3 Sure Fire LAWs to Build Your Career

Are you working a job, or building a career? Anyone (and most everyone) can work a job. I had my first `job` when I was 14-years-old scrubbing and waxing floors, setting up tables, sweeping and washing windows. I started a sales CAREER at age 20 and have built that career up ever since. Yup, as a speaker, trainer and coach, I am in sales. I not only have to sell my clients on using our services, but also `sell` ideas to audiences all the time.

Here are 3 Sure Fire LAWs to Build Your Career.

1) Learn it. We loose information and facts from our lives at an amazing rate. Better than 90% of the bombardment of information thrown at us is totally lost. Of that 10% we `perceive`, we are lucky to retain 10% in 2 weeks time. Either go for a larger volume of information to `learn` (very low likelihood of success) or be more selective in what you expose yourself to daily. Turn down the `noise` and turn up the good stuff. Mute commercials and talk to your spouse. Read that good book and toss the tabloid. Use your laptop on the bus and stop staring at the bus adverts.

Better yet, study one aspect of your business or industry for one hour every day and in 5 years, you will be the world’s leading expert and then EVERYONE will want you because you are the leading authority in the world.

Learn someone else`s job at work. Learn another product in your product line. Learn about a competitor. Learn how to walk better. Learn how to speak better. Learn it. Learn it. Learn it.

2) Ask it. My dad always encouraged me to ask more questions. My Karate instructor reinforced it. Looking back, I still never asked enough questions. Now, when I am attending a seminar, I ALWAYS and SHAMELESSLY ask a TON of questions.

For your career, ask your boss what you need to advance. Ask the most successful person you know what she or he would do in your place. Ask your family if they want to support you in your next career move (which may require sacrifice on their parts as well) Be like a 4-year-old, `Why?`, `Why?`, `Why?` Ask it.

3) Work it. Apollo 13 quote, `Work the problem.` Work the team. Work yourself. Get up an hour earlier and work it. Get to work 1 hour earlier and get a jump on the day. Take lunch away from your desk but alone with your laptop and work it. Work Saturday mornings to get ahead. Yes rest. Yes play hard. Yes have quality `down time.` But make sure you work it. Notice I did not say `Busy it`. Work it.

Not the sum total of possibilities… just 3 quick LAWs. I’d give you 50, but I’m Working it.