7 Habits of Highly Productive Nigerian Professionals - #7
Apr 9th, 2008 by Loy Okezie
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Whether you’re just starting out in your professional career or you’ve already established yourself, this 7th Habit of Highly Productive Nigerian Professionals will help you improve your performance in your careers.
So far, I’ve discussed six habits:
- Habit #1 - Plan
- Habit #2 - Organize
- Habit #3 - Read
- Habit #4 - Balance
- Habit #5 - Punctuality
- Habit #6 - Commitment
Habit #7 ~ Self-Assessment
Self-assessment happens all the time in our lives. When we look at ourselves in the mirror, we are assessing ourselves. When we ask someone to comment on our outfit or hairstlye, we are asking them to assess us. The primary goal of this assessment is actually to look better than we were. Equally, in our career lives, we are expected to carry out personal and professional assessments from time to time in order to measure and improve our performance on the job - to get better and better.
Since we expect performance appraisals from our superiors, we are expected to take self-assessment tests to find out what areas we need to improve in other to maximize productivity in our career lives. As a professional, you need to regularly carry out self-assessments based on your interests, skills, values and personality.
Here are the 4 assessment tools that can help you:
Interest Assessment
Your interests play an important role in your work and productivity. This involves finding out your likes and dislikes; engaging in the activities that you like, especially with people that share similar interests. Examples of interests are golfing, reading, travelling, running, etc You need to concentrate on your favourite interests and put those ones that are not adding value to your career life aside. Thus, your ability to match your interests together with your work will help improve your productivity, hence, job satisfaction.
Ask yourself: Which of my interests can I use in my career?
Skills Assessment
Your skills are what determines your level of productivity. A skills assessment helps you identify what you enjoy doing most. This, in turn will help you use better (110%) those skills that you’re good at, and acquire other skills you need in your career.
Ask yourself: Am I in tune with my greatest skills?
Values Assessment
Your values are what guides you in your career life. Thus, when you assess your values, you should be able to measure their importance to you and your career. Some values include flexible work schedule, work autonomy, huge salary, etc.
Ask yourself: Is my value system supporting my productivity level?
Personality Assessment
Your personality has a key role to play in your productivity. This involves your traits, manners and attitudes. Professionals need a careful personality assessment to ensure that the way they view the things happening around them doesn’t affect their work performance and job satisfaction.
Ask yourself: Is a personality trait affecting my career and productivity?
I’m hoping that you’ve benefited from these 7 Habits of Highly Productive Nigerian Professionals. In a future article, I’ll be discussing yet another habit…
The 8th Habit
To your career success!
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thanks for such information its necessary for effective character and personal development, GODBLESS, NIGERIA.