By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
Here are two more mistakes people make when managing their careers – – you don’t do the work or listen to feedback.
I’m Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter. I coach people and organizations to help them be much more effective and today I thought I would address actually two career mistakes that people make much too often that prove damaging and it doesn’t really matter where you are in the cycle of your career. The first one is one of the most profound ones that people make and it’s the idea of not doing the work.
They think they’re working hard. They think they’re putting in an effort but they’re really working at 60 or 70 percent capacity. As a result, you’re not really developing the effort muscle.
You’re not really trying hard to deliver the goods, to be effective, to get results for what you’re trying to do and as a result, people notice this kind of thing like I remember years ago being in a workshop where someone was describing their circumstances as, you know, I work hard half the time and when explored it and the conclusion was so you’re a 50 kind of guy, right? And that’s really what a lot of you are. You’re doing 60 percent effort, 70 percent effort, maybe 80 but the thing that makes the difference between a great athlete and a sensational champion is often 100 effort. I’m not going to go to 110.
You can’t do that. But the notion that you’re putting in 70 effort and expecting to get heavy results from your organization over the next organization is ludicrous and with that comes the notion that I think goes in tandem with that is not taking feedback. Feedback is often how others see you and whether you agree with it or not, recognize how others see you.
I know it’s hard but if you’re not seen well maybe there’s something there for you maybe they’re wrong and maybe it’s time to look elsewhere but more importantly think about it for a while see if there’s validity to it ask others for input as well and it doesn’t mean that they’re going to be right either but you need to hear how you’re being seen and viewed because ultimately this is the perception that or the press that you have within your organization especially from senior people when all is said and done career development requires knowledge and effort and a whole host of things but the big one is learning as you develop if you don’t learn through the feedback that you receive how are you going to move forward ultimately you have to learn these lessons about how others see your effort learn from the mistakes that you make rather than trying to cover them up so that you can move forward hope you find this helpful. I’m Jeff Altman. If you’re interested in my coaching, you can connect with me on linkedin at linkedin.com forward slash i n forward slash TheBigGameHunter.
Once we’re connected, message that you’re interested in coaching. We’ll set up time for a free discovery call and if you’re watching this on youtube see that little icon down there click on it and subscribe to my channel you’ll get notices whenever i release a new video. Also, visit my website, TheBigGameHunter.us. I’ve got thousands of blog entries that you can watch, listen to or read that will help you find work more quickly.
Have a great day and take care
Put your mobile number there, please. Don’t put a home number where you’re going to wait until you get home from work that night, forget to check messages, wait another day, and then get pissed off at the recruiters who are in your inbox and they’ve called once or maybe twice because you haven’t gotten back to them. And it’s your mistake, but you’re pissed at them.
Just put the LinkedIn profile in your resume. You can say, LinkedIn profile, embed it, make it a live link. Embed the URL in whatever text you write on your resume, so people can find you quickly.
After all, the things that you do to inspire confidence by being smart about your presentation seem small, but they build on themselves like blocks or bricks in a building and suddenly have a very firm structure there. And firms love to see things. They’d love to talk to people who inspire confidence.
They don’t like to hesitate because when they hesitate, you know, they pause for a second and normally go on to something else. So, just make it easy. Put your LinkedIn URL underneath your name, city, state, zip code.
Zip code, in particular, is important. Phone number that you want to be called at. Check your phone messages if it’s on your mobile when you go to lunch or before the end of your workday.
Respond to messages. You know, when you get them, don’t wait until you get home to write a message back with your time and availability. Just call.
It’ll take you 15-20 minutes tops to have a quick chat with someone about your background. And I’ll simply say, just do it. It will serve you well.
It doesn’t take a lot of effort. Hope you found this helpful and have a great day.
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