Fast Track Your Career With Personal Branding
In today’s world, it’s important to take your personal brand seriously if you want others to take you seriously. Try out these tips for understanding the importance of personal branding, defining your own personal brand, and marketing your brand for greater career success.
At a Professional Crossroads? How to Choose the Path That’s Right for You
Making a career choice and sticking to it is not as easy as it sounds, especially in today’s economic climate. It can be nerve-wracking to go through the process of choosing a path, especially when you’re not sure if it’ll take you to a long-lived career.
The Secret to Expanding Your Role at Work
Interested in expanding your role at work? These ideas can help you to position yourself for a brighter future.
Wasting Time With Micro Timewasters
We notice how and when we waste time on a large scale. We notice that we spent an hour on social media or that we watched TV for three hours. However, these aren’t the only ways we waste time. We waste time in dozens of ways each day.
What to Look For in a Mentor
Before deciding to seek out a mentor, you must first determine what you hope to gain from the relationship. That means you need to spend time thinking about both your short and long term goals. Once you're fully clear on where you want to be, the selection process becomes that much easier.
Steer Your Career in a Clear and Positive Direction
Your career is like a ship and you're the captain. You can drift along or take command to guide it in a clear and positive direction. These are some suggestions for setting your course and sticking to it so you so wind up where you want to go.
How to Use Habits to Reach Your Goals
For every goal, there are habits that can practically guarantee success. Reflect on your goals and what actions you can take to help bring them about.
Why You Procrastinate and How to Overcome It
Procrastination isn’t really an issue of laziness. It’s an emotional issue. Your brain predicts that you’re going to experience a negative emotion and does its best to help you avoid it.
Fear of Failure: The Greatest Threat to Your Success
The fear of failure has killed more dreams than all other fears combined. The fear of failure is insidious because it’s largely in your imagination. It can also prevent you from even trying in the first place, which guarantees failure.
10 Important Qualities for Effective Leadership at Work
Practice these skills to be an exemplary leader at your workplace.