Rising in any career — as well as in life — takes determination, perseverance and adaptability. And It’s generally best if you can remain grounded in humility and gratitude, acknowledging the opportunities that have come your way.
It also takes resilience and courage: the courage to turn the wheel and embrace life’s myriad twists and turns. When I reflect back on my own career, I often think about the advice I took to heart, such as from the motivational speaker Zig Ziglar.
He said just get started in any direction, and once moving, then it is easy to turn that wheel in the right direction. Here are 7 proven strategies that helped keep me moving throughout my career and rising to the top.
I am confident that they can help you as well:If you’re familiar with Zig Ziglar you may know about his flea parable. As the parable goes, when the flea trainers placed fleas in a jar and left the top off, the fleas jumped up and out endlessly, escaping the jar.