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These Your Top Three Challenges...?
"The ongoing
economic turmoil is generating in most of the global
companies serious doubts regarding the future in such a way
that any professional having a dependable family,
expectations about the future and desires to grow
professionally surely will face a tough landscape on which
layoffs, bankruptcies and mergers are highly likely."
- Octavio
Ballesta
Management Consultant, Corporate Strategist
Not having a
dream/goal for your life will leave you unfocused,
confused, lost and at the beck and call of others.
"How happy
are you with your current job/career? Many people stay
their job because of the economy, and many stay because they
don't know what else they would do, so they endure. Life is
too short to endure anything for very long. I say, find that
aha in your life and go for it. Do your passion, enjoy your
life."
- Nancy Pena
Account Executive for Evins Personnel
"Professionals
are struggling with the concept of having a happy life at
work. Some are fearful of losing their job if they speak
up. Some are not experienced at asking for assignments and
opportunities which lead to growth. Some of naive; that is,
they accept what comes their way as "just what the job
entails." The suggestion for success - find the things that
make you happy and develop a plan to achieve or acquire
them."
- Sharif
Mansur
Human Resources and Organizational Development Professional
"A lot of
messaging out there is negative and can take the
ownership out of you: That you're just lucky to have a job;
change or else; and worry, worry, worry about the future.
There's too much emphasis on weakness instead of strength.
Fear stops everyone in their tracks, and focuses too
much energy on worry-time instead of execution. If more time
was spent on developing coping skills and taking fear and
turning it toward planning and action, think of the
possibilities! I've seen it in action--it works.
The same happens to you as a professional--fear of
change, fear of failure and fear of the unknown can stop you
from achieving amazing things in your career. There's great
power in fear--countering it productively helps you manage
it and turn it into a more rewarding career."
- Michelle
Kerrigan
Experienced Leadership, Business Operations and Execution
Stress,
competition, lower incomes, heavy workloads,
never-ending deadlines and work/family balance, push you to
be on a relentless journey of self-improvement, continuous
learning and constant change.
