Andy Murray has just won Wimbledon, the first British tennis star to have done so in 77 years.\u00a0 He has obviously finally found the winning formula and achieved a most desired objective by him and the legion of fans. \u00a0When it comes to applying success in the workplace there are methods that can be applied.\u00a0 However successful people seem to have similar habits.<\/p>\n
Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n It is important to plan out your working hours.\u00a0 Making a list every day or every week will ensure that urgent matters are attended to as well as important issues.\u00a0 \u00a0It is also important to plan out weekly, monthly and yearly goals and make sure these steadily worked towards.\u00a0 With any big projects these need to be broken down into manageable, do-able chunks.\u00a0 Time is precious and should be used effectively.<\/p>\n Work Out the Hours<\/strong><\/p>\n It is important to work out how long activities take to get an understanding of what work is being undertaken and how productive you are.\u00a0 It is pointless undertaking fruitless long winded tasks.\u00a0 Keeping a log will help you do this.<\/p>\n Make Success Possible<\/strong><\/p>\n Having worked out your objectives it is important to make sure that they are carried out to ensure success.\u00a0 One good way to do this is to write your objectives down.\u00a0 Research shows that if you do so\u00a0 you are more likely to get things done by a) not forgetting what you need to do and b) focusing your mind.<\/p>\n Understand What Is Work<\/strong><\/p>\n Too many of us spend lots of time undertaking tasks that are not really work eg reading and answering emails.\u00a0 Email has the capacity to fill much of the working day if it is allowed to take over.\u00a0 It is important to ration access to the inbox and allowing time to concentrate on completing a project.\u00a0Often meetings can take over the working day.\u00a0 Therefore you should really check whether a meeting is essential or could the communication take place another way ie a phone call or send an email.<\/p>\n Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n To become good at anything you have to practice (Andy Murray has shown this).\u00a0 You should continually practice your existing job skills including any new ones you have learnt.\u00a0 Just think about a training course you went on and what you could remember six months later if you had not used the skills learnt – probably very little.\u00a0 \u00a0You should be striving for constant improvement which is often the basis of most performance appraisals and by which you are measured against.<\/p>\n Develop Yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n You should be constantly looking at ways to develop your skills to avoid becoming stagnant or at work unemployable because your skills are outdated.\u00a0 The world of employment moves on so quickly and and industries are developing all the time.\u00a0 You therefore need to stay in touch.\u00a0 Seek out new opportunities, new projects, take on a mentor.\u00a0 You can also develop a portfolio of work to show off your skills.\u00a0\u00a0 Building up a network of people can help you get on.\u00a0 Seek out new contacts as well as keeping in touch with existing ones.\u00a0 You never know when you might need to call up them.<\/p>\n Seek out pleasure<\/strong><\/p>\n Don\u2019t make work the be all and end all.\u00a0 It is important to enjoy work but having a work life balance is also essential.\u00a0 Being able to switch off from work and pursuing enjoyable hobbies or \u00a0spending time with the family and friends will bring enormous benefits to your overall wellbeing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Andy Murray has just won Wimbledon, the first British tennis star to have done so in 77 years.\u00a0 He has obviously finally found the winning formula and achieved a most desired objective by him and the legion of fans. \u00a0When it comes to applying success in the workplace there are methods that can be applied.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[373,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-success-at-work","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n