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