How to manage deadlines that cause high stress?

If you are an employee who faces frequent stress-causing deadlines or if you run a company that has to operate within strict deadlines, it is high time you learn to manage such situations. If you don't, it will turn to be a perilous mistake because you are likely to fall prey to the impact of such stress. Remember that the future is headed towards more stress-causing situations. The commercial landscape is changing fast, thanks to the very high competition that prevails in every field. Experts suggest that you should create productivity routines and practice them consistently and persistently so that they become your second nature. These productivity routines help in developing strong habits. Once you develop these habits, you can easily tackle any type of situation. More than anything, you will even start enjoying such stress-causing deadline situations.

But you may ask "where is the time to develop these strong habits?" There may be intermittent periods when you will have moderate work or not-so-stressful situations. You should use these periods for creating productivity routines and cultivating strong habits. In fact, if your desire to learn the ways to manage stress-causing deadlines is strong, you will be able to find time for this.

One of the most important habits you should develop is to use your time wisely. Experts strongly advise that the habit of managing time wisely will be of great use. Once you develop this habit, you will have time for putting in place appropriate systems for easily tackling even strict deadlines. 

Let us look at how high-performing athletes create productivity routines for managing their stress. If you observe these folks, you will find that they follow certain routines for practicing. It is their meticulous adherence to routines for practicing that helps them manage their pressure when they take part in big events. A classic example is that of Nathan Chen, the American skater, who competed in the Olympics when he was just 18. Did he face pressure? Yes. He did but it was a very minor one. What helped him in managing the pressure? The answer is that he had always been sticking to his routine and practicing incessantly.

In short, if you create productivity routines, keep practicing consistently and persistently, and develop the right habits such as prioritizing wisely and managing your time judiciously and make them your second nature, you will not feel the pressure even during stressful situations. 

This Secret Can Get You Big Success in Your Career

There are a number of employees who lament that they are not getting the recognition they deserve at their workplace. This means that they are not getting the success they want to achieve. They feel that they have stagnated, that the management does not give them the promotions they think are due to them, and that they are not getting the salary increases they have anticipated. If you belong to this group, it is high time you learn the secret that can get you big success in your career. Let us find out what this secret is.

But before we discuss this secret, it is imperative that you must work on a very important suggestion. The suggestion is that you must honestly evaluate your skills. The following checklist will help you do the evaluation effectively.

1. Are your skills relevant to the field in which you are working?

2. With your existing skills, can you make at least one huge promise to your managers? If you can, can you ensure to fulfill the promise? Of course, the promise should pertain to the growth of the company.

3. Do you feel that your skills are so compelling that the managers will think twice before losing your services?

4. Do you really think that your skills will benefit the company?

5. With your current level of knowledge, are you able to grasp the vision of your company? If you can, how do you propose to help the company achieve the vision?

6. If you were the manager, will you hire a candidate with the same level of skills that you currently possess?

The above checklist will help you in assessing your skills honestly.

Once you complete the evaluation process, you should go to the next step of taking action to fill up the lacunae, if any, in your skills. In fact, you have to be very aggressive in your approach. There should be no compromise because there is strong competition in the job market. Unless you keep updating your skills on a constant basis, you can not be confident of achieving huge success in your career. 

Let us now assume that you adopt an aggressive approach and acquire all the required skills that can help your company achieve its vision. What is the next step or what is the secret that can get you huge success in your career?

Be a great communicator.

Now that you have acquired all the required skills and you are ready to keep updating them, you should communicate to the management that you possess the skills they expect you to have. But how should you communicate? Experts advise that you should "show" them your skills. Mere words will not suffice. Even if you shout from the rooftops, nobody is going to believe you. You should prove your skills and only then, they will believe that you possess them. 

It is not necessary that there should be special or crisis situations to show that you possess the skills the management expects you to have. Even day-to-day tasks are enough for proving the skills. Experts suggest that you should delve deep into every task you are entrusted with so that you can find out how more efficiently you can carry out the task. Remember that there can be more than one way to do a task. You should find out the best, smartest, and the most cost-effective way and carry it out. If you understand and follow this suggestion scrupulously, you can certainly achieve a big success in your career. 

Can You Get Rich Even If You Are An Employee?

There is a general notion among people that only those who do business can become rich. You may also believe in this notion. But in reality, even those who are employed can become rich. The only point is you have to choose the right industry and work for the right company. You can then take steps for becoming a valuable employee for the company. Once your company starts reposing faith in you as you are a valuable employee, you should look for ways to graduate to the next level which is becoming an invaluable employee. Of course, you should know the industry standards and ensure that you get the remuneration you deserve. Of course, these efforts need your commitment, focus, and time. Let us now find out how should go about the whole process. 

1. Choose the right industry.

In any field, there are big organizations. If you get a chance to work for such companies, you will have ample scope for career growth. But remember that in such organizations, the competition will be very strong. This means you will be competing with other employees who are equally smart and committed, if not more, as you are. You should, therefore, make all possible efforts to stand out. Only then, you can command the remuneration you think you deserve. 

Your field may consist of small entities as well. But you should carefully choose that company that has great potential to grow. Only then, you will have a scope for growth in your career. Of course, in such small companies, you may not enjoy the environment that may be available in big corporations. But there will be less competition in these companies. You can push yourself based on the situations and the resultant responsibilities and prove your worth. Once you earn the respect of the top management of these small companies, you can easily earn very well and accelerate your journey towards riches.

2. How to become an employee who is valued by employers.

Proving yourself as an employee who can be valuable to the company is the next step to get rich. But this is not easy. If your commitment and ambition are sporadic and are not strong, you cannot become such an employee which means you can never get rich. Your salary will increase slowly and maybe in single-digit percentages. If you want to have extraordinary increases in your salary package year after year, you should be an extraordinary employee. There are such employees working in the corporate world and the increases some of these employees get in their salaries go even up to 100%. But how to become such a valued employee is the question. The following tips may help.

a) Work smart and bring out the optimum output by adopting innovative ways.

You should be smart enough to bring out your optimum output for which you should adopt innovative ways. But once you complete your work, do not remain idle. Offer your help to other departments. By doing so, you will be expanding your knowledge. Remember that managers of companies will come to know your cooperative attitude very soon. Experts advise that you can even go out of the way to help the staff working in other departments.

b) Try to complete the most difficult tasks as soon as you begin your day's work.

When you begin your official work in the morning hours, your energy level will be at its peak. Hence, you should complete all the difficult and complex tasks during these hours. Prioritize your tasks based not only on urgency and importance but on difficulty level as well. 

Experts advise that it is better you reach your office about 1 hour earlier than other employees and even your boss. This will help complete your tasks more quickly, easily, and without distractions. In the book "How to Become CEO," the author, Jeffrey J. Fox, says, “Arriving to work late signals you don’t like your job very much. Even if you prefer to come in late and stay late, staying late sends the signal that you can’t keep up or your personal life is poor.” By arriving early to the office and by completing your tasks more quickly, you are signaling to your managers that you are different from your peers. This will pave the way for your quick growth in the company.

c) Adopt an enthusiastic attitude.

You should never be a sourpuss. You may be highly talented but if you are a sourpuss, no one will like or respect you. On the other hand, if you are enthusiastic, everyone will happily mingle with you. Your positive attitude will rub on everyone and so, they will also try to do their best for the company. When the company grows, everyone can grow.

d) It is not wrong to say “Yes."

Never say "no" to your boss. Only then, he or she will support you and laud you for your efforts. If you are in the habit of saying "no" or arguing with your boss, you are either irritating him or her or putting spokes in his or her efforts. How can you then expect his or her support? Even if your boss asks you to do an extra task, you should readily take it up.

3) Never hesitate to make your accomplishments known to everyone in the company.

Don't be timid and keep your accomplishments within your bosom. Let them be known to the whole world. This is not boasting but it is self-promotion. But at the same time, guard against bragging. 

3. Graduating from the level of a valuable employee to the level of an employee who is invaluable to the company.

Of course, as an employee whom the managers value highly, you may be getting good salaries. But if you graduate to the next level, the company will never like to lose you. But how can you graduate to that level?

a) If you help your company increase its profits manifold, you will become one of its invaluable employees. There may be only a few like you. So, there may not be much competition for you. You can demand the compensation you think you deserve. In fact, the management itself will readily offer you hefty remuneration. 

By helping in the company's efforts to bring out new products or to improve their existing products, you can increase their profits. You can also come out with viable ideas and suggestions for reducing the costs as well. Similarly, you can give suggestions for marketing the products more effectively. 

Once you become such an invaluable employee of the company, the managers will not want to lose you. They will be ready to offer the best remuneration package as well. This will ultimately help you become rich.