Decisions You Need to Make in Your Career

While the big and tough choices as to what degree to obtain or what field to enter in the workforce are what you have to decide early in your life, but as you build and grow in your career you will be faced with choices on a daily basis you need to make.  Do you know whether or not you want to specialize in your field?  Are you part of a strong team or one that’s simply made up of great people?  Do you take regular breaks and know the effect a break can have on your overall productivity?  These are all things you need to think about in order to have the career you want that will be something you can look back on with pride in your life.

6 Questions to Ask Yourself When Deciding if You Should Specialize or Generalize

The Muse:

When deciding how you want your career to be shaped, the questions offered in this article will help you decide the right pathway for what you want to do.  Think about the doctors you visit, some have a general practice and understand the entire body to a certain level, but when it’s time for a deeper look into what’s going on with you, they will refer you to a specialist.  If you feel like you want to focus heavily on one area of expertise in your life, you’ll want to become a specialist, but if you enjoy moving from project to project with different challenges with each one, a generalized focus in your industry may be the right way for you to build the career you need.  Take a look at the questions asked in this article and see which direction the answers take you.

Full Article:

https://www.themuse.com/advice/questions-ask-yourself-specialize-generalize?ref=recently-published-0

Build Really Strong Teams Using These 5 Uncommonly Powerful Secrets

Inc. Article:

Putting a great team together is only one part of making them strong and capable together.  One of the greatest attributes of a strong team is the reliance on each other as a whole team without the need for individuals to stand out.  Once you’ve got the people together to make the team that you want, you need to step forward and begin to make them strong together.  Have you shaken up this team to see how they come together when they face adversity?  Did you celebrate success during a project that was brought to completion or discussed what’s learned from failure?  Take a look at the suggestions in this article and learn what you can do to make your team stronger and more reliant on each other as a group.

Full Article:

https://www.inc.com/peter-economy/build-really-strong-teams-using-these-5-uncommonly-powerful-secrets.html?cid=nl029week21day21_3&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Inc%20Must%20Reads&position=1&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=21052018

Taking a Break is Part of Your Job

Quartz at Work Article:

Too often we head to work with the idea of putting our head down and working hard until the end of the day with few or no breaks at all.  In fact, many of us will work through lunch, won’t step outside for some fresh air, and will end up not seeing the outside world again until it’s time to go home.  Working in this manner is actually detrimental to your productivity.  You need to have breaks built into your day and some of these breaks need to be actual downtime, not times when you’re thinking about your next project.  Build in some breaks that take you out of the office for a short period of time and build in some activities that will take your mind away from work and you’ll be amazed at how productive you can be.

Full Article:

https://work.qz.com/1279630/taking-a-break-is-part-of-your-job/