How to achieve success is a question many people have asked themselves. We want to achieve success in business, study, family life, in many large and small endeavors, but we don’t know how to truly achieve what we want. In this article we will talk about 17 incredible rules of success that apply in any situation, for any task. We can say that they are universal, and the practicality of these rules has been tested by more than one generation of successful and rich people. If you are a reader of our column, then these 17 rules will not be a new discovery for you. After all, almost every millionaire we wrote about, in one way or another, in his lectures, interviews, and speeches, spoke about one of the rules and focused attention on it. We can say that this article contains all the wisest thoughts, all the experience of several generations, by understanding which you can radically change your life today.
Solve problems immediately
The first rule of success is that you must solve all problems as they arise, and immediately, without procrastination. After all, problems tend to accumulate unnoticed, and one fine day you will be faced with a whole bunch of unsolved problems that can take many months to sort out. Remember that successful people have everything structured, everything is clear and understandable. You always need to act confidently, quickly, decisively. No unnecessary swaying.
Work for yourself
The second rule of success is: “You must create jobs, not take them.” Get rid of the idea that you can achieve success by working for someone else. Just not in our country. Nobody values workers, and it’s hard to achieve success if you give your knowledge, energy and time to someone else’s project. Work for yourself, do what you love, develop yourself, and only when your work becomes a highly paid hobby can you truly become successful.
You are above all
Personal interests, desires and aspirations should be a priority above all else. Your loyalty is unlikely to be appreciated by your superiors. Working for a company, you will bring profit to the owners, and the moment you become financially unprofitable, they will get rid of you without a doubt. The sooner you start setting your own goals ahead of the rest, the faster you will achieve success.
Set high goals
Constantly raise your income bar. Just started a business, earned your first $1000, and don't stop there. Set the goal next month to double the amount, in half a year to earn 10 times more, and in a year to reach a level 25 times higher than earnings in the first month. Constantly stimulate yourself, be hungry for new knowledge, new goals, new victories.
Communicate
Acquiring new acquaintances, obtaining useful contacts, developing partnerships and friendships is another important component of the overall success of your business. Try to communicate as much as possible, take part in various symposia, forums, and exhibitions. As they say, show yourself and look at others. Isolation and fear of communication are the main enemy of success.
Environment first
“Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are” - this phrase has an incredible deep meaning. If you want to be successful, rich, happy, then you must surround yourself with such people, communicate with them, adopt knowledge and visions of the world. Run away from those who do not believe in you, who say that you are worthless and will never achieve your goals. As a rule, such people are losers themselves, and communicating with them will not bring anything useful. Your friends should be optimists and winners in life.
Don't forget about responsibility
Remember that as soon as you start earning more, as soon as you start your own business, hire a team, then a burden of responsibility will fall on your shoulders. It will be different: responsibility to employees, to whom you give hope for long and stable work, to partners, to society, and, ultimately, responsibility to yourself. Don't be afraid to be responsible for the results of your actions.
Do it here and now
Are you constantly short of money? This is a compelling argument for thinking about starting your own business. And if there is no money at all, then the business needs to be opened today. Don’t sit with folded arms and hang your nose, look for ways out of the current situation, try to think more broadly, find interesting solutions and unusual answers. Believe me, there are always dozens of opportunities around us, we just need to learn to see them and choose the best ones for you. The main thing is the desire to do something, and the opportunity will appear.
Passive income
Another step to success is passive income. As Rockefeller said: “I would rather get 1% of the work of 100 people than 100% of my own work.” Strive to create a company that will make a profit with little intervention from you. Then there will be more free time for new things, new goals and successes.
Invest
A lot of successful people are investors. Having made money on one project, they prefer not to create a new one, but would rather invest in a successful startup. If you see a prospect in some business, then take a risk and invest money in it. Success comes to those who are determined and take risks, and where else if not in investing can one obtain such qualities.
Find a good incentive
Stimulus is what will make you move, develop, and reach new heights. Articles from various people, advice and recommendations from millionaires, or . You will find all the necessary information in the sections of our website.
Ask yourself questions
Very often a person cannot achieve success, because he does not know what to do, what to strive for, why all this. Try asking yourself questions: Who am I? What can I do and how unique is my knowledge? Why am I here? What will I do if I earn a lot of money? What do I want to achieve? Try to answer the questions posed as honestly as possible, do not deceive yourself. The path to success begins with inner answers.
Dream and strive
You must have a dream. You cannot live, develop and reach heights without having a dream, without seeing what you need to strive for. The dream will become an incentive that will force you to wake up every morning, do work, go to bed late, not get enough sleep, but know that you are not doing all this in vain, that in the end you will achieve what you dream of.
Help others
Have you not noticed that many successful people happily help others, are philanthropists, donate money to charity, and open their own foundations. Some may say that they became like this after they achieved success, but I assure you that this is not so. If a person is kind, open, ready to respond to the requests of others and help in a difficult situation, then fate will respond in kind. Help others, and they will help you in difficult times.
Keep a success diary
In one of our previous articles, attention was already focused on the fact that it is worth keeping a success diary. Write down all your plans and tasks in it, and after achieving them, describe the result, praise yourself and set new, more serious goals. As a rule, we can remember negativity longer, and if a moment comes when you give up, a bad mood comes over you and the desire to work disappears completely, then take your success diary, re-read everything, remember your victories and achievements, at what cost they were obtained, what emotions you experienced. Believe me, the blues will disappear instantly.
Even iron rusts over time. The same thing happens to people physically, mentally and professionally if they do not constantly develop. Expecting that your employer or your boss will think about how to develop you, entertain you, advance your career, and encourage you is naive, if not stupid. Nobody owes you anything. Only you can move yourself forward.
Over the past 16 years, I have worked my way up from a junior accountant to a management position in a fairly large international company. At its peak, I had to manage a department of 40 people; now, thank God, this number has decreased to a few people. During this time, I had to form teams, fire dozens of people (the worst job) and interview hundreds of candidates: from secretaries to financial directors. I observed many of my own and others’ mistakes and achievements.
In this article, I will tell you about 20 proven ways to achieve success at work.
1. Know your power!(Sounds like a phrase from Star Wars))). The best job in the world is not the one that pays the most, but the one where you can maximize and use your strongest personal and professional qualities and talents. And money and success will definitely come.
On average, a person spends 8 hours at work for 40-45 years. No amount of money is worth spending that time on a boring and unloved job. It will destroy your personality.
2. Even a bad plan is better than no plan. Can't clearly answer the question “Where do you see your career over the next 3, 5 and 10 years?” - in 10 years you will be where you are now. It is not necessary to have a super plan, because... any plan will change over time. But it is important that it exists.
3. Choose the company, not the salary and position title. Talented and hardworking employees in successful companies “make their way” very quickly and these companies give such employees the best opportunities, experience and salary. In companies where the employee’s opinion is not valued, where initiative is not encouraged, where there is a negative and depressive mood in the team, you will not be “happy”, no matter how much money you are paid.
Often during interviews, candidates cannot really answer what they know about the company they came to for an interview. If they are too lazy to find out this information or don't care where they spend several years of their life, they won't care about the company! Such candidates are immediately scrapped, no matter how impressive their resume is!
4. Focus on strengths.
Successful companies and successful people learn how to make the most of their strengths rather than spending too much energy fixing their weaknesses. This does not mean that you can forget about your weaknesses. It is important to minimize their impact on your results. No more.
5. “I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all!” (Coco Chanel). Don't pay much attention to what other people say about you. People will always talk, especially about those who move forward rather than mark time. Don't let this "noise" influence your decisions. However, listen carefully to the opinions of people who have achieved something in life, and whose opinion is very important and authoritative for you.
6. Always keep learning! It doesn’t matter what position you are in, what company you work for, or how long your experience is! If the last time you studied, took courses, read educational literature, or was at school or university, this is an alarming signal. The brain, like the body, requires constant training.
7. There is no such thing as a perfect job. At every job, at any level, with any salary, there are boring, routine and disgusting things that you don’t want to do, but have to do! If you expect work to always be interesting, you are in the land of illusions. Only you, and not the company or your boss, can make work interesting - try innovations and innovations, gain new knowledge, expand your functions, communicate with positive and successful colleagues, change your attitude towards work, etc.
8. Don't jump around looking for a better job too often. Personally, as a manager, I try not to waste time on candidates who change jobs every six months or a year and a half. Candidates tell interesting stories about why they changed jobs, but I know that if a person changes jobs frequently, then:
- he doesn’t have enough brains to spend time at the stage of choosing a company and he agrees to anything, and then realizes that it’s “not his.”
- he is "ballast". The employer fires weak employees first.
- he didn’t try to realize himself anywhere, because... implementation takes time.
- he will not stay with us, because he views work only as a means of receiving a salary, and not as a place where he will spend most of his life.
9. “Me and the horse, me and the bull, me and the woman and the man.” Numerous studies have proven that our brain cannot effectively do ten things at once. Most books on increasing your own efficiency and my 15 years of experience show that the best way to finish something is to do it without being distracted by anything else: calls, emails, social networks, reminders, notifications, etc. The most valuable employees are those who can complete tasks quickly, without reminders.
10. Group similar tasks. In continuation of the previous point. If tasks are pouring in like a cornucopia, an excellent technique is to group them. Make all your calls at one time, rather than 20 times throughout the day; answer emails, for example, twice a day, without being distracted each time; group meetings with colleagues at the same time, etc.
11. Don't be afraid of competition.
Don't be afraid to hire a strong employee or ask colleagues for help. The strategy where you try to do everything yourself in order to get all the rewards and praise or do the job in the best way (it’s faster for me to do it myself than to teach and test someone) only works at the initial levels. At mid- to high-career levels, this strategy shows a lack of process and people management skills, inefficiency and unreasonableness (why waste valuable time on tasks that can be performed by less qualified employees).
12. Don’t strive for perfect completion of tasks. A good plan today is better than a great plan tomorrow. Very often, in the pursuit of perfection or engaged in endless planning, we miss opportunities and valuable time, we spend a huge amount of our time and the time of our colleagues on trifles that are not of significant importance. This strategy shows indecision, inability or unwillingness to make decisions.
13. Don't compare yourself to anyone. Your friend, your colleague or your boss achieved this and that, but I didn’t and it’s unfair, etc. Such comparisons will not change anything except make you depressed. The only true way to compare is to compare yourself to yourself. How have you changed over the last year or two or three, as a person and as a professional? Stop feeling sorry for yourself, change something about yourself and everyone else will notice.
14. Stick with successful people. Unfortunately, in every team, from time to time, there are “toxic” employees who are constantly dissatisfied with everything, complain, criticize everyone and everything, and thereby poison the lives of themselves and others. You need to “get rid of such people” as quickly as possible if you are a manager, and minimize communication with them if you are their colleague. It is impossible to fix them. Stick with successful people - they will infect you with their energy and optimism and teach you a lot.
A bad mood is a state of mind, a good one is a lot of work on yourself.
15. Come to your boss with solutions, not problems. Before you go to your boss with a problem, answer the following questions on paper:
- What are the important numbers that define this problem? (time, money, possible losses, personnel costs and other resources, etc.)
- What are the options to solve the problem?
- what is your recommendation? What would you do if you were the boss and why?
16. Don’t say career-killer phrases like “I don’t know,” “I can’t,” “It’s not my responsibility.” Instead of “I don’t know,” especially in situations where you are expected to have this knowledge, you can say: “From what I know ....” and add what little you know about the problem or how you think to approach it, and then tactfully take time to work through the issue. It won't be a perfect answer, but it's better than a dead-end "I don't know." Instead of “I can’t”, you can say: “Give me some time and I’ll think about how to do this.” Instead of “this is not my responsibility,” you can say “I will talk to the colleagues who are responsible for this issue and offer them my help.”
18. Encourage publicly, “punish” personally. Public insults are the most painful. People do not forget them and do not forgive them. By insulting, humiliating, or scolding someone in public, you show yourself in a very low, unprofessional and unworthy light. And vice versa, by publicly encouraging someone’s successes, even small ones, you show yourself to be a good leader and person.
19. Great mood and energy.
Nothing helps in work as much as a good mood, energy and a smile. Conversely, there is nothing more depressing and destructive than complaining and hating your job. If you can't change your job, change your attitude towards it and focus on the good.
20. Sports. In a healthy body healthy mind! Exercising gives incredible tone and energy. There is no need to set huge and impossible goals for yourself. Start by filling your day with small sports activities - do exercises in the morning, give up the elevator, walk one metro stop every day, walk 15 minutes after lunch, etc. Once you achieve small goals, it will be easier for you to set big ones.
Conclusion. In my case, they helped me a lot in my career: constant learning, programming skills and building information systems, lack of fear of large and complex tasks, sports and a good mood, and the fact that I always stuck with people who had achieved a lot in life and who had something learn to.
Remember: if you change your salary even by $50 a month, you get $600 a year! This is an impressive amount that will allow you to do a lot for your family and save a lot of money for one of the most important financial figures in everyone’s life.
It will be useful!
👋 And I wish you well-being in finances, family and in life!
Timur Mazaev was with you, aka MoneyPapa - an expert on family finances.
Instructions
Start believing in yourself. Most people perform poorly at their jobs not because they lack knowledge or ability. The reason for their failures is a lack of faith in themselves and their strengths. The more often you tell yourself “I can’t do this,” the less often you will actually succeed at something. Set yourself in a positive mood, believe that you are a worthwhile employee and can do much more.
Take on more and more difficult tasks each time. This will give you an incentive to improve yourself. If you constantly stagnate in the same place, success in your career will be extremely difficult to achieve. However, you shouldn’t overestimate yourself. If you feel like a job is too much for you, give it up. But don't deliberately look for the easy way out.
Be proactive. Try to make your colleagues and bosses notice you. This does not mean that you need to grab everything at once. Just try to always be aware of what is happening in the company. Offer your ideas, volunteer to perform various tasks. Sooner or later you will be noticed, and your abilities will be appreciated.
Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Of course, everyone would like to avoid wrong decisions and actions, however, this is impossible. You cannot meet a person who always does everything right. Take mistakes as lessons. Learn from them and soon there will be fewer and fewer of them.
Don't be afraid to take risks. Often it is risky decisions and actions that open up new opportunities. Be open to everything new, don't get hung up on one thing. Success is largely determined by the desire for the unknown. However, remember that every risk must be justified. Before you take a risky step, consider whether the gamble is worth the candle.
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You need to clearly understand what success means in the business you are doing. In trade, for example, this may be a profitable buyer. Don't be selfish, don't go beyond the bounds of decency, don't turn up your nose in front of your colleagues, otherwise you will never be invited to participate in collective projects, and you won't be able to show yourself.
Plan how to achieve a specific goal (or a specific step towards achieving it). A goal should be chosen of medium difficulty, since achieving easy goals will not be experienced as success, and achieving goals that are too difficult will require a lot of time and effort, and is often simply impossible. What goal would you like to achieve? Determine quantitative or qualitative indicators by which you could record even minor positive changes in your work.
Well, it's done! You stopped knocking on the thresholds of institutions, you were tired of despair, you were almost sure that they wouldn’t take you anywhere, because (then there is a list of self-deprecating characteristics), and only at the last interview, out of anger, or out of despair, or out of principle - we’ll figure it out later - They said something... that they liked you and hired you. Naturally, with a probationary period. Anyway, yay! The first step towards success has been taken, a job has been found.
The main thing is to get hooked
You know, there is an opinion that the main thing is to get there. The main thing is to get hooked. And then everything depends on you. And let them consider you a person of average ability - one of those people who don’t grab stars from the sky. You and I know the popular wisdom: “Patience and work will grind everything down.”
So, get hooked. Everyone clings differently.
We had a case. We conducted surveys of population groups. In this case, it is not important - why. There was another survey. The questionnaire was prepared by several specialists - and with extensive work experience. I checked it myself several times. In general, it would seem that we have honed the questions, the content... We can work. Naturally, we recruited a group of young people who would directly engage in surveys. After the next training, a girl, a student, 18 years old, approached me. And she said that, in her opinion, there were several errors in the questionnaire. And she spoke quite reasonably. This was already something: a girl with no work experience not only found errors, she also had the courage to report it to much more experienced people. I must tell you that this girl’s work efficiency was much higher than that of others. Naturally, she now works for me. I couldn't help but take it. I think she has a very good career ahead of her.
This is what is called “getting hooked.” True, it happens differently.
A young man came to try out for us as a cameraman. Immediately after school, he expressed his desire to work anywhere. It’s clear: the guy needs money and experience in equal measure. I was going to study to become a journalist. Just from us you would gain good professional experience: the ability to communicate with people and communication skills.
The first day I listened carefully to the explanations and tried to do something myself. On the second, I also tried to work, but, as I noticed, I was turning my head around with too much curiosity. In general, he could not stand it on the third day. I began to explain to the guys who had been working successfully for a long time what they were doing wrong. This already seemed interesting. Then he simply stopped doing his job, and looked at others and told them how to work better. The suggestions made to him were enough for about half an hour. In general, it lasted a working week, but we decided not to experiment with it further. They announced that he had not passed the probationary period.
Once hired, you have the right to demonstrate your knowledge, skills and ideas. With the caveat that in this case you are obliged, first of all, to fulfill your duties, and well. And the demonstration of your knowledge and ideas should be more than justified. Simply put, if you want to say something, think: do you have anything to say?
Achieving success at work
We've clearly gotten ahead of ourselves. Where did we start? Because those around you (teachers at school, for example) or parents (this also happens, unfortunately) consider you to be a person of average abilities. And they got so used to it that they convinced you of the same thing.
Well, first of all, they shouldn’t be like that. If you have not yet shown what you are capable of, it means nothing. Not everyone showed talent right away. More precisely, if we take the statistics, then basically talent manifests itself gradually. Only thanks to the internal efforts of the person himself, his work on himself - daily and purposeful.
Where should you start your career? From very simple things. In the shortest possible time, you must carefully understand the range of tasks that you have to solve. Or, if you prefer, the volume of your work. Or, finally, for what specific actions you will be paid.
The next thing you need to understand, and also as quickly as possible, is the range of tasks of your entire department: who does what. What is the structure of your organization, how and on what principle does it work.
Finally, having figured out what and how you should do, immediately sketch out for yourself a simple and still approximate diagram of your tasks and ways to complete them. This will help you a lot.
And remember: a person of average ability who organizes his work correctly can achieve much greater results. good luck at work than talent that failed to organize itself correctly. It is a fact.
Make a plan
How do you need to work to establish yourself well? And it's very simple. Imagine that you are taking an exam. That is, you prepare everything you need at home: pens, paper, cheat sheets... And in the classroom you lay it all out neatly and conveniently, sit down and... start working.
It's much the same at work.
Start from your workplace. You should be comfortable. Thus, you will save working time, plus you will not experience physical and aesthetic discomfort.
As for time. The functionality of your workplace and the time you will spend on unnecessary operations are closely related. That is: nothing superfluous. Everything is laid out in the order most convenient for you. Non-essential items - in the nightstand, desk drawers or on the shelf. And before your eyes there is always a plan of tasks for today!
Understand your tasks
So, you have decided on a plan - it’s time to start.
Your first and main task: to understand. In my opinion, almost half of the unfulfilled tasks, half of the failures and mistakes are due precisely to the fact that the employee simply did not understand what and how he should do. Either they explained it poorly to him, or he was embarrassed to clarify. And this is exactly what you don’t need to be afraid of. Feel free to ask and clarify. You want achieve success at work? This means that try to clearly and clearly understand what is required of you.
The main thing is to find an algorithm for solving professional problems. Here you will be given advice by more experienced colleagues, to whom, naturally, you can and should contact with questions.
At this stage, you need to understand one thing: everything that your colleagues can do, you can too. Moreover: You will be able to do it better.
Here's another hint for you. Concentrate on solving the most important and difficult task, complete it accurately and on time, and bring the job to the end. Learn from the whole heap or, if you want, the list of your tasks to choose the most important one - usually it is the most unpleasant. And start your working day with it. And so on every day. Without sipping on tea and coffee and conversations with colleagues about how wonderful the weather is, you don’t feel like working at all and it would be nice to rush somewhere out of town.
RULES to follow to succeed at work
1. Plan your workday on paper.
2. Mark the deadline for solving the task assigned to you. And try to get the job done faster.
3. Write down what intermediate tasks you must complete and within what time frame.
4. Summarize each week, month, etc.
5. Break down all tasks into major and minor ones.
6. Start with the main thing. It is often the most unpleasant.
7. If you spent an unreasonably long time on completing a certain task, try to compensate for it by completing other points of the plan ahead of schedule.
8. At the end of each working day, try to plan, at least approximately, your next day.
9. As you complete tasks, cross off what is done. This will be a clear picture of your successes and your failures. And failures, as you know, should serve as an incentive to achieve success.
Greetings to all of you, stay in touch! I want to start by saying that this article was written thanks to a new section on the site. In it, absolutely each of you can choose the topic for a future article.
This time the question came from a certain Lyudmila and it sounded like this: “How to achieve success at work if the managers themselves strive for success and do not want to see you as a leader, but promote themselves.”
I would like to say right away that in order to succeed at work you will have to work very hard. It is important to understand that no one climbs the career ladder just like that. Often behind luck and success lies a lot of hard work and many failures. After all, overcoming them gives us the necessary training and experience.
First of all, the correct one is important. Set a big goal. After that, outline the stages of moving towards it - draw up an action plan to achieve the goal.
Well, for this, here is a step-by-step action plan:
1. Creation of strategic goals.
Do you need to decide what exactly you wanted in your activity?
You must set a super task for yourself and draw up a specific plan for its implementation. Actions without a plan, through thoughtless trial and error, can simply lead a normal person to not counting all the fanatics and ardent workaholics.
I advise you to strive specifically for strategic goals. Although you shouldn’t completely forget everyday tasks.
2. Active work (labor salaries).
All successful careerists “paid” for their victories. This payment comes from daily hard work. Do not feel sorry for yourself and your efforts and work daily towards achieving your big goal.
3. Goodwill.
Genuine friendliness at work towards each other one from both the company and the individual employee considered. All people, regardless of age and social status, value open and friendly relationships with people.
Psychologists are convinced that constant loneliness and anger at the whole world takes away an average of 8 years of people’s lives! Just think about this figure! Start smiling at your boss and colleagues, but just try to do it sincerely. Flattery will destroy you sooner or later.
4. Preparedness for mistakes and failures at work.
We are all people first, not robots. Moreover, making mistakes and failing is one of the components of a successful career and success in general. But if you are wrong, it is important to realize this and draw the necessary conclusions in order to avoid making similar mistakes again.
Remember that mistakes and failures make you stronger and bring you closer to your cherished dream. Move towards it and never give up.
5. Only the best result.
To achieve success at work You must always do your job to the maximum. Any work is often not completed to the end - after all, there is always the opportunity to make it even better. Therefore, do not rush to complete your work ahead of time and think about how to do it as well as possible.
Conclusions.
Success in a career is almost always the result of a person’s colossal work, desires and aspirations. This is why I always recommend doing just any business. This is the only way to succeed in our highly competitive times.
How to achieve success in your career? It's great that you asked yourself this question. This means that you already have a conscious goal and a great desire to prove yourself. Such motivation in itself is the key to success. But it’s not enough to just want, you need to know some of the tricks of this process. A few simple but important rules will help you succeed at work.
Rule 1. They always greet you according to their clothes
When crossing the threshold beyond which lies the coveted career ladder, do not forget about the dress code of your team. The most modest establishments do not tolerate the sports-cowboy style of clothing, so try to part with your favorite jeans and T-shirts with symbols.
Your clothes should be exclusively business style, clean, tidy, and carefully ironed. Make sure that it looks good on your figure and does not attract unnecessary attention with its very bright colors and provocative style. Wear it naturally and with dignity.
A repulsive appearance prevents even experienced and qualified employees from achieving success and moving up the career ladder. Never slouch, keep your hands in your pockets, or fiddle with your buttons or tie. This is usually done by insecure people who have low self-esteem and whose life goals do not extend beyond one or two days.
Rule 2. Language is a person’s calling card
Your speech should be correct and confident, there should be no unnecessary words, so-called “clogs” - well, and so on, that means, so to speak. Speak in simple but literary language. Do not use words whose meaning you do not know for sure.
And of course, do not utter slang, vulgar and, especially, abusive expressions - this will definitely prevent you from succeeding at work and making an outstanding career. But it is necessary that you have an impeccable command of the terminology associated with the specifics of your type of activity.
And in general, the ability to speak coherently, touching on the very essence of the issue, and the correct intonation of individual words will endear you to both your superiors and your colleagues. And the ability to raise or lower the volume of individual phrases of speech at the right time will force the audience to listen carefully to everything you say. You will be considered not only an intelligent interlocutor, but also an excellent speaker.
Do not allow condescending notes in your intonation, do not react violently to criticism, do not respond harshly and rudely, even when you consider yourself to be on top or offended, and you will certainly win the respect of others. Be sincere and friendly. The ability to work in a team is an important component of career success.
Rule 3. Study, study again
Do you have a good stock of knowledge? Are you actively using it? Great. But, strangely enough, this is not enough. If you want not only to achieve success, but also to keep it in your hands, you will have to constantly study. Take every opportunity to gain fresh information and new experiences. Do not refuse to improve your skills by attending various seminars, courses, and receiving additional education.
Only a bad employee does not dream of taking the place of a boss. Everyone dreams, but if through active efforts you have surpassed the level of knowledge and skills of your manager, learned to do what he does, better, faster, using more modern techniques and methods, then this means that you can not only dream, but also set clear goals for yourself. Rest assured, this investment of time and effort will definitely pay off. So learn and don't be afraid of innovation.
Professionalism is the main key to achieving success in any job.
Rule 4. “Show me your weekly planner and your workspace, and I’ll tell you who you are.”
Yes, few people can boast of the ability to organize their workday. Try to gradually become one of them.
There should be nothing superfluous in the workplace. Put everything in its place so that it is at hand. Before your eyes is a weekly planner with a clear plan for the day and month. Distribute tasks in order of priority and urgency. Set aside a certain time for each of them, develop an execution algorithm.
Learn to concentrate, don’t waste minutes talking and smoking breaks - at work it is advisable to do only work. Do not hesitate to seek advice from more experienced colleagues and never refuse such advice if they contact you. Know how to observe and analyze.
Rule 5. “Accuracy is the courtesy of kings”
The simplest and most important rule, without which it is almost impossible to succeed in serious work, is punctuality. Even small but regular delays or work not completed on time can nullify all your efforts on the path to success. All other things being equal, a punctual employee has a better chance of a successful career than others.
Study these simple rules carefully and learn to put them into practice every day. Then it will be much easier for you to achieve success.
Video about an important aspect of successful work - time planning.
One of the most important principles that make it possible to achieve success is self-discipline, victory over oneself, over one’s own laziness, disorganization and failures. Before you get started, you must understand one very important principle: if you don’t stop looking for freebies, you won’t get off the ground. Success is work!
But there are some ways in which you can achieve the results you want with much less effort.
Tells business coach Alexander Belanovsky.
So how can you get maximum results?
We often hear the same phrase from friends and colleagues: “You’re so lucky, but I’m unlucky, that’s why I can’t do it... no money... not enough time...”
Is this luck? Not at all! The more we work, the luckier we get. First of all, it’s working on yourself, as well as using time with maximum efficiency. Self-discipline can help you. Use your time wisely! This is the basic rule of a successful person.
Here are a few other rules that help in achieving important goals:
1. An assistant is inevitable
No matter how much you convince yourself that you are able to do all the work yourself, you will never be able to achieve results if you shoulder the whole heap of tasks.
Remember: if there are people whose working time is cheaper than yours, then it is best to delegate responsibilities. Especially if you are an entrepreneur or business owner. Never do routine work, give it to someone who can do it without your participation, perform routine tasks with someone else’s hands.
2. Keep a task list
When your head is a mess and your brain is literally exploding from the piled-up problems and worries, you won’t find a better assistant than paper and pen.
Write down current and future activities, relieve your brain from an overabundance of information. Then it will be much easier to structure everything, and accordingly, the process of self-discipline will be much more effective.
3. Deadlines are required!
In order to achieve a goal faster and more efficiently, you must set yourself a time limit. Only a strict deadline will allow you to clearly complete the task. You shouldn't go to bed if you have a deadline. Don't let yourself relax until the task is completed.
4. How well do you prioritize?
In life and business, much depends on the sequence of actions with which you move towards your intended goal. If you don’t take important steps on time, you risk not getting another chance to achieve your plans, missing out on opportunities, benefits, or even worse, money.
Therefore, sit down and think about which matters at this stage you need to solve first, and which ones can wait.
5. Don't be distracted from important matters
If you are moving towards your intended goal, then do not be distracted by nonsense. Give yourself the mindset that you don’t have time to talk on the phone, hang out on social media, or sit on the couch in front of the TV. Avoiding distractions is the main key to self-discipline.
6. Make promises publicly!
In combination with rule No. 3, the result will generally be almost lightning fast. Of course, there is a possibility of creating a stressful situation, but it is stress that will help you work even more efficiently. A public promise is the strongest motivator for completing assigned tasks and meeting deadlines.
7. Order on the table - order in the head
By periodically clearing your workplace of rubble, you can reach 100 points on the self-discipline scale. Conduct an experiment and you will notice how much more productive you work when everything is in order.
So, if you have a goal that has not yet been achieved, but you really want to get to the finish line as quickly as possible, once again analyze everything you have read and immediately begin to follow the rules. Self-discipline is serious work on yourself that you need to start right now!
How to achieve success in your career? It's great that you asked yourself this question. This means that you already have a conscious goal and a great desire to prove yourself. Such motivation in itself is the key to success. But it’s not enough to just want, you need to know some of the tricks of this process. A few simple but important rules will help you succeed at work.
When crossing the threshold beyond which lies the coveted career ladder, do not forget about the dress code of your team. The most modest establishments do not tolerate the sports-cowboy style of clothing, so try to part with your favorite jeans and T-shirts with symbols.
Your clothes should be exclusively business style, clean, tidy, and carefully ironed. Make sure that it looks good on your figure and does not attract unnecessary attention with its very bright colors and provocative style. Wear it naturally and with dignity.
A repulsive appearance prevents even experienced and qualified employees from achieving success and moving up the career ladder. Never slouch, keep your hands in your pockets, or fiddle with your buttons or tie. This is usually done by insecure people who have low self-esteem and whose life goals do not extend beyond one or two days.
Rule 2. Language is a person’s calling card
Your speech should be correct and confident, there should be no unnecessary words, so-called “clogs” - well, and so on, that’s it, so to speak. Speak in simple but literary language. Do not use words whose meaning you do not know for sure.
And of course, do not utter slang, vulgar and, especially, abusive expressions - this will definitely prevent you from succeeding at work and making an outstanding career. But it is necessary that you have an impeccable command of the terminology associated with the specifics of your type of activity.
And in general, the ability to speak coherently, touching on the very essence of the issue, and the correct intonation of individual words will endear you to both your superiors and your colleagues. And the ability to raise or lower the volume of individual phrases of speech at the right time will force the audience to listen carefully to everything you say. You will be considered not only an intelligent interlocutor, but also an excellent speaker.
Do not allow condescending notes in your intonation, do not react violently to criticism, do not respond harshly and rudely, even when you consider yourself to be on top or offended, and you will certainly win the respect of others. Be sincere and friendly. The ability to work in a team is an important component of career success.
Rule 3. Study, study again
Do you have a good stock of knowledge? Are you actively using it? Great. But, strangely enough, this is not enough. If you want not only to achieve success, but also to keep it in your hands, you will have to constantly study. Take every opportunity to gain fresh information and new experiences. Do not refuse to improve your skills by attending various seminars, courses, and receiving additional education.
Only a bad employee does not dream of taking the place of a boss. Everyone dreams, but if through active efforts you have surpassed the level of knowledge and skills of your manager, learned to do what he does, better, faster, using more modern techniques and methods, then this means that you can not only dream, but also set clear goals for yourself. Rest assured, this investment of time and effort will definitely pay off. So learn and don't be afraid of innovation.
Professionalism is the main key to achieving success in any job.
Rule 4. “Show me your weekly planner and your workspace, and I’ll tell you who you are.”
Yes, few people can boast of the ability to organize their workday. Try to gradually become one of them.
There should be nothing superfluous in the workplace. Put everything in its place so that it is at hand. Before your eyes is a weekly planner with a clear plan for the day and month. Distribute tasks in order of priority and urgency. Set aside a certain time for each of them, develop an execution algorithm.
Learn to concentrate, don’t waste minutes talking and smoking breaks - at work it is advisable to do only work. Do not hesitate to seek advice from more experienced colleagues and never refuse such advice if they contact you. Know how to observe and analyze.
Rule 5. “Accuracy is the courtesy of kings”
The simplest and most important rule, without which it is almost impossible to succeed in serious work, is punctuality. Even small but regular delays or work not completed on time can nullify all your efforts on the path to success. All other things being equal, a punctual employee has a better chance of a successful career than others.
Study these simple rules carefully and learn to put them into practice every day. Then it will be much easier for you to achieve success.
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Everyone at least once asked themselves the question: “How to achieve success in life and career?” How do people achieve outstanding success in school, work, business, personal relationships and any other endeavor?
The answer to this question is that they have a special thinking, knowledge and most importantly - they act!
As one of the wise men very accurately noted, some people achieved success only because they began to strive for it before you. Everyone has a choice - to be successful or unsuccessful, rich or poor, happy or unhappy. And everyone makes their own choice throughout their lives!
In today’s article I want to give not just empty advice on how to achieve success in life, but clear methods/techniques of successful people with the help of which you will achieve everything you could not even dream of before.
These methods really helped me get started and achieve truly impressive results in a short period of time.
By the end of the article, you will be able to choose a specific method (strategy) that is right for you and begin to plan your life and achieve success!
So how can you become successful in life and achieve your goals?
Many of us do not have clear life goals and priorities. Often we cannot say “NO” to certain people and things. We don't know our strengths and weaknesses. We do not control our energy and often scatter it aimlessly. We are constantly afraid of something.
The basis of success is the correct self-organization (self-government) And motivation. All success depends on this!
Self-organization (self-government) means competence, one’s personal and professional development, regardless of external circumstances. Part of self-organization is time management, or in simple words, time management.
Peter Drucker, perhaps one of the most prominent authors on self-management of the 20th century, said that we live in an era of unprecedented personal and professional opportunity.
However, these opportunities require taking responsibility for your development and personal maturity. On this subject, Peter Drucker says:
- You must become both a leader and a subordinate for yourself, in other words, on the one hand, you must be able to set the right goals and objectives, organize your time and, on the other hand, follow your plan and complete the intended tasks.
- Throughout your life, you must remain curious and productive.
- In order to do things well, you must maintain a deep awareness of yourself.
- You need to know what skills you have and where you can use them most effectively.
The ultimate goal of self-organization is for us to consciously take our daily work into our own hands.
This also includes: planning, organizing, motivating and goal setting.
To achieve success in life you should:
- better organize yourself
- plan your tasks,
- prioritize and of course,
- be always motivated.
Summarizing:
It is vital that you make the most effective decisions.
It would seem that such simple advice, however, it is hard work. Scientists say: every day we take more than 20,000 solutions , most of them within a few seconds. It's quite difficult to imagine!
Especially in the process of work, we again and again find ourselves in situations in which we have to make decisions quickly. We find ourselves in this state, under pressure from lack of time, 60 percent of the time.
Start with one goal
How can you set your goals?First steps:
- Yours target must be clearly determined.
The path to achieving a goal is most often not easy. Therefore, you must set clear goals and be able to make decisions more spontaneously and improvise. Too strict planning does not allow this. - Don't be a slave to your goal.
It sounds harsh, but there are people who stubbornly stick to a goal once set, no matter what happens to them. It is worth admiring your perseverance if, when your life circumstances change, you are able to adjust your goals or abandon them altogether. - Your passions spontaneously shape your goals.
If you value something, stand behind it and, most importantly, love it, then you don’t need any other goals. In this case, you know exactly what you want to achieve.
Now let's move on to the main thing - strategies that will allow you to achieve success in life.
The Pareto principle, named after Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923), states that We achieve 80% of all results with 20% of our efforts . The remaining 20% of the result requires as much as 80% of our effort.
In other words, we often spend a huge amount of our time and effort on things and deeds that don’t really produce any results.
This is illustrated in the following graph:
Bottom right square– this is actually nothing more than garbage. These tasks may not be completed. They are neither urgent nor important.
Lower upper square– these are unimportant but urgent tasks. These tasks should be delegated.
Tasks that in turn are not urgent, but important (bottom left) must be entered into the calendar and later executed step by step.
Remaining tasks in the upper left corner: urgent and important. They must be implemented immediately!
Of course, it would be pointless to develop such a coordinate system for every day. The purpose of this is to internalize this principle so that you can apply it intuitively.
Which method you choose to achieve your goal is your personal choice, the main thing is that it contributes as much as possible to achieving success.
4. Let's become successful and achieve our goals!
Gradually, step by step, we are moving towards success! So what is the difference between successful people and unsuccessful people?5. Individual performance curve
People, like all other living beings, have an “internal clock” called biorhythms. Depending on the time of day, people are either active or relaxed.The productivity of an individual, as a result, is not always the same throughout the day, but changes at regular intervals.
Successful activities require a high degree of concentration and activity. So important tasks should be completed during the periods in which they are most suitable - in terms of activity and efficiency.
Therefore, it makes sense to know your performance curve and take it into account. To avoid a phase of low concentration while working, you should adjust your work schedule in accordance with your productivity curve.
There are 3 performance curves:
- "average person""owls""larks".
5.1 Performance curve of the “average person”
It is suitable for most people.
Productivity is strongly felt in the morning and reaches its climax in the morning (8.00 to 11.00).
It decreases towards lunch and noon and increases again towards evening (18:00 - 20:00).
But the morning peak of productivity will no longer be achieved.
In order to use this performance curve, you must
- Schedule important work and meetings during the time of your highest level of productivity - morning
- Leave less important matters and routine work for the afternoon.
5.2 OWL performance curve
Do you fall asleep late, don’t want to get out of bed in the morning, have no appetite and are not particularly talkative?
Then you are probably a “evening person” whose performance curve is shifted back by 2 hours compared to the “average person”.
5.3 LARK performance curve
Are you often already tired by 21.00, but as soon as you wake up, you are already in a cheerful state and are immediately ready to act?
Then most likely you are a morning person.
Your productivity curve moves forward from the average person by approximately 1 hour.
In order to effectively use your performance curve, you must
- start your working day early,
- use the hour before your colleagues arrive to complete important work in silence,
- Perform routine work in the afternoon.
The chart below should help you understand the different performance curves more clearly:
Individual performance should be observed and noted over a long period of time.
Then you can build your personal performance curve and make it the basis of your daily work.
What tasks did I complete today and what did I achieve?
Things don't always go as easily as we would like. Therefore, you must stay motivated throughout the day. 
Everyone, including top managers and highly qualified athletes, has experienced a lack of motivation. It is often tedious, boring, or difficult to follow your plan. This can seriously weaken motivation.
Motivation is a necessary condition for successful work. But how to motivate your reluctance, moreover, if you are at the bottom?
Become aware of your own motives and their meaning.
Motivation is often just a matter of having the right attitude.
Motivation and drive to achieve certain goals can only be achieved if you have a compelling reason to achieve this goal.
Only when a person understands the benefits of the goal and the actions associated with it, will he be able to motivate himself and work towards achieving the goals.
If a task seems strange to you in some way or you cannot understand its meaning, then you should question this task. Try to collect all possible information about the task being performed: Why do it? What will this give me? Do I need this?
Each person is individual. For one, a vacation with his family is a great happiness, another needs the applause of the audience, while the third lives only with his car.
The first step towards self-motivation is to understand what really motivates you.
What are your personal motivations for achieving your goal?
Only those who identify with daily activities have greater intrinsic motivation and, accordingly, high levels of productivity.
Steve Rice, an American psychologist, found in one study (Rice profile) that there are 16 basic human needs:
| Motive | Behavioral trait |
| Power | Influence, success, leadership |
| Independence | Freedom, Self-determination |
| Curiosity | Knowledge, truth, unknown |
| Confession | Social recognition, membership, positive self-esteem |
| Rule | Clarity, structure, stability, good organization |
| Collecting/ Accumulation | Property, accumulation of material wealth |
| Honor | Morals, principles, integrity of character |
| Idealism | Social justice, decency |
| Social connections | Friendship, camaraderie, sociability, humor |
| Family | Family life, own children |
| Status | Reputation, public opinion, rank, social status |
| Struggle | Competition, revenge, aggression |
| Love | Beauty, sexuality, erotica, aesthetics |
| Food | Feed, cook, drink, enjoy |
| Physical activity | Physical activity, fitness, body, sport |
| Calm | Relaxation, emotional security, satisfaction |
The better you know yourself, the better you can control yourself!
Finally
Here some advice O volume, How You you can save money precious time.
Conducting a telephone conversation
- never call without a plan
- call purposefully
- set aside a specific time for phone calls
- asking your partner if he has time
- get straight to the point
- think about costs
- use cheap phone call hours
- talk about important things to repeat
- write down important information immediately
- don't get distracted while talking
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