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    5 Reasons Why Your Homegirl Is Getting Ahead And You Aren’t

    By Liane AgbiAugust 10, 20183 Mins Read
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    When you’re an ambitious woman, you may be looking for everything and anything that can help you to get ahead. If you’ve always had big dreams for your career and you’re desperate to go after them, you may find that you’re always looking for the next thing that’s going to give you a boost. Or maybe you have no idea where to start? It’s completely normal for you to be someone that has those aspirations, but you just can’t work out how you’re going to get them. That doesn’t mean that you’re not going to be able to do it, it just may mean that you need to know the right direction. So you’ve come to the right post. Because when it comes to your career, here’s how you can make it happen.

    1. Work Hard

    So the very first thing that you need to be aware of, is that you have to be willing to work hard. There’s just no acceptation to it at all. Luck is only ever going to come your way, when you’re willing to put the work in and make it happen. Even when you see that some people seem to have overnight success, they would have worked really hard for that for years. So, no matter what it is that you want to do, you have to put the work in.

    2. Focus On Growth

    So the next thing that’s going to help you here is to make sure that you’re putting emphasis on your own growth. To be able to get ahead and get to where you want to be, you need to constantly be growing and developing. So what do you need to do this? Whether it’s putting in extra hours at work to learn, or spending time with others that are going to boost your skills, just make sure that you’re putting growth first.

    3. Make It A Team Effort

    Then, you’re also going to want to make sure that you’re a good team player. Because you’re never going to be in this alone. Even if you’re self-employed, you need to be great with teams. You’ll always have people that you hire or collaborate with, and you need to be able to handle that that will is want to succeed.

    4. Always Work On Your Skills

    Another really important thing to do, is to work on your skills whenever you can. From taking a triple accredited online MBA programme to learning French, know what you need to do to grow. Sometimes, you’ll always be learning, and that will be what helps you to always grow.

    5. Stay Humble

    Finally, you’re going to want to make sure that you stay as humble as possible. Now, a lot of the time, we think that we need to be competitive or aggressive to get ahead. But really, this just doesn’t help you – because you’ll often get a bad reputation. But instead, if you can stay humble and kind, and work really hard while you’re doing all of that, it’s going to pay off for you. So keep your head down, be a good person, do great work, and it will all pay off for you.

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    Liane Agbi is the founder and editorial director of BAUCE Magazine. She originally created BAUCE as a platform for driven and ambitious women of color who desire to become high net-worth individuals. Liane is also a UX/UI engineer and front-end web developer that is based in New York City.

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