10 Questions: Do You Have What It Takes?

Written by John Assaraf


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10 Questions: Do You Have What It Takes?

Do you have what it takes to be really successful? Have you ever thought about what you must be prepared to endure and do in order to be successful in business or your career?

I think I have been asked at least 5,000 times what it really takes to be successful in business, so I jotted down 10 questions you can use to gauge whether you already have what it takes, or if you need to do a little “work” to get there.

Many years ago I heard Jim Rohn say that you either payrepparttar 104246 price of discipline orrepparttar 104247 price of regret. Discipline weighs ounces…regret weighs tons!

With that said, here are 10 questions to ask yourself:

1.Are you disciplined? 2.Do you take rejection personally? What about criticism?

7 Effective Tips For Get a New Job FAST

Written by Damian Papworth


Inrepparttar last four articles in this series, we coveredrepparttar 104245 four basic steps to finding employment. Defining, prospecting, applying and interviewing. In this final article, we giving you 7 quality tips which will help you cut valuable time off each step and thereforerepparttar 104246 entire job hunt process.

1. Don't wait till you start looking for a job, before you start looking.

Be up to date with your industry andrepparttar 104247 conditions of your employment environment allrepparttar 104248 time. Make this part of your job description in every job you hold. It could save you weeks when it comes time to find a job.

2. Keep your resume up to date

Find a template or layout that you are comfortable with and maintain it. Update it twice a year at least. It will save yourepparttar 104249 mad scramble to put it together and possibly a lost opportunity because you were unprepared.

3. Network Network Network.

Keep in touch with all your contacts inrepparttar 104250 industry. This includes workmates, employers, contacts at employment agencies, contacts in similar companies etc. You never know what other people will be doing tomorrow, or what opportunities they may have for you.

4. Accept interviews even if you are not interested inrepparttar 104251 opportunity, or not looking for a job.

Interviewing is a very specific skill. Keep that skill honed. Keep practisingrepparttar 104252 skill. You don't want to lose "perfect" opportunies because it is your first interview in 5 years and you need to get your answers back up to scratch. Remember you do not have to acceptrepparttar 104253 job.

5. Keep a diary of your experiences.

Note what you did well with each job opportunity. What worked, what didn't, improvements you could make, elements you can get rid of. Then, when you next go through an employment opportunity situation, revisit your notes, duplicaterepparttar 104254 good things and improverepparttar 104255 bad things. Recogniserepparttar 104256 process as having a learning curve, and learn.

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