The previous article discusses five options of New Year resolution to improve your career path throughout 2018. They include improving your competence, getting help from a coach, a mentor, or a professional employee, changing your perspective by doing small things, enjoying holiday, and blogging to expand your portfolio. Of course, there are many other resolutions you may have.
More Options of New Year Resolution for Your Career
Improve Your Listening/Speaking Ratio
If you think you spoke too much throughout 2017, then, this is the time to evaluate your listening/speaking ratio. Give yourself time to listen to others, instead of dominating all conversations. It is not a mistake that God gave human being only one mouth and two ears. Does it mean that you need to listen more than you speak?
If your New Year resolution is being a better person by listening more than speaking, you can begin by running a tally on how often you listen within a conversation and how often you dominate it. Keep the note during the first and the second week of the new year, and evaluate your progress.
Get Enough Sleep
Your get your energy recharged during the night sleep. Make sure you have at least eight hours of sleep. Studies show that people that have enough night sleep have better concentration at workplace that those who do not. Yes, quality night sleep affects more than you think both for your career and for your personal life. So, how can you get a better sleep? Here are some tips:
- The most popular suggestion is setting a regular go-to-bed time. Set a reminder one hour before the scheduled night sleep, so that you have enough time to finish the remaining jobs for the day.
- Keep your phone away from the bed. While you are sleeping, phone ring frequently disturbs. If you want get better sleep, make sure to minimize using you phone. Studies also show that staring at the phone screen at night may lead to adverse effects on night rest.
Manage Your Time in a Better Way
Getting better time management is necessary if your New Year resolution is to enhance your career. Successful people are mostly good in this aspect. You can do the following tips:
- Input your daily schedule on a calendar.
- Use a reminder before the downtime.
- Give yourself punishment and reward if you fail or succeed to follow the schedule
- Give yourself daily refreshing by taking few minutes for pray, yoga, reading a chapter of favorite book or novel, watching an episode of favorite drama, or calling a loved one.
Take a New Self-Assessment
Test yourself by taking a personality test or a new type of self-assessment. You can begin the test with your spouse or a family member. Try it as a part of learning process. Then, you can take the real test to discover your strengths and weakness. You may have some blind spots, which you were not aware of. By taking self-assessment test, you can find new ways to improve your personality and to enrich your personal relationships.
Get more tips on how to stay on track with your New Year resolution on career on the next posts.