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February / March 2005: Issue 31
Editor: Tara West
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> Article: Nine Career Zappers!
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> Article: Why Do You Want Money?
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ARTICLE:
Nine Career Zappers!
by: John Robertson
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Today, everyone is looking for
the secret to business success. Professionals read books, take training classes,
ask questions, study others that are successful and strive to outperform
themselves.
However, some behaviour
patterns can develop into bad habits and cause even the most seasoned and
professional person to self-destruct.
Let's take a look at some
common behaviours that can put your career on the "skids". As you read
these 9 behaviours you may recognize some areas you will want to change to keep
your career on track.
The following are ten danger
signs that can trap you and may "zap" your career.
1. Over
Confidence:
While you need a healthy dose of self-confidence to carry you through those
tough times you also need to keep your confidence and ego in balance.
Keeping your ego in check will
prevent you from thinking you are more important than those around you and
missing out on their good ideas and solutions.
2. Time
abuse: You only
have 24 hours a day. Use each one of them wisely.
Guard against intruders such
as non-important phone calls, emails and messages that do not specifically
relate to your job.
Also make sure you save some
time for personal development and pleasures.
3.
Procrastination:
Write the words "Do It Now" on a 3X5 card and post it where you can
see it often. Then follow the advice.
Make that appointment now,
make that phone call now, reply to that email now, see your customer now.
4.
Failing to communicate:
The most effective professionals spend 80% of their time listening and only 20%
of their time talking.
They then spend 80% of their
talking time asking questions. How does your communication ratio stack up to
this standard?
5.
Short-Sightedness:
Approach your problems and decisions with a long-term view in mind.
Ask how what you do today will
affect the organization 2 years, 5 years and 10 years from now.
While this does not mean every
decision you make will have that kind of impact far in the future, however it is
a good way to verify your thinking.
6. Loose
lips: While at
one time they may have been responsible for sinking ships, today loose lips most
likely will sink your career.
Be care of what you put in
emails and what you say to others. Many a person has regretted making a casual
comment concerning their job or company.
7. Not
keeping good records:
Are you using a good contact management tool? If not consider starting today.
A contact management tool will
keep important information about peers, customers, and clients in one easy to
access place.
8.
Stunted growth:
Never quit learning. Become a better person and reach higher levels of success
by continuing to feed your mind.
9. Not
Delegating:
some of your workload: Today almost everyone is doing the job that just a few
years ago was done by as many as two people or more.
If you don't delegate a
portion of your work to others that are capable of doing the job, you can become
overloaded and perhaps all of your other work will suffer.
Take a look at your current
workload, what can you pass on to someone else. Remember that delegating is not
"work dumping" but transferring responsibility along with the
authority and responsibility to get the task done.
Don't forget to give credit to
the person you delegated the job to.
Never believe you are a
complete final product. Keep improving your skills and knowledge. Be responsible
for your future.
Take a listening course;
listen to books on CD while travelling or in your leisure time. Pick up a book
and read it, associate with other successful people.
For
more information on how to provide training for your employees on how to be more
effective and prevent these and other career "zappers" please contact
John at www.TrainingConnections.ORG
for information on "Leading to Results" training.
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About
The Author
John Robertson is a
Professional Trainer with over 20 years experience in Mid to Sr. Level
Management in several Fortune 500 companies. His real world experience will
bring credibility to your meetings. TrainingConnections.ORG
focuses on three major categories of Employee Performance Improvement;
Leadership, Management and Sales Training. Contact us today for more information
or check our web site: www.TrainingConnections.ORG
johnrob281@hotmail.com
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QUOTE
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“Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is required. You can’t
cross a chasm in two small jumps.”
~ David L. George, British Prime Minister ~
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ARTICLE:
Why Do You Want Money?
By: Leon van
der Walt
We all want more money, but
have you ever stopped and asked yourself why you want it? Is it to buy the
things that give you pleasure or maybe you want to provide better for your
family? Whatever it is that you want to buy, whatever it is that you to do with
the money, it can often be traced back to some more basic human need or want.
So stop for a moment and
answer the question: Why do you want money? (What do you want to do with it?)
Even if you already have all the money you desire and are doing what you've
always wanted with it, this exercise will help to determine whether the means
serve the end.
I've always wanted to be very
rich and have a lot of money, but taking a moment and examining the reasons why
is an eye-opener. So take out a pad of paper and make three columns. The first
column to note what it is that you want, the second the reason you want it, and
the third the basic human need/want that it fulfils.
Below I've set out the first
two of my own as an example:
What - Why - Need/Want
1. Yacht - Cruise around the
world - Want to be able to say 'been there, done that'.
2. Support parents - Duty -
Want them to appreciate what I do for them.
My list is far longer and the
reasons (the why) mostly valid. The needs and wants, however, seem almost
childish at times. Yet it is these needs and wants that is the real driving
force behind some of the things that I do.
It is nothing to be ashamed of
and it is valuable to know what drives you. In fact, you might realise that the
need or want that you need money to satisfy, can be satisfied by some other
means and that money is only one of the paths that will take you there.
Explore
your inner self and the reasons that you desire money. Do this, not so that you
feel guilty or doubt your own desires, but that you may know yourself more
intimately. Know what it is that drives you. And may you realise that money is
of itself not an end, but only a means to an end.
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About
The Author
Leon van der
Walt is an aspiring netrepreneur in the fields of inspiration and financial
freedom. Leon has a masters degree in quantitative risk management and when not
working on the Net is a bank employee. He strives to continually improve himself
and is focussing on increasing financial literacy. He is the web master at www.financial-inspiration.com
and can be contacted through the contact form on the website.
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