How to Excel in Your Job or Career

The best way to excel in your job is to impress your boss. How can you impress your boss? By buttering him, spying on other staff for him, doing his personal chores (taking his kids to the football match for instance), etc. Am I joking? Well, not. If you have ever worked in a company, you will understand the only way to excel in your workplace is by doing things that please your boss. I will share my personal experience. I along with the other 5 staff were laid off during the covid lockdowns. A couple of months later, everyone was called to remote working, except me. These guys did everything to please the boss, even if it means to blow balloons for the boss's kid's birthday party. 

On a serious note, in order to perform better in your workplace, you need to be very skilled, having additional skills will always help you. For example, if you are a copywriter, having graphic designing skills will help you become more competitive as copywriting and graphic designing are closely linked. You also need to work hard, deliver on time, and deliver the best work. You should never get involved with workplace scandals.

How Education and Learning Skills Help in Your Career Development

First of all, you need to understand what exactly is education. Education does not only mean gathering certificates, education means gaining knowledge learning skills, and building expertise. Well, if you drive a truck, or work as an electrician, plumber, or mason you are basically doing blue color jobs, you are tiring your ass to earn a small amount. If you graduate in microbiology, you can work in a food company and receive a fat salary. Do you know how much is the average salary of a microbiologist in the US? Well, microbiologists earn $71690 per year in the US. Now compare this average salary with the average income of a truck driver in the US. The entry-level salary of a truck driver is just about $45,000, whereas experienced drivers earn as much as $60,000 per year. Now, tell me who earned better, an educated man or a skilled man? I don't mean to say you don't need skills, what I am trying to say is your chances of earning become better if you are educated and have a degree.

If you have professional skills, apply for a high-paying job. If getting a job is not possible or you do not want to work in any company, try freelancing. If you want to become a freelancer, there are numerous options but starting with the popular choices like Udemy or Fiverr will reward you better. There are a lot of less popular platforms, which are also less competitive and which also have lower frees. However, on a new platform, it is hard to earn even $10. Even when you give just 1 percent commission, your earnings will still be very small.

Learn Profitable Skills

These days people are focused more on learning something that will yield profits immediately. For example, on learning platforms, you can learn to code in 6 weeks. On the 7th week, you are ready to work on paid assignments.

If you want to build your career, you need to develop skills in the niches that are in high demand. I truly believe that skills like Machine Learning, Mobile Development, Data Visualization, Data Engineering, UI/UX Design, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, and Blockchain are high-paying skills. In fact, I do mobile development and I get high-paying jobs on Udemy.  If you do not have skills in these areas, you can join learning sites like

Coursera, edX, Khan Academy, Alison, Udemy, Skillshare, Masterclass, Stanford Online, Codecademy, etc. You will have to spend money to learn but the money you spend on learning skills will ultimately pay you. You don't even have to spend thousands of dollars to learn, you can learn anything you want by spending just $40-$50.

Find a new version of yourself by investing in yourself. If the skill you have learned is not helping you to earn, you can use your skills in different ways, such as by creating videos or bog tutorials.

Try Job Sites

I use LinkedIn. I know the job portals like Indeed, Naukri, Monster, JobBait, Careercloud, Dice, CareerBuilder, Jibberjobber, and Glassdoor. I have also left my resume on local job portals (job portals available in my home country). If you do not have a job, joining a job portal site will help you get a job because a lot of agencies hire through these job portals and you can easily find jobs. You might have to pay money on some of these job sites but that will pay you back in the long run.