Motivational

Rule 99: Capitalize on the career enhancing moments

December 30, 2016

Nigeria’s Sport Enthusiast,Politician and Publisher, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu with Blogger, GDA

Every
now and then there is a break from the routine, the humdrum, the everyday. These moments of intense activity or public
limelight are your moments to enhance your career.

They can be:

·
The
initial selection interview

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·
Your
first day

·
Running
a presentation

·
Running
an exhibition

·
Chairing
an important meeting

·
Being
put in charge of staff training

·
Handling
a crisis

·
Negotiating
with the unions

·
Attending
a Health and Safety committee meeting

·
Being
a first aider

·
Organizing
the staff function

·
Being
responsible for the visit of a dignitary, celebrity or royalty

·
Editing
the newsletter

·
Dealing
with the media

·
Supervising
the office relocation

A
lot of people, when first presented with such an option, will be filled with
dismay and horror. ‘Oh, not’, they cry, ‘Not
running the exhibition stand at the NEC this year. Why me.
Oh Lord, why me?’

You,
on the other hand, know this rule – this is a career enhancing moment and you
had better take the opportunity to shine.
There are no bad jobs, only bad attitude to jobs.

“THERE ARE
NO BAD JOBS, ONLY BAD ATTITUDE TO JOBS”.

Always
look for ways of making such jobs better, more interesting, slicker, and
quicker and realize that they are providing you with the wherewithal to shine.

(Excerpts from THE
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