In order to accomplish greatness, you must win hearts and minds of people who are on your team. You must find unique ways to motivate each of them individually while simultaneously building a cohesive team capable of great accomplishments.
Honor your commitments
Honor the commitments you have made to others. When it comes to your career you are as good as your reputation and your credibility. Always play the long game and look at least 3-5 years ahead (go further out if you can as well) and keep your goals in mind as you make decisions. Show determination, commitment and endurance when …
Surviving the last mile of your Ph.D., the dissertation
Doctoral degrees and related studies require many things, most important of them are commitment and determination. One must stay motivated and focused on the end result and find ways to make progress every single day. How do you stay motivated?
Major accomplishments are marathons, not sprints
Accomplishments require effort, commitment, focus and skill. Major accomplishments require more of each of those attributes and then some. Keep focusing on making progress each day even if that progress are small steps, as one day, all of those small steps will be added together into a successfully completed marathon. Now, that I have reminded myself of that as well, …
Hire your boss!
Hire your boss! While that statement without context is contradictory it does deserve your attention as you advance in your career. While vision, responsibilities, advancement opportunities, position, strategic plans, staffing, benefits and salary are all important, the single most important factor impacting and influencing your future success (besides your own work ethic, commitment and quality) is your boss. Having said …
Make progress and don’t compare yourself to others
Make progress, don’t chase perfection and most importantly don’t compare yourself to others. Move towards your goals each day and don’t get discouraged by seeing someone who is at this time further along the path than you may be. Most of them have started from zero, and with time, effort, hustle and commitment have advanced to their present state. You …
Career advice: be thoughtful and intentional, be strategic
When it comes to your career and your professional future (same goes for many personal goals as well) it is essential to be thoughtful, intentional and strategic. Think long and hard about where you would like to be in 10, 15 or even 20 years and then design your strategic plan. Once you have identified your current professional summit (as …
Productivity depends on energy, not time management
We would all like to be more productive and accomplish things with ease. However, frequently, there is not enough time to do everything that we need to do and there’s even less time for everything that we want to do. Is this the truth or is this something that we like to tell ourselves (and others) as a justification, an …
Work ethic and pride in quality
Work ethic and pride in ones work seems to have be diminishing across various industries and market segments in recent years. Reasons for this nonchalant behavior and lack of work ethic, commitment and quality can and often do vary. However, whatever they may be, it is up to leaders to perform full assessments (audits if you will) and determine these …
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