Phil's Personal Finance Tip of the Day:
Career advice from the masters
By Harvey Mackay
Napoleon Hill, one of my favorite authors, devoted twenty years of his life to study what made people successful. His mentor, steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, helped Hill by giving him introductions to some of the most successful people in business, including Henry Ford, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Schwab, George Eastman, John D. Rockefeller, Thomas Edison, Clarence Darrow and many others.
What Hill discovered is that all these individuals realized the importance of surrounding themselves with people smarter than themselves.
I couldn’t agree more. All of us together are a lot smarter than any one of us. Which leads to some of the best career advice I can give you: Networking is a skill you must develop.
If I had to name the single characteristic shared by all the truly successful people I’ve met over a lifetime, I’d say it is the ability to create and nurture a network of contacts. A network replaces the weakness of the individual with the strength of your network. You don’t have to know everything as long as you know the people who do.
A network can enrich your life. It can help you help others. A network improves your job security. If you build a network, you will have a bridge to wherever you want to go. So if you are ever up the proverbial creek, if you have a network, you always have a paddle.
Just remember, the more you exercise your networking muscles, the stronger they get and the easier networking becomes.
What other career advice can you benefit from?
To read the entire article from Harvey Mackay.com:
http://harveymackay.com/column/career-advice-from-the-masters/
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