Sort Your Career Out

4strength and skills: harder, better, faster, stronger

tl;dr

• If you want a successful career, you need to invest a disproportionate amount of time and energy into your strengths.
• Building new skills is an ongoing process. It doesn't stop: if you're not learning, you're stagnating — or worse, you're falling behind.
• Mastering a unique mix of skills makes you stand out: it gives you an edge.
• Building skills means getting uncomfortable and trusting your ability to learn.
• Once you move past the discomfort, you'll move into a rapid growth stage, which is when you're most engaged at work.

Shell in the driver's seat

Strengths and skills: The fuel in your career

So you've started out on your road trip. You've had your car serviced, your maps are loaded, your crispy M&M's are ready, your spare tyre checked and your RnB playlist is blaring. But, before you hit the freeway, have you remembered the number‐one must‐have for a successful trip? It's time to fill up the tank. Without fuel you're not going anywhere.

Your career is fuelled by your strengths and skills. They take you where you want to go.

Knowing your strengths and building a diverse mix of skills helps you go further, faster. And like the refuelling process, you need to continually top up your skills and invest in your strengths. Because we are never done when it comes to learning and growing.

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