Dive into your profession with passion and heart. Go beyond what's expected or required. And in doing so by the way, you will learn the secret to advancement. And that is doing your present job well.
Some people see work as a vehicle for material reward, but not fulfilling in and of itself. They are the TGIF crowd, enduring the work week in order to financially support interests outside their jobs. They are likely excited to retire and would quit their job for sure if they won the lottery.
The type of people who you promote are the type of people your company will attract.
Great leaders cultivate an environment where people are not afraid to make a mistake.
When you make a choice to accept a new job, yes, the company is hiring you, but you’re also hiring the company. You’re trying to make progress in your career and in your life. If you want to be sure you’re making a good choice, you better know what job you’re hiring your company to do for you.
Thinking about the professional opportunities in our lives through the lens of Jobs to Be Done—in essence, asking yourself ‘What Job did I hire my job to do?’—should provide you with a completely different set of criteria for making career moves. What will make you happy, in the long run? It’s seldom as simple as the right title and salary – those are just the functional dimensions of the job to be done. But what about the emotional and social ones?
When we find ourselves stuck in unhappy careers—and even unhappy lives—it is often the result of a fundamental misunderstanding of what really motivates us.
He teaches us to become His disciples—that our hearts should not strive for personal power, wealth, approval, or position. He teaches us to “lay aside the things of this world, and seek for the things of a better.”23
A small bump in pay at a new job, in a new city will only make you feel young again for 6 months to a year.
Inventory your existing skill sets. Identify gaps
If you forge your identity out of your profession you will lose your identity when the profession runs out.
Prepare yourself for the fact that all jobs—no matter how cool sounding—require you to perform some tasks that aren’t exactly enjoyable. Be satisfied with being mostly satisfied. Rock stars sleep in buses. Park rangers deal with drunk tourists. You get the point.
Since camaraderie matters, be a good teammate. Make decisions with others’ best interest in mind. Carry your fair share of the work load. Pitch in when others fall behind. Stand up for your colleagues. Speak kindly to others. Willingly do tough jobs. Give others the benefit of the doubt. Deliver on your promises. Master your craft. Be the person you’d like others to be.
Search for a job where you can relate to the organization’s mission. You may find little enjoyment in laying bricks all day long, but if the crew you work with is building an architectural masterpiece, you can find joy in your combined results.
Become an individual who loves and masters several fields of study. Remember, the more activities you enjoy (at both work and at play), the easier it will be for you to find enjoyment.
Don’t confuse uninspired teaching with a subject being boring.
A prospective boss will check your references, so shouldn’t you check the company’s background, too? Contacting former employees, recruiters or the person you’re replacing is potentially a good way to get the inside scoop on daily activities, responsibility levels, turnover, workloads and the culture. It’s also a solid method for finding out if a future boss is a micromanager or a hands-off supporter.
Well informed and mojo fueled candidates are a good thing, not a bad thing for employers. People who know what they bring to the employment equation will do a better job for your company than people who will let you step on them.
I'd tell men and women in their midtwenties not to settle for a job or a profession or even a career. Seek a calling.
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
And let’s face it, if you stay on for the wrong reasons, your eventual exit will likely not be on your own terms
I can think of no more important career advice than to listen to your gut and to own the power to control your future. If you hate your job, that’s on you. Yes, your boss may be a jerk, and the atmosphere toxic. And you can’t give notice next week because there are bills to pay. I get it. But that is not an excuse to stay there forever. You must move on. Maybe it may take months or a year to figure out your next stage, and your next job. What matters is that you are not resigning yourself to a less than ideal situation.
My counsel to returning missionaries and to every youth is that they should study and prepare for their life's work in a field that they enjoy, because they are going to spend a good share of their lives in that field. I believe it should be a field that will challenge their intellect and a field that will make maximum utilization of their talents and their capabilities, and, finally, a field that will provide them sufficient remuneration to provide adequately for a companion and children. Such is a big order, but I bear testimony that these criteria are very important in choosing one's life's work.
If I'm going to do my best work, I really need to love what I'm going to spend all day thinking about.
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Dive into your profession with passion and heart. Go beyond what's expected or required. And in doing so by the way, you will learn the secret to advancement. And that is doing your present job well. 
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