Advancing Your Career Through New Challenges

As you move through the years, you might find that advancing your career becomes a more significant challenge.  There was so much to learn when you started.  However, you now have a lot of knowledge under your belt.  Never fear, there is still a world full of opportunities for you to advance to that next level. Expand Your Reach No one learns without stepping out of what they know.  If you find yourself overly comfortable in your current position, it is time to move.  That does not mean you have to move to another country or even change jobs.  It does say you should look for new areas to explore.  That includes new forms of interacting with your peers.  There are ways to grow by looking for solving problems on a larger scale or address the same kind of issues in a new vertical.  For example, you can take your CRM skills to building a solution for a fortune 100 company, or you can move from CRM in the medical world over to the land of warehousing. These sort of moves are ideally suited to someone with a substantial amount of experience.  The work required is not the same as someone new to the topic, and it provides you a way to apply lessons learned "out of the box" in a new area.  Your odds of success are likely higher than you think and you will bring a lot of value to the team. Prove Something The most fun way to grow your career is solving problems no one else has.  These sort of opportunities are going to become available more often as your career progresses.  The natural breadth of knowledge and personal networks give you a way to learn about these opportunities and take advantage of them. Giving Back Through Presentations We have talked about this before.  However, it is essential to reiterate the value you receive from creating and presenting a presentation.  There are several soft skills involved with these tasks, and it provides an avenue towards becoming an expert.  Let's face it, presenting on a topic automatically gives one some gravitas on that subject. You can teach old dogs new tricks.  Therefore, advancing your career is a choice to make over and over, not just one you make for a few years and then coast to the end. Learn more in the book written for Develpreneurs at any stage in their progress:  https://www.amazon.com/Source-Code-Happiness-Finding-Success-ebook/dp/B07MKZBF6R