What it means to be a success

How is success measured? Happiness. Achievement. Influence. Cash. However it's measured, it surely takes more than luck to come by. Success is almost always hard-earned. Yet the journey begins with a step. The first step toward success is confidence — belief in your ability to? Succeed. Keep confident, whether working or looking for work.

Work Attitudes

Good relations with supervisors and other employees, or rapport, shows a positive attitude toward work. Several related attitudes are especially important on the job: conformity, cooperation, and competition.

Conformity

Conformity involves how well an individual is suited to any group — social, cultural, or economic. In the case of a business, for example, there may be rules for dress. Sometimes such policies may be found in a company procedures manual. You need both to be properly dressed and to keep fit. Why? First, to make good impression on your boss, co-workers, and customers.Second, to feel confident in your team. Third, to be always energetic and to maintain your image that is necessary for your career. How to achieve it? First, you have to refuse from your harmful habits (alcohol drinking, smoking). Second, to eat regularly and in time is much better than to stick to a diet. Third, you should at least twice a week attend a fitness center or a swimming pool and to prefer active forms of resting to passive ones. It does not matter whether you do that alone, with your friends or co-workers. You can attend sport clubs or fitness centers after work or at weekends. It is necessary both for your energy maintenance and for your job career.

More often, however, conformity takes less obvious forms. Conformity might involve acting in an expected way that has never formally been demonstrated or discussed, such as treating customers with respect, for instance.

Cooperation

Working together and getting along with others is called cooperation. Cooperation builds friendships. Once you have cooperated with others, they are likely to cooperate with you. Cooperation depends on the ability to communicate with others, even at difficult moments. It is not always easy — for instance, when a supervisor makes a questionable decision, a decision with which you do not agree.

Cooperation, however, is part of keeping a worthwhile job; it is also an important step toward getting a better one. Gaining the cooperation of others is a key role of supervisors and managers. As a supervisor yourself, earning the cooperation of other employees may become the key to your success.

Competition

Everyone can face competition in their lives. For example, you have been a typist at a company for three years. An opening occurs for a promotion to a higher position. You apply and are considered, but do not get the job. It is given to a co-worker who was more recently hired and younger than you are. How will you speak to your supervisor about your feelings? Will you express your disappointment?

Will you request an explanation of the decision? Will you mention that you had more experience than others? Anyway, make it clear to your supervisor that you will continue to cooperate. Fair competition is a normal phenomenon in business. Live and learn, and next time you will be a success!

Mental health

Our mental health is not less important than the physical one. Let us imagine the situation. The call is long distance. The caller is speaking quickly. She seems to be upset about something, but the connection is weak. You can hardly hear her.

— Madam, could you please speak up.

— I am speaking up.

— I can hardly hear you. Would you mind dialing again?

— I certainly won't call again. This is long distance! Your boss is beginning to look impatient. This is no time to make a mistake. He signs and bites her lower lip. You can tell by the caller's short answers that she is becoming unhappy too. Let's hope that this situation will never happen to you. Sometimes there can be real pressure on the job, especially when dealing with several tasks at once. Keeping your cool and staying composed make life easier. Keeping you cool may not solve all your problems, but it should keep things from getting out of hand.

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1.How do you get on with other people?

2.Do you find you can trust people?

3.Do you often lose your temper?

4Have you usually got lots of energy?

5.Do you dislike being what to do?