Taking Risks Has Its Rewards

Taking Risks Has Its Rewards Do you avoid taking risks? Maybe you need to re-evaluate your position on engaging in actions that seem a bit more dangerous than you are comfortable with. Especially during job search! Reward 1 Stepping outside your comfort zone helps build resilience and flexibility. This is one quality employers admire and seek! How often have you been subject to the flavor of the month initiative or asked to drop what you are doing to put out some fire? It happens more today than it used to. If you are an older worker, this is probably something you want to make sure you address so you arent perceived as someone stuck in a rut or obsessed with the mantra this is the way Ive always done it. Reward 2 Great success has seldom been achieved by those who havent taken risks. Think of the great athletes, entrepreneurs, and inventors. Where would they be if they didnt take risks? If you are eager to achieve more (wealth, status, responsibility, etc) than you have today, you are going to have to step out on a limb or two. Reward 3 You want to be a stand out applicant but when you politely wait for weeks to be contacted, well, youre not standing out. You are being overlooked. What calculated risks can you take to get noticed (and for the right things)? In my post on US News World Report today, I delve a bit deeper into the benefits of taking risks. Go have a look!