{"id":398,"date":"2024-08-16T16:33:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T16:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.successjourney.biz\/?p=398"},"modified":"2025-03-06T18:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T18:41:17","slug":"a-smart-cookie-a-proactive-approach-to-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.successjourney.biz\/es\/2024\/08\/16\/a-smart-cookie-a-proactive-approach-to-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"A Smart Cookie &#8211; A proactive approach to Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">What exactly does it mean to be \u201csmart\u201d, anyway? There are several types of intelligence;<br>apparently, at least nine, including interpersonal, logical, naturalistic, linguistic, and the list goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">At this point in the game, I am positive that you need to be smart enough to survive in this<br>corporate world we live in. Globalized, interconnected, fast, social, and even hypocritical at times.<br>Let\u2019s dive into practical things to do in order to move faster up the ladder, with a mission and work-<br>ethic values to stand for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#loyalty-underrated-yet-invaluable\">Loyalty &#8211; Underrated yet Invaluable<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#your-true-calling\">Your True Calling<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#is-money-all-there-is-in-it-for-you\">Is money all there is in it for you?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#collaboration-teamwork-at-its-best\">Collaboration &#8211; Teamwork at its best<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#leadership-mentoring\">Leadership &amp; Mentoring<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"loyalty-underrated-yet-invaluable\">Loyalty &#8211; Underrated yet Invaluable<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">Loyalty comes from honesty. You can\u2019t have one without the other. But what does loyalty mean to<br>you? Or to your manager? Or your peers? The people you lead. The owner, the directors, the<br>stakeholders of the corporation you work for? They all often have a different take on these values<br>because they all also come from different upbringings, families, and life experiences. So how can<br>you expect teamwork in your company and trust amongst your employees? Easy. Be truthful and<br>provide them with honest, proper and valid information. When you hide stuff -even hard truths-<br>from people who seek you for guidance, it becomes impossible to gain their trust. And that\u2019s how<br>teams collapse and fail at meeting their goals, over and over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"your-true-calling\">Your True Calling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s only one way to be successful in my opinion: be happy with who you are and what you do.<br>This concept applies to everything in life, but let\u2019s focus on the professional aspect of it. You can<br>only excel at your tasks if you enjoy them to the fullest of your capabilities. Find your purpose in<br>this lifetime and work towards creating a daily routine that you enjoy the most. Isn\u2019t it so much<br>easier to read a book you find entertaining than one you find boring? Be smart about it. Chances<br>are you will do a much better job at something you are excited about than something you are<br>obliged to and find dreadful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"is-money-all-there-is-in-it-for-you\">Is money all there is in it for you?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\">For some people, yes. For most people though, no. Countless surveys and studies in the past<br>decades show employees prefer flexible hours, working in comfortable locations, productivity-<br>oriented metrics, and benefits of all sorts instead of only high salaries. It is well known for every<br>recruiter out there that candidates usually prefer a lower paycheck with great benefits than higher<br>paid roles where work-life balance is non-existent. Everyone needs a vacation every now and then.<br>Everyone wants to enjoy a holiday with their loved ones. Everyone is a better person working for<br>even a better leader. Mentoring is key. If you don\u2019t have the patience or the resources to take your<br>team under your wing and vouch for them, you are in the wrong seat at the table. Plus, if you don\u2019t<br>have real empathy for those around you, nobody will follow you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"collaboration-teamwork-at-its-best\">Collaboration &#8211; Teamwork at its best<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\">If you are a leader &#8211; or you want to become one &#8211; understand your strengths and your weaknesses<br>better than everyone else around you. If you don\u2019t know them yet, you should find out. Listen to<br>constructive criticism, and learn from it. Use your best thinking into a proactive approach to your<br>tasks and your objectives. Once you have learnt the basics, and with patience and coaching, you<br>can start learning new things and growing so as to train new hires and delegate to them later. Who<br>is good at the same exact role for over two decades? Furthermore, who would want to be? Would<br>you? I highly doubt it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"leadership-mentoring\">Leadership &amp; Mentoring<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\">The common point of view used for employees in leadership positions is that people are \u201cnatural<br>leaders\u201d or no leaders at all. I just explained how management is a craft you master with time and<br>experience. Don\u2019t forget humility is needed, too. If you think you are too good to continue learning,<br>there\u2019s nothing I write that will help you. So this article is for the ones wanting to improve<br>themselves. As human beings first, not just as professionals. The best professionals are usually<br>the ones with the best intentions at heart. Take a look in the mirror. Who do you see? A \u201csmart<br>cookie\u201d? A kind-hearted one? I hope you do; you can be both at the same time.<br>Integrity, passion, and core values are sometimes hard to find. But very much needed in times like<br>these.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What exactly does it mean to be \u201csmart\u201d, anyway? 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