Success - 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 your 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. Ha ting 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. Ha ng 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"
Start planning today,
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