By Whether you like it or not, your personal and professional life are more intertwined than you can imagine. A lot of the decisions you make in your personal life affect your job, and vice versa. You may not realise it but most of the career advice you follow can apply to your personal life as well. Browse through these career lessons that will also help you go far in life.
1. Communication Is Key
Miscommunication is the root of most problems in both, professional and personal situations. Having a communication gap with your colleagues or boss and your friends, partner or family members can make things worse for you. Whether it’s a misunderstanding or argument, it’s always better to sort out things by talking them through.
2. It’s Okay To Not Have It All Figured Out
The urge to be perfect in this competitive and fast-paced world will induce anxiety in the best of us. The only way to overcome this anxiety is to make peace with the fact that it’s fine to be clueless at times. No matter how organised or well planned you are, things will change and that’s okay. Most people don’t have their life figured out, so don’t worry, you’re not alone!
3. Over-thinking Can Hinder You
You make tons of decisions in a day. Some may go well and some may not – that’s totally fine. Overthinking about small decisions, like whether to send that text to your boss or not or whether you should have that last piece of cake or not, is exhausting. While sometimes overthinking can really come in handy, it can also hinder productivity. Instead of wasting time over-analysing, follow your instincts and take the risk. After all, what’s the worst could happen?
4. Everything Happens For A Reason
Be it a failed relationship or a lost job – nothing is a waste of time. Every bad experience you go through has a life lesson in there. In fact, that bad experience could be the reason you become successful. It’s not always easy to see it this in the moment but everything that has happened to you has brought you where you are today. And everything that will happen to you will take you where you need to be. Every cloud has a silver lining, so just go with the flow!
5. Don’t Settle For Less
Sometimes things don’t turn out as rosy as you had imagined. It could be a career path you though was perfect but just didn’t fit or a friendship you once cherished but turned out to be toxic. Remember, it’s okay to move on and it’s okay to want something else. You can always change your course until you get to where you want to be.
6. Not Every Piece Of Advice Should Be Heeded
Having people giving you advice is great and you should be open to them. But it’s not necessary to always agree with them. From what career path to choose to how to run your business, you will be bombarded with different opinions left and right. But at the end of the day, it’s your decision. It’s best to take all of that in consideration and come up with a decision that leaves you content. Too many cooks spoil the broth – that’s one piece of advice you should take!
7. The Grass Is Not Always Greener On The Other Side
Other people may appear self-assured and sorted out to you. But that’s not always the case. People pick and choose what they show you and the reality could be completely different. Often everyone is facing the same – or worse – insecurities and difficulties that you are. That’s why you never compare yourself to others. What may be your beginning could be their middle – you have your own path and they have theirs. Focus on your life and be grateful for what you have and where you are – there are people going through much worse.
What do you think?
You must be logged in to post a comment.