SELF IMPROVEMENT – Develop New Skills –

        Commit yourself to a life of ongoing personal development.

        The world is constantly changing and new skills will always be needed.  The best jobs will go to those who keep updating their training and education.

        See things as they are and ask ‘why?’ Dream of things that may be and ask ‘why not?’

A handful of tips to help you improve your career prospects

* Be ambitious

       Try to make your dreams come true.

        Try breaking them into short-term objectives.

        Set time limits because people work best when they challenge themselves with deadlines.

* Keep learning new skills

       Today there are so many skills that are taught online. You don’t need to attend classes to gain new qualifications.

* Build up your self-esteem

       Join clubs to make new contacts and to build new networks.

        Build  your confidence by accepting challenging positions within clubs.

        Improvement begins within. 

* Be curious – constantly seek new information

        Don’t take anything for granted.

        Learn to ask hard questions.

        Keep looking for new ideas.

        Experiment and evaluate new experience

* Seek honest feedback

     To succeed in your career you need to identify your weaknesses, and make an effort to strengthen them.  Success often depends on getting honest feed-back.

     Honest feedback is the key to improve so don’t become defensive if it contains criticism  – be grateful!        

-Geoffrey Moss (mossassociates.co.nz)

“What you want to be is more Important than what you are.”

For those in need,  download our FREE book “NO JOB! WHAT NOW? available from our website.

Source: Time-Savers, Moss Associates . Ltd,  New Zealand; McGraw-Hill, Australia; Times Business Books,  a Federal Publishing House, Singapore and  Qingdao Publishing House, China.