Personal and Career Development: It's Up To You!

Successful managers invest in personal and career development. They achieve their goals by lifelong commitment to personal growth and professional development.

As Jack Canfield says:

“Achievers – whether in business, sports, or the arts – are committed to continual improvement”.

He reminds us that the Japanese term “kaizen” - continuous, endless improvement - applies in a personal as well as a business sense.



The first thing to remember though, is that the impetus for this personal “kaizen” must come from within. Indeed, Canfield begins his book: The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be, with a quote from the American business philosopher, Jim Rohn:

"You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.”

At heart we all know this to be the case, yet how many people sit back waiting for development opportunities to be offered on a plate? Our own, personal development is our own, personal responsibility. To quote Jack Canfield again:

“You either create or allow everything that happens to you.”

We can either allow ourselves to idle through life, or we can create the personal and professional lives we want by self development.

“If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” Thomas Edison

The Happy Manager exists to support you and the people you manage. The site is packed with useful pages designed to help. Below are some which you might find especially useful.

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Articles - Personal and Career Development

Career Builder: Building Your Own Education

Career Change Advice: Make Your Interview Questions Count!

Career Goal Setting: Nothing Great Was Ever Achieved Without Enthusiasm

Career Change Advice: Make Your Interview Questions Count

Destination Success? Try the Road Less Travelled

Elementary Goal Setting: Make It Up and Make It Happen!

Employee Motivation Program: Play Your Ace!

Goal Setting Activity: 5 steps to self-development at work

Happiness Goal Setting Tip: Do What You Love

Improving Motivation at Work: In Search of Optimum Performance

The Key Success Factor in Getting Things Done?

Lesson on Goal Setting: stick at it!

Personal Development Stories

Personal Goal Setting: Ask Questions of Yourself

Self Motivation: Let it Flow

Success Maker? Developing the Happy Manager...

Time Management in the Workplace: Creating Discretionary Time

Work Motivation: Play to Your Strengths

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Tips and Tools

Dealing with Job Loss: How to Stop Worrying with Plan A
Losing your job is no laughing matter, but maybe you can find some comfort, and practical advice, in this example of a personal development plan.

Work Life Effectiveness: Work to Your Strengths - in a Minute!
Follow these 15 suggestions to help you think about your work life effectiveness. Questions to help you identify your strengths, encourage you to learn more about yourself, then perhaps decide what it is you really want to do!

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Resources and Links

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement With Everyday Life

The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be


Don't forget to visit the Happy Manager bookshop for our recommended books on personal and career development.

Then why not look at some inspirational words about the nature of success in this clip from Simple Truths....






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