
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The most common problem with most young professionals or yuppies I know, and those that I counseled, is the lack of career goals and objectives. The result, they jump on the first job offer that comes their way.
While it is true that we work for money as our primary objective, but this should not be the end. Career counselors and Industrial psychologists agree that money is not an excellent career motivator. You should be able to wade through this stage as early as possible. Planning your career path is imperative if you want to succeed in the long haul and earn your mark on top of the corporate ladder.
So, how do you plan your career? How do you proceed?
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“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill
This post has been sitting in my draft box for quite some time now. Honestly, I find it hard to ‘bounce-back’ coming from almost two weeks of sickness. Work filed up, and tons of commitment needing my immediate attention. Again, I feel the need to rise-up to this occasion and take charge, and I think that is how good business leaders will do. They consider setbacks, failures, and frustrations as allies. These do not discourage them, but rather they rise to the occasion. They put their hands, heads, and hearts to the tasks until they accomplished their objectives. Who would forget Winston Churchill, ‘who brought England to its finest hour’ and put an end to World War 2 with his resiliency when the other nations’ leaders failed to act to stop the Nazis: Never give in –never , never, never, never, never…never give in! Or when he addressed the British people in a BBC radio broadcast (February 1941) and at the same time sending his message to the American political leaders of that time: We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire…Give us the tools and we will finish the job. The rest is history.
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According to Barbara Kovach in Survival on the Fast Track, there comes a time in the career of every ambitious person when it is necessary to slow down a bit. The Reason is this: At some point in your race up the ladder, some insecure-yet-powerful senior managers will begin to see you as competition. They will begin to focus on your flaws and look for reasons to push you off the track. Though your opinion once counted, you may begin to be ignored.
1. Give up a competitive orientation for cooperative one.
2. Develop interpersonal rather than achievement-oriented skills.
3. Replace an emphasis on substance with one style.
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