Office Door

You work hard for your money. You feel good when you walk out the front door of your office build­ing at the end of the day. But where are you going? What are you doing? Fam­ily? Tee-ball game? Leaves to rake? Impact­ing your community?

I hope you answered yes to the last ques­tion as it may reap the most rewards for you in the long run when look­ing at your career. Scott Her­rick at Cube Rules says that per­for­mance and accom­plish­ments exter­nal to your com­pany trump your cur­rent job per­for­mance. Don’t get up from your cubi­cle just yet. Per­form­ing both inside and out­side of your com­pany are big deals but if you decide to leave your job most employ­ers will only com­ment on your length of tenure and noth­ing more.

Hav­ing a solid résumé is key but your name ring­ing through­out the com­mu­nity for the good deeds you’ve done may be more help­ful. Start think­ing about the hard goals you want to achieve in your com­mu­nity to begin build­ing your per­sonal brand.

Pho­tog­ra­phy by ucant­blamem