Hitches and
glitches in your career are a natural phenomenon. They do not signify the end of
your career. You need to be optimistic and consider today something like a New
Year’s Day when you make new resolutions and let bygones be bygones. This is more
relevant to those who have not taken due interest in their careers so far. When you start anything afresh, you make a
new beginning so that you can derive the maximum from your career. The moment
ought to be a Godsend to facilitate your move ahead with greater zeal.
If you lack
adequate inspiration, you are unlikely to concentrate on new objectives that
you intend setting. You may also not have many aspirations and attainments. In
other words, you need to adopt new working methodologies or even a career change.
The crux of the issue is that you need to assign fresh objectives and work hard
and cheerfully for their attainment
How does one
identify a fresh objective? You can do so by:
· Coax yourself to have a new goal:
No objective is attainable without hard work. You ought to look for such traits
in others who are forward-looking and forward-moving people. It is only then
that such qualities would be imbibed. You surely would like to be branded as a
person committed to one's work. If that be so, you need to introspect to
discern the credibility of your goals and if you endorse them or not. And
should any doubts be raised in the process, you must shift your focus elsewhere
where you are mentally comfortable. You cannot assume your success in the
absence of any of any objectives. And under such circumstances, any positive
development that takes place will invariably be an outcome of your
determination.’
· Adopt modest strategies: One
needs to know for certain where one stands currently. Here there can be two
situations, the first being not aware what should be the next step required to
be taken to promote one's career. The other situation could well be a general
cognizance of what is required to be done but no action has been initiated so
far. Whatever be it, the situations are inconsequential, however the important
point to note is that the time is now apt to start looking forward and jump
into the fray. Little drops of water make the mighty ocean, so they say. One
should set out modestly, but with no holds barred. Small steps eventually are
equal to a big leap. The fact of the matter is that gradual progress boosts
self-confidence and serves as an impelling factor to traverse distances ahead.
It is the regularity of the pace that matters rather than attempting to take
one giant leap. The moral of the story in Aesop's famous "The hare and the
tortoise" fable holds immense relevance.
· Plot your own roadmap:
Success does not come without proper planning. Proper planning eradicates unwarranted
slog. If you have a roadmap, you are well-prepared to take actions on emerging
situations and discard objectives that are unachievable. The nature of your
plan – detailed or perfunctory – is indicative of your interest in your career
advancement. A workable plan entails two steps; the first being splitting
objectives into smaller parts; and the second being cataloguing them and
earmarking a time schedule for their attainment. You also need to spur yourself
periodically so that you move forward is not retarded in any way.
· Swot your targets every day: Failures
are stepping stones to success and anybody who realizes this invariably wants a
retry. And a New Year's Day affords this golden opportunity. Objectives,
howsoever pragmatic or lofty, that are put in a cold storage are of no
significance. The ground actuality is
that anything that is out of sight is out of mind; and this is equally
applicable to career objectives if they are lost sight off. A regular perusal
and monitoring of one's goals makes them an integral part of oneself and this
serves as a big facilitator. Before one moves out for his or her daily work,
the target intended to be achieved should be glanced without fail. By doing so,
one's direction would be maintained. At the end of the day, the exercise should
be repeated so that one's goals remain glued. By looking repeatedly at one's
goals and pondering over them, they seem more practical than ever and
eventually become attainable.
Remember that a
cat has nine lives but you have only one. Therefore, it is pointless to live a
life that is not to your liking. But it is next to impossible to have a turn of
events that is to your liking. The initiative to deal with unfavourable
situations has to come from you and you alone. And this can be done best if you
do not brood over what has happened in the past and instead make a new
beginning every year.
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