Tag: Perseverance

How To Get Ahead In Your Own Life

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in BriSights, Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Start by asking yourself what you don’t want and work backward from there.’

‘Learning from experienced professionals shaves years off your learning curves.’

‘Don’t get bogged down in productivity apps, hacks, and tricks.’

‘With the project or type of work you’re working on, what results move the needle.’

‘Focus on creating a strong track record first. All sizzle and no steak is a negative signal.’

‘Your personal brand is a signaling tool. Use it to signal your experience, skills, knowledge, and positive traits to the right people.’

‘Building a world-class network isn’t about shaking hands with the most successful people in the world. It’s not about going to events. It’s not about schmoozing and not about forcing yourself to become an extrovert. It’s about knowing people who know who you need to know.’

‘Build relationships with people who have already built relationships with Very Busy People you want to meet.’

‘Don’t be transactional.’

‘Don’t wait until you need opportunities to pitch yourself to them.’

Source

Zak Slayback (2019). How to Get Ahead: A Proven 6-step System to Unleash Your Personal Brand and Build a World-Class Network so Opportunities Come to You

When To Quit

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Quitting is not the end of your life. It is not the end of your career. It is not the end of your growth.

It is the beginning of your success. You get rid of things that are not helping you.

Quitting is the only way to stop what is not working. If something is not working for you, let it go. Don’t waste your time!

Life is too short for that!

According to Julia Keller, ‘Quitting is about following your heart- even if you break someone else’s in the process.’

‘Don’t fall victim to fear- or to the sunk-cost fallacy ot failing to heed opportunity cost. Quitting isn’t the end. It can be the beginning of success.’

‘Why not let some things go- without letting everything go? Quitting doesn’t have to be an absolute.’

‘You can change course when you need to. It’s a way of fighting back against random chance- and reclaiming your power.’

‘Quitting scenes make you feel bold and feisty, ready to make changes in your life. … Your reaction may tell you a lot about your comfort level with change.’

‘If you decide to give up, don’t think of it as a surrender: think of it as aerobics for your brain.’

‘Quitting is about tomorrow. Quitting is about the capacity to change, again and again, as often as you’re compelled to do so.’

‘Quitting for something better- or maybe just something different- should be the norm, not the aberration.’

‘Quasi-quitting isn’t about slacking off and trying to slide by, hoping that no one in charge notices. It’s about doing more, not less.’

‘Quasi-quitting is active, not passive. It’s powered by nimbleness and acumen, not apathy.’

Source:

Julia Keller (2023). Quitting: A Life Strategy: The Myth of Perserverance- and How the New Science of Giving Up Can Set You free