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Today in this session with me Michelle, you are learning five ways to succeed at work
by working hard? No, by enjoying your life every day. That is the key to success. You
know what; you work so hard at office every day, but what about the evening? Should you
also continue to work hard in the evening? No, the key is that you must enjoy your evening
before work next day. You should spend your time re energizing yourself and developing
your skills, panning for the next day. So join me to learn more tips.
So the first way to succeed at work is by having a plan jam every evening. What is a
plan jam? Plan jam means to start planning for the next day so that evening you must
use to make your tomorrow very productive. So the first step, to planning is to review
and start reflecting on your day. What were the hits and misses? Where were you successful
and where did you feel that you failed and need to improve. So you must plan what you
need to achieve by tomorrow. These are the crucial results that you need to get tomorrow.
You should start by configuring your calendar and blocking time slots for different tasks
the next day. The first would be for the meetings. Yes you must have a scheduled time that you
need for meetings the next day. And also for administrative tasks, for this you need some
flexible time, coz you don't know when an invariable, unknown task might just come up.
So you should have some flexible time, some extra time for the unplanned tasks. So don't
forget to have a plan jam every evening.
The second way to succeed at work is by socializing and nurturing your relationships every day.
Yes you heard it right. I'm asking you to take some time off from your work, where there
is no work and no worries about the next day. Just spend that time with the people that
you consider so dear in your life, coz you need that time out to nurture your relationships.
If your relationships are not going well and you are not emotionally balanced, you will
surely look very weary at work. So make sure, you spend that quality time with the person
that is so dear to you. Do some activities together that you both love doing. May be
you can cook together or maybe you can go out together. And explore life's interesting
topics and understand each other more and more. And that is surely going to bring a
lot of joy on your face when you are next day at work and you will be all excited, happy
and ready to rock.
The third way to succeed at work is by expanding your horizons. Don't wait to learn, don't
think that you are going to join those language classes, those foreign language classes next
month when you have a longer break. Do it now. Yes join those language classes or visit
a museum or maybe you can watch a live concert and how about joining some dance classes.
Don't wait for them; you don't need to wait for Saturday and Sunday to do all of this.
After all what is the point of trudging and dragging through five days of a week and just
living for two days? Trust me that is surviving and not thriving. You surely want to thrive;
you want to expand your horizons beyond your profession. So join some seminars and networking
events where you learn beyond your professional knowledge and that is going to expand your
knowability. You can surely have more knowledge to share with your teammates and may be even
impress your boss with some good understanding of other fields as well. So expand your horizons,
learn more, and don’t wait.
The fourth way to succeed at work every day is to spend your after work hours reading
and journaling. Journaling means to write down your feelings. Guess what, according
to a study, people who spend 15 to 20 minutes every day journaling their feelings have a
better physical an emotional balance. Yes, but why? It is because when you write, you
are able to get rid of anxieties and organize your thoughts recollecting them. So this is
exactly what I do, that is my key to success. That I take 15 to 20 minutes every night writing
about my day, my feelings and organizing my thoughts, recollecting them, reflecting on
my mistakes and finding out where is it that I need to improve. This prepares for me for
the next day and I can go to sleep more peacefully. I also suggest that you take some time out
reading. Reading what you love. Take 30 minutes to read that because that is going to help
you and remind you that is very important to keep learning, you must not stop learning
ever. So take some time out to read and journal your feelings and this is going to prepare
you for an exciting tomorrow.
The final way to succeed at work is by resting up. That means you must get enough sleep to
start the next day. I recommend that you have at least 7.5 hours of sleep every day. I know
a lot of entrepreneurs who have sleepless thoughts just because of their burning desire
to achieve something or may be their afraid of failure. But how much every ambitious you
are I recommend that you rest up because surely you can hack your way to success but you cannot
afford to hack your sleep coz you will never be your best with lack of sleep. You must
be re energized coz sleep refuels your brain for the next day and allows you to think in
a refreshed manner so that you can think more carefully and be more attentive to the details
at your work. This will surely allow you to be a high performer and you will be ready
for all the challenges that are coming forth the next day. Sleep, lack of sleep you can
always brag about it when you are in high school. It's cool to say, I just slept for
3 hours. But when you are working, you really cannot afford to do that. So 7.5 hours of
sleep make a promise to you, rest up and enjoy the next day.
While learning the 5 ways to be successful at work, we have packed together fun, rejuvenation,
creativity and nurturing your relationships. So you have elements of almost everything.
So no more surviving at work, you need to thrive the entire day to be very productive
and successful at work. Please come back for more lessons at Skillopedia, don't forget
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