We can all get trapped into career complacency if we are not careful. Instead, it may be a good idea to put into place our own personal goals and evaluate, from time to time, the things we could do better – or for that matter – the things we shouldn’t do at all that might give our careers a more positive trajectory.
MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE
- Being well informed
- Balanced career and personal life
- Strong verbal communication skills
- Generosity
- Encouraging others
- Volunteering for civic activities
- Doing more than called for in a job description
- Having realistic expectations
- Always prompt
- Acknowledge mistakes
MAKING A NEGATIVE DIFFERENCE
- Shallow thinking
- Being one-dimensional
- Never acknowledging another person’s accomplishments
- Disorganized – never planning ahead
- Acting as a loner
- Criticizing others
- Lack of appreciation of peers
- Self-righteous attitude
- Belaboring a dissatisfaction over and over
- Giving too little and expecting too much
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