This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!
- Why People Really Quit Their Jobs: "The decision to exit was because of the work. They left when their job wasn’t enjoyable, their strengths weren’t being used, and they weren’t growing in their careers."
- Quit Your Job and Move Abroad: "It's the ultimate fantasy: Escape the 9-5 by moving to a place where it's so cheap you barely need to work."
- 5 Must-Have Traits of Successful Leaders: " In today’s business climate, you are quickly becoming a dinosaur if you believe that the personal side of leadership is unnecessary or unimportant. You are managing people, not robots."
While we're still considering the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we can also reflect on his words and mission and apply them to our professional lives.
Here are 5 career lessons one can take from Martin Luther King, Jr.:
1. "All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and
importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence." Our work choices should reflect a desire to uplift and bring benefit to everyone and everything and we should strive to do this work with excellence.
2. "Life's most persistent and urgent question is,
'What are you doing for others?'" Work choices that are primarily about making a lot of money and acquiring a lot of possessions ultimately are unsatisfying and bring little benefits to others or yourself (other than material). The greatest satisfaction comes from doing work that benefits others.
3. "The time is always right to do what is right." If you find that your work does not benefit others or yourself then it is time for change. The time is now to do work that provides you with meaning and provides some service to others.
4. "Faith is taking the first step even when you
don't see the whole staircase." Sometimes we need to take a step in our career without the ability to see the whole picture. We need to trust ourselves, our strengths, and our vision for how we can utilize our skills to do work that matters.
5. "A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus
but a molder of consensus." One who would be a leader must learn to work with others and help bring mutual understanding and benefit to a situation.
Whatever it is that we find ourselves doing now we can apply the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Whatever your life's work is, do it well."
