Recession-Proof Your Career

I think people should examine their gifts/strengths and focus their careers around them. When people engage their gifts/strengths, they get fired up and produce better results on the job. Not only do they perform better on the job, but they feel better on the job and others around them feel better, too. We must all seek to be gift/strength-centered beings that bring that extra bit of horsepower needed for spinning straw into gold – daily.

Marcus Buckingham, the "Play to Your Strengths" guy, did some phenomenal work researching the importance of leaders developing their employee's strengths to greatness. Employees work is easier to do, they get better work outcomes, and everyone wins!

Again, focusing on what you do best will give you that extra bit of differentiation without really even trying. You show up with more ideas, better focus, and truly innovative results - all because you truly wanted to be engaged with the work that is fulfilling both psychologically and physiologically. Yes, the absence of stress doing what you hate can do wonders for your health!

Added bonus, another man’s (woman’s) trash is another man’s (woman’s) treasure. Think of all the projects around the globe employees gripe about doing, examine your gifts, and match your turbo charged gift/strengths to the task and watch the sparks of unbridled gratitude and success fly!

Regardless of boom or bust times, the person showing the most engagement and results gets more of the limited recession dollars than their average to underperforming, complaining counterparts. Wanna move up - discover your gift/strengths, then integrate it into your career.