Great Ideas to Re-Energize Your Career

Whether you’re a rocket scientist or a bean counter, you’re prone  to getting career blahs. To prevent burnout on your regular 9 to 5 job, take time each day to figure out what you can do to reenergize your career.

Here are some ways, large and small, to give yourself a shot in the arm:

· Take a course that would be fun and helpful to the business of your career.

· Teach a course in your area of expertise.

· Take a 1/2 day class to update computer skills.

· Write a series of 750 to 1000 word articles to publish in company publications, professional journals, local newspapers, or business magazines.

· Ask to be included in customer meetings, briefings, planning sessions, and sales calls.

· Take a series of career-focused three-day weekends.

· Take a sabbatical to pursue new areas of interest. Such periods of rest and renewal can last from a week up to a year.

· Take on more challenges. Replace less interesting duties with more interesting tasks. Set a goal of how many new subscribers you can bring in a 1, 3, or 6 months in time.

· Serve as a mentor for young up-and-comers in your field.

· Ask someone you admire – not necessarily in your company – to be a mentor.

· Take advantage of training or management development courses your company offers.

· Review past performance appraisals with your boss or colleagues to identify current development areas.

· Invite a successful, interesting person to lunch. Maybe someone in another department so you can learn more about the company for a possible career move. Plan at least two lunches monthly.

· Meet new people. Introduce yourself to at least one new person every week and be sure to tell him or her how excited you are about your Secure Independence business.