Do a career audit

Who doesn’t want his or her career to be progressing well? Wouldn’t you like your career to remain on course and derive contentment? But the pertinent question that you need to ask yourself is, “Are you are ready to infuse the requisite punch to your career?”

            Most people who attempt to bring into line their careers give up on their drive soon after having taken off. They then look forward to their careers recovering on their own; later they realize that things do not move on their own. Therefore, you should think things over, draw a line of action and act in accordance with it. This can be done by performing a truthful career audit vis-à-vis the present state of affairs of your career. Here is how you can do that:

·   Comprehend that success is a result of planning: You will have to spend time to take stock of things on a continual basis and simultaneously think of measures that you need to institute. In case you regard yourself low in any sphere, you should get over it. What you lack is adequate information and awareness. Remember that all changes are time consuming and hence it is essential that you understand various factors that bring about the preferred outcome.

·   Recognize that you alone are answerable: The degree of control that you exercise over your career is directly proportional to the accountability that you display towards it. You need to get involved in your work; this will bless you with increased self-determination and freedom of action. You should never justify your shortfalls; on the contrary, you should assume responsibility for whatever you bring about in your career.

·   Generate a comprehensive career image: If your mind is clear on what you intend to seek, half your battle is deemed to have been won; the rest comes with relative ease. You need to know precisely what success signifies to you; with that as the basis, analyze all its aspects, including those enunciated by others. Thereafter, you should arrive at a logical conclusion as to what is relevant to you.

·   Set goals to match your perception of success: You can regard yourself as a successful person if you are able to transform your aspirations into actuality. You need to set goals and objectives for yourself as these will help you stay focused and uphold your poise.

·   Act if you want results: If you are result-oriented, you need to be pushing; a person who takes initiative and acts with fervour always gets to see the results he yearns for. If you decide to act, remember that this decision stems from your decision to alter the circumstances that you are surrounded with.

·   Get to know what impedes your success: You need to visualize things that hinder your progress. If you have any restrictive thoughts and apprehensions, you should shed them and believe that you can do whatever you seek to do. Likewise, you should never harbour any pessimistic ideas about yourself and your capabilities, leave aside ever talking about them with anybody.

·   Connect with rising stars: People with whom you spend time at work exercise the most dominant clout in the milieu that you live in. If you are really earnest about success, company of successful people will matter a lot. You should identify such people who could be followed and whose attributes you could imbibe. In addition, there will be many aspiring people like you; their company will help you in doing something great.

·   Give your appearance an alteration: You should to create an impact on others at first sight by being smart and presentable. Your clothes, your gait and your style of conversing with others, amongst others matter a lot. The idea is to not project an ostentatious image but one that manifests confidence and good grooming because the first impression is always the last impression.

Remember that what you are today is a result of what you decided a couple of years back. So, where do you intend to be half a decade from now? If you are sincere about progressing in your career, you will surely make it happen. All you need to do is embark upon a well-planned action plan.