Sunday, 11 September 2005 22:25
Those Who Do The Job They Love by Using Their Best Skills Will Reach Perfection Easily
Perfection is a word used by everyone nowadays; get perfect grades in school, find the perfect job, get the perfect score in sports, from seven to seventy perfection is the heart of everyones’ dreams.
People seeking perfection set their aims and then the path they will take in order to achieve them however, some people succeed while other work hard but do not reach their aim. The ones that don’t reach their aim work hard, cannot accept defeat and constantly increase their work load in order to succeed.
So whats the different between the two? The answer is simple: Those who succeed love their job, they know and use their best attributes in order to achieve their goals.
People seeking perfection set their aims and then the path they will take in order to achieve them however, some people succeed while other work hard but do not reach their aim. The ones that don’t reach their aim work hard, cannot accept defeat and constantly increase their work load in order to succeed.
So whats the different between the two? The answer is simple: Those who succeed love their job, they know and use their best attributes in order to achieve their goals.
The reciepe for perfection is that easy: Know yourself, use your best attributes and do the job you love.
The reciepe is easy however, how easy is it for people to know themselves, their bst attributes and find the job they love in real life? The answer depends on how ambitious you are to discover yourself. You can start by choosing a life coach for yourself. If you think of them as your career psychologist you will not have a problem with the idea. There are a number of important life coaches in Turkey, once you choose yours signing an agreement is a good idea this way neither you or you coach will divert from the road to perfection.
There are alternative solutions if you are thinking “a life coach is all good and well but isn’t there other ways to discover my good attributes?”. You can read “Now,Discover Your Strenghts”, a book written by Marcus Buckingam and Donal O Clifton, explaining – with examples – how people reach perfection by using their best attributes. When you purchase the book you are also given a unique password, with this password you enter the website https://www.strengthsfinder.com/ and do the “Discover The Source of Your Strengths” test prepared by Gallup. The test will tell you five of your best attributes after which in the book you will learn how to use these in order to reach perfection.
Another solution is taking the Jung Typology test at http://www.humanmetrics.com/, which porvides you with details of your bhaviour and your general vision and the rest is up to you.
A short while back, regardless of my age being 40, I decided to attend an Executive MBA programme at Sabanci University. The dean, Nakiye Boyacıgiller, and his team at Sabancı University Management Sciences Faculty provide an excellent orientation class for students of the Executive MBA programme. The programme lasts two days and is a test that allows students to know themselves as well as their classmates before a tweleve month long etensive programme. As a result of the test students know how they and their classmates will react in normal and pressured situations allowing them to reach perfection.
For those who are after perfection I suggest that they come face to face with themselves in an honest and open way. Once you have established your strong attributes working with them to achieve perfection is easy. Those who know their strong attributes can develop their not so strong attributes through training becoming a role model for those who have yet to reach perfection.
