Tuesday, 31 January 2012

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Have a wonderful idealist career all the time


Expect to have a wonderful idealist career all the time? If the answer is yes, then you are expecting too much. 


This is not to say that you are destined to have an unhappy career. It does mean that your career has its ups and downs and it's all part of your journey to true career satisfaction.

Problems are not always a bad thing. Often, they represent an opportunity for growth
. It's important to note that problems rarely vanish on their own. Most problems disappear when you act. Then, as you learn how to effectively deal with them, the problems begin to fade away.

So How Do You Make Your Problems Fade Away? Follow These 4 Steps Below:



1) Face Your Problems

One of the hardest things we have to do in life is look at ourselves. Sometimes we like what we see in the mirror. Other times we wish there was someone else looking back at us. Facing yourself and the problems that are in front of you is very important. Until you face what is happening to you, or what you have brought on yourself, you cannot fix it. It is easier to face a problem, than it is to avoid it. It might seem easier to ignore it, but it only gets worse when you do.

2) Expect To Find A Solution

We understand that problems are not fun and can take a toll on you. We also know that people give up when problems last too long or become overwhelming. Expectation plays a big role in making your problems go away. You get what you expect. If you expect that your problems will consume your life, then they will. If you expect that your problems will have a beginning, middle, and an end, then they will. If you expect to find a solution, then you will find one. What you expect happens and becomes your reality.

3) Break Your Problem Into Pieces

This way you will be less overwhelmed and fixing your problem will seem more doable. Although you want your problem to go away instantly, the truth is problem-solving is a process. Your goal is to tackle each piece of your problems, one at a time, consistently, until you no longer have that problem anymore.

4) Prepare For More Problems

Problems tell you something is wrong and not working. This is valuable information to have. Without a problem, would you work on making your career the best it could be? Or, would you continue doing the same thing forever? How can your career be great unless you keep working towards making it great? Problems keep you on your toes. They keep you sharp and they keep you moving towards the goals that are important to you.
              

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

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Stop Having A Frustrating Career


Are you having a tough time in your career? Have you been laid off and are still looking for work? Are you overworked, stressed, and tired in your present position, and are unable to visualize a solution? 
Your career gets better when you make it better. It may not be easy, and you will have to overcome your fear of the unknown, but it is possible to get what you want in your career despite what is happening around you.

So, How Can You Get What You Want In Your Career? Follow These 5 Steps Below:

1. Stop Talking About What Happened (Or, What Is Happening)

Are you unable to forget the day you were laid off? Are you still upset about it? Are you still steaming inside? Yes, we all know what happened to you. (We've heard it a thousand times.) And, we understand and feel your pain. But the more you talk about the situation, the longer you will be stuck there.

2. Stop Believing You Are The Only One With Problems

No matter how dire your career may seem right now, there is someone worse off than you. What are you grateful for? Some people do not even have as much as you. Who can you help? Making a difference in other people's lives is one of the reasons we are here on this planet. Helping others will keep your mind off your troubles and allow you to feel better about yourself.

3. Stop Over Thinking Everything

Our careers are not as complicated as we make them. Is there a career goal you want to reach? Make a plan and then execute it. What stands in the way of you doing something so straightforward? Fear, worry, and a need to make sure everything will work out first? Life is not about guarantees. You do the work first, and you receive the rewards second. It is not the other way around. It's always a good idea to consider your alternatives before making a decision, but over thinking and over analyzing before you take action, will keep you from reaching your goal.

4. Stop Making Excuses

Are you a busy person? Yes. Do life and responsibilities get in the way? If you let them. It's time to tell the truth. You do not have what you want in your career. You can say an outside force distracted you, or you have been trying hard and getting nowhere, but have these sentences gotten you any closer to your goal? Maybe you haven't been ready to go after what you really want. Or, you need a new approach. Maybe you were not sure a certain direction was the one you wanted to take. Uncertainly is understandable. But uncertainly holds you back. Do not put faith in your excuses; take responsibility for creating them, so you can move forward instead.

5. Start Moving

At times you will not feel like sending out one more resume or making one more phone call. At times you will not feel like dealing with all the work 
and stress at your present position. Usually the one thing you do not feel like dealing with is what brings you the solution you are seeking. Nothing worthwhile is easy in the beginning. But over time, you will see results, if you start now. 
             

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Monday, 23 January 2012

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What Employers Want From Their Employees



Dependability
Perhaps the single-most important trait for an employee today is dependability. It is critical to have workers who show up on time for work, who stay a full day, and who complete their work in a timely manner. Managers want to be assured that their employees will take their jobs seriously and that their workers will act in a professional manner. There is nothing worse than having an employee who is chronically late, who takes frequent unscheduled breaks, who leaves early, and who procrastinates in getting work done.
Honesty
Another key trait for employees is honesty. They must be candid with their bosses. Otherwise, the workplace can erupt in turmoil. Managers must know that they can trust their employees with money, with sensitive information, and with privacy issues. A dishonest employee can be a real detriment to a company, and can significantly impact the company's bottom line.
A recognition of the value of teamwork
The days when individualists dominated the workplace are over. Today's corporate managers want employees who truly recognize the value of teamwork. Workplace divas can drain the lifeblood out of an organization, preventing a company from growing. In order to achieve anything significant in the workplace, it is important for employees to work together as a team. It is only through unity of vision that major gains can be made.
Creative problem-solving
Increasingly, employers want employees who are creative problem-solvers. Problems creep up in the workplace everyday, particularly regarding customer service. Employees need to be able to think on their feet and must be willing to try fresh approaches to solving problems. Otherwise, it is likely that a business will stagnate and profits could take a downturn.
Respect
It is also important that employees respect their bosses. Of course, it is important that bosses respect their workers as well. Only in an atmosphere of mutual respect can a workforce remain cohesive. Employee job satisfaction is also likely to grow where bosses and their employees respect one another. People want to be valued and workers who feel they are valued are more likely to perform well on the job. 

Saturday, 21 January 2012

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Re-inventing Your Career


Meaningful work honors the deepest part of your being. It is the embodiment of your gifts and talents and all that you value. Finding it in a safe, smart way requires these six steps:
1. Soul Searching. Your journey begins with some intriguing self-examination. This step goes beyond looking at your work experience and skills. You also consider your values, interests, and personality preferences. This can be done informally through the use of specially-designed exercises or it can be done formally through professional assessment testing. Taken all together, the soul-search phase allows you to come up with a comprehensive personal profile that will help you develop future work possibilities.

2. Identifying Options. The key word here is “options”…not “answers”. In this step, you use your profiling “clues” from Step 1 to brain- and heart-storm as many possibilities for future work as possible. This is one of the most creative parts of the change process – and best done with one or more friends or colleagues who have a broad view of the business marketplace.

At about this point, it’s important to begin to create a compelling future vision for your work and life. The act of creating your vision is inspiring, and it can actually help to pull your career change journey forward.

3. Testing. Testing has three purposes. The obvious one is to avoid making a big mistake by jumping to a solution too fast. The not-so-obvious purposes are to network more deeply into an area that you think you might like to make a career of, and to learn as much as you can about it from an inside perspective rather than from afar. It is experimentation with a purpose – while you keep an open mind and heart.

4. Crafting Your Transition Plan.  Out of your testing comes a clear path – where you can set a specific new career goal and create the strategy and steps that will get you there. Your goal may be radically different work, the same work in a different environment or starting a new business or some combination of these three.

5. Implementation. During the Implementation phase – which can begin even before you leave your current employer -- you begin to put pieces of your transition plan into action. You may begin a course of study, reduce your expenses, if warranted, and/or even make physical preparations such as relocation or building a home office. Of course, to minimize your personal and financial risk, you want to do as much as possible while you are still working.

6. Integration.  Seekers often think that once the shift is made, their career transition is complete.It’s more accurate to call it the “beginning of the end”. A physical transition into new work is one thing – but transitioning your “underneath” layers (like work patterns, assumptions) is another thing entirely.

Career change typically takes from one to three years. And the tendency is to just ‘jump in’ anywhere. It helps to have a big picture view and to know that there actually is real method to the madness!

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

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Friday, 13 January 2012

How To Reduce Stress At Work



Stress at Work
Here's How:
1.     Improve your time management and organization skills.
Of the many things you can to in this area the best ones include getting a to do list that works, learning to say "no", asking for help when you need it, and stop setting unrealistic goals for yourself.
2.     Relax and breathe deeply.
Whether you are feeling overwhelmed by the amount or work you have to do or if someone is "in your face", a good thing to do is to "breathe through your nose". You can't get as worked up if you force yourself to breathe through your nose. Your body simply can't maintain the same level of energy without that extra oxygen you get when breathing through your mouth.
3.     Take more breaks from your work.
Even a five-minute break will help. Get away from your desk. Go for a walk - outside is better, but up two flights of stairs and back down is good too. Getting more exercise in general will help you reduce your overall stress levels and that will make it easier to reduce your stress level at work.
4.     Lighten up.
Smile more. We all know laughter reduces stress. You will be amazed at how much more pleasant the people around you are when you make an effort to be pleasant yourself.
5.     Learn to listen better.
Rather than getting upset when others disagree with you, listen actively and find the areas of agreement. Be assertive and stand up for yourself, but don't be rigid.
6.     Fix your environment.
Make whatever adjustments you need to the lighting, temperature, noise level, and other controllable factors in your office.
7.     Don't sweat the small stuff.
Realize that there are some things that just aren't worth worrying about and there are some things you just can't change. Don't waste time stressing over the things in either category.
8.     Get more sleep.
This is another of the things you can do to reduce your overall stress that will have benefits at the office as well. In addition to reducing your stress, it will increase your energy level and your ability to concentrate.
9.     Find a mentor
If not a mentor, a friend will do. Having someone to talk to can take a lot of stress off you.
10.   Spend more time with optimistic people.
Negative people will pull you down to their level. Choose to work with people who have a positive attitude instead.


Tuesday, 10 January 2012

What you want in your career


Are you having a tough time in your career? Have you been laid off and are still looking for work? Are you overworked, stressed, and tired in your present position, and are unable to visualize a solution?


So, how can you get what you want in your career? Follow these 5 steps below:

Stop talking about what happened (or, what is happening)
Are you unable to forget the day you were laid off? Are you still upset about it? Are you still steaming inside? Yes, we all know what happened to you. (We've heard it a thousand times.) And, we understand and feel your pain. But the more you talk about the situation, the longer you will be stuck there.

Stop believing you are the only one with problems
No matter how dire your career may seem right now, there is someone worse off than you. What are you grateful for? Some people do not even have as much as you. Who can you help? Making a difference in other people's lives is one of the reasons we are here on this planet. Helping others will keep your mind off your troubles and allow you to feel better about yourself.

Stop over thinking everything
Our careers are not as complicated as we make them. Is there a career goal you want to reach? Make a plan and then execute it. What stands in the way of you doing something so straightforward? Fear, worry, and a need to make sure everything will work out first? Life is not about guarantees. You do the work first, and you receive the rewards second. It is not the other way around. It's always a good idea to consider your alternatives before making a decision, but over thinking and over analyzing before you take action, will keep you from reaching your goal.

Stop making excuses
Are you a busy person? Yes. Do life and responsibilities get in the way? If you let them. It's time to tell the truth. You do not have what you want in your career. You can say an outside force distracted you, or you have been trying hard and getting nowhere, but have these sentences gotten you any closer to your goal? Maybe you haven't been ready to go after what you really want. Or, you need a new approach. Maybe you were not sure a certain direction was the one you wanted to take. Uncertainly is understandable. But uncertainly holds you back. Do not put faith in your excuses; take responsibility for creating them, so you can move forward instead.

Start moving
At times you will not feel like sending out one more resume or making one more phone call. At times you will not feel like dealing with all the work and stress at your present position. Usually the one thing you do not feel like dealing with is what brings you the solution you are seeking. Nothing worthwhile is easy in the beginning. But over time, you will see results, if you start now.

So, what do you say? You only have one life to live, so it might as well be a life you love! 

Friday, 6 January 2012

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