Magician

How marketable are you? If you decide to leave your present job, for whatever reason, are you sure of getting another , comparable or perhaps better job at the end of your notice time? If answer is an unequivocal “NO” then your marketability index is less than one and alarm bells should start to ring!

The MI , your marketability index tells you how you are perceived in the market.

Professional Productivity :The only way to improve your MI is to jack up the productivity angle. This can only be done on the job.Most of us already spend ove 12 hours at work , quite possibly what we can,quite easily do in less than half the time!

Spending more time on the job is patholgically pointless since it is unproductive, non compos mentis and does not achive the desired objective anyway! As Andy Grove ,former Chairmain of Intel Corp puts it !
“The more direct way of increasing productivity is doing the same thing in less time -turning thing around faster”

The actual answer lies in changing the way we make decisions;
1> Use contemporary ideas and practices. Ask the best way of doing things rather than do it the way you have always been doing them.

2>Have a mind open enough to admit new knowledge ,don’t waste time to reinventing the wheel of someone elses’s making just because its not your own way.Past experience is good ,but should not be sacrosanct.

3>Unlearn what you know from your past and relearn new skills and and competencies.

The three dimensions of professional productivity:
1>The first step in productivity enhancement is to recognise all the three dimensions of productivity - thechnology, networking and knowledge, then work on enhancing our abilities it in each of these areas.This can be done by :

>>Connecting knowledge to work -learning thr best practices and latest management principles.
>>Leveraging the power of peer networks - learnihng form other peoples’ experience(OPE) and avoid reinventing the wheel
>>Put CID(communication,Internet,Desktop) to work for you- automate your routine work for you have time for the bigger issues. The future belongs to those who invest in themselves.

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