How to Become Successful in your Career | 10 Tips to Follow

To have a successful and satisfactory career is a blessing these days.

As there seems to be many options and also many luring upcoming careers every fortnight, one faces a type of confusion in deciding what is best or how to go ahead in it etc.

Some of them go into some direction for long and then make a career change. This is again  due to lack of interest in it or lack of sufficient monetary benefits or other problems etc.

So this topic is not about a course or career but what a candidate has to focus on and how his career planning activity to has to be for a better career. Most opinions are based on my personal experience on .

How to Be Successful in your Career

One of the major problems for everyone is having a stable mind. The mind keeps changing with exrternal interferences or personal life happenings.

So, to to be successful in career one need to have

1. Fixed goals and time for achievement

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  • Make a goal of what you wish to achieve.
  • Let them not be blind fantasies.
  • See that they can be realistic if worked well towards them.
  • Make an image form of the goals list on a paper and see them on daily basis to fix your mind on them.

This way, you will be more focused towards the progress and be less disturbed by other issues in life.

2. See Career interms of monetary and other aspects

  • In the western countries, one tends tostudy and enter into different courses with inherent interest rather than monetary options unlike in developing countries.
  • One one has a goal of career devoid of monetary terms, he can be more successful in it.
  • This makes a candidate excel well in the particular field as they can concentrate their full efforts in the filed despite other hindarances.

3. Career cannot to be aligned with interest alone

  • Some people with a desire or interest in a subject perceive it without any scope of monetary benefits in future.
  • They may land into some career with only focus for the subject and not a stable job with the progress in the subject.
  • This can lead to stoppage of career due to limits in career growth, funding etc.

So, besides interest, also see if the career helps makes some money to maintain your basic life

4. Don’t just rely on others opinion. Think from your end too

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  • Many people give us numerous suggestions if you ask them to give.
  • But, of those who gave you advice, some of them might have not even experianced it.
  • In such a case, they may not give a clear picture and will not be able to tell future changes.
  • So though you take their suggestions, think from your personal angle.

5. Don’t rely on present trend alone

  • But, with change in technology, some of these jobs might not be present in future.
  • So, try to see the career options with interest, monetary provisions, long-term changes in the field.

6. Think and act.

  • Act only after thorough thought.
  • Acting blindly without before thought is always risky and you may need to see back again in future for corrections.
  • Think in shortest possible ways, better ways and ways followed by many people around.

7. Time is valuable and keep the aims within reach.

  • The time is most valuable but it doesn’t mean one should not have time for family, friends or leisure.
  • But keep the things of your goals ticking everyday ticking in some or other way even in holidays.

8. Team effort and mutual support

  • Team effort help or taking help from others let us reach our goals faster.
  • Because there is gain of time with reference to acquiring the skill you don’t have on doing the work to reach your goals.
  • Even their suggestions and advice in the work may help reduce errors and mistakes etc.

9. Have family support

  • Human is a social animal, he succeeds and stays happy with a family.
  • So try to have a proper family and get their whole support for whatever you do.
  • Discussing issues with them gives better ideas and also keeps you in safe path. In case you fail, still they are with you to help you succeed.

10. Keep in touch with regular happenings around

  • Through social media, news and chat with friends and colleagues one should be aware of whats happening in the field.
  • For this, I encourage you to have profile in Linkedin and other social media platforms to follow others and see what they are doing.
  • This is vital as you will know what’s happening around and there by be updated and modify your path towards your goals.

11. Be cautious about your finances

  • During education and jobs, be especially cautious about your finance resources.
  • If you lack finance or get into some debt, you may feel strangled and may have to change your path away from your goals or sometimes delay your journey towards your goals.

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