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High Performer Work - Zinny Factor
Getting Ahead

3 Ways To Become A High Performer At Work

Everyone wants to perform well at work, and be the top performer, but it often feels as though they’re barely scraping by. Sometimes, it’s easy to feel flustered and overwhelmed, not being able to get anything done. By knowing how to become a high performer at work, you can avoid all of those negative thoughts.

If you get a performance-related paycheck, you’ll want to get that as high as possible. With a few simple steps, it could be easier than you’d think. While you’ll need to have the right mentality and put the work in, it’ll be relatively straightforward with three particular steps.

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How To Find A Mentor In A Way That Feels Organic

In a previous article, we shared how mentorship can be helpful in your career journey. How can you make it organic? Naturally, the next thing should be to discuss how you can actually find a mentor. So in this article, we’ll dive even further while being realistic.

Basically, where do you find one? How does it even begin? Are you just supposed to go out there, discover some outspoken person, and demand that he/ she become your mentor? Is this even a logical way to go about this?

A lot of times, we hear that you must have a mentor, everyone out there seems to be scouting for a mentor. We argued for the case of mentorship and the fact that it can be helpful. If that’s the case, why wouldn’t you want to find a mentor, right?

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Career Change, Getting Ahead, Getting Started, Job Search

Is There Really Anything As a Dream Job?

“I want to find my dream job.” This is what we’ve heard someone say. If we are being completely blunt, we’ve made this statement at one point or the other at various stages of our career.

It often feels like there is a lot of pressure in life to find your dream job. So many people out there talk about how they’ve found a job that they are passionate about and others feel like they deserve that as well, which is only fair. However, most often than not, the job you’ve worked so hard enough to actualize might turn out to not be as you expected. For example, you might begin to feel unfulfilled after some time on the job.

Alternatively, you might outgrow something that you always thought you wanted to do from childhood. And all of a sudden, it no longer feels like a job that you are interested in. This can feel intimidating giving all the time you must have spent training and trying to accomplish the goal of getting the ‘dream job’.

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How to Find a Mentor - Zinny Factor
Entrepreneur's Workplace, Getting Ahead, Getting Started

How To Find A Mentor: 5 Practical Tips

In a previous article, I talked about how mentorship has been helpful in my career journey. Naturally, the next thing should be to discuss how you can actually find a mentor. So in this article, we’ll dive even further while being realistic.

Basically, where do you find one? How does it even begin? Are you just supposed to go out there, discover some outspoken person and demand that he/ she become your mentor? Is this even a logical way to go about this?

A lot of times, we hear that you must have a mentor, everyone out there seems to be scouting for a mentor. I mean, in the last post, I argued for the case of mentorship and the fact that it has helped me. If that’s the case, why wouldn’t you want to find a mentor, right?

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Mentorship - Zinny Factor
Career Change, Getting Ahead, Getting Started

How Mentorship Has Helped Me

A few years ago, I didn’t think mentorship was important. Today, I can attest to how important having a mentor is as I’ve gained immensely from it and can tell you that it’s a lifesaver. Is there one way to find a mentor? The answer is no.

At every stage in our lives we look out for direction, most usually from those who have had similar experiences in that path – a mentor. Whether it’s an official or unofficial arrangement is a different discussion. What’s most important is deriving the benefits that come from mentorship.

My world of mentorship all started the day I decided to join a friend for a networking event. At first, I was skeptical about going to the event but summoned up courage as I wanted to mingle a bit. Finding a mentor can happen anytime and anywhere, but you have to put yourself out there to look and network. Active listening and conversation can help, and so can Christian Business Incubator reviews. These can help you to figure out where to get the best mentor for your career.

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