Fashion Career Expert: Maria Pesin

Always Be Thinking Or Your Work Can Get Boring

I am always looking for ways to get my business to be bigger, more profitable, and better run. I would get bored if I was satisfied with the status quo. This is true of my business but also my life and myself. Constantly trying to improve myself makes life more interesting. It also helps me to be more successful. If I am not growing than I going in the opposite direction. When I was a teenager I used to buy beauty books because that was what I wanted to improve. As I got older I read organization books, business books, autobiographies, and personal growth books. Each year I set personal goals to help me improve myself. Tony Robbins says to try to make 1% improvements everyday and you will see incredibly dramatic growth.

Can you commit yourself to a 1% per day improvement? Try it for a month and see where you are at in 30 days.

Success Secret #5

Always be learning. It is said that the level of your success is in direct correlation to what you know. If that is true than it makes sense to always be learning. Read and study everything you can get your hands on that has to do with your industry. Do not limit yourself to this. I always read and listen to audio tapes on many different subjects. From time management to sales techniques to success principles. It helps to teach me skills so that I am as good as I can be. I always want to develop myself as an individual. It is like having a home that you are always taking care of . Cleaning, landscaping, redecorating, renovating, so that it is in the best shape possible

Secret #4 Finding a Mentor

I have had several mentors over the years. Without them I believe my career would have taken a very different turn. These mentors did several things for me. They taught me how to do my job better. They helped me avoid mistakes by advising me on my career. They even helped me learn to present myself in a more professional manner. Mentors will aid you on the path of your career.

Mentors can come from many areas. They can be your boss, a teacher, or even a career coach. You want someone who has achieved what you want to achieve. They already know the path and can guide you on the ins and outs of getting where you want to go. Cultivate these relationships. They are best when they are not a one way street. Figure out how you can be supportive to your mentor. Even if it is just occasionally buying them a lunch. You can also look for mentors outside your circle of acquaintances. Look at some of the most successful people in your field and see how you can contact them. Offer something in return for their mentorship. Maybe you can be their virtual assistant in return for their guidance.

Another plus of having a mentor is being with someone who is at a higher level than you. The more you surround yourself with people that are more successful than you the better off you are. There is a belief that you earn the average of the people you associate yourself with. So if money is a measure of success for you be with people who earn a lot of money.

Mentors cut the learning curve in a career substantially. Always be on the look out for them on your path to success and you will find yourself arriving at your destination earlier than planned.