How to become a pro in 7 steps

School teaches us many useful things - and more useless, that life will never be useful. It is unlikely that someone other than mathematicians will need the ability to solve puzzles on trigonometry, but the knowledge of how to grow professionally, would be useful to everyone. Especially because this thing is universal and useful for everyone - from the above mathematics to the humanities, millers and gatherers cranberries. Time to fill the gaps in this area, if you have not accounted for the personal professional development plan.

Step 1. Establishments of the journal

Money is like the expense, and any development likes to be controlled. A well-designed system of professional development must be painted and placed on shelves, because even the lightest head can not provide a complete and visual image as it does on paper.

As the magazine can be used for a smartphone application, online service vordovsky document, a personal blog, or good old-fashioned pen and paper (classic!). The main thing is to make you feel most comfortable working with him. It is also important that it is always "at hand".

Step 2: Write down long term goals

all your professional goals to be recorded first thing in professional development magazine. What do you want to do and get away from their profession? Who do you want to be a year, two, five, ten? What is the maximum position to which you pretenduesh, and how many years you plan to take on its achievement? Write down anything and everything, do not hesitate to their ambitious plans. Need extra income? Write to the need for long-term goals and immediately considered what you need to learn or do for him.

The resulting targets placing at the timeline - what you can achieve in the very near, and then - in the more distant future. So with them it will be easier to work with.

Step 3: Evaluate yourself and making an inventory of

Personal development magazine on the personal and to be anyone other than yourself, do not show, so Throw modesty and try to paint themselves from "A" to "Z". First, write down the "Resume" in the free-form: you already know how to professionally, what skills are not professional, but you may find useful, what do you have business skills and strengths. Weaknesses also write and do not be shy. Try to evaluate on a scale of how well you are familiar with the professional skills and how intense your work features. For example, the computer you're working on a solid 7 points, with the people you talk to 5, and Photoshop are using only 3 points.

Then write down what skills you want to learn, even if they do not come in handy. For example, the English language and programming in Python - perhaps they do not need for your current professional activities, but you want them to learn. Boldly it captures.

Finally, carefully reviewing their plans and estimate, what skills and personal qualities you need to step to the next step of the career ladder. The ability to lead people, to drive a car - from the ground up? Record. To increase the ability to make presentations and photos from 5 to 7-8? Also recorded.

Step 4. Eliminates the disadvantages and develop pros

Join the active struggle with their negatives and necessarily refer to the fact that already know how to. Even if you know very foreign language and possess the computer almost as brilliantly as office system administrator, these skills require constant practical use and periodic updating, or over time, their score on a scale creep down. About the same disadvantages and so it is clear - as soon as your bad habits and minor faults are identified, start to deal with them one or two at a time. Set a goal to do away with every detail to some specific number, and then everything will turn out. Only calculates the actual date. On average, "withdrawal" a bad habit spend three times more time than the formation of the new, that is, not one month, and 3. If you need to mute some stable trait, such as stubbornness, it will need more time. Be ready for a long-term work in this direction.

Step 5. Make a training plan

When you will be ready a list of what you need to know to place all the skills in the order of priority. Some of them will be receiving in parallel (do not overdo it), which is better viewed in sequence (first - advanced work with a computer, then a master class on video installation). Prozondiruy related sites and forums on the subject of how long it takes for a full course. Add a little more in the event of unforeseen circumstances - and draws up a plan on how much you need to do in the month, week and day in time to achieve their global objectives and goals less, if you can already identify them.

Step 6. Take the time under the control of

Do not tire of repeating that time management is useful to everyone. If you want full control over the professional growth, but also to study, work, relax and live a full life, it can not do without planning skills. By the way, time management - it is a universal skill workers for each person, which must be present in your journal. Set a goal to increase its rank on a scale at least for yedinichku and implementation of this objective will free you extra time for other activities. Allocating time for training at their regular schedule, so you can practice regularly and with good efficiency. Time before going to sleep after a day - not a good idea, try the morning, and at the same time will form the habit of getting up early.

Step 7. Set the "update mode"

At the end of his magazine has made a memo on how often you will review and update the information therein. This must be done for several reasons.

Firstly, you will grow and change - both personally and professionally. It is possible that you will want something new and extra. Or, you never know, you understand that you can achieve more than you thought at first.

Secondly, the information environment is changing very rapidly. At least once a month to view, and to seek out new opportunities for learning and growth that we offer the world, new courses, new technologies, tutorials, applications and articles. It is more convenient to keep track of all the new fortnightly.

Third, you need to be sure to celebrate their success, so they were in front of the eyes and reflect the way that you have already passed. I was able to increase the skill in just a month? Remarkably, this is something to be proud! Beris for the following heights!