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If you’re like a lot of American workers, you are required to set and get some goals. They’re part of your annual review or your management program, but they don’t stir your passions or incite you to wake up an hour early to achieve them. Maybe you’re not setting the right goals – for the right reasons.
The early part of the year always feels like a time for new beginnings. With the passing of the solstice in late December, the days are getting longer. Even in the midst of the blizzard, you know that spring is not far off.
This year, people are going to be loosening the purse strings, at least in the first quarter of the year. If you are looking to change jobs or finally find one, now is the time to focus your efforts. And, focus is precisely what is required.
The key to effective opportunity development is a clear idea of what you want. If you don’t have it on a piece of paper, sit down right now and write yourself a letter. In the note, tell yourself:
This time of year is a hard time of the year for a lot of people. The newness of the New Year has worn off, the holiday break is a distant memory, Martin Luther King Day marks the last holiday until Memorial Day (or maybe Good Friday if you get that day off). It is a long stretch regardless between now and the summer and it feels longer when the weather is bad and the job market continues to suffer. The winter doldrums can set in and if not careful, morale begins to suffer and then productivity slips and ultimately results falter. Here are some ways this winter to beat the winter blahs and push through the long stretch positively:
• Take control of your disposition. The recent Glassdoor.com Employment Confidence Survey indicates that there is worry about the time it will take in the future for finding a job to replace the one you are in now. Abraham Lincoln said, “You are only as happy as you make up your mind to be”. In this time when it does not look like things are going to get much better in the short-run, you have to make up your own ...
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