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8 tricks to help you achieve heights in your business

1. Listen and record what you hear

Carry a notebook with you all the time (now a smartphone). If you write down all the tasks that you are asked to do at work and really perform them, you will be remembered as a person who is worth contacting.
2. Organize your data into your own system

Successful people carefully store and build their notes - about meetings, about the people they met, about the tasks for which they took responsibility. Such an obsessive neurosis is actually a very valuable professional trait.
3. Remind me of your requests

If you ask someone for something, put a reminder to see if they really did. Only 20% of people do this. If you’re afraid of becoming obsessive, become “professionally obsessive.” Coach David Allen talks about the “waiting list,” which lists all the appeals of the people you are waiting for. Keep track of these expected hits, and remind them if they’re not running.
4. Specify how much is needed

If you do not understand the goal or task, or it seems to you that someone has already achieved it, but can not find this result, just ask. Conversely, if you come up with a way to achieve a more productive result, bring it to your colleagues. In both cases, you do not waste time and strengthen relationships with colleagues.
5. Double check

Promotion is given to people who notice inevitable errors and correct them. It is extremely important to double and triple check your work. Lisa Chalette, a former Goldman Sachs partner, points out that there are two kinds of things in life: those that you can control and those that you cannot. As for the first, then with them everything should be in openwork.
6. Be honest and kind with people.

At the beginning of a career, many move forward through technical skills. But very quickly, the ability to work with people inside and outside your organization becomes a big factor in your progress.
7. Look for ready-made solutions to problems.

If you look for solutions before solving a problem, you will save a lot of time. In 80% of cases, you can find a practically ready-made solution. And indicate the sources - refer to the origin of any data that you provide.
8. Avoid patterns, think differently

But periodically (every month, for example) put forward an idea that will help your team achieve its goals and plans, think about what steps you need to follow to achieve this goal, and which interested parties should participate at certain points. Even if only two ideas are approved, it is very useful to emphasize your ability to think clearly and propose ideas.

Check yourself, how much of the above do you do all the time? Work.ua hopes that you have noted for yourself what principles of work to adopt. Or make sure that you are on the right track.

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