Tag: Motivational Sayings

Justin Kerr On How To Be Great At Your Job

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Motivational Quotes
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You can achieve greatness. Greatness is within your reach. You can dream greatness. You can feel greatness. You can have greatness. And you can live greatness.

The question is, ‘Are you willing to do the work?’ If you are serious about it, according to Justin Kerr, ‘Be accurate. Being accurate is about more than just having the right number on an Excel spreadsheet. It is about delivering the right information at the right time in the right format.’

‘Ask clarifying questions. Because ‘your ability to deliver good work is wholly dependent on your ability to get good inputs and clear directions.’

‘Be early. Because ‘showing up to work at the same time as everyone else is a ticket to mediocrity- and slow promotion.’

‘You need to understand that giving promotions is a very political process.’

‘Get your work done. Ask if your boss needs anything else from you. Leave early.’

‘Your goal is to shine a light on the problem while also claiming the higher moral ground.’

‘If something is going wrong, don’t just say it’s going wrong- say what you’re going to do about it. If something is going well, don’t just brag about it- tell me how you are going to maximize the opportunity and what comes next.’

‘No matter how much you don’t like the person, no matter how wrong they are (and right you are), you have to step away from the computer and resolve it person-to-person.’

‘If you don’t write specific goals, you put other people’s feelings and emotions in charge of your promotion.’

‘It’s important to realize that most promotions (97 percent) are not decided by hitting a home run in one specific meeting; rather, they are the culmination of one thousand small interactions and ‘proofs’ of your reliability and potential to take on more responsibilities within the team.’

‘There will be plenty of days and weeks (and months) when work is really hard, so take advantage of the moments when it eases up, and do something purposeful.’

Source

Justin Kerr (2018). How to Be Great at Your Job: Get things done. Get the credit. Get ahead.

What It Takes To Be Great At Work, According To Erika Ayers Badan

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Motivational Quotes
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Take your time to get good at what you are doing. Do not rush the process. Take your time to master the basics.

If you can master yourself, you can master your work. Because everything starts with you.

To be great at work is not about being the smartest in the room. It is about knowing what you are doing, why you are doing it, and when to move on.

According to Erika, ‘The dumbest person at your company is the one who doesn’t know what the company is paying them to do. Don’t be that person.’

To be great at work, ask, ‘What can my job do to help solve for that?’

‘Sometimes, if you feel the urge to quiet quit or if you aren’t the quitter type but you are quitting- you may just be in the wrong job.’

‘Instead of worrying about what you’re worrying about, ask what the company is worried about.’

‘Get out of yourself, and take on the perspective of the company or the CFO or whomever you are meeting with.’

‘Don’t forget, there’s always someone younger, cheaper, and hungrier than you are who is just as good as you are, and maybe even better, waiting for your job.’

‘Great bosses still make bad decisions and mistakes. And so will you. A great boss makes that okay to experience together.’

‘Expectations need to be communicated consistently and honestly on an going basis.’

‘To best set yourself up for success, don’t shy away from talking about expectations and outlining them in a way that they can be front of mind.’

‘Your own priorities and expectations should always map back to your vision– what you want to achieve, the value proposition that led you to having your job in the first place, and what you are hoping to create or deliver.’

‘To navigate through conflict, try to figure out where your boss is coming from. Put yourself in their shoes. What is your boss saying, and what is your boss not saying?’

‘It’s better to know something isn’t right for you (the right thing will come along) than to end up in the same place twice.’

‘Don’t worry about everyone else’s ego. Worry about yours.’

‘Confront yourself about what you want, why you want it, where you are, and how you got there.’

Source

Erika Ayers Badan (2024). Nobody Cares About Your Career: Why Failure Is Good, The Great Ones Play Hurt, and Other Hard Truths