Career Planning, Learning and Performance

People often say ‘you get out what you put it’.  Rubbish.  You can get loads more back than you put in, if you ‘put in’ to the right places in the right ways at the right times.  Whatever you’re currently getting out of your work, you can almost certainly get much more. How? I learned [...]

Here’s the litmus test: are you proud of what you do in your work? Be honest. If not, what exactly are you going to do about it? Everyone can earn a living doing something they’re proud of, including you, despite your fears, excuses and current lack of ideas.  But YOU have to find it.  Time [...]

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One of the biggest reasons why it’s so hard to get in to certain employment or career positions is that there’s too much competition.  These days it’s worse than ever.  Far too much noise. Yet people insist on competing at this level against the thousands.  The person who gets to the top at this level [...]

I sent this post out as a newsletter back in 2008. For those who missed it, it’s worth a look: My advice this month was given to me 10 years ago by a colleague who I deeply respected.  It still holds true and I often think about it.  He explained to me that to increase [...]

Most people seem to throw around the idea that you must be a big ‘risk taker’ to make it in business.  It’s a viral message passed between people who haven’t thought about it enough.  Unfortunately it gets passed on to some poor hopeful who is rather risk-averse.  He definitely doesn’t want to risk making himself [...]

The best advice I ever acted upon.  I can hear these words bounce around my head so clearly.  They were the words of my Grandad who sadly passed away a few days ago. When I was very unhappy in my career years ago, he repeatedly said this to me.  I eventually acted on his advice.  [...]

Better Business Businesses do best when they continuously give their ideal customers what they want.  This applies to individuals too (where their customer is their boss or employer). Better Learning Learning works best when the learner learns information using their own strengths.  If you read well, you should read.  If you learn best by video, [...]

This post is about flying solo in business, but the same ideas apply to you in your career too. If you’re flying solo in your work or thinking about flying solo do you know clearly what sort of flight you’re going on?  Have you thought about: where you’re flying to? why you’re flying there? what [...]

How do you reach people with the answers? You could use Twitter. You could: 1. Tweet ‘anyone know who might be able to answer my questions about xyz?’ People should begin to come to you. 2. Tweet ‘can anyone help me get in touch with someone in xyz field/company?’ 3. Tweet ‘anyone know a [profession] [...]