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How to prepare yourself before taking up that new position
1. Viewpoint
"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it."
2. Here's an idea
Derive the benefits of hindsight without the pain. If you’re about to take up a new position, it’s a good time to turn over a new leaf. In a nutshell, you can avoid making career-damaging mistakes in your new position by:
- Having a vision - and sticking to it. Petty day-to-day issues and conflicts are important only if they affect your outcome.
- Clarifying other people’s expectations of you.
- Working at being an even better team player.
- Doing it, not just talking about it!
- Admitting it when you’re wrong.
3. Viewpoint
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." …
