Jobs and CareersThe Likelihood of Your Success
By Bob Roth
Every college student wants to know if they will be successful in college, career and life endeavors. When students let their imagination run free, they can probably picture themselves living the good life and enjoying the benefits of a great education and a wonderful job. However, we all know that some students will be more successful than others. Some success may be due to luck, but not much. That's because, for most of us, success must be earned.
To help you find the path to success, answer the seven questions below. With these questions in your tool box, you are more likely to achieve your goal(s).
Is your goal clear or fuzzy? - People who are going someplace have a goal. Those with clear and specific goals greatly increase their chances of success. That's because it's unlikely that anyone can hit the target, when the target is not clearly defined. Put your goal in writing. Make it perfectly clear. Define the steps that will lead to your goal. Then, assign deadlines and performance requirements for each step.
Is the goal important to you? - When the goal and the required steps are clear and important to you, it is more likely that you will devote the energy and effort needed for success. However, if a goal is not personally important, you will have a tendency to hang back and withhold the commitment that is required for success. When that happens, you can either revise your goal or move on to a more critical goal. Nothing can prevent you from achieving goals that are truly important to you. Those are the goals you should pursue.
Is your plan detailed? - It doesn't matter what the goal may be. There are steps that must be completed, in order to achieve that goal. A good plan lays out each unambiguous step in the correct sequence. Each step should include a performance requirement and a deadline. As you complete the steps, you will know that you are making progress toward your goal. Put the specific details of your plan in writing, so you can get started on the path to success. Without a detailed plan, it is more likely that you will become distracted, lose sight of the goal, stray from the path or get lost.
Is each step necessary for success? - Your initial plan will often include steps that are not really necessary for success. Unnecessary steps slow you down and can send you in the wrong direction. Review the steps of your plan more than once. Seek input from mentors and respected advisors. Then, eliminate steps that are unnecessary. Make certain that no critical steps have been overlooked. Focus on the steps that are necessary.
Is your goal possible? - You must believe that it is possible to achieve the goal. If you don't, those negative thoughts may stop you in your tracks. So, look carefully at your goal and the steps that will be required. If you determine that the goal is possible, you can proceed with strength and enthusiasm. However, if you consider the goal or the required steps to be impossible, you will need to change your attitude or modify your goal. Success seldom comes to those who think they can't do something. On the other hand, positive, confident people are always doing things that others say are impossible.
Are you willing to perform the required steps? - There are people who know what has to be done, have the knowledge and shills to do it and believe that it can be done, but don't take action. Something holds them back. They wait for someone else to take the lead. Some fear failure, while others fear success. It is a quirk of human nature. And yet, we all know that we must take action to move forward. People who don't try can't be successful. It doesn't work that way.
Is it likely that you will complete the steps in your plan? - You know yourself better than anyone else. Do you like challenges? Are you determined to succeed? Will you fight for success when the going gets rough? Too many people start things that they never finish. Unfortunately, giving up doesn't lead to success. Successful people don't let obstacles stop them. They push through to the end by taking advantage of their creativity, tenacity and desire to succeed.
Often, the secret to success is finding a goal that is closely aligned with things you love, things you are good at, things that are so important to you that you won't allow yourself to fail. If you are off the path to success, you can get yourself back on track by going back to question one and starting over.
There is also another factor that must be considered. That factor is time. It directly affects the likeliness of your success. Things that seem impossible today may become possible tomorrow. That's because you are learning and growing every day, while the world around you is changing. Over time, you will have the opportunity to improve and expand your capabilities. When that happens, you can revisit those goals that were once considered to be impossible. Never give up on success. It is out there for everyone to achieve.
Visit Bob's web site: www.The4Realities.com. Bob Roth is the author of The 4 Realities Of Success During and After College -and- The College Student's Guide To Landing A Great Job.
by Bob Roth
Bob Roth, a former campus recruiter, is the author of The College Student's Guide To Landing A Great Job -and- The 4 Realities Of Success During and After College. Known as The "College & Career Success" Coach, Bob also writes articles for more than 200 College Career Services Offices, Campus Newspapers, Parent Associations and Employment Web Sites. Additionally, Bob has developed 20 Self-Scoring Learning Tools that help college students find success. He has been interviewed on numerous radio programs across the country and also by many newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal. Lastly, Bob has served as an Adjunct at Marist College, teaching a course in Career Development. http://www.The4Realities.com
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Two Key Elements to Achieving Success
By Andrew Cox
Peter Drucker and Jack Welch, two experts in anyone's list of experts, have identified many key elements leading to personal success. The following two are so fundamental and critical, but often get pushed aside in favor of the "silver bullet of the month" element. They bear repeating.
Drucker said there is nothing as worthless as doing well something that doesn't need to be done at all.
Jack and Suzy Welch, in their weekly "The Welchway" column in Business Week, advised a questioner seeking career advice - a self described introvert - to find and release his inner extrovert if he wanted greater success in a large organization. Relationships count, and being known and having your value known is a personal responsibility - so adapt.
What do the Peter Drucker statement and the Jack and Suzy Welch advice have in common? They deal with two key elements required to achieve success
Key Element One - You've got to be doing work that others see as valuable and it's up to you to advertise it's value.
And the valuing of the work starts with the person doing it. If they don't see its value, you can be sure others won't either. It's the difference between being "just the receptionist" and being " the first person people meet when they come to my company." It's the difference between being a "retail clerk" and an "expert on men's fashions."
The burden of establishing the value of the work belongs to the person doing the work - they're the person most affected by the perception of the value of what they do. It's in their best interest to advertise and promote what they're doing as worthy and valuable to the enterprise. In many organizations, expecting that your work will speak for itself results in disappointment and frustration.. When there are so many others speaking out for their work you gotta stand up for what you do.
Ask yourself - Can you, in thirty seconds, explain what you do and its value to your organization? Not being able to do that effectively creates the perception of low value. The story of the three bricklayers illustrates that point. The first, when asked what he does, said " I lay brick." The second said "I'm helping build a school." The third said "I'm contributing to the building of a place where children in our community will learn - a special place." Same job, same outcome, same pay - three very different pictures of value added. Which of the three would you rather have working for and with you?
A story about how to keep value and accomplishment a secret:
A good friend was in a new position promoting a new enterprise that was going to open its doors in about a year. Her job was to promote and develop interest and commitment in this new enterprise in its target market. She started from scratch, with very little to work with other than her knowledge and presentation and relationship skills. The results of her efforts would not really be apparent until the enterprise opened. She did an excellent job of promotion - outside her organization. Inside her organization - not so much. She was working independent of any direct supervision. She was advised to develop a regularly published report - weekly preferred, at the least monthly - to communicate her activities and accomplishments. She thought that was too much like self promotion, and, besides, she didn't like doing that kind of work. So her bosses really had only anecdotal information on which to judge her effectiveness. Had she put together a routine of reporting and creating a vision of what she was doing, she would have been seen as the highly effective, valuable and successful person she was. But no one was in a position to see her success. She was lucky. She had a patient boss. Many aren't so lucky.
Key Element Two- Know who you are - your unique blend of skills, motivators and behaviors. Not just who you think you are, but how you are perceived by others. Then get to know your organization's expectations and culture. Then adapt to meet the needs of your organization - you must accept the responsibility of matching up with the requirements of the work and of the culture.
Sounds like a nobrainer. But many a can't - miss prospect, a big success in one situation, ends up not succeeding in what looks like a similar situation. The cause?
It starts with making the assumption that what worked at one place will work at another - that the motivators, values, behaviors and personal skills brought to the job match the requirements of the new enterprise. It's amazing how often they don't. It's also amazing how out of touch people can be with the reality of their personal skills, motivators and behaviors.
An example:
A manager whose experiences and values have resulted in her being very successful as a planner and preparer. She now works in a mid size company where speed to market is an absolute value. She insists that everything be planned and prepared so that chances of 100% success at implementation are as high as possible. No ready, fire aim for her. She's convinced of the rightness of her ways. Chances of success in that environment unless she adapts her values and behaviors - very low.
To put these two key success elements to work for you, take Drucker's observation to heart and make sure you do work valued by both you and your organization. And, of course, do it well. And take Jack and Suzy Welch's advice to heart and get to know the culture of the organization and how you fit in it and adapt to make sure your work is valued by others - self promotion is a valuable personal skill. It's an outcome of being convinced of the value of what you do, and, as the expert on what you do, you have the unique capability to share and create that value with others.
Andy Cox is President of Cox Consulting Group LLC. The focus of his work is on helping organizations and their people increase their success in the hiring, developing and enhancing the performance of leaders and emerging leaders. Cox Consulting Group LLC was started in 1995, and has worked with a wide range of organizations, managers and leaders - helping them define success, achieve success and make the ability to change a competitive advantage. He can be reached at http://coxconsultgroup.com or at acox@coxconsultgroup.com
By Bob Roth
Every college student wants to know if they will be successful in college, career and life endeavors. When students let their imagination run free, they can probably picture themselves living the good life and enjoying the benefits of a great education and a wonderful job. However, we all know that some students will be more successful than others. Some success may be due to luck, but not much. That's because, for most of us, success must be earned.
To help you find the path to success, answer the seven questions below. With these questions in your tool box, you are more likely to achieve your goal(s).
Is your goal clear or fuzzy? - People who are going someplace have a goal. Those with clear and specific goals greatly increase their chances of success. That's because it's unlikely that anyone can hit the target, when the target is not clearly defined. Put your goal in writing. Make it perfectly clear. Define the steps that will lead to your goal. Then, assign deadlines and performance requirements for each step.
Is the goal important to you? - When the goal and the required steps are clear and important to you, it is more likely that you will devote the energy and effort needed for success. However, if a goal is not personally important, you will have a tendency to hang back and withhold the commitment that is required for success. When that happens, you can either revise your goal or move on to a more critical goal. Nothing can prevent you from achieving goals that are truly important to you. Those are the goals you should pursue.
Is your plan detailed? - It doesn't matter what the goal may be. There are steps that must be completed, in order to achieve that goal. A good plan lays out each unambiguous step in the correct sequence. Each step should include a performance requirement and a deadline. As you complete the steps, you will know that you are making progress toward your goal. Put the specific details of your plan in writing, so you can get started on the path to success. Without a detailed plan, it is more likely that you will become distracted, lose sight of the goal, stray from the path or get lost.
Is each step necessary for success? - Your initial plan will often include steps that are not really necessary for success. Unnecessary steps slow you down and can send you in the wrong direction. Review the steps of your plan more than once. Seek input from mentors and respected advisors. Then, eliminate steps that are unnecessary. Make certain that no critical steps have been overlooked. Focus on the steps that are necessary.
Is your goal possible? - You must believe that it is possible to achieve the goal. If you don't, those negative thoughts may stop you in your tracks. So, look carefully at your goal and the steps that will be required. If you determine that the goal is possible, you can proceed with strength and enthusiasm. However, if you consider the goal or the required steps to be impossible, you will need to change your attitude or modify your goal. Success seldom comes to those who think they can't do something. On the other hand, positive, confident people are always doing things that others say are impossible.
Are you willing to perform the required steps? - There are people who know what has to be done, have the knowledge and shills to do it and believe that it can be done, but don't take action. Something holds them back. They wait for someone else to take the lead. Some fear failure, while others fear success. It is a quirk of human nature. And yet, we all know that we must take action to move forward. People who don't try can't be successful. It doesn't work that way.
Is it likely that you will complete the steps in your plan? - You know yourself better than anyone else. Do you like challenges? Are you determined to succeed? Will you fight for success when the going gets rough? Too many people start things that they never finish. Unfortunately, giving up doesn't lead to success. Successful people don't let obstacles stop them. They push through to the end by taking advantage of their creativity, tenacity and desire to succeed.
Often, the secret to success is finding a goal that is closely aligned with things you love, things you are good at, things that are so important to you that you won't allow yourself to fail. If you are off the path to success, you can get yourself back on track by going back to question one and starting over.
There is also another factor that must be considered. That factor is time. It directly affects the likeliness of your success. Things that seem impossible today may become possible tomorrow. That's because you are learning and growing every day, while the world around you is changing. Over time, you will have the opportunity to improve and expand your capabilities. When that happens, you can revisit those goals that were once considered to be impossible. Never give up on success. It is out there for everyone to achieve.
Visit Bob's web site: www.The4Realities.com. Bob Roth is the author of The 4 Realities Of Success During and After College -and- The College Student's Guide To Landing A Great Job.
by Bob Roth
Bob Roth, a former campus recruiter, is the author of The College Student's Guide To Landing A Great Job -and- The 4 Realities Of Success During and After College. Known as The "College & Career Success" Coach, Bob also writes articles for more than 200 College Career Services Offices, Campus Newspapers, Parent Associations and Employment Web Sites. Additionally, Bob has developed 20 Self-Scoring Learning Tools that help college students find success. He has been interviewed on numerous radio programs across the country and also by many newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal. Lastly, Bob has served as an Adjunct at Marist College, teaching a course in Career Development. http://www.The4Realities.com
=======================================
Two Key Elements to Achieving Success
By Andrew Cox
Peter Drucker and Jack Welch, two experts in anyone's list of experts, have identified many key elements leading to personal success. The following two are so fundamental and critical, but often get pushed aside in favor of the "silver bullet of the month" element. They bear repeating.
Drucker said there is nothing as worthless as doing well something that doesn't need to be done at all.
Jack and Suzy Welch, in their weekly "The Welchway" column in Business Week, advised a questioner seeking career advice - a self described introvert - to find and release his inner extrovert if he wanted greater success in a large organization. Relationships count, and being known and having your value known is a personal responsibility - so adapt.
What do the Peter Drucker statement and the Jack and Suzy Welch advice have in common? They deal with two key elements required to achieve success
Key Element One - You've got to be doing work that others see as valuable and it's up to you to advertise it's value.
And the valuing of the work starts with the person doing it. If they don't see its value, you can be sure others won't either. It's the difference between being "just the receptionist" and being " the first person people meet when they come to my company." It's the difference between being a "retail clerk" and an "expert on men's fashions."
The burden of establishing the value of the work belongs to the person doing the work - they're the person most affected by the perception of the value of what they do. It's in their best interest to advertise and promote what they're doing as worthy and valuable to the enterprise. In many organizations, expecting that your work will speak for itself results in disappointment and frustration.. When there are so many others speaking out for their work you gotta stand up for what you do.
Ask yourself - Can you, in thirty seconds, explain what you do and its value to your organization? Not being able to do that effectively creates the perception of low value. The story of the three bricklayers illustrates that point. The first, when asked what he does, said " I lay brick." The second said "I'm helping build a school." The third said "I'm contributing to the building of a place where children in our community will learn - a special place." Same job, same outcome, same pay - three very different pictures of value added. Which of the three would you rather have working for and with you?
A story about how to keep value and accomplishment a secret:
A good friend was in a new position promoting a new enterprise that was going to open its doors in about a year. Her job was to promote and develop interest and commitment in this new enterprise in its target market. She started from scratch, with very little to work with other than her knowledge and presentation and relationship skills. The results of her efforts would not really be apparent until the enterprise opened. She did an excellent job of promotion - outside her organization. Inside her organization - not so much. She was working independent of any direct supervision. She was advised to develop a regularly published report - weekly preferred, at the least monthly - to communicate her activities and accomplishments. She thought that was too much like self promotion, and, besides, she didn't like doing that kind of work. So her bosses really had only anecdotal information on which to judge her effectiveness. Had she put together a routine of reporting and creating a vision of what she was doing, she would have been seen as the highly effective, valuable and successful person she was. But no one was in a position to see her success. She was lucky. She had a patient boss. Many aren't so lucky.
Key Element Two- Know who you are - your unique blend of skills, motivators and behaviors. Not just who you think you are, but how you are perceived by others. Then get to know your organization's expectations and culture. Then adapt to meet the needs of your organization - you must accept the responsibility of matching up with the requirements of the work and of the culture.
Sounds like a nobrainer. But many a can't - miss prospect, a big success in one situation, ends up not succeeding in what looks like a similar situation. The cause?
It starts with making the assumption that what worked at one place will work at another - that the motivators, values, behaviors and personal skills brought to the job match the requirements of the new enterprise. It's amazing how often they don't. It's also amazing how out of touch people can be with the reality of their personal skills, motivators and behaviors.
An example:
A manager whose experiences and values have resulted in her being very successful as a planner and preparer. She now works in a mid size company where speed to market is an absolute value. She insists that everything be planned and prepared so that chances of 100% success at implementation are as high as possible. No ready, fire aim for her. She's convinced of the rightness of her ways. Chances of success in that environment unless she adapts her values and behaviors - very low.
To put these two key success elements to work for you, take Drucker's observation to heart and make sure you do work valued by both you and your organization. And, of course, do it well. And take Jack and Suzy Welch's advice to heart and get to know the culture of the organization and how you fit in it and adapt to make sure your work is valued by others - self promotion is a valuable personal skill. It's an outcome of being convinced of the value of what you do, and, as the expert on what you do, you have the unique capability to share and create that value with others.
Andy Cox is President of Cox Consulting Group LLC. The focus of his work is on helping organizations and their people increase their success in the hiring, developing and enhancing the performance of leaders and emerging leaders. Cox Consulting Group LLC was started in 1995, and has worked with a wide range of organizations, managers and leaders - helping them define success, achieve success and make the ability to change a competitive advantage. He can be reached at http://coxconsultgroup.com or at acox@coxconsultgroup.com
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