When you work in a company, you get evaluated on a regular basis ( if your company is any good) to make sure you are performance is competitive and you are doing the work you are employed for. Believe me I have see many big corporates who doesn't evaluate people's performances on a regular basis, by doing this they are not only decreasing the efficiency of the company but also of the individual because people tend to put themselves in the comfort zone and put a barrier to their own growth . The evaluation process in companies should be applicable for every employee from top to bottom of the organizational structure. And the time will come when companies will be forced to make a automated system of giving a termination letter to the employees who perform below a certain standard.
To give you an example : Everybody in this technology world knows how this company has grown exponentially in 9 years , yeah your guess is right its google. I was reading a very good article on the Silicon Valley insider about what's Google's Long-Term Strategy would be if theye have to Keep the Fire Alive( The google buzz in the Internet marketplace) the first thing they wrote is that they have to start firing its weakest 5% of employees every year, even if these employees are doing a satisfactory job. And believe me every company has to adopt this methodology for their own and I believe employees good too.
Anyways when its the case being self employed, its quite easy to get carried away and not perform what you are capable of and not strive hard to reach your goal as there is no body to watch you except yourself
Its even easier to get in comfort zone when nobody is watching you and get deviated from your goals and of course your targets wont be met. So I believe its very important to evaluate ourself and that too very short and regular intervals so we don't have to look back and regret in future. I found a very interesting thing while reading Dr. Lorraine Cohen's blog - Get Entrepreneurial that
"Each month, on the first Friday of the month she meets with her mastermind group. It’s a small group and they have been together for about 5 years. They begin each month writing down our list of promises - what we intend to take action on in the next 30 days"
Really its great to have a intimacy with like minded people not only to evaluate each other but also to share ideas and opportunities . Its good to self correct ourselves but most of the time its not what you think it is ,but its what others think of you. It is quite easy to convince ourselves give excuse why you didn't get it right... Even if you don't have close like minded group of people whom you can meet in person but you can find so many such professionals online and interact with them with the help of all the wonderful technology - Audio, Web and Video Conferencing which is there . Believe me the time and money which you invest doing this would never be more than the money and time which you would be going to loose or have lost because of keep on doing the wrong things or underachieving and deviating from our goals.
So what are you waiting for ..... Go and find the people with whom you can form a group and start achieving your goals more efficiently .
To give you an example : Everybody in this technology world knows how this company has grown exponentially in 9 years , yeah your guess is right its google. I was reading a very good article on the Silicon Valley insider about what's Google's Long-Term Strategy would be if theye have to Keep the Fire Alive( The google buzz in the Internet marketplace) the first thing they wrote is that they have to start firing its weakest 5% of employees every year, even if these employees are doing a satisfactory job. And believe me every company has to adopt this methodology for their own and I believe employees good too.
Anyways when its the case being self employed, its quite easy to get carried away and not perform what you are capable of and not strive hard to reach your goal as there is no body to watch you except yourself
Its even easier to get in comfort zone when nobody is watching you and get deviated from your goals and of course your targets wont be met. So I believe its very important to evaluate ourself and that too very short and regular intervals so we don't have to look back and regret in future. I found a very interesting thing while reading Dr. Lorraine Cohen's blog - Get Entrepreneurial that
"Each month, on the first Friday of the month she meets with her mastermind group. It’s a small group and they have been together for about 5 years. They begin each month writing down our list of promises - what we intend to take action on in the next 30 days"
Really its great to have a intimacy with like minded people not only to evaluate each other but also to share ideas and opportunities . Its good to self correct ourselves but most of the time its not what you think it is ,but its what others think of you. It is quite easy to convince ourselves give excuse why you didn't get it right... Even if you don't have close like minded group of people whom you can meet in person but you can find so many such professionals online and interact with them with the help of all the wonderful technology - Audio, Web and Video Conferencing which is there . Believe me the time and money which you invest doing this would never be more than the money and time which you would be going to loose or have lost because of keep on doing the wrong things or underachieving and deviating from our goals.
So what are you waiting for ..... Go and find the people with whom you can form a group and start achieving your goals more efficiently .
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