The path to professionalism is a process. It is not an easy process I must say. Everyone was once a novice and they had to go through the grind to get to the top of their profession.

On that journey to professionalism, you’ll meet lots of characters in the form of bosses. This post talks about how you can deal with the kind of boss you have.

My first boss was a gentle soul. He never pressured me to do any work. He will literally say “please can you do this for me?” Even though he had the power to command me to do anything for him he still asked politely.

He was always nice to me and never ceases to encourage me. He always asks about my welfare.

Values define what is important in our personal and work life. Values are those things we consider to be best and place some worth in.

Values in all its ramifications give a person a sense of judgment, direction, and principles by which a person lives.

There are several values which a person can choose to live by but the ones you choose depend on that which produces the results that resonate with you.

While I was at the university, I belonged to an organization called AIESEC.

 

I’m writing this post as a tribute to a good friend, Late Michael Nandul Vongdip. A great friend and a man who thought there is no excuse for failure.

Michael had a will to win. When life pulls him down he gets up again. He faced his challenges headson without fear. He had big dreams which he believed he would achieve. But the cruel hands of death took him away before he could reap the fruits of his labour.


No matter how bad things get you can turn around and start again while you still have life.

Key to Success

Hey, I am the accidental worker and I heard you were The Paid Professional.

I should say "nice to meet you" but our paths cross too often without you realizing it, and sometimes you are too stuck up to notice.

PS, raise your head a bit when you are rushing to the office every morning and ask, "Do I want to do this stuff for the rest of my life?"

Oh, is that how you're going to be? Feeling all high and mighty because you are a professional? You think you are better than me, don't you?

Guess what, buddy, I have news for you, the law considers everyone who has done a particular job over a period of time with or without formal education as a professional and competent enough to give expert evidence.
Don't believe me? Ask your lawyer.

The curse of professionalism is a daunting one.
You are stuck doing one thing for the rest of your life, doesn't it get monotonous? Well, you are a professional after all, I am sure you are taught how to handle the boring parts.

Please say you are not, so I can have some semblance of happiness. Don't mind me, I have evil tendencies.

Oh, don't feel bad. An accidental worker is usually a person who gets stuck doing stuff for the money. Bouncing from one paycheck to paycheck, doing things to satisfy nothing but wallets and drinking addictions. I didn't say that Jess Churchill did.

Hey! We have something in common, you get paid for doing stuff, I get paid for doing stuff.

A monkey at a circus may also be considered highly trained, and surprise it also gets paid for doing stuff. Yay, that's disheartening; so all I am saying is, money is not the sole determinant of being a professional.

And repeating stuff every day makes you a monotonous professional, highly trained monkey.

That made you feel bad, didn't it? You didn't spend 5 or 7 years in the University for an unemployed guy to keep telling you stuff like this.

I apologize, I really do. Sometimes the words just spout off my keypad, blame that choice in the middle of the screen. It suggested "monkey", I wanted to type person, but "monkey" came up.

Anyways, it's imperative to understand that there is nothing wrong with being a worker, accidental or professional.

The only crime is when we assume that our paycheck distinguishes us from Accidental worker to Paid Professional.

While expertise and experience are central, our real jobs on earth are not just to live paycheck to paycheck, the good Lord made the world vast for a reason, travel it.

Be happy with whatever you are doing, don't allow the negative thoughts get to you.

Find peace, create value that gives happiness and fulfilment, find that core that controls you.

And for the love of God please don't be a stuck up, 2-bit paper pusher.

"Work the grand angel of labour which moulds the mind of man, steadies his hands, controls his brain, purines his passion, and strengthen his whole mental and physical being."

If you think sitting down and praying to the God of heaven to open windows upon your life, you would be sitting for a long time. "He who does not work does not deserve food".

If you think you are handicapped and deserve alms, well that's what you think, who am I to change your mindset?

As you face your days, accidental professional worker, with the sun behind your back and wind in your nostrils, go the extra mile for the greater good of mankind.

Peace..

The law of growth is the law of nature. To be more productive you must outperform your previous results. 

It is commonly said there is no place like home. It is a place of security, comfort, relaxation, and pleasure. And then it is equally commonly said that we should learn to leave our comfort zone. It is all good advice but a point in time you must do one or the other.

The place we want to be is in the present. That moment in time when you are aware of reality and you need to make a decision. More importantly than being in a place is being in the present, that is there is no better time than now.

A lot of you have programmed your mind to the expectation that your success is tied to a certain place or location. Two people can be in the same location and one gets

Life is full of its ups and downs. That's what makes life interesting.

In the Paid Professional blog today we will talk about a situation that faces many today. It is that stage of development when you are striving for perfection in your career. This inevitable dilemma faced by many always shows up and it is your power of choice that sees you through it.

Do you know what happens at that moment when you feel like giving up when you feel confused and don't know what to do? That moment in your professional career where it seems to be so confusing and you don't know if growth is taking place.

It is a common trend in every person who is learning a new skill or taking up a new professional career or is trying to advance in life. At that moment in your career, it seems as if you are on a plateau. You are at a crossroads of decision making. But you need not give up. It is a period of great change. That period of negative vibe is called

Below is a combination of skills relevant today in your professional career. They are 24 skills needed to stand you out in your professional work place.
 These 24 skills also represent 24 hours of the day in which you can apply these skills to be productive.

At what point do you separate your professional work from your business?