Walter Okpala: Career plans for 2016

Walter Okpala: Career plans for 2016: I would like to ask you what your career plans are for 2016. What area of your career do you want to update? How do you intend to do that? ...

Career plans for 2016

I would like to ask you what your career plans are for 2016. What area of your career do you want to update? How do you intend to do that? Go for it and not leave it for next year. Do not postpone what you can do today to tomorrow! Investment in your career should always be at the top of your priorities since your personal success or wealth results from a successful career. Do not try to give reasons about the economy, family, lack of time, or financial situation. People who give reasons for not doing something are just procrastinating. Although you may feel comfortable with the justification, it does not solve your problem. Always look for something that will solve your problem and not something that makes comfortable, but keeps you in the same place or gives you the same result. You are the only one who can change your situation and nobody else! Once you realize this fact, you must take action and this is the right time for that.   

Walter Okpala: How you can make your skill marketable

Walter Okpala: How you can make your skill marketable: I have written some posts about the issue of marketable skills. I also gave some tips on how someone can make his skill marketable by takin...

How you can make your skill marketable

I have written some posts about the issue of marketable skills. I also gave some tips on how someone can make his skill marketable by taking additional courses or going for a different route completely. Those advice are valid if one wants to live on wage. How can one make his skill marketable when he does not have job and decided to fight for himself or herself? 

     Being an entrepreneur is a different story. One's success does not depend on the college major nor the skills acquired. The success of an entrepreneur depends on his or her ability to understand the need and provide solution for that need. The solution has to be provided in the form of a product or service that addresses the problem. Your level of success depends on how big the problem is and the subsequent solution. 

     However, your skill can be of help in providing solution if the skill is related to it. Let me use an example to clarify it. One of the least marketable skills is Religious Studies. However, a graduate of Religion can turn into a product and becomes successful as a result. This occurs when the individual can write books about the subject or can have a podcast about religion, or become a speaker on the subject, or prepare a documentary and sell it to major television channels like the one shown on History Channel.

     Therefore, another route to making your skills marketable is to turn it into a product or service and sell it to others. As a matter of fact, this concept is not limited to people with low marketable skills. Anyone can apply it. Think about it!      

    

Walter Okpala: Developing yourself

Walter Okpala: Developing yourself: Remember that self development is the best investment one can make!

Developing yourself

Remember that self development is the best investment one can make!

Walter Okpala: How marketable are your skills?

Walter Okpala: How marketable are your skills?: In my last post, I gave some tips on how you can proceed to make your skills marketable. Have you checked how marketable your skill is? If ...

How marketable are your skills?

In my last post, I gave some tips on how you can proceed to make your skills marketable. Have you checked how marketable your skill is? If the answer is no, what are you doing to make it marketable? Do not live an unfilfilled life. Do not think that making mistake in choosing your is the end of the road for you. Or that you are too old to correct it. No matter how short a fulfilled life is, it is far better than 100 years of unfilfilled one. In today's world, there are more opportunities than any time in the history of mankind. Firstly, because access to information is widely available. Secondly, the information is free. Information here includes educational opportunities for knowledge acquisition. It only depends you the individual to decide what is the most important type of information for you. Do you prefer consuming information which has little value to you or the one that can transform your life? In other words, do you want to follow the 99% or to follow the 1%?

     The 99% only use social media for entertainment while the 1% use the same media for life changing activities. In other words, the 99% spend a lot of time on entertainment while the 99% spend most part of their time on creating something that will improve their lives. Think about it and take action!

  

  

Walter Okpala: Marketable skills 2

Walter Okpala: Marketable skills 2: In my last post, I mentioned the options available for acquiring marketable skills. It is understandable that few people have the ability t...

Marketable skills 2

In my last post, I mentioned the options available for acquiring marketable skills. It is understandable that few people have the ability to study medicine as a result of the cost and period of dedication required. For the majority, the best option is flexibility and adaptability. By that I mean the ability of the individual to be open for complementing the deficiencies. Let me explain the idea well.

     For an engineering student to be more marketable, he or she cannot concentrate only on technical courses. The engineering student must take courses in finance, marketing, sales, and management. The reason is that engineers are good technically, but bad at management, sales, marketing, and finance. An engineer with these skills can work in sales of engineering equipment, besides having job in their area of specialization. The engineer can also work in the financial market or be hired as an administrator in an organization. Being flexible, therefore, means taking these courses even when the person has graduated. 

     Students in administration should have basic technical knowledge. These technical knowledge should be in electronics, coding, etc. The knowledge can be obtained from vocational schools, by taking online courses, etc. Access to knowledge today is much easier than before. There is no reason why one cannot transform his skill into a marketable skill. There are many opportunities for that. Only look for information!