In the past 10 years my all-time record for staying at a job is 18 months. My average stay is 14 months. And after switching jobs 12 times, I’ve learned to tell when it’s time for me to start planning my next move.
To enlighten you, here are my top 10 telling signs:
I start to feel that [...]
“To ask or not to ask” that is the question.
It’s the one I ask myself whenever asking someone for something stands between me and what I want.
I’ll show you what I mean.
Whether what I want is to know what perfume someone walking down the street is wearing, or to use a bathroom at a restaurant [...]
After many years of being controlled by my emotions and being reactive to situations and people, I’m slowly starting to see the light and learn ways of being more rational and responsive. For the past few years, because I’ve made it a point to be more in tune with myself, I’m much better at handling [...]
What part of the body would Olympic-class sprinters have insured? Their legs.
It was while thinking of an answer to this question that it hit me that just as an athlete has a body part that is critical for top performance, the same goes for those of us in the working game.
So what is your ’MVO’ [...]
World-class soft skill # 3: Taking self-responsibility
Taking self-responsibility and acknowledging that it’s up to you and no-one else to make things happen does not guarantee that you’ll succeed in the world of work (mainly because nothing does), but it will certainly put you on the right track.
Think about this next time that you watch an [...]
World-class soft-skill # 2: Visualizing
In my mind visualizing is one of the most under-rated and under-used skills.
Next time that you’re watching athletes compete at the Olympics, take a close look at your TV screen. The fact is that most of the athletes that you’ll watch compete have already seen, felt, tasted, smelled and heard [...]
I am not one to idolize people. For that reason I find it very hard to be a spectator of sporting events. As I try to sit still on my bum, my mind starts racing and the little voice inside my head starts saying things like: “sure, those athletes got to be where they’re at [...]
This is my horoscope for the month of February 2008 – the month that I resigned from my job as a national sales and marketing manager to write full-time – I thought it would be worth keeping.
“SCORPIO Your ruler Pluto is introducing a new cycle into your life, which can only take place every 240 [...]
Swimming lesson #2 – Your personal best is the only thing that counts
This is not for the softies – although my questions are somewhat soft.
Is winning the only goal even if it reinforces bad or mediocre performance? I think not.
And is losing the end of the world if a person has performed at their peak?
I [...]
The fact is that you won’t get much of a work-out by staying dry and walking around the edge of a pool contemplating whether to swim or not to swim.
The same goes for work – to make things happen and to call your shots, you just gotta jump in.
And a lot can be learned from [...]
Another day = Another dollar = Career suicide
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