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By: DanGTD

DanGTD — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:08:42 +0000

Nice article.

Most people under-invest in the skill-building phase. In a rush to results, they don’t spend enough time working on their ability to add value. But early skill-building work can pay off massively down the road.

By: Tracy Crowe

Tracy Crowe — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:23:09 +0000

It is true that a career is a marathon and not a sprint, and it is one that probably will take many twists and turns. I think most people don’t really know what they want to do when they graduate, and they often change their mind after a few years. I am a strong advocate of work-study programs in college or university, and even in high school. I really like the idea of building up your skills in new areas all the time. Volunteer work is a great way to do this. As with anything else, being diversified is a lot safer than putting all your eggs in one basket. I would agree too, that finding someone who is already doing a really good job of the skills you want to master and learning from them is probably the fastest way to move forward. It is important to document your performance, not just for your employer, or future employer, but also to build up your own self-confidence and willingness to take risks. And I think that more than anything else, the key to success is a burning desire to acheive. That starts with finding work that you love to do. If you really enjoy your work, you will be more motivated to do the best job possible, more proud of your accomplishments, and more open to new opportunities.

By: Scot Herrick

Scot Herrick — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:15:19 +0000

@Shanel — I’m not sure you can simply find someone successful in the position, learn what they did and then go do it. There are too many dynamics to “do what they did.” Different business circumstances, different managers, and different networks ensure there are too many moving parts to just do what they did.

You can, however, understand the job skills they used to move forward. You can see the performance level they reached in order to move on. Then you can go and get those job skills and perform at that level to see where that would take you.

The cool thing about modeling yourself after other successful people is that in gaining the skills and doing the work, you may end up in a totally different area that is more fulfilling than your original target.

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By: Shanel Yang

Shanel Yang — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:29:37 +0000

Brian Tracy gives the excellent and simple advice for success in any career: (1) Find someone who has or had your same position in your company and was wildly successful at it; (2) Ask them how they did it; (3) Do everything they did. It really is as simple as all that. Now, actually doing all of these things takes courage. The courage to give up whatever you think is going to make you successful. The courage to trust someone else’s advice. The courage to do things differently than you would b/c it’s much more frightening to move that far out of your comfort zone. But, try it for 30 days and see if it doesn’t make a difference for you!

I summarized all 21 of Tracy’s tips in a post that shares the title of his excellent book “Eat that Frog!” at http://shanelyang.com/2008/06/02/eat-that-frog/

By: janelle

janelle — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:27:39 +0000

You’re absolutely right. A career is a marathon- not a sprint. The problem with most people is that they don’t realize this.. Everyone wants to graduate college and start out making a six figure salary, and what ends up happening is the wind up miserable. While you’re in college, don’t just take classes- make sure you do an internship in a field that you’re interested in. Even if it is unpaid, it will at least give you the experience that you need-enough to make a determination whether or not you will be happy doing it. Additionally, most employers nowadays want to see more than a 4.0…Numbers don’t really mean much if you’ve got nothing to back it up. Great post!