From the course: Planning Your Career and Your Life
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The plodding tortoise
From the course: Planning Your Career and Your Life
The plodding tortoise
- If you're a tortoise you've got quite a lot to do, but don't worry about it 'cause you can do it, and the thing about these animals is they're only how you're living your life at the moment, so unlike in the real world, the tortoise can easily turn into a kangaroo or a goat or a koala or something like that, or even an eagle. The tortoise can grow wings and soar, so you can do it but you have got quite a lot to do, so the good news is that you're probably good at routine. You're probably reliable. You're probably skilled at your current job. You're probably good with people, but there are two more things you need to do, and the first thing is you need to be more efficient and the other things is you need to have goals for where that efficiency will take you. Now, do you need to do that? Why can't you just carry on tortoising if you're quite happy in your work, and I think the answer is yes. You do need goals and…
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What makes a person successful in their job?26s
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Six success factors for your career4m 12s
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The inputs and outputs of success5m 9s
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The efficient greyhound1m 52s
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The ambitious mountain goat1m 48s
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The plodding tortoise2m 14s
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The dreaming koala2m 30s
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The fun-loving kangaroo3m 21s
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The achieving eagle3m
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Why there are only six possibilities1m 51s
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Development plans for each animal2m 15s
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