Get Started!
Do Something! - Whether you have plans for your life in general
or your career specifically, you need to get started with implementing
them today. Why wait? Make the decision to do something and then take
action. It's that simple. Read onward for more advice and motivation to
help you get started with doing something.
Get In Career Shape -
Set career goals that you can meet. That's one step in managing your career
and in starting and setting goals in your job. Learn more about that tip
plus nine more tips for goal-setting in your career that will maximize your
potential at work, in your career and in life.
Choosing the Right Coach - You
set goals but you can't stick to them. You don't set goals because you have
no clue what those goals should be. You want something or to be somewhere
but you don't know how to get there. Need help? You might want to hire
a career or life coach. But hire the right person. After all, you'll be
sharing intimate opinions and the coach should be in your corner.
Set SMART Goals to
Achieve More - Goal setting
could be the key, or at least part of the formula, to your career and
personal success. Why not try it? One way to get started setting goals
is with the SMART system outlined in this article.
Face Your Career Fears Head On -
Is fear preventing you from advancing in your career? Is fear stopping
you from getting what you want at work? Is it preventing you from
reaching your goals? Recognize fear as a legitimate emotion in life but
don't let it stop you from taking action to reach your goals.
Does Your Goal Enhance Your Overall
Quality of Life? - Choose goals that add value to your life and
that move your life forward in a positive way. Then use your time on
activities that affect those goals, not on meaningless stuff. That's
good time management and good goal setting.
Dealing With
'Never Enough' Syndrome When you set personal or professional goals,
when is enough, well, enough. This author gives an interesting perspective
on what she terms the "never enough" syndrome. That doesn't mean you should
quit reaching for more dreams and goals. It just means that maybe you need
to look at what's in front of you right now and get to work with that
reality.
The Rule of Three - The not so
funny thing about "to do" lists is you almost never complete them. It's
the same with goals. Sometimes we rarely reach our goals because we set
so many so high and to be done in such a short period of time. Here's a
method that can help you with time management, your daily to do list and
goal setting.
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roduced by Karen Porter, The Administrative Professional Job Performance and Career Success Coach™ and Founder and President of The Effective Admin:
"My specialty is
serving administrative professionals like you with job performance and career
management advice. I have 24 years experience interacting with the 'real'
workplace and working administrative professionals."