Do you feel like you’re floundering in your professional life? Are you stuck in a rut you can’t seem to escape? Do you feel like the success you expected to come to you just hasn’t happened? We can all get in these funks during our professional career. The most important thing is that we don’t let them stay around for too long.
So how do we beat these ruts and put ourselves on the fast track for success? One word: commitment. The problem with many women who find themselves stuck in a management position they want to exceed is that they put off the commitment it takes to stop stalling and start succeeding in their professional careers.
Before you can hope to succeed, you MUST commit yourself to the idea of success.
Learn to make yourself a priority. In our day-to-day lives, so many of us find it easy to put our personal needs on the backburner to better serve the needs of the company. Well, when the company always comes first, you will always stay where you are. Before you do something at work, ask yourself, “How will this benefit me in the long run?” Stop handling projects or tasks that won’t lead to success.
Better your knowledge and better your chances. If you want to climb that corporate ladder, one of the first steps is becoming more knowledgeable. Start learning more about your industry, about the company and about the C-level executives that run it. The more you learn, the more useful you are higher up the totem pole at your company.
Put yourself out there. If you spend all day working in your office, what chance do you have of getting noticed? Sure, people may see your name in emails, but they want a face to put with it. Get out of your office and actually make an effort to meet the higher ups in your company. Once they see how dedicated you are to the business, they are sure to start tracking your work.
