Success is today’s buzz word. Have a haunting desire for success; have a single paramount goal in life; acquire the perfect knowledge and skills for success in your chosen field; have a fool-proof plan; have faith in yourself; create a group of successful or knowledgeable persons around you; work hard; have self-discipline; be good to others; and direct all your energies to your success.
I truly believe willingness to do is one thing and actually doing it is another. People still need that external push when it comes to delivery. I come across many people who would keep sitting on a project and buy in time which just isn’t required and smart Managers certainly get the catch. This is a credibility loss and if we truly analyze, most of the things we defer are either not completed or miss the TAT. I think it is time we replace “Can do” attitude with “Just Do It” attitude as people learn so much in the training class rooms and when it comes to applying it in real life scenario, most of it is lost as it is not practiced. Successful people never say they can do, they just do it and move on.
While you aspire, be ready to perspire - If you want to be part of cream la cream you need to have your 10% of inspiration followed by 90% of perspiration to get there. We all know very few professionals become leaders and rest follow them.
Find a mentor - when you find managers in your organization who are doing things right, consider asking one of those successful managers to mentor you.
Communicate expectations but avoid micromanaging - you will probably notice that good managers communicate expectations clearly. They tell employees the results they expect and give them the freedom to build on their expertise.
Critical thinking is hygiene for assured success in professional career. Without doing so you’ll never have your own opinion. Nothing is right or wrong in it; one should have a stand. Critical thinking helps us developing the niche “Thought leadership”.
Strive for Excellence - Trust me if you can develop excellence as a habit, you will be far more successful in your professional career.
Look for internal motivators - We always look for external motivation and are pushed to do our jobs. External motivators have a short term effect and the person falls back to his original self.
Trust is composed of credibility, reliability, intimacy and self-orientation. Credibility is how believable a leader is. Reliability is how dependable he is. Intimacy rates how safe people feel while sharing information with the leader. Self-orientation is how much the leader focuses on himself compared to his focus on others. Based on these four traits, Green devised a self-assessment test that helps you calculate your trustworthiness or ‘Trust Quotient.
Alok Kaushik