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Anthony Robbins
Success - "knowing the right people," "being
in the right place at the right time," and "using the right
tools" - Anthony Robbins
Your career is not everything; your life is. But then,
what is life without a career or a career without a life?
1. You are always on your own. Even if you work for
a big company, you will always be on your own. Companies aren't people.
They're things and they don't have feelings. If you are expecting the
company to "take care of you or "do the right thing",
you'll be often disappointed. There are no strong bonds in a company.
No one cares more about your career than you do.
Remember that, and don't expect the company to take
care of you.
2. Certain jobs fit certain people best. You do have
special gifts that fit you for some, disqualify you for others. Take
time to assess your skills, temperament and aptitude in depth.
3. Careers are short-term. Your present job can end
anytime, even if you own the company! Therefore, think short term. Don't
take your present career for granted. Someone once described a consultant
as a person who wakes up every morning unemployed. You should feel the
same way.
Wake up every morning feeling unemployed so that you'll
appreciate our present job more and figure out what you're going to
do next. Always have a "Plan B." (No kidding!!)
4. It's more important to be a "people person"
than an "achievement-oriented person who always win at the cost
of others.
People skills are more important than technical skills. Even in technical
jobs, you have to deal with someone. The average performer who are easier
to get along with last longer in his job.
5. What you accomplish today will be your calling card
tomorrow.
Your accomplishments will determine your marketability. In marketing
yourself, it's the results that count. A soccer forward who scores in
every game is easier to market than one who doesn't. So make sure you're
contributing something substantial and measurable every day. And make
sure you keep a written record of your results, in case you forget!
6. If you lose your job, 80% of your marketing for
a new position is already done. That's right. Your reputation, results,
accomplishments, people skills, contributions, friendships are all a
matter of record. If you've been a contributor, if you've been kind
to others and easy-to-work-with, you'll be in better demand. If not,
you won't.
Nobody can create friendship for you if you haven't
created it for yourself.
7. Changing fields, industries, and functional specialties
is difficult. The more difficult it is, the bigger the change will be.
Therefore, choose your career path carefully. As management expert Peter
Drucker says, "The best way to predict the future is to plan it."
8. If you're fired or laid off, don't sue your former
employer. Ask yourself why you didn't see it coming; or if you did see
it coming. Ask yourself why you didn't do something about it. Figure
out your part in causing the problem. Then set about creating a new,
better life for yourself. There is a better life in your future.
9. Don't stay in a job you hate. Hating your job can
kill you.
10. Success is difficult. If success were easy, everyone
would be successful.
11. There's a special place for everyone. You can create
the kind of future you want.
12. The workplace is fun and challenging. It can also
be cruel and
heartless. It rewards effort and planning, but tends to punish indifference
and lack of preparation. Those who don't manage their careers, who just
let things happen - often end up in painful, dead-end jobs and lifestyles.
13. You are in full control of your own future. No
one can deny you a happy life if you decide to plan it and work for
it. No one can stop you from becoming successful, but yourself.
14. It's never too late for a new beginning.
15. Align yourself with winners. Hang around with winners.
Success really does rub off from others.
"If you keep doing what you have always been doing,
you're going to get what you've always gotten"
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