Why You're Stuck at Your Day Job. How to Build Career Success

In this video, I share the biggest mistakes I’ve seen people make in their day jobs and how you can avoid them to grow faster

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:27 Building career around paycheck or a title
02:20 Not aligning yourself to the company's growth
04:12 Working silently
06:02 Over-relying on one income

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[FinancialDecisions-gj]

Diversifying income is smart, but let’s not forget the value of continuously upgrading our skills to create new opportunities.

[andrewmorris]

Love your content - though I agree with your point for "working silently" it does highlight a fundamental culture flaw with corporate environments in that they aren't set up for introverts. Some of the best communicators I've worked with have also been those who have added the least value, but solely get by on the "gift of the gab". Corporate cultures need to seriously shift to be more inclusive to those inclined towards introversion. Just because someone is quiet doesn't mean they're incapable of success

[robertgill]

Definitely agree with you on not working silently. As an introvert, this is something I've struggled with in my career. It would be great if you did a video on how you communicated well to colleagues about your work.

[Danny-Leogue]

I completely agree with your point around communication and not working silently leading to more career opportunities, however it’s such a shame that our corporate structure has evolved to reward this rather than leaders recognising and rewarding true talent, instead it’s easier to just listen to those who are good with personal marketing

[edsonraimundocongolo]

Nischa, you have no idea how much you're helping people around the world. I downloaded your spreadsheet to manage my monthly expenses, and it’s made a positive difference. I used to track everything in my notebook, but I couldn’t get real-time visibility like I can now. My goal is to be dept free by June 2025.

[irisdanagher]

Just resigned from my city London job with no job to go to. 10 years in HR & Payroll. Knowing I need to make a change but not sure what, but this video really related.

[sophiamousoulides]

Passion is great, absolutely, but people still burnout because they are so passionate about they do. You still need rest and to look after yourself.

[-minutes-relax]

Point #3
Being introverted has always been a challenge for me, especially in work environments. No matter how skilled or excellent I am at my job, if I'm not talkative or a natural storyteller, I always left behind. It seems like being great at what you do isn't enough.

[marlonorantes]

Wonderful advice! I am a manager, and I am always looking for ways to not only improve myself but what guidance can I give to those on my team. This is amazing thank you!!!

[adz]

You are always on point and we appreciate all the advice you give us. Wish you all the best in all your business adventures.

[samf]

This is all good advice. I’m 12 years in to my career. Some further advice is do not get pigeonholed into something niche, as this will limit opportunities. Always be ready to move on, practice interview techniques and questions… the job market is unstable these days and layoffs are always around the corner.. further to this, make sure you are always learning new skills

[sounikbanerjee]

Excellent video, Nischa. Thanks. I work in the industry in Vancouver after my Phd. All your suggestions especially, the ones around self promotion and alignment with the company growth are very helpful.

[Danny-sxcj]

This was really helpful. Thank you Nischa!

[joshgoldsworthy]

I think what people don't tend to factor in is when you're younger - money is a big driver. Often a bigger driver than fulfillment. As you spend more and more time, after a while you've arrived at a point of decent money but that's the only thing that's really changed. At least that's the case for me. It wasn't until I was earning what I considered to be good money that I started looking for other areas of fulfillment and found that I had nothing else of substance. So it's not like it was a mistake - it's just something to be mindful of when starting out.

[maxwellisioro]

Second.


But seriously. Sometimes this realization comes from actually doing or being in the workplace.

[AR-pbzh]

Love this advise...but I tried this and didn't work. I did a lot of work and created some roadmaps for innovation and unfortunately my company didn't want to shift me over because it was a much higher level position. It was a big disappointment and my boss ended up getting the job. This is the problem working for a company for 26 years as an engineer.

[MarianneHMiettinen]

I really appreciate you name the Core skills for each point

[RobPearlman]

This is all great advice. I have really excelled in my career through communicating and making sure I align my career work with company objectives. A challenge I run into, however, is a fairly aggressive moonlighting clause in my contract. My employer basically won't allow me to do any other work outside of my primary employment. Have you had any experience with this or do you know of resources I can look to on this?

[paulusamuthenu]

This is a fantastic listen as always - just 1 question, any book recommendations that can further the points you made?

[curtisporter]

Really good advice. You really thought about who you wanted to impact.