WHEN SHOULD YOU THINK OF CHANGING YOUR JOB?

When it comes to the thought of shifting your career path, there are quite a number of factors that you need to put into account. After a proper scrutiny of all critical reasons responsible, that’s when you can arrive at that informed decision. One thing that is evident

is that if you cannot comfortably cope with the daily activities in your place of work, it is crucial to decide on changing your job.

 This may be due to overwhelming pressure that triggers stress factors in you, consistent high-toned confrontation form your seniors or even being unable to adjust to the existing environment and always finding yourself on the loose end. To some individuals, the triggers to changing their career path emanate from job specifications; these include the achievement that they have gained so far and what they are yet to achieve.

In a situation where you can envision that there is no opportunity for growth in relation your career, it would be prudent to make a good and quick decisive choice. Some other reasons that can prompt you to leave your current occupation may include:

1.      Change of the company’s core objectives

This occurs especially where the company may be undergoing merger or acquisition process. The earlier interests that had attracted you to the company are bound to change and if they do not match with your culture and norms, then it is worth making a step of thinking about your future career life.

2.      Lack of the liveliness in undertaking different tasks

It is always good to enjoy what you are doing as this will highly boost your general performance. Actually, doing what you like will always help you discover your potential and maximize them to give the best output. If your passion is constantly dwindling each day and you lack that energy for the job, then you really got to do something about it.

3.      You are always colluding with your boss and colleagues

If you are not in good terms with the people that you work with, it would be better of you try to fix that issue as early as possible. Actually, in most cases, the people around you can greatly contribute to your career growth up in the corporate ladder. Thus if you feel that you cannot fit within them, it would be advisable to think of a place where your growth can be enhanced.

4.      Failure to balance your working life and family life

In most cases, lack of having a balanced life is caused by improper planning or increased responsibilities that make your life miserable. It is important to ensure that you give your family absolute care with regard to time you spend with them besides ensuring that you effectively perform at your workplace. If a job denies you the chance to have a balanced life, then it would be proper to conclusively think of the way out.

Your occupation is meant to give you a chance to unleash your potentials and exercise them. More so, it should give you the happiness that you deserve each time you start your day. If it is not meeting such simple expectations, then it is up to you to think over it again.

SUNDAY'S VOCATION ON BELIEFS THAT HAVE GREAT IMPLICATION ON YOUR LIFE

It is another great Sunday. Though the weather here today is looking a bit somber, we have every reason to be grateful for this amazing day. Today, I would love to incline my vocational 

message of inspiration based on beliefs.

You will come to understand that in almost all religions, the word ‘belief’ is more prevalent when it comes to delivering of sermons. In Christianity, belief has been figured out as the aspect that can pave way to your salvation and lead you to a righteous life. On the other hand, for the Buddhist, they understand that it is only through having the appropriate belief that can they can be guided into the right actions and help them unravel the path to achieving a truthful life.

One thing that come out distinctively is that whatever you have utter belief in, whether is in relation to the religious affiliations, philosophy or even schools of thoughts, it will have some interrelated consequential effect in your life. Actually, it will be reflected on how you will reason, the actions that you will be undertaking and more so the type of life you will be living. Your inner mind will be controlled by the principles and the beliefs that you possess and this will determine greatly the conduct of your life.

Furthermore, one thing that you ought to understand is that your beliefs will only be intertwined or attached to one side in particular; it is either you are believing in peace or conflict, love or hatred, fairness or partiality and even fidelity or falsity. For instance, if you believe in love, you may not shun from giving it regardless of whether you are offering it your compatriots or your adversaries.

As you believe in any principles, keep in mind that they can guide you to having a tranquil life filled with order whereas if you contradict from such beliefs, you might end up leading a haphazard or a chaotic life.

John Allen in his book, “Above Life Turmoil” distinctively states that “Where there is Right Belief there is a blameless and perfect life; where there is false belief there is sin, there is sorrow, the mind and life are improperly governed, and there is affliction and unrest. "By their fruits ye shall know them."

Thus, what you believe is what you will stand for and actually practice its principles. Thus if your beliefs are based on the power of goodness, spiritual harmony that are boosted by the purity of your actions, then you are on good track and you ought to continually practice that!

FOUR CRITICAL THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE BECOMING AN ENTREPRENEUR

As an aspiring entrepreneur, there are major critical fields that you have to get acquainted to before you think of creating your own empire. It is distinct that experience emanating through consistent learning is what will enable your business to tremendously thrive. This is because th

rough experience, you will make good decision that will positively improve the performance of your business.

These critical areas that you need to understand include:

1. Get informed with the sales and marketing techniques

You are starting a new venture, right?  You will come to realize that you need to establish a strong communication link between you and your client. Using your skills to convince them to buy your products is what may make you in the end get some business endorsements. Through boosting your self confidence, willpower, dedicating your time to clients and selling your product with utmost interest, this will indeed work out well for you.

2. Understand how to manage your records and finances

 This is one of the crucial areas you need to keenly comprehend prior to starting your business. When it comes to the concept of management, you really got to understand a whole set of things that are essential in running a business. They comprise of teamwork, resource allocation, managing your time, staffing and hiring of human resource, coordinating, delegating and among others.

3. Come up with the best techniques on how to handle your customers.

 One distinct think to understand is that once you put your customer as the first priority, then your business is bound to succeed. Putting in mind that the customer is always right, this will help you devise a well prescribed means of handling their complaints, issues, discontentments and their temperament. You will find this a frequent issue to deal with especially at the early stages of establishing your product in the market.

4. Get sufficient knowledge about retailing and procurement

For every business started, it will only be consistently running smoothly if you are able to identify the inflows and the outflows. This is through putting clear cash records that can be referred anytime. You should be at a position to understand what has been procured in your business and the benefits obtained from such transactions.

 Also, through understanding about retailing, you will ultimately identify your customers’ needs and preferences. This will in turn make you come up with a strategy on how to meet such needs.

Thus, it is only through establishing a firm background that you can envision your business grow beyond your expectations. Get equipped and manage your business wisely!

FOUR MAJOR SKILLS YOU NEED TO HAVE TO ACHIEVE YOUR SUCCESS

Most people seem to desire everything abruptly in our contemporary society. For success, that is a different case. It requires a systematic step-by-step procedure which with time you will find that you have already achieved it. However, there are some critical skills that you need to equip your mind with in order to come out successful. Here are some of them:

1.      Establishing  clear objectives and goals to achieve

People who have been known to be successful clearly identified the specific goals that they wanted to achieve. By identifying what you want to be in future, what you would like to undertake and how to achieve it, then if your goals are realistic, you are bound to achieve them. Through applying the SMART (Specific, Measurable, Action-Oriented, Relevant and Time-Limited) formula, these qualities can help you focus more on your goals.

2.      Expand your knowledge through consistent learning

Actually, for you to remain relevant in your success journey, you really got to engage your mind consistently into grasping new useful content. In our modern society, each day there are tremendous changes occurring; old and outdated techniques are replaced with new ones and new complex inventions that may have an impact on you are made. It is only through this that you can expand your skills. You will come to understand that the future is only for those who can think cognitively in a creative way.

3.      Manage your time through proper concentration

As you embark on your designated tasks, it is only through concentrating fully on one task at a time that you will ultimately complete it. You will notice that piling up of incomplete tasks will not only derail you from the success path but also give you a tough time to fully achieve what you want. You should actually avoid procrastination and learn techniques of boosting your speed in tackling different tasks.

4.      Create within yourself a persistent and determined mind

You will come to discover that nothing in the universe can be compared to persistence when it comes to success. When boosted by determination within you, that positive feeling will make things work better for you even before you realize.

Developing a good platform will not only make you exceptional among people but also enable you to reap the fruits of your effort in a few years to come.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE MADE IT FROM FAILURE! WHY YOU SHOULD NOT CHOOSE FAILURE TO DEFINE YOUR FUTURE

Life has always been about trying and never getting becoming victims of conformity of our subductions. Actually, Truman Capote once said that failure is the condiment that gives success its fla

vor. It has always been that through failing, it acts as a pioneer and embodiment into opening new lands to exploit, new undertakings to work on, and new forms in which you can speak out your thoughts.

You will realize that some of the greatest personalities who at last achieved immensely in different fields were borne out of failure. They chose not to be defined by their failures but rather to adopt such failures as their

teachers of success.

For instance, there was a time Walt Disney, who has been famously known for his theme parks, movies and other merchandise lost his job in a certain newspaper company after he was deemed to lack imagination and unable to generate new ideas. He also initiated new businesses that collapsed and failed making him bankrupt. But that did not deter him from overcoming his failures and now he is recognized as an achiever.

Furthermore, you will come to understand that Albert Einstein, who is regarded as one of the personalities with a genius mind, was considered mentally handicapped by the fact that he started speaking at the age of four and could not read till he was seven years. Despite receiving an expulsion from school and denied a chance to join Zurich School, he changed his situation and ended up introducing modern physics besides winning the prestigious Nobel Prize.

Winston Churchill also comes out clearly as one political figure that underwent many political failures only to be elected twice as the prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was indeed actually when he was 62 years after contesting and getting defeated many times.

Other great icons like Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, and Charlie Chaplin (who was once denied a chance to Hollywood film studios) have proven that we may encounter defeats but we must not give in to them.

Paulo Coelho once said that, “You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.” It is high time you raise your head up and soliloquy to yourself that you are not going to be a permanent victim of failure. You got to know that your reputation will grow after every failure you encounter only if you decide not to be live by your failure.