Common Sense Ideas for Becoming the Career Star You Are Meant to Be

I have written over 120 posts on this blog.  That’s five posts a week for the past 24 weeks.  I post Monday through Friday, and follow a simple formula based on my Star Power model – you can see it in the upper right hand corner of this page.  Monday, I post on self confidence.  Tuesday, I post on personal impact; Wednesday, outstanding performance; Thursday, communication skills; Friday, interpersonal competence. 

I think it is time to clarify each of these five categories.  So in this Sunday post I will highlight the three most important aspects of each point on the Star Power model.  This week, I will discuss each of the three sub points in detail.

The Star Power model is simple.  It holds that all life and career stars have five things in common: Self Confidence, Personal Impact, Outstanding Performance, Communication Skills and Interpersonal Competence.  Here is a quick overview of each of these points and the three things most important to each of them.

Self confident people have at least three things in common:

1. Self confident people are optimistic.
2. Self confident people face their fears and deal with them.
3. Self confident people surround themselves with positive people.

People with powerful personal impact have at least three things in common:

1. People with powerful personal impact develop and constantly promote their personal brand.
2. People with powerful personal impact are impeccable in their presentation of self.
3. People with powerful personal impact know and practice the basic rules of etiquette.

Outstanding performers have at least three things in common:

1. Outstanding performers set and achieve goals.
2. Outstanding performers are organized.
3. Outstanding performers are detail oriented and execute well.

People with good communication skills have at least three things in common:

1. Good communicators are excellent conversationalists.
2. Good communicators write in a clear, concise easily readable manner.
3. Good communicators are excellent presenters – to groups of two or 100.

Interpersonally competent people have at least three things in common:

1. Interpersonally competent people are self aware.  They understand themselves, and as a result they understand others.
2. Interpersonally competent people build solid, long lasting mutually beneficial relationships with the people in their lives.
3. Interpersonally competent people are able to resolve conflicts with a minimal amount of problems and upset to relationships.

As I mentioned above, I will explore each of the three sub points of each point on the Star Power model in this week’s posts.  Enjoy the Super Bowl.  I think the Bears are going to upset the Colts.  We’ll see….

That’s it for today.  Thanks for reading.  Log on to my website www.BudBilanich.com for more common sense.  Check out my other blog: www.CommonSenseGuy.com for common sense advice on leading people and running a small business.

I’ll see you around the web, and at Alex’s Lemonade Stand.

Bud

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