To those who continue to take self development and self improvement a personal goal, 2021 will be a better year. 🙏🏾
Remain consistent, persevere and never let go of your hopes and aspirations.
Young Professional?
If you don’t have a year plan yet, come let’s look at:
'20 Practical Ways To Improve Oneself in 2021'.
To those who continue to take self development and self improvement a personal goal, 2021 will be a better year. 🙏🏾
Remain consistent, persevere and never let go of your hopes and aspirations.
1st thing you want to do really is reflect.
This is very important as it lays down the foundation for any step you are willing to take regarding your career or self development.
It helps you understand:
- Where you are coming from.
- Where you want to be.
While working in Mushin back then, I asked myself a lot of questions.
- What is the end goal of this path?
- Am I maximizing my full potential and capacity as a person?
Once you've reflected on what you really want and where you want to be, it is time to turn your intentions into clearly defined goals.
Always remember that having goals without having a plan in black and white is still a dream.
Outline you goals clearly.
-Don't set goals to impress anyone.
-You are the driver of your own goals.
-Set a goal in line with your values and career path.
-Have a timeline and action plan for your goals.
-Be sincere with yourself.
One thing reading does to many young professionals is that it improves self-discipline & consistency.
When I landed my first professional job as a HR Officer, I read a lot of entry level management books. Why?
To improve a lot about myself.
-Communication skills
-Knowledge base of my field.
-Imagination
-and inspiring myself.
Having an outline of books for the year can also help.
See, the world is evolving. So many processes in various fields are either getting automated or eliminated.
You either know it or you don't.
There is no fencing when it comes to knowledge.
Here are some great sites for Free Online Edu:
-Coursera
-edX
-Khan Academy
-Udemy
-iTunesU Free Courses
-MIT OpenCourseWare
-Stanford Online
-Sailor Academy
-Alison
-Codecademy
-Open Culture
-TED-Ed
Distractions have a way of taking your mind of your goals. They will always be there.
Knowing yourself and what distracts you is a good place to start.
Truth is, distractions take a huge chunk of time which you would have used in actual work.
Learning from people can simply be:
-Learning from a mentor.
-Learning from someone's experience.
-Learning from an autobiography.
-Learning from your boss/manager/supervisor.
Learning from the past always helps avoids future mistakes.
Note that certification is voluntary in some fields, but in others, a certification from a government-accredited agency is required for some jobs.
Do you know where you fall?
Well, note that 83% of certified candidates get jobs quicker than those that aren't.
While trying to achieve all you want to achieve this year, you need to relax your nerves too.
If man die, na another man go replace am.
Tend to have a work-life balance. Travel, mingle, live & laugh.
You can't be a lone striker. You can't be the only person in your field. There are others.
They are in your city. In your workplace. In your social networking places.
Networking can also be expanded to other fields.
You just never know.
See, let's be thankful for the internet -The quickest knowledge base vault.
If you can, at least, in a wk/biweekly read a personal development article from:
-Careerealism
-JobBait
-Careercloud
-GM4JH etc.
First, be aware of your weaknesses because they are there. They'd always want to flex their muscles.
But one thing I learnt from a very good friend, @folanski , is to continuously starve one's weaknesses.
Instead, feed your strengths.
The idea of a professional club is that people with a particular goal come together to lend a hand to each other.
Many professional clubs hold this goal highly.
Seek professional bodies, clubs or groups that align with your values & goals & join.
It is actually difficult to focus on self-improvement if one fails to recognize what one already has.
Reflect on what you have, where you are, and how you got here.
Truth is, being thankful for the now is a great step to bettering oneself.
Rigidity and being head strong can be costly in some ways.
You may grow exponentially well in another field, but because you've closed your mind to trying new things or leaving your comfort zone, you limit the opportunities out there.
Be flexible.
Organizations always value people who add value by intentionally seeking to solve basic to complex problems.
If you are always waiting to be told the solution, what's now the point?
One very great thing Emotional Intelligence has taught me as a person, is the ability to understand and manage my emotions.
Emotions, when constantly expressed, are the driving force behind our attitudes.
Attitude keeps you where you want to be.
Skills are as relevant as breathing in one's career, and the more skilled up you are, the more you become efficient in processes which in-turn results to more financial gain.
You can check on a quarterly basis.
Add this to your goal-board too.
While planning /scheming to get better at what you do, it is important to note that the human body is like an engine that needs constant maintenance.
Exercising doesn't only help you physically but also mentally.
Please, make your health a priority.
Never forget who you are. Always remember why you started in the first place. Be the better version of yourself.
Be Diligent.
Be Purposeful.
Be Deliberate.
Be Persistent.
Be Value oriented.
Be Positive.
Be Teachable.
Be Optimistic.
Be Selfless.
Be Yourself.
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Today is a day to celebrate love in our lives.
And here at ACLU-MA, we know that justice is a labor of love. Here are some of our favorite moments of love and justice in the last year, to brighten your #ValentinesDay.
💞👇💞
Almost exactly a year ago, our clients Hanz and Maudy were reunited after being separated by the cruel "Return to Mexico" policy.
And here at ACLU-MA, we know that justice is a labor of love. Here are some of our favorite moments of love and justice in the last year, to brighten your #ValentinesDay.
💞👇💞
Almost exactly a year ago, our clients Hanz and Maudy were reunited after being separated by the cruel "Return to Mexico" policy.
Yesterday, a family of asylum seekers were reunited. Hanz & his son were subjected to #MPP, a cruel policy that forced them into dangerous cities in northern Mexico. We sued on their behalf, allowing them to rejoin their family in Massachusetts. pic.twitter.com/Kce6MTpS9C
— ACLU Massachusetts (@ACLU_Mass) February 7, 2020
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This media manipulation effort was inspired by the success of the "kids in cages" freakout, a 100% Stalinist propaganda drive that required people to forget about Obama putting migrant children in cells. It worked, so now they want pics of Trump "gassing children on the border."
There's a heavy air of Pallywood around the whole thing as well. If the Palestinians can stage huge theatrical performances of victimhood with the willing cooperation of Western media, why shouldn't the migrant caravan organizers expect the same?
It's business as usual for Anarchy, Inc. - the worldwide shredding of national sovereignty to increase the power of transnational organizations and left-wing ideology. Many in the media are true believers. Others just cannot resist the narrative of "change" and "social justice."
The product sold by Anarchy, Inc. is victimhood. It always boils down to the same formula: once the existing order can be painted as oppressors and children as their victims, chaos wins and order loses. Look at the lefties shrieking in unison about "Trump gassing children" today.
Funny there are those who think these migrant caravans were a FANTASTIC idea that's going to take the immigration issue away from you.
— Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) November 26, 2018
Like several weeks watching a rampaging horde storm the fences & throw rocks at our border patrol agents & getting gassed = great optics!
This media manipulation effort was inspired by the success of the "kids in cages" freakout, a 100% Stalinist propaganda drive that required people to forget about Obama putting migrant children in cells. It worked, so now they want pics of Trump "gassing children on the border."
There's a heavy air of Pallywood around the whole thing as well. If the Palestinians can stage huge theatrical performances of victimhood with the willing cooperation of Western media, why shouldn't the migrant caravan organizers expect the same?
It's business as usual for Anarchy, Inc. - the worldwide shredding of national sovereignty to increase the power of transnational organizations and left-wing ideology. Many in the media are true believers. Others just cannot resist the narrative of "change" and "social justice."
The product sold by Anarchy, Inc. is victimhood. It always boils down to the same formula: once the existing order can be painted as oppressors and children as their victims, chaos wins and order loses. Look at the lefties shrieking in unison about "Trump gassing children" today.
