10 Things You Can Do in the
Next 10 Days to Get Your
Career on Track
By
Kimberley Jace
How’s
business going? Are you
accomplishing everything you
can, everything you ever
dreamed of?
You might
have a college degree in
business, or even several
degrees. But many educated
entrepreneurs find their
businesses fail. It’s not
more education you need.
Maybe you
think you have to “know
someone” to get ahead in
your career. But having all
the business contacts in the
world won’t create career
success.
You do
have to “know someone” to
make it big. And that
someone is YOU. Because in
the end, you are going to be
only as successful as you
believe you can be.
Examining
your own beliefs about
business, then working to
improve those beliefs, is a
definite step toward
success. Nothing else will
help you as much—and until
you understand how your
attitudes are either helping
you succeed or standing in
your way, nothing else will
make a difference.
In
Achieving Ultimate Success
in Your Business or Career
from Ultimate Destiny
University, you will find
self-assessment questions
that reveal your underlying
attitudes about business, as
well as material to help you
understand the results, and
references to the books that
really make a difference --
books that teach you not how
to invest time in your
career, but how to invest
your thoughts to bring
success to you.
Can’t
wait to start? Here are 10
things you can do in the
next 10 days to take the
first steps on the path
toward ultimate business and
career success. Read one
item from this list each day
and work on incorporating it
into your life. As you add
new skills, don’t forget to
keep up the lessons from the
earlier days.
These are subtle but
important changes in
perspective and behavior
that will help you become
the most successful person
you can be.
1.
Stop negative talk.
Decide that today, and from
here on, that you will never
describe your career in
negative terms. Never again
say, “I am burnt out” or
“I’m in a position now where
it’s impossible to get
ahead.” Unless you actually
want to stay stuck, stop
sending energy to those
negative concepts.
2.
Visualize. Take some
time to form a mental
picture of yourself as
someone whose career is
completely fulfilling. How
do you feel about going to
work every day? What do you
do when you have a new idea,
and how confident are you
that it will succeed?
Develop the most complete
picture you can of yourself
as successful, and return to
that image often throughout
the day.
3.
Affirm. It’s not enough
to just stop saying your
career or company is
off-track; you must affirm
that business is thriving
and you are skyrocketing up
the success ladder. No
matter what condition you
are in at this moment, you
have the power to claim a
better condition. When you
wake up in the morning, say
aloud, “Everything is coming
together for me.” As you
drive, repeat, “I have all
the ideas and resources I
need.” Before you retire at
night, say aloud, “I know
exactly what needs to be
done tomorrow, and I feel
myself moving forward.” Draw
energy to that perfect
vision of yourself by
describing your vision in
words – out loud – and
often.
4.
Pray. If you’re not a
religious type, or not sure
you believe in God, then
choose your higher self, a
higher power, Nature,
guardian angels, or whatever
you think is “out there.”
Ask for help in three parts:
a request, an affirmation
and a thank-you. “Spirit,
please send me the right
opportunities. I am now on a
path of growth and
prosperity. Thank you,
Spirit, for guiding me.”
5.
Write a goal. Your
business itself should have
a mission statement and a
clear set of short- and
long-range goals. But what
about you, personally? Begin
with that perfect picture of
yourself from Day #2, but
expand it now. See yourself
doing the things that a
successful business person
would do, and write those
things down. “I can look
over the past year and see
progress, I am confident
that I can remain successful
no matter what happens to
the economy, I have savings,
credit and a supportive
network or colleagues.”
6.
Write a plan. To get
from where you are to where
you want to be will require
action. Figure out some of
the steps on that path. Do
you need to consult with a
business coach or mentor?
Learn a new skill, such as
computer proficiency or a
foreign language, that will
have a positive impact on
your career? Choose one
action plan and write down
the first step. If you
decide to learn something
new, the first step might be
researching your field to
spot trends, and figuring
out what skills will help
you most.
7.
Feel grateful. It might
sound counter-intuitive to
be “thankful” for a thriving
business if your career is
stalled or you’ve just been
laid off. But that attitude
of gratitude will help draw
abundance to you. Thank your
God, or life itself, that
you have found the perfect
vocation, your business is
growing steadily and you
love what you do. Promote
yourself, in your own mind.
Imagine how grateful you
will feel, and hold that
feeling in your heart.
8.
Forgive. This is a
difficult step for many
people, but it’s vital.
Imagine: You will only have
the level of success you
wish for your chief
competitor. If you now
believe someone is to blame
for your business or career
problems – a boss who passed
you over for promotion, a
jealous coworker who changed
your comfort-level in the
company – find a way to
believe that they were doing
the best they could do at
the time. If the competition
thought of something you
didn’t, good for them – and
good for the boost of
motivation it has given you.
If you’ve made bad business
decisions, forgive yourself,
too. You did what you knew
how to do then, and now
you’re learning a better
way.
9.
Release the past. Tied
to forgiving is the idea of
letting go of what was. You
don’t have to be the way
you’ve always been. If you
think you can only handle so
much business, you’re
unlikely to attract more
customers. If you’ve always
thought of yourself as an
accountant, but now you want
to teach, be willing to let
go of your old career
priorities. Break the
pattern and let go of the
way things were before. You
are born anew.
10.
Let joy in. Sometimes we
become so discouraged, we
forget to appreciate the
small successes that make up
each day. We ignore praise
and fear things will take a
turn for the worse. But to
have joy in your life,
you’re going to have to let
yourself trust in joy.
Appreciate every right
choice you make. Joy is
often fleeting; recognize it
when it comes and savor it
fully. It will return more
often.
You have
now spent 10 days unlearning
bad habits, learning good
ones, and adding activities
to your day. See if you can
keep them up for another 10
days, and then perfect them
in the 10 days after that.
Pray, visualize and affirm
every day. Watch what you
say and think, and keep
yourself positive. Forgive
those who wrong you and feel
grateful for the things that
go right. Keep writing down
your goals and action plans,
and put those plans into
action! When you catch
yourself clinging to old
ways, let them go. And let
yourself feel good about it!
One month
from today, you’ll be headed
in a whole new direction –
toward ever-increasing
success and prosperity.
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