Keep Up The Great Work!

Happy 2016 everyone! Here is to hoping your new year is off to a great start.

My last post was about not waiting, but using the present as your gift. Giving yourself permission to go from good to great, and to do something positive for your career development. 

Well, I did not want to be left out of a good challenge, and I try to give advice that I take myself. In that vein, I am planning to take some courses this year to further enhance my professional profile! Thank you all for the inspiration.

Also, I hope to use this space as an encouragement, and personal anecdotes are my go to method! You have likely heard that persistence pays off. I would second that, and add that persistence for persistence sake is not enough. When you take a positive course of action, consider your motives, and if the objective is to help someone and impact another person for the better, then certainly stay the course. 

In 2014. I got a client referral and reached out to speak to the individual. They were in a pretty bad space concerning their work life and really wanted help, but due to financial constraints and personal issues at the time they were not able to commit the time and energy to take advantage of services I offered. Periodically, every couple of months or so, I would check in with this person. Not to say, "Hey, can I sell you some services today?" but out of genuine concern say, "How is everything? Are you experiencing more positivity in your situation these days? Keep me posted." Those months turned into half a year, that half a year turned into a whole year, and then one year into near two! 

Would you imagine that almost two years later, I continued checking in and this time the individual said "I am ready now, let's get to work." Of course, I was glad to do the great work that I love: helping people enhance their professional development, understand themselves better, and further their career prospects. More than that, I was encouraged that relationally I had built an environment of care and trust with this individual to the point that they knew I was there when needed. Additionally, persistence was key, but as a matter of concern for another person, and that was a reward in and of itself, which, consequently, was beneficial for everyone involved. 

I say to you today, go from good to great, and Keep Up the Great Work!

Cheers!
Alexandra
alexandra@aacareercounsel.com