So far, 9 tips on how to stay on track with your New Year resolution on career have been discussed. They begin with improving your competence, time management, sleep pattern, taking self-assessment test, coaching, and many more. Actually, you still have more things to do to make sure that your resolution this year becomes reality.  Better career is certainly anyone’s expectation, right?

More ways to Keep Your New Year Resolution on Career

The following are small things that may boost your career at workplace. Try to do them as a way to keep your New Year Resolution for a better career:

Read Books on You Goals

Reading opens new doors to new experience and knowledge. By reading, you can obtain useful insights on things related to your career or goals. Reading actual books helps in retaining your current knowledge. So, if you are used to listening audiobooks, which sound easier and funnier, try to fight the urge to do it. You will find the joy in going old school with the actual books.

Enjoy a Different Festival of Culture

Cross-cultural study also broadens your insights on interesting things. Your culture is certainly interesting, but you will find those of others enjoyable too. You can find the schedule of cultural festivals online. Try to find what makes things interesting in those cultures.

Extend Your Network

Networking enables you to know more people. Network is a growing commodity. With so many kinds of social media now, you can meet more people and know them better. Besides networking on social media, you have to consider meeting more people in physical meaning. Try to schedule dinner meeting or coffee meeting with new people. You can share knowledge and experience and share information on career opportunities.

Bring Your Hobby to Professional Domain

You might never think that a hobby, which has nothing to do with your work, may help your career, right? In fact, pursuing a hobby has some benefits for your professional life. Take fishing as a hobby for instance. You can spend your weekends going fishing. Then, you can refresh your mind and body by pursuing things that you love much. Of course, you will feel energized when going back to workplace.

Allocate Phone-Free Hour on Each Day

Studies show that hearing phone vibration too frequently can bring adverse effects on your productivity. Phone vibration is found to derail your thought process. You might not realize it before. In addition, using phone too often may divert your attention from your tasks. So, try to minimize the effects by allocating at least one hour, during which you do not use your cell phone at all.  Increase the duration gradually.

Happy New Year!  We hope that everything is better in 2018. Take yourself one level higher at workplace by improving your self-competence and increasing your value in front of the employer. Making a better career as New Year resolution is something good for your life. You can try those tricks to make sure that you are on the right track throughout the year.