CAREER /BUSINESS WOMAN AND IT’S BENEFITS
Aug 21, 2021
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A career woman is a woman whose main focus is achieving success in her chosen profession .Most career women who are married are always faced with the problem of balancing their home front and their profession. Being a successful career woman therefore entails achieving the goal of balancing the home front and their profession.
Women are limited in achieving full economic potentials by virtues of the important role they play in their families .Despite this challenges, many women have excel in different endeavours in life while still keeping their families intact. Despite the benefits of achieving full height in the career life of a woman, she will be considered a failure if the family life is jeopardize.
STEPS TO TAKE IN BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL CAREER WOMAN
PASSION; Women tend to be more successful in the things they are passionate about. In life, achieving success can be tedious and challenging and the only way to overcome pitfalls is by being passionate about what one does.
BEING ORGANIZES; No meaningful success can be achieve in any life endeavour without proper planning .A career woman must therefore prioritize her schedule for the day. A scale of preference will help in making a woman more successful.
CREATIVITY; what makes a successful career woman unique is the power of creativity. Being able to think out of the box will enable a career woman to do things differently
HARD WORK/DEDICATION; Among all the steps listed above, if a woman is not hard working, it will be difficult for her to achieve full potentials in her chosen career. Being dedicated to one’s career entails staying away from distractors and surrounding oneself with successful people.
WILLINGNESS TO LEARN; the greatest hindrance to successful career life is “I KNOW IT ALL” syndrome .Learning is a continuous process and nobody has the monotony of knowledge .For every business, there is therefore need training and re-training.
NETWORKING; Success in a woman’s career is centred around making connections and building a mutually beneficial relationship with others in similar profession. Networking exposes women to every available opportunity in their trade of choice
PERSISTANCY; staying persistent involved the ability to continue even in the face of failure. Failures sometimes help a woman to learn from her mistakes. Determination and doggedness propels someone in achieving successful height in every endeavour of life.
BRAVITY; in a bid to succeed in business, a career woman must push herself beyond her comfort zone. For one to be brave and achieve success it is important to take meaningful risk and to be fearless in pursuing set out goals even in the face of challenges.
CONFIDENCE ; Self-confidence is a sine qua non in achieving set out goals .People tend to take you for what you present yourself to be .It is therefore important for a career woman to project confidence so as to enable people around her to take her serious.
ASSERTIVE; When faced with criticism one must try to be as rational as possible because criticism can be destructive or constructive depending on how it is being handled. Having a good mind-set in the face of constructive criticism will help one improve in her business.
BENEFITS OF BEING A CAREER WOMAN
DIGNITY; Being successful in life grants a woman a special sense of dignity and satisfaction. A woman is not just created for motherhood; her creation is beyond a mother when these other special purposes are not meet the woman feels resentful.
FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE; It can be frustrating when a woman rely on her spouse for every financial demand. Women who earn their income often feel more confident and fulfilled than others who do not .Spending one’s earned money grants a sense of satisfaction.
MAINTENING ONE’S IDENTITY; In most cases, when a woman becomes a mother, she sometimes loses her personal identity and becomes “THE WIFE OF” .A successful career therefore allows a mother to maintain and nurture her personal life identity and not hiding under the cover of her husband’s identity.
ENHANCE SOCIAL LIFE; A meaningful career life enable a woman to have a stronger social connection unlike a fulltime house wife whose social life circles around her neighbours
BEING A ROLE MODEL; A career woman is an ideal role model to her children and other people around her .Children born into a families of a career women tend to learn from an early age that there is reward for hard work.
JANE KALU OKEREKE
