Work!

"By the work one knows the workman."

Would you hire yourself based on the quality of your work? What do people say about the work that you do? Do they come to you to get a job done well or do they come to you as the last resort?

In such uncertain times, it is the man who strives to do an excellent job that makes the most of the situation. Companies do not like to let go of employees who carry out work correctly and in a timely manner.

But most of us sabotage our career by participating in idle chatter with colleagues or on the phone, surfing the Internet for hours at work, or working on non productive tasks at work, like checking our emails constantly.

The funny thing about life is that it only gives you what you put into it. Life never gives you in advance. One rule in life that most of us forget one time or the other is all work has to be done upfront first before we can expect anything from life. This is something all of us know but we just refuse to accept or believe.

There will always be people who will say that you're lousy or not good enough for them. The funny thing is that the more harder you work, the more these people seem to get upset with you. Why is that? People, by nature, hate to be left behind. And people hate to work hard. Our laziness is actually good, but more on it later. Since people are lazy to work, they have the tendency of trying to discourage any of us who are trying our best to climb up the ladder of life. This happens everywhere. Take their criticism carefully. Try to distinguish between the ones who genuinely care for you and the ones who just want to see you fail. And be glad that more people are criticizing you - this means you're doing something that others are not. And this is what irks them.

No body ever died from working hard. Hard work sharpens a man or a women. It makes them skillful in their task. Want to be a better speaker? Speak more often. Close yourself in the bathroom and sing your heart out. Want to become a better writer? What is stopping you from starting a free blog at Blogger and writing under an anonymous name. No one will know who you are and you're free to pour out your hearts content.

Life's basically all about practises. The more work you put in, the better you become. And the better you become at your work, your work becomes your signature in life.