What are the career paths?
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- First door: traditional path - degree, internship, job
- Second door: Exclusive path - when you have well known contacts or much money
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Overcome fears and doubts to realise your full potenzial
Pursue your dreams and work hard for them
Be persistent
Be willing to take risks
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- Analyse the Situation: What is the problem? Are you just dissatisfied with your workplace or is it the job itself that is draining you?
- Talk to your Boss: When you basically enjoy your job, you should consider what you can currently change at your workplace
- Get to the bottom of the cause: Which cause led to this situation? Make yourself clear about that to avoid making the same mistakes again
- Inform yourself about alternatives: research possible career field that would suit you better and what prerequisites you would need to meet
- Seek support: Your family and friend will be glad to support your decision
- Do not rush: Prepare for the change step by step
How do I become successful in my career?
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The concept of Smart Working pursues several approaches that generally aimed at increasing productivity - Existenzgrüder Lexikon: Smart Working from Unternehmer.de
This include:
- Flexible Workspaces and schedules
- Optimization and use of technologies
- Productive work environment
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Show Empathy
Built Relationships and Networks
Learn to Communicate
Be Present
Develop critical faculties
Use the structures in the company to bring yourself to the next level
Set clear goals
How do I make important decisions?
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Decisions are not ony a question of what we want to do, but also a question of who we want to be
Make decisions in alignment with your values and believes
Make decisions consciously and with clear goals
Do not make decisions based solely on “good” and “bad” - also consider “better” and “worse”
Does the decision you make help you grow and develop yourself?
Consinder perspectives and opinions from close friends and your family
Be prepared to deal with uncertainty and risks
Just make a Decision! It's better than making no decision at all and getting lost in uncertainty
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The Decision matrix is basically a simple table with your options and factors for deciding.
The goal is to calculate a score for each option based on their factor scores. The score will then help you make a decision
- write down the decision you need to make
- list all options you have
- Identify factors you want to consider
- Score the options and weight them
- calculate the option scores by multiplying each score by the factor weight and add them up
- Pick the option with the highest score
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Second order thinking involves considering the long-term consequences of decisions.
It can be performed mentally or by writing it down
- What are the immediate effects of a decision?
- For each of the effects, ask yourself “And then what?” —> second order consequence
- Repeat the step for as many orders as you think are necessary
Or you can think about it in different timelines
- What are the direct consequences
- What are consequences in 10 moth?
- And in 10 years?
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Whenever you don't know if you should say yes or no to something, rate it on a scale from 1 to 10. - But do not use Number 7!
7 is a safe number, while 6 (terrible) or 8 (exciting) are giving clear directions.
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“Observe - Orient - Decide - Act”
- Observe the situation and analyse all available information
- Evaluate the information and try to develop a clear understanding of the situation. Identify underlying patterns and relationships
- Make a decision based on your analysis and evaluation of the situation
- Implement your decision and when needed, adjust your strategy to optimise your approach
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Be kind to yourself <3
Reflect past successes
Develop new skills
Avoid dwelling on things you can't control
Take your own advice
Engage in self-care - eat well, exercise, sleep
Seek support from those you trust
Control what you can
Ask for help