Be Real
Our elders usually say that two people can’t miss out on a lie; if the person being told a lie does not know, the person telling the lie does know. Realism matters when the choice is between you and your career progress. Unfortunately, it’s so appalling to see how many people don’t want to confront issues realistically.
To perform at your best, you
need to consistently take a realistic view of yourself and compare it with
other colleagues and contemporaries within and outside your company or
industry. Sometimes you even need to measure your own progress in the light of
where you were last year and now vis-à-vis the parameters you have set for
yourself previously. Before you complain about being stagnated on a job grade
for so long, you need to take a sincere inventory of how you have fared
compared to others and what you should be doing. Ask yourself what you are
doing right or wrong and be determined to fix the ‘wrongs’ and improve on the
‘rights’. This is the sure way to make good progress in your career.
Oftentimes, a candid 3600 feedback can be very useful in doing this.
You may need to approach your peers, subordinates and supervisors for a honest
feedback.
Once identified, ensure you
follow through to fix the gaps. The truth is that very many of us know what we
are doing right or wrong but often fail to follow through to ensure we become
accountable for the changes we seek and at the end things don’t happen well in
our career as we would have imagined. Following through ensures that you have
the discipline to stick to doing the things you committed to do in order to fix
your performance gaps and within the timelines set.Of course, this requires focus!
Stop trying to be someone
else. Be your original self and concentrate on fixing YOU because no other
individual can be like YOU in your company and that is the advantage you have
over others. Ultimately, you bear the consequences of your actions and
in-actions.
You will reach your zenith!
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