Are You Stuck In A Ditch At Your Job?

When you try to figure out if your job is a stuck in the ditch job , you will have to do a little test on yourself, and ask a few questions. Have you ever been offered a promotion or some type of transfer to another location? If not, this is a strong indication of stuck in a ditch job . This means, the management is taking advantage of you, or they are not equipped enough financially to give you a great future for yourself. If you have just received a promotion or some type of chance to cross-train, your job may appear as a stuck in a ditch job . If you feel trapped, in your current position in your job, you should make an attempt, and explore all angles, and chances of a raise, promotion, or some type of transfer before assuming it is as a stuck in a ditch job.

Have you reached the highest pay that you will make for your current position? A lot of jobs make a cap on how much money you can make.These jobs  do not have much chance to advance. My mom has worked for a lot of these type jobs when I was younger. I have always told her she is at a stuck in the ditch job. Not to discourage her, but to tell, and possibly help her in the long run. If your yearly income has remained the same after multiple attempts to evaluate it, or if you’ve received very, very small raises, you may be in a stuck in the ditch job. Your employers may appear to be very happy with your work, but that may be giving you false hope for a raise. If you’re still getting regular raises in salary, and very good reviews, then there’s still a strong possibility you could be promoted, or have a bright future for making more money at your job.

Another sign of a stuck in the ditch job is if you do not have many responsibilities. I personally like to call these low man on totem pole jobs. Some positions will never change or give you any other tasks to perform. The same old job responsibilities year after year. For example… If you get hired to cook in the back of a coney island at 18 years old, you may be still cooking when you are 25. There is nothing wrong with that, but my point is that you can only have so much responsibilities at the job. Look, I am not trying to discourage you in any way from any job that you currently have. I am just pointing out some things that may pertain to you, and you may not be aware of. Trust me, I have seen it all. A lot of companies try to take advantage of many of there staff they have hired in, and they see how far they can milk their employees. Just make sure you at least know how far you can move up, or how much money the maximum is at your job. Then you will know if it is a stuck in the ditch job.

There’s no doubt the same work needs to be performed every day, but most workers will get burnt out when they do the same old thing day after day, and year after year, and they do not ever climb their way up the ladder, or see some type of light that there is more money, or more responsibilities to come.

I hope I have helped you get a better understanding of how to determine what a stuck in the ditch job is, and avoid getting taken advantage of later in life financially. If you are in one of these jobs, I am NOT telling you to quit, I am only giving you a perspective on a few things to look for.

I will see you more on Network Pro Coach

To Your Massive Success

Ray MacDonald

Making Friends And Building Relationships

These points are key, in building relationships. I was a talker while growing up.  Shy did not even exist with my personality. What I did find out though, is to listen more when you are communicating with friends, leads, family, and whoever else you are building relationships with. If we are willing and able to listen to others, we will find it much appreciated by whoever we may be talking with. Some people are not aware of how much they are controlling the conversation. I think if you want to always talk about yourself, you can go to a psychologist and buy a few sessions with them.

Try to avoid that high school gossip too. Obviously this does not always pertain when talking to leads from your business, but any of your friends or family members, my opinion, do not want to always hear you talking bad about others or running others into the ground. The people you are talking to will start picturing you differently. Look…. I’m not telling you how to communicate with people, but what I am doing is giving you tips on things that I have learned along the way.

Another tip is if you think a friend has a bad idea or something you do not think will work, don’t always argue with them about it. just keep silent and let them work things out for themselves. Another reason not to do this is because you could feel responsible for their actions. You can offer support to friends, but you can’t create the rest of their lives for them. Your opinion is okay to give, but I would try to avoid a lot of conflict in any topic that comes up. Arguing is one thing, but trying to knock down someones idea or dream, could change the whole way that person thinks, and lives. People are looking for answers, and you might give them the feedback the needed to give up on their journey.

Don’t take yourself so serious.  Laugh more at yourself and be self-deprecating. This does not mean we have to embarrass ourselves, it just means we can get rid of our ego for a little while and open up more, smile and laugh. Humor is often the best ingredient for relieving stress or any type of uncomfortable, awkward, or stressful situation. Don’t you find when you are having fun and laughing, that everything is okay?  I know I do, and you will find me smiling and laughing a lot as I go through my life, because that is something I love to have as a part of my personality. I’m not saying I cannot be serious, but I know having fun is a part of being successful.

Learn how to forgive people. This is a big one in my eyes. I do not mean forgive every little thing people do wrong, because that will make them think they can get away with anything. I mean, sincerely think about if you are going to forgive them, and try to do it quicker than usual. If you are going to do it anyways, why make them suffer for a long time? it’s a powerful and important factor in maintaining healthy relationships. However, real forgiveness also means that we are willing to forget the experience. If we forgive one day, but then a few weeks later bring up that thing they did wrong, because this means you did not really forgive them. When we make mistakes, just consider how much we would appreciate others to forgive and completely forget after they forgive. That is important.. the forgetting.

Ray MacDonald

Get To Know Your Leads

I would suggest getting to know your leads instead of just sending your auto-responder messages to them.  Nobody does business with people they don’t know.  You know,  This is a people business,  and that means no matter what your latest and greatest product is,  you still have to talk on the phone.

It is great when you finally get your first 10 leads online.  I remember when I got my first 10 leads.  I was so happy.  I logged into my back office and hit my first goal.  10 leads!!  Now, of course I had getresponse (auto-follow up), and I was getting great results with my marketing strategy.  Only, there was one thing missing.  I haven’t talked to any of them.  I knew that if I did not start calling them, then more leads would be there the following week now that I had a successful marketing technique.  I suggest that if you do not have the knowledge to talk to leads or if you are nervous,  then you will never make it in this industry.  That is just my opinion.  There are only a select few individuals that I know in the field that can get away with succeeding in  Network Marketing without talking to their leads, and that is still with lots and lots of advanced marketing and videos.  So I had to get to know each and everyone of my leads.  I wanted to know them.  Believe it or not,  you will be amazed at what you can acomplish with good, solid networking and phone conversations.

Look… I’m just saying,  Network Marketing is the best industry I have ever seen.  Anyone can make it if they put in what it takes to succeed.  First, as I said, get tons of knowledge before you start getting leads.  Leads are filling out there information because they are looking for your help,  a leader,  to guide them in the right direction to the top!  They are not looking for a bunch of capture pages with someone on the other end that is a fake.

This is not a get rich quick, or some ferry Godmother to magically give you a massive downline.  I will say it again, this is a people business.  People join people…. Not companies.  Your leads have to trust you as a leader, and you have to trust your leads.  That is the way that will help you succeed so much more.  It all starts with you picking up the phone and providing value for your leads, and your team.

I hope I helped you today,  and stay tuned on Network Pro Coach for some more great training and tips!!

To your Massive Success!    Ray  MacDonald

How to STOP automatic direct messages on Twitter

For some, it’s enough to unfollow and block someone. Automatic messages, part of the ever growing trend of automation through social media. People set up generic messages to be delivered upon a follow or reply in order to give the illusion of interactivity – what it does more times than not is annoy and frustrate the user on the receiving end.

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How to STOP automatic direct messages on Twitter