To grow, you must let go!
I’m facing a job change and I’m thinking about my next step. In reflecting, I realise that I’ve never had a plan or vision for where I want to be and have just let chance guide me. How should I proceed?
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Leading Opportunity
Many times I come across linkedin profile statues stating that the individual is ‘Looking for the next opportunity. This defies the purpose of opportunity, and also raises a few questions. How do you find opportunity? Does opportunity find you? Is it luck?
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The ABC of moving on.
We already know that it is only possible for our brain to focus on one thing at a time. While we are focusing on fear, worry or hate, it is not possibe for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love. As time passes, we seem to sometimes find it easier to stay in the current situation, same frustrated relationship, boring & unfulfilling job.
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Opportunityisnowhere.
Have you ever thought of buying a car and all of a sudden start seeing this specific make & model everywhere on the road? Chances are, they were always around you but you did not “see”, or at least did not notice, any. Why? Because you were not looking for this car. Opportunity is the same way.
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Responding is reaction with thought.
Responding is reaction with thought. Any military or ExForces who has been trained to successfully fire a weapon will tell you, the first rule is to control your breathing before pulling the trigger. Same goes with reaction, sometime taking a deep breath is the only difference between reacting vs responding.
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Stop reacting to change, be the chance in your life.
Over the past two centuries, innovation has been in a constant cycle of transforming work, from the arrival of the internal combustion engine, electricity, telecommunications, and on.
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What would you do with an extra hour a day?
What would you do with an extra hour a day? Learn a new language? Start a business? Write a book? Learn a new skill? If you have the motivation and desire to use this extra hour, it can be yours.
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Samuel T. Reddy Veteran Role Model of the Year.
“ I am truly humbled to receive this award and as a citizen of two commonwealth nations, this is a huge responsibility and many of the other finalist deserved this award more than me. I hope to uphold the values and image of British veterans both in the UK & globally but most importantly develop other veterans in accelerating their career, so one day, they too can become role models”.
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Why a mentor?
Because you don’t know everything. You can learn from someone else’s experience and mistakes ( or at least know what to look out for) and understand how things came to be the way they are now. One important things is mentors provide accountabilty; if you tell someone else that you are going to do something, you are much more likely to actually do it. In the end it is your career and your life. You are going to have to make the decisions using the best and complete information you have at the time.
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Be The Best… And Nothing Less.
Being your best is about holding yourself to a higher standard and realising your full potential. We all have the need for belonging, and this need is met by pushing ourselves to a moderate level of achievement based on the society we live. Should we be letting other people set the pace for our success, or lack thereof?. Do you tend to base your own potential on the potential of the ‘the crowd’, and see those success as exceptions? Perhaps it is time to compare our potential and ability to the only person who really matters by leading ONESELF.
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