Do you know where you are going?

What is your long term goal at work? This month’s sales results? The quarterly? This year? Three years from now?

With the stresses that appear in your everyday workplace, and the fickle changes of the now global market, the pressures placed upon you are work grow with each day. Ask any worker of colleague at your office, and the the goals of each will probably be different.

In order to answer the question yourself, you will need to evaluate how committed you are at your job. If you are only working for this month’s results, maybe you are pushing your colleagues and customers too hard, and the results, although admirable, may not be sustainable.

On the other hand, if you feel that the target is more long term, what are you doing today that is developing that relationship with the people around you that will see your long terms results come to fruition?

Obviously, it’s always going to be a balancing act, tying the present into the future. But its definitely worth a few moments thought, and then writing down what your work target is.

Then, sit down when you have some free time and try to look at it from some different angles. What would your boss say- would he agree with your goals or ask you to look more long term?

Managers and section leaders look for those workers that can both get the job done and have some kind of vision of how to sustain a great work load without burning out. Is that you?

How about your co-workers? Do they know your motivations? How do you fit into the team and benefit them all by your presence?

How about your partner? Are they aware and supportive of what you are doing? If any big changes are around the corner, make sure they are well informed and supportive of what you are trying to do.

So, get a strategy, for today, this week, this month, this year.

Hey, maybe even three years. But get one, and a back up plan too.

But more later.

Cheers,

Mark