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HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL
Many people who start with promising careers aspire to become successful professionals within their lifetimes. Some succeed in meeting this goal, while others fail to live up to their own expectations or capabilities. Most successful professionals have several traits in common. Most of these traits are learned, while a few are innate. Traits like ambition, flexibility and being goal-oriented help professionals become successful in their careers.
Take your profession or chosen career path seriously. The road to success is not paved with the concept of "It's just a job." Someone who hopes to reach success within his career must feel that his career is a significant part of his life and treat it as such. Commit to learning more about your trade and enhancing your skills in order to succeed.
Possess ambition. It would be difficult to find a successful professional who lacks ambition or the goal to succeed. A successful professional must strive to continually raise the bar and do better than previous efforts. However, ambition without goals or a focus doesn't achieve success. Someone who hopes to become successful must identify goals, benchmarks and other important objectives as he/she works along in his/her career. Goals and objectives may be both long- and short-term.
Remain flexible. The world of work throws kinks into your plans. Being flexible enough to adjust objectives, change plans and work to resolve problems by finding solutions will help to ensure success within your career.
Embrace a positive attitude. When approaching life and your career with a good attitude and enthusiasm, goals and objectives are achieved much easier. You must be passionate about your career in order for it to be successful. A positive attitude goes a long way to assist you if your career hits a rough spot and you need to adjust your path.
Collaborate and cooperate with others. It's common that in the workplace, teamwork is stressed as the most efficient and effective way to complete important projects or assignments. By being willing to work with others, you increase your odds of being effective and successful.
Act as a leader. Leaders inspire others around them to collaborate, work together and strive to be the best they can. Leadership traits are often innate, but can be learned and enhanced by various workshops and seminars. The important things to remember about being a leader is that you are a role model, your presence effects the mood of the entire workplace, and leaders aren't always right. Being a leader means that you stand up for what you believe in and work hard to achieve your goals.
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Exercise: Put the verb in brackets in the correct form to make different form of the Present Continuous Tense.
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1. John (read) a book now.
2. What (you do) tonight?
3. Jack and Peter (work) late today.
4. Silvia (not listen) to music.
5. Maria (sit) next to Paul.
6. How many other students (you study) with?
7. The phone (not ring).
Exercise. Arrange the words in the correct order to make different sentences in the Present Continuous Tense - positive; negative; yes/no and information questions.
1 I'm my looking for glasses.
2 of are you reading? book What kind
3 crying? is Pamela Why
4 Paul studying is at National economics University. Kharkov
5 Why laughing? is everyone
6 me? waiting you Are for
7 you leaving? When are
8 at Saudi working the moment. is Arabia John in
9 working same as the Is for company you? Jennifer
10 do Saturday next to party a want I'm - come? you having
