1. A career is a marathon, not a sprint
Chill. At the point when we are young, we will, in general, be much more impatient. As you get older you will understand there is no need to rush through life. Life – and the jobs we seek to fill it with – should be considered on a long-term basis. If you sprint, you will quickly burn out and lose. Stop for a moment. And take a breath. Things will come if you work hard and allow the results to show themselves in a longer timeframe. If you rush through life, the journey will feel empty and tiring. It’s okay to take the slower lane – at times – as you often find new things on the journey that you previously didn’t see was there.
2. Success is a result of repetition
In the book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell argues that you need to spend more than 10.000 hours on something in order to master it. This applied to Michael Jordan and his 4 am training sessions and Bill Gates who, through a progression of random mishaps, wound up investing more time than any other person on a computer. Look where that got him. Huh.
The exercise here is to get the hang of things before you attempt to move to the next thing. Ultimate expertise only belongs to a few. They generally have perseverance, persistence and have a drawn-out view of what they want to accomplish. They likewise love what they do. When you find your passion, stick to it and do not let it go.
3. Listen to other people
It is not difficult to fall into the sense of reasoning that we have all the appropriate responses. We don’t. When working as a group, we are much more powerful. We need to figure out how to truly team up and truly tune in to the assessments of others. Countless directors and firms fall into the trap of not asking it’s customers, employees and other stakeholders and afterwards attempting to actualize the reasoning over the highest point of reliable representatives. We need to try not to allow our mind to daze us into ignoring the answers right in front of us.
4. Be a part of the mission
When former president J.F. Kenndy visited NASA, he asked the cleaner what he did on a daily basis. Without hesitance, the cleaner answered: “I am sending rockets to the moon”. You should always be a part of your organisation’s mission. Take time to understand the big picture, to connect with the company’s vision. Don’t wait for corporate to put up A4-papers with the annual strategy on. Discover for yourself why you do what you do.
5. Try not to put off living abroad
When President Obama in 2014 held a speech at the University of Queensland, he addressed that the world had become more and more globalized and that the pacific seemed like a lake now. Now more than ever, national borders seem irrelevant. If you get the chance to travel the world, work in another culture or study abroad, do it; become a citizen of the world. There is never a right time. But we regret the things we don’t do far more than the things we do.
6. Work with your best friends
You will invest a ton of energy in work. And when you do this, it’s important to work with individuals you enjoy being with. Work is much better when you are among friends. The happiest people are those who do things they are passionate about with people they really like – and those are generally also the most successful.
So what are you waiting for? The journey of your life is happening – or at least I hope – so go out and do what makes you happy!
