After the age of 40, average American earns 90% of his or her net worth. Most of these people have far more working years after they have turned 40 than before. With this, positioning yourself for higher-paying and more rewarding jobs in your 30s is a better approach to use in the early years of your career. Here are some of the things you should ponder for long-term success.
Find your own 'niche.'
Fining your sweet spot is finding the intersection of three important things: what are you good at, what do you love to do, and what the world values. Some people are uncertain of these three important things. With this, you should start honing in on it. Ask yourself of series of questions and try to test out your hypotheses. Think if you could devote yourself for the next few years of your chosen career, as recommended by Time Magazine.
Define strengths and work on weaknesses.
After finding your sweet spot, try to find your strength and fix your weaknesses in these three elements. This will be rewarding in honing your skills, widening your experience, and developing relationships. Developing transferrable skills such as effective communication, problem solving, and time management will help you a lot. Cultivate your academic qualifications, ability to meet deadlines, emotional intelligence and mastery of computer and other languages is very instrumental in seeking for new opportunities.
Go out of your comfort zone.
Build your versatility and go out of your comfort zone. This will enable you to adapt easily to a new environment. If you are working in big cooperation, consider as well working in an entrepreneurial one. Connecting with other people especially with professionals is important.
Learn new skills.
Future-proof your career by building skills and attributes that machines will never replicate such as creativity, invention, insight, and judgment. Then, try to work with the machine for the future might be about both human s and machine working together.
Do not forget important 'things'---your family.
On the other hand, your greatest career and life asset is time. Life is not only about working. Being successful does not mean that you should devote your time purely on working in the office. You should also spend time for your fitness, community, and family. Essential learning that could be used in your career is taken from the persons out your office.
A long term game plan is what you need in building a successful lifelong career. Utilize your 30s to turn yourself into someone with a stable life and stable career even after your 30s.
