Here’s a story of two employees and the habits they built that influenced their growth in their profession.
Mary and Jude are creatives at a well-known media and advertising company in Lagos. While Mary and Jude both worked hard on the job, Mary had a smarter approach to working the job.
Mary took responsibility for every task she was given. She would go out of her way to buy effective tools online to make her job faster. She was part of learning groups that helped her to be aware of global and industry trends and she also took online courses to improve her skill set.
On the other hand, Jude worked twice as much but the quality of his work was unsatisfactory and he had no results. His boss would complain and always be dissatisfied. Jude would blame the unavailability of resources at work or any other excuse he could find.
It was only a matter of time before Mary got a raise and was promoted. Jude frowned at this because they had both gotten into the company at the same time and that was known to the management. Contrary to his opinion, the management thought otherwise and emphasised that Mary was promoted not for how long she had worked with them but for how well.
What do you think Mary did differently from Jud
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