3 Areas & 15 points to Manage Your Career

To manage your career well is to manage these three important components.The three components are self care, work and working relationships with others.


Manage yourself

1. Look after your health: Health is everything. Do not take health for granted and cut short your sleep, eat junk food, smoke and drink in excess. You will pay for it later in life.

2. Hone your expertise: Keep your area of expertise up-to-date and find out what additional education, skills and training you need in order to move ahead. Do research and gather information to keep yourself well-informed.

3. Positive attitude: Appreciate your self worth. Be confident of yourself. Love yourself as what you are including your strengths and weaknesses.

4. Packaging: Dress appropriately and smartly. Give a good impression of yourself to others. Always wear a smile

5. Character building: Uphold moral values such as honesty, truthfulness and trustworthiness



Manage your work

1. Plan your work and work your plan: Always carry with you a to-day list for the day and act on a few of those tasks which are of top priorities. Do not work from task to task. Take breaks in between to clear clutter in your mind. This is to work smart and manage stress effectively. Be mindful at work and keep your personal problems at home

2. Promise to deliver and deliver as promised: Build your trusted brand at the workplace. Be under promised and over delivered.

3. Creative and resourceful: Always think of better ways of doing your work more efficiently and effectively. Be resourceful in problem solving.

4. Ability to see beyond your own department: Work in the best interest of the company and not just your own department. Corporate with other heads of department to achieve the goals of the company.

5. Responsible and accountable: Do not blame others for your mistakes. Accept a mistake gracefully and avoid repeating it.




Manage your relationships


1. Network: Identify those people you can count on in order to get things done. Build a network of influence to help you reach your goals.

2. Do the way as expected by your boss: Find out what pleases your boss and do it.

3. Communication skills: Develop yourself to express clearly, fully and precisely in writing and verbally. Cultivate the ability to understand fully and clearly messages from others.

4. Sharpen your interpersonal skills: Be tactful in your approach and understand the mood of others and act accordingly. Know when to approach and when to back off.

5. Friendly and be likeable: Be responsive to other people’s needs. Acknowledge the presence of others and listen attentively while someone is talking to you. Be empathetic and try to understand other people’s point of view.


Out of the three, the most important one is your business relationships with others. We have often heard who you know is more important than what you know. The thing is that if you carry yourself well and you are doing a good job, you add a feather in your cap by having a reliable and useful network