Theme: Career Responsibility

10 steps to Personal Career Responsibility

1. Watch your language. Do you use phrases like ‘it’s not fair’, ‘I can’t help it’, ‘it’s not my fault’.  All of these may well be true but this sort of language will entrench you firmly in the victim mindset.  And that won’t help you one iota.  Try Brian Tracy’s mantra ‘if it’s to be, it’s up to me’¹. 

2. Build your emotional intelligence. How self aware are you?  Do you understand your strengths and weaknesses, attitudes and behavioural patterns?  Experts tell us that our emotional intelligence (EQ) is a more accurate indicator of career success than IQ.  And while we’re on the subject, have you actually defined what career success means to you, personally?