‘Nothing in your life gets better until your daily patterns do.’
– Andy Core
How To Find Your Power
Your power is within you. It is what makes you unique. It is what makes you who you truly are.
If you are really good at writing, then writing is your power. If you are good at painting, better than others, then painting is your inner power.
Whatever it is that you are good at, keep getting better at it every day. Never stop improving yourself. That is how we get better. That is how we grow.
According to Robynn Storey, ‘It doesn’t matter if you are a ’10’ on the outside, Strive to be a ’10’ on the inside.’ That is true. To know what is going on within you, you must pay attention to your inner self.
‘The very best advocate you’ll ever have for you … is YOU!’ Because you know who you are, what you want, and how you are doing. Don’t listen to dream killers. If you can’t help yourself, no one can.
‘When you work at a job you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.’ It means you are working, but it doesn’t feel like work. That is what happens when your values are in alignment with your dreams.
‘Choosing the path less traveled may be challenging, but it can lead to extraordinary destinations.’ Some of us don’t choose ‘the path less traveled’ because it is too hard. We don’t want to go there. We are afraid of making mistakes. These are good reasons, but they are not enough. If you want to grow, you must challenge yourself.
‘No one ends up where they started out.’ Do not wait to have everything ready before you start. Start where you are. Yes, it is scary, but you will enjoy it later. If you do not start now, today, where you are going will never happen. And your dream will remain a dream. The good news is: You can make it happen!
‘We are not just one thing; we are many things.’ I agree. Don’t limit yourself. Do not let fear stop you from moving forward. Because you can do more than you are doing right now. You know more. You are capable of doing more. And nothing is holding you back from challenging yourself. Remember, if you can learn more, you can do more. If you can do more, you can live more. So don’t limit yourself.
‘Don’t be afraid to get out of your comfort zone.’ If you want to get better at what you do, your comfort zone is not where it is going to happen. Where you are comfortable is your comfort zone, but it is not your growth zone. If you want to live a different life, you must leave your comfort zone.
‘Be too good to be ignored.‘ The best is attractive! If you want to lead other people, be great at what you do. When you are good at what you do, the world is yours!
‘Glass ceilings are made to be broken.’ Where you are is not all that is possible for you. What you are doing is not all that you can do. You can do more if you have the courage to push yourself, to challenge yourself.
‘Learning how to ask for, and get, what you want is a skill that will serve you well your entire life.’ Ask and you will get. But if you don’t, no one will give it to you for free.
Source
Robynn Storey (2024). Career Confidence: No-BS Stories and Strategies for Finding Your Power
How To Manage And Succeed In Your Career
Your career is your work. If you want to go up, you have to look up, not down.
Don’t wait for anyone to do it for you. You can do it. You are doing it right now. And you can do it in the future.
But to manage your career, you must first manage yourself- your values, your emotions, your dreams, and your goals.
You must prepare for what you want. According to Lukas Krause, ‘Prepare for the unexpected. Your plan should include contingencies in case something goes wrong.’ Yes, you need a plan. But things are not going to go according to your plan. But it is better to have a plan than not to have one. A bad plan is better than no plan.
‘When it comes to perform, trust your preparations and shine. Be present and focus on the moment. Don’t get ahead of yourself.’ Prepare. A good preparation leads to a good result. A bad preparation leads to a bad result. And your preparations are not going to help you if you don’t know why you are in the game, why you are playing. If you want to win, plan well, prepare well, and be there.
‘Be on alert for the signals of a situation when your tone is apt to become compromised.’ Don’t let that happen to you, to your career. Don’t give in to outside pressures. Focus on what matters to you. If what you are doing makes you feel good about yourself, about your future, about your life, then do more of it. But if you are not happy with what you are doing, if you are not happy with where you are, the only way forward is to start looking ahead. Don’t get stuck in a rut. Because you are not stuck.
‘The cornerstone to career advancement and professional success is projecting a professional presence consistently.’ Your career advancement is not going to happen by accident. You have got to work for it. You have got to face yourself. You have got to face those things that you have been running from. Because if you do not face your present, you won’t be able to manage your career. Your career growth depends on how you see yourself. If you see yourself as worthy of your career, that is the image that you are going to put out there. And people will judge you based on who you say you are. If you want people to see you differently, you have got to act differently.
‘Choose wisely how you communicate.’ Communication is not about what you say. It is not about when you say it. Communication is about how you say it. When you are with people, be there. Because communication is also about being present.
‘Tap into the wisdom of those who are more experienced than you, with a mentor. If you are stuck, reach out. Because people have done what you want to do. People have been to where you want to be. They know more than you. Not because they are better than you are, but because they have been there. They have done it. And they have made their own mistakes. Above all, we learn faster when we learn from other people.
‘Seek ways to engage with other departments (cross- train). No one is too big to learn from other people. When it comes to getting better at work, your colleagues are your best academic institutions. Why is that? Because they are different. They see the world differently. If you want to learn more at work, learn from your colleagues. To do that, you must ‘limit your ego to expand your horizon.’
‘A positive attitude is the backbone for a strong personal culture.’ Success comes from having a positive attitude. Failure, on the other hand, comes from having a negative attitude.
Because people like to be with those who make them feel good about themselves. People don’t want to have anything to do with a negative person.
If you are a positive person, you know that nothing is perfect, that your tomorrow is going to be better than your today.
But if you are a negative person, to you, there is no tomorrow. You don’t even think you can make it past today.
To a negative person, everything is a problem. But to a positive person, a problem is an opportunity to grow, to get better.
So if you want people to follow you, be a positive person.
‘Employees who thrive exemplify ownership through finding ways to get things done.’ Your way is not the only way. There are more ways to get one thing done. If you don’t know, ask others. If you are not convinced, ask even more. Don’t just settle for what is known. Take a leap of faith. Bet on yourself. When you bet on yourself, others will bet on you.
‘Employees who thrive exemplify ownership through never blaming external factors for underperformance.’ When it comes to your performance, just know that it is not going to be same every day. Take what you get and make it better. If you don’t blame other people for not reaching your point, you will get better.
Source
Lukas Krause (2018). The Business of You: A Guide to Finding, Managing, and Succeeding in Your Career
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