Be the Top in Your Field

Often when someone starts to stagnant in a particular field or business, he starts to consider moving to another field.  Harvard Business Review recently had an article discussing this misperception.

In the article entitled "The Grass Isn't Greener", Evan Hirsh and Kastui Rangan state:

Your chance of getting superior returns is far better if you stay in your own industry and improve your performance than if you move into a new one.  It's a bit like having faith, when darkness falls, that the sun will return tomorrow.  You can pretty much count on it.

There are numerous situations where the initial tendency is to look externally, when the best approach is to look internally.  Focus within your organization and make improvements.  Focus within yourself and make improvements. 

Article:  Evan Hirsh and Kasturi Rangan, "The Grass Isn't Green," Harvard Business Review , volume 91, issue 1/2 (January-February 2013), pp 21-24. 

Education and Attracting Success

"Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person we become.” — Jim Rohn

This is the basis for self-improvement and education. This concept separates those who merely attend and those who internalize a topic.  How many people do you know who attended a class, seminar, or training, but really don't absorb much.

Some people debate the value of higher education.  One of the key results of a college degree or a graduate degree is to put oneself in a mindset so that future success can be easily attracted.  Education helps one see value in things which may be easily overlooked.  There may be an idea, a conversation, a book, or an event that an educated, curious person will able to use as a growth opportunity.