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It is critical to your career success that you have a strong sense of
focus and a clear sense of direction based on a well defined career
goal. Effective career planning empowers you to make sound decisions
about your future and ensures you are successful in your professional
pursuits.
Observing successful candidates over the
years, the one consistent factor that seems to have made the most
significant difference was the individual's possession of a goal. It
appears that a sense of focus was more critical in ensuring career and
life success than such factors as the talent and experience of the
candidate or the strength of the economy.
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SENSE OF DIRECTION
"We can all be in charge of where we are going and how we
plan to get there. In fact, in almost all cases, we are where we are
because we decided, consciously or unconsciously, to move toward our
present life. The main purpose of setting long-range goals is to help
you be more consciously aware of where you are going, why you are going
there, and how you imagine it will be when you arrive. Taking charge of
your life means more than just thoughts, feelings and intentions. It
requires that you set goals and carry them out. Through setting and
achieving goals you learn skills for getting where you want to be and
feeling good about yourself. Goal setting is the ultimate purpose of
career and life planning. With proper goal setting in mind, you are
assured a sense of direction."
-RANDY POWELLL
"To
get somewhere, you must know where you're going. Sounds logical,
doesn't it? Yet, for countless unhappy, unsatisfied people, getting
through the day is their only ambition. They float along in their daily
lives like driftwood in the ocean. They take whatever job falls their
way and exert the least amount of energy possible to get the job done."
-WAITLEY
& WITT
"As we
pass through the various stages of life and as situational changes
occur, we set goals, choose from options and alternatives, and make
decisions. For many the process of change is difficult and threatening,
particularly for those who haphazardly chart their course only to find
frustration and dissatisfaction. Through career life planning, we learn
to center our attention on carefully laid plans and on those variables
over which we have some control. Our lives can be charted more
effectively through the maze of changes that we experience, both
individually and situationally, by planning programs that place these
variables in perspective."
-VERNON ZUNKER
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GOAL
SETTING
To be
successful, it is imperative you have a strong sense of focus and a
solid feeling of confidence that come from a well established career
goal. Your career goal provides you a sense of direction, a map, a plan.
To be successful in your career pursuits, it might be necessary to
develop a "career action plan."
"If
you don't know where you're going, you might wind up somewhere else."
-LEO
DUROCHER
"Begin with the end in mind.
Start with a clear understanding of your destination. Know where you are
going so that you better understand where you are now, and so that the
steps you take are always in the right direction."
-STEPHEN COVEY
"First, you have to have a goal. For, if you don't know where you are
going, then any road will take you there -- and it won't really matter
what you do with your life. In fact, if you don't clearly know where
you are going in your life, you probably won't recognize it when you get
there."
-WAITLEY
& WITT
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