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This is What You Need to Drive a Successful Career
Let your curiosity fuel your advancement.
Are you willing to make one extra call? That extra effort will change the course of your journey. It’s why one of life’s most important lessons is to always, always, always Follow-up.
Following-up and checking in on someone, something or any kind of opportunity will make the difference between a successful career and an unsuccessful career. Here’s why:
Persistence is a requirement if you want to get ahead. Don’t ever mistake persistence for pushy. Don’t think you’re being a pest. Even if it feels tough inside to do it, do it anyway. Even if you’re afraid someone might ignore you, get upset at you or say things about you, don’t fear repercussions. Do it anyway.
Persistence matters as:
- A Chief Executive Officer looking to build an alliance to advance a new company strategy
- A Senior Vice President bargaining with a vendor to receive service support for a critical IT support function
- A junior employee looking to get promoted and advance her career by finding a champion within the organization to help her
- An entrepreneur looking to make a sale and following-up on a lead that seemed promising
