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Article #133: Career Success Tip: The Zen Way

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






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