Risks in Career
Have
you ever taken any risks, like inviting your friends over to hang out without
your parents’ permission or using your best shoes to go out even though you
know that it will rain that day? You must have taken risks in your daily life,
but the most dangerous risk that you can possibly take is in your career. Your
career determines your life in the future and I believe you want to have a good
life in the future. Therefore, you have to be really careful when taking risks
in your career. There are several steps that you have to do in order to avoid taking
dangerous risks in your career:
know all about your career, know all about yourself, and take action.
Before
you take any risks you have to know all about the career of your choice. First,
you have to know your career paths. Career path is the way that you progress in
your work. Career path can help you to achieve your goal in your career. Second,
you have to know what challenges you are facing. By knowing your challenges you
can prepare yourself properly to face them. Knowing your challenges can also
help you to accomplish good results. Third, you have to know your
opportunities. Taking a risk could give you an opportunity to improve your
career but it also can harm you if you are not careful enough. That is why you
have to know your opportunity so that you can smartly use it.
After
you know everything about your career, you have to know all about yourself.
First, you have to know your strength. Knowing your strength can help you to
identify the risks that are most relevant for you. Your strength can help you a
lot in your career of choice. Second, you have to know your weaknesses. If you
know your weakness, you can understand which skills you need to work on. If you
are able to improve yourself through you weakness, your weakness might turn
into your strength. Third, you have to know your interest. People spend most of
their time in their career, so if you choose the wrong decision you are going
have to face it for the rest of your life. That is why you have to really know
what your interest is.
After
you already know everything about your career of your choice and yourself you
can take action. Before you actually take action there are several things that
you have to do. First, make decision. Decisions
have to be made carefully. Before making any decisions you have to look
at the worst possibilities that you will face so that you can prepare yourself
to be ready in any situations. Second, make plan. Thoughtless plans can make it
harder to reach your goal. Plan can be a perfect way to set yourself ahead.
Other than that you also need to think of your preparation carefully. All of
your plans will be useless if you do not prepare yourself with any risks that
you are about to take. Preparation can help you to be readier to face any risks
and to accomplish good results. Third, carry out the plan. After you have done everything
you need, you can start to do everything that you have planned. Make sure that
you do it carefully and thoughtfully.
In
a nutshell, there are some things that you can do to avoid taking dangerous
risks in your career. However, before taking any risks in your career, you have
to consider a lot of things first, otherwise you can take the wrong step and
ruin a lot of things that you have achieved. Taking risks can be a good thing
if you are clever enough to make it so.
-Ra