“Your career is your business, it’s time for you to manage it as a CEO.”- Dorit Sher
One of the most common problems is being stuck in your career and not realising it. You think you are working hard to achieve your goals but you don’t know why you’re not getting ahead. Sometimes, the reason we feel stuck in small things can be big problems if we probe into a situation.
You need to be able to do your work well and have knowledge of your skill to excel in your career. If you are an entrepreneur, you need to know your market and how to serve them. If you are a lawyer you need to have an in-depth knowledge of the law.
How do you demonstrate your talent in your particular field is also an important aspect. Analyse your priorities and focus on your goals. Figuring out how your field really works isn’t easy, but it can make a huge difference to your career.
Instead of thinking too much, be confident in your skills and find out which field suits your career and is it worth investing in or not? You can know which positions are stepping stones and which are dead-ends. If you really want to work on your career self-analysis is important to know what you can do and want in life and how you can reach it. You can talk to different people about your career; it is a good exercise to bring more clarity and focus.
Working hard to achieve your goals will always save you. Mostly, people kill their careers in subtle ways. Success is great and it boosts your career, but being too egoistic about it can have a negative impact on your career. People usually start thinking that their success is going to last forever and now that they are on top, nothing can harm them. Over-confidence is lethal to career development.
Lack of emotional intelligence also harms your career. You have to face and tolerate all kinds of people and situations. Emotional outbursts, shutting co-workers down when they speak, and low self-awareness can destroy your career. It is very important for a person to know his personal qualities, knowledge, and skills so that he can easily compare it to his goals and the work he would like to do. This can help you in identifying the skills and knowledge you might need to acquire to achieve your career goals. Accurate assessment of these things is vital in your career development. Sometimes you might encounter obstacles or hindrances, which is normal in everyone’s life. Exercising and learning how to handle them will help you to explore those obstacles and removing them.
Indicating your goals in more general terms is a part of a good career strategy. The more specific you can be the easier will it be to plan. You can even develop an action plan to help you put your career strategy into action.
Career planning is a way of making the best of your current situation and revising your strategy will help you reinforcing and clarifying your thinking.