Make a difference in your career

Most people acknowledge their desire to work hard and make useful contributions. They want themselves to have an effect. But whether they are actually doing so is a million dollar question. If they are on course, they will surely be mattering.

As years tick by, people have a tendency to kill time and hope like hell they will get a job that they have applied for or a promotion and a hike; or for that matter, even an appointment to their liking. They are of a my-horse-also-ran category – keep hanging around and not exert themselves. There are people who also look forward to a go-ahead; they may want to do more but in the absence of an acquiescence, do not take any initiative; perhaps they need to be prompted, even if it comes to helping out a colleague.

If you want to make a difference, you simply cannot adopt an attitude of relax-and- hope-for-the-best. Nobody will ever make a difference on your behalf; it is you and you alone who has to exert and strive for it. That implies switching over from a knee-jerk to an upbeat mode; and if you do so, you will automatically change your stance from a discontented to a contented one. Such a change will undoubtedly be electrifying, if not bloodcurdling; and will necessitate ingenuity on your part.

The crucial issue is how do you go about to make a difference in your career? You can achieve significant results if you are:

·    Resolute:  If you are not resolute, you will never be decisive; and if you are not decisive, you will never be able to take off. Therefore, you should be determined to make a difference and attain all that you have been missing so far. As you move ahead, you will shed the tendency to not consider yourself excessively vis-à-vis other persons and begin to view them in a positive manner. Resultantly, you will start taking initiative and not wait for directions; you will also gradually take control of your career and steer yourself on to the correct career path. You will emerge rejuvenated and vibrant; and be armed with rationale and intent. All that you will now require is a potent line of action.

·    Discerning:  When you attempt to discern anything, your imagination runs wild. And when your imagination runs wild, you tend to come up with ideas. You should make a note of all ideas that cross your mind. Thereafter, you should query yourself on who all you are likely to make an effect on; a record of all such persons will have to be made. This will help you visualize them unmistakably. The manner in which you want to impact them will also have to be finalized along with the sequence in which you would like to proceed. This is the line of action that you need to follow.

·    Impacting: You do not have to wait for an opportunity to make an impact. The iron will always be hot and you can strike anytime because you know whatever you are required to do. You already have a. list of people who need to be impacted as also an appropriate line of action; you can well start off from the No. 1 on the list and keep moving ahead. It is a general tendency amongst human beings to assume that they will be unable to concentrate on others if they are concerned about themselves. But this is unfounded because your spirits soar if you shift your attention to anything other than you. When your spotlight is outwards, you will encounter hordes of breaks and openings. And if your career happens to be at a point that is not in consonance with your aspirations and you seek to jolt it for the better, the opportunity knocking at your doorstep will take care of everything.

You should remember that the difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's strength of mind. There is nothing in this world that is unfeasible to assiduousness and dexterity; and grand attainments are a result not of might but resolve. Be determined and you will make a difference in your career.