Friday, September 10, 2021

"Feel The Fears" to Achieve Success in Your Career

You may be holding a reasonably good position in an organization and earning well. But there may be times you may have an insecure feeling, and thanks to this feeling, you may at times think of quitting your job. Can you make this decision all of a sudden? Issues such as taking good care of your family, educating your children, and paying your bills regularly and on time may be preventing you from making this drastic decision. If you do not have a regular income, you cannot fulfill these obligations. 

Especially, if you feel that the ambiance in your organization is not conducive or if you think that your performances are time and again ignored, you may be a frustrated employee. But will quitting your present job solve these problems? What is the guarantee that you will get a job in which you will have satisfaction? Can you be certain that the ambiance in a new company will be better than what you experience in the present organization? The following tips may help you overcome your frustrating thoughts so that you can focus on your growth and achieve a big success in your career. 

1. The frustration you experience is overwhelming. But how to overcome it?

It is true that the frustration you experience is unbearable and overwhelming. That is the reason you feel like quitting your present job. But your decision comes with several what-ifs that you cannot ignore at all. So, you will keep on thinking alternatively between quitting your job and the uncertainties that come along with it. This situation can be paralyzing. If this situation continues indefinitely, you will experience increased frustration that may again feed the what-ifs. Ironically, frustration, if unchecked, can get stronger and stronger on its own. You need not take any specific steps for strengthening it.

So, what is the way out? Experts advise that you should feel the fears but at the same time, you must take action. For example, if you think that your performances are not being recognized and you are not getting the elevations you think you deserve, you must take action by taking immediate steps to improve yourself by enriching your knowledge and acquiring new skills. You should become a fountain of knowledge that supplies innovative ideas to your organization. You should take this step even if the fears and what-ifs are haunting you. Action alone is the antidote for fears and uncertainties. Simply put, instead of allowing your fears to paralyze you, you should turn them into inspiration tools.

2. How to go about this?

As Zig Ziglar says, "You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." Start small and keep acquiring small skills. Get into the reading habit. But you should read only those books and materials that can enrich your knowledge in your field. Once you go to the top position, you may have ample time to read other books or materials. 

Even if you make small improvements to your knowledge and skill levels, it will do a world of good for improving your confidence. Remember the quote of Michelangelo who once said, "Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it."

To conclude, if you take action, you can achieve success in your career even if the present situation seems to be unfavorable and despite the fact that fears are haunting you.

Thursday, September 9, 2021

What Is The Best Strategy That Can Help You Climb Your Career Ladder Fast?

You may have pleasant feelings if your colleagues, peers, and managers praise you either for a job well done or for the new ideas or insights you provide for improving the business of your organization. But will you be able to consistently get such praises? It is doubtful because several factors including extraneous ones and those that are not under your control may play their role as well while you are judged. At the same time, experts point out that you can consistently be in the good books of your managers if you adopt a particular strategy. You may ask what benefit you will derive if you consistently get laurels for your work and for your ideas. You will easily be able to climb the career ladder. Let us dive into this and find out what this strategy is.

Make sure to take advantage of every opportunity to adopt the strategy.

Before revealing this strategy, we want to stress the importance of adopting it at every opportunity. If you stick to this rule, you will certainly see the results and this means that you will be thankful to yourself for embracing this strategy. 

Be committed to consistency.

You should consistently adopt the strategy. To put it differently, you should be committed to this consistency so that it becomes your second nature. 

This strategy will remove fear from your mind.

Getting elevated in your organization is certainly a happy thing. But it can be scary as well. You will be expected to be more responsible and accountable, will have new types of jobs, or perhaps, you may have to manage or supervise a few people. Because of these new things, you may be afraid whether you will succeed in your new role or will be an utter failure. But fortunately, if you adopt the strategy that is suggested in this post, you will not have any fears at all. You will be confidence-personified which means you will continue to win laurels for your work.

What is the strategy?

The strategy is: Think as if you are at a level that is one or two levels above the level you are presently holding. Of course, you should not just stop thinking like this. You should act accordingly also. 

Now, what is the benefit you will derive by adopting this strategy? You may be aware that a human brain is a wonderful machine. You can expand its capability by changing your thinking pattern. If you constantly think that you are at one or two levels above your present level, your brain will start believing it. So, it will hand out very rare insights or ideas that you cannot imagine at your present level. When you share these ideas or insights with your managers, you are certain to be showered with praises. More importantly, you will not have any fear when you are really promoted to that level. Of course, once you go to this higher level, you should start thinking of the next level and act accordingly.

By adopting this strategy, you can easily climb your career ladder fast.

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

This Particular Thing May Be Holding You Back from Achieving Big in Your Life or Career.

It is a known fact that goal-setting is important in life. Especially, if you are looking at extraordinary success, it is imperative that you should set goals. You may wonder why the plural form of the word "goal" is being used here. The purpose is that if you succeed in achieving a particular goal, that is not the end of it. Never forget the fact that success is a continuous journey and not at all a destination. This means that once you achieve a particular goal, you must fix another goal as your target and move on. Only if you keep setting goals one after another, you can grow on a continuous basis. If you do not adopt this approach and get complacent after achieving a goal, you are certain to stagnate. Never forget the fact that stiff competition rules the roost out there and unless you keep achieving one goal after another, others will surpass you.


Therefore, it is quite evident that getting complacent is the foremost obstacle that can prevent you from achieving big. This means if you want extraordinary success, you have to bring about a major change in your outlook. Though it is easier said than done, it is not impossible. Let us find out how you can change your mindset and set your eyes on big achievements in your life or your career.

It is your mindset that limits your growth.

If you believe that you can grow only up to a particular level, you are right. On the other hand, if you believe you can achieve big things, even then, you are right. Simply put, it is your mindset that limits your growth. So, you must change your belief if you want to achieve big in your life or career. 

Supply evidence to your mind.

The human brain always tries to rationalize things. It wants evidence to support beliefs. That is the reason you are asked to read the biographies of successful people. You must particularly choose the biographies of those people who started from scratch and built big empires or businesses or accomplished great feats. Once you supply such evidential materials to your brain, your brain will be ready to believe your big beliefs.

Talk to your mind.

We humans cannot live without talking. Of course, the quantum of talking of some people may be less while some folks talk incessantly. As you talk to others, you can talk to your mind also. You should argue with your mind and challenge it to free itself from the shackles of your limiting beliefs. If you talk to your mind frequently, it will dispense with all of those limiting beliefs. In due course of time, your mind will acquire a new mindset that can help you perceive things with a new and "I can" perspective. 

By adopting this strategy, you can remove the main obstacle that has been holding you back from achieving big.