Career Success Tip: The Zen Way

Many young executives like to ask for careerthemselves because instead of warming up and
success tips. I usually start by saying career successstretching, they sprint. Eventually they end up injured,
doesn't come in a day. Yet, day-in day-out I seetaking months and years to recuperate.
young people entering the working life pushingThis is an important career success tip. Your career
themselves as if they will make CEO in a year. Theylike many things in life cannot be rushed. You succeed
have a tendency to compare their progress withby not rushing nor lazing off. Your career success
their contemporaries. You should not and must notcomes to you when you do not rush yourself
compare your career success to yourthrough it. But this also means you do not laze off.
contemporaries.When you rush you start to be careless. You forget
If you ask me, what is career success? Frankly, Ithe basic important steps in the race for your career
don't have the answer. But, I can give you a careersuccess. If you sprint through at this early phase, you
success tip that works for me. However, ultimatelyrisk overdoing it. On the other hand, if you laze off ?
only you can answer ?what is career success??you won't put in the appropriate effort needed for
because only you can seek. No one can do it for you.success. For success to happen, you need to be
It is to be defined by your own values and principlesmoderate in your pursuit. That would be career
in life. You would have to define what is careersuccess tip for you. There is a saying:
success for yourself. It means different things forHurrying makes things too tight,
different people. And it is your career goals.Slacking off lets things get too loose,
The first step is to ask yourself ?What is careerBy not hurrying and not slacking off,
success??. It is not a question you should mull overWe can succeed at what we do.
daily. You will have to spend time thinking about this.In this race, you are your own competitor. To end
The answer will not come easy. Ask yourself thatthis career success tip, I leave you with this thought
question, and then let it float in your mind forfrom Dao De Ching:
however long it takes - never force the answer.He who knows other men is discerning, he who
Remind yourself this - if your career is a marathon,knows himself is intelligent.
then it includes the preparation for the race - theHe who overcomes other is strong; he who
warm ups, the stretches, the strength exercises, theovercomes himself is mighty.
stamina building, the constant practice runs. ConstantHe who is satisfied with his lot is rich.
effort is what will eventually get a positive response.He who goes on acting with energy has a firm will.
And that response is success.He who does not fail in the requirements of his
My biggest fear looking at many young first jobposition, continues long.
executives is that a lot of them embark on thisHe who dies and yet does not perish, has longevity.
marathon and end up hurting themselves. They hurt