3 key pillars of successful career

I am sure you noticed how many people blame recession for all money and work related problems. Most of them are scared to make even the smallest change because "time is not right", "economy is unstable", "people losing jobs", "it is not save to invest money" etc. etc. Yet there is a small percentage of people who do not care about recession and keep implementing their ideas and getting success in achieving their goals.

I have spoken recently with many people who have been made redundant or are just about to take redundancy. I am sure you have at least one friend in this situation. It is such a common thing right now that when you ask someone "How is your work?" you hear "Good thanks, I still have job."

What I have noticed is two different groups of professionals, those unsecured, complaining and scared of tomorrow. Loosing job made them crashed and totally lost. The second group are people who are progressing with their careers or businesses better than ever before. Their getting promoted, changing jobs for better, increasing profits, opening own businesses. It is easy to recognise them as they always happy, positive about everything, with such a high self-confidence that you start thinking what planet they are coming from. They are just successful people.

So what makes successful people different from masses of those failing and struggling all the time? Well, this all about the mindset, ability to take everything what happens in your life as a challenge and opportunities rather than problems or difficulties.

1.FOCUS

Whatever you do remember to stay focused on your goals, on what you want to achieve, who you want to become, what you want to get. Do not focus on what you do not have, what you are missing. Why? Because you experience what you focus on. So when you focus on your goal you will start noticing opportunities which can get you closer to the goal.

Someone once said: "Energy goes where the focus flows" - Consider this in your daily activities:)


2.CAUSE & EFFECT SIDE OF EQUATION

Which side of the equation are you at?
Are you at the CAUSE - Do you create all the things that happen in your life?

Are you at the EFFECT - Are you the effect of things that happen to you?

Think who controls your life?

If your life is full of problems and issues that are not working for you, if you always have excuses or reasons but never have results you are not in control of your life, you are on the effect side of the equation. Do you say: "I would be successful but.....?"

Results lye on the cause side of the equation.

Believing in being responsible for everything what happens in your life empowers.

Everything is your RESPONSIBILTY, nothing is your fault!

3.BELIEFS

Your beliefs will determine the actions you take and results you produce.

Review your negative beliefs and see if they serve you. They do not, do they? They are stopping you from moving forward and getting results you want. The good news is that you can change them into positive, supporting beliefs.

Beliefs are generalisations, most of them you adapted in very early age, from your parents, teachers, colleagues, population. Many of them you created as an effect of one bad situation in your life. Again, it could be something what happened years ago.

How to get rid of them? Think about evidences supporting the negative belief you have. How many situations, results of your acting (facts, not opinions and thoughts) prove that belief you have? You will be surprised how hard will be to find those evidences. Think about the belief as a table. You must have at least 4 legs (evidences) to keep it stable:)

Shift your focus, stay on the cause side, follow positive beliefs and you will see changes are coming through.

Have a successful day!