How to get ahead and what to do if you don't
A young mind speaking. You are thinking: How does she know what she is talking about? A twenty year old swedish girl with high expectations and big city dreams with a get-go motivation who likes to put up her computer and get lost in writing about what she is thinking - and notice the fact that she is a big thinker. Okay, I only have a few experiences in the business industry. Not so much to brag about. I don´t have a big boss to impress or ask for a higher position- yet. (Well, if you do count my fashionstore manager or the chief of the restaurant I'm working at.) But lately I have been studying achievement - in my mind. And the thing I have figured out so far is: For getting the most out of your career-life YOU have to know how to get ahead. So, let's call in the big guns: How do you get ahead? How do I get ahead? And do you have to be a b-i-t-c-h when it comes to career or can you follow your heart?
We have to believe in Marvin Gayes "Ain´t no mountain high enough!" And for reaching up to your dream/dreams you have to have a vision, an ambition and the most important - you have to believe in yourself and have the confidence. It is easier said than done of course. Some people have to work harder than others. Some just gets lucky, walking on the right street at the right time. I mean, why do some people get ahead while others are stuck at the bottom? I think it has to do with individuality and personality, which is making us optimistic or pessimistic, crave recognition to varying degrees, causing us to undermine or be supportive of collegues, never to skip a deadline, get dressed for success or to try again if we don´t succeed the first time. Failure can be hard but maybe we´re just having too high expectations. I once read that "Expecations is tidily defined by scientists as the will to pursue goals that may be just out of reach." You should still keep track of Marvin Gayes happy song, but with a little less volume. If you put up one reasonable expectation and then reach it, you can put up another one. If you work in this pattern you won´t get disappointed. You won´t feel that you are throwing your life away for that one and only big dream of yours that never happend or wasn´t as great as you thought it would be. It makes sence, don´t you think? And even if you achieve that one and only dream, you might ask yourself "Do I want to continue on this path, with this script and this role? Or do I want to forge a new story and truly savor my remaining years?"And hey, do you know what, life is not only about goals, career and work. It is about how you develope as a person, love and understanding, trust and the importance of a friendship. But can you gather all this with your career or will you get lost? I think it is hard, putting all of these factors into one - the great person. We can call her the great and loving working mom with an apartment on the upper east side of Manhattan, a house in Italy and a summerhouse in the Hamptons. But this great superhero-working-mom might have had a hard time carrying her portfolio underneath her right arm while carrying her 3 year old Nathalie in the left. The great working mom might be at home during the evenings but when her Blackberry rings, she will be running up the stairs answering.
Are you the person or are you the work? If you'll find a balance between the two I'll be impressed. And remember, keep your positive attitude but don't have too high expectations.
We have to believe in Marvin Gayes "Ain´t no mountain high enough!" And for reaching up to your dream/dreams you have to have a vision, an ambition and the most important - you have to believe in yourself and have the confidence. It is easier said than done of course. Some people have to work harder than others. Some just gets lucky, walking on the right street at the right time. I mean, why do some people get ahead while others are stuck at the bottom? I think it has to do with individuality and personality, which is making us optimistic or pessimistic, crave recognition to varying degrees, causing us to undermine or be supportive of collegues, never to skip a deadline, get dressed for success or to try again if we don´t succeed the first time. Failure can be hard but maybe we´re just having too high expectations. I once read that "Expecations is tidily defined by scientists as the will to pursue goals that may be just out of reach." You should still keep track of Marvin Gayes happy song, but with a little less volume. If you put up one reasonable expectation and then reach it, you can put up another one. If you work in this pattern you won´t get disappointed. You won´t feel that you are throwing your life away for that one and only big dream of yours that never happend or wasn´t as great as you thought it would be. It makes sence, don´t you think? And even if you achieve that one and only dream, you might ask yourself "Do I want to continue on this path, with this script and this role? Or do I want to forge a new story and truly savor my remaining years?"And hey, do you know what, life is not only about goals, career and work. It is about how you develope as a person, love and understanding, trust and the importance of a friendship. But can you gather all this with your career or will you get lost? I think it is hard, putting all of these factors into one - the great person. We can call her the great and loving working mom with an apartment on the upper east side of Manhattan, a house in Italy and a summerhouse in the Hamptons. But this great superhero-working-mom might have had a hard time carrying her portfolio underneath her right arm while carrying her 3 year old Nathalie in the left. The great working mom might be at home during the evenings but when her Blackberry rings, she will be running up the stairs answering.
Are you the person or are you the work? If you'll find a balance between the two I'll be impressed. And remember, keep your positive attitude but don't have too high expectations.
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