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How to Become Indispensable and Irreplaceable in Your Place of Work

What does it mean to be indispensable?

Absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff. incapable of being disregarded or neglected.

People get relieved of their formal duties everyday and they get replaced by others.

Even though many are of the opinion that “no one is irreplaceable”, that is not entirely true. You can get to a point where the thought of you leaving scares your employer.

Becoming an indispensable and irreplaceable staff doesn’t mean there will be no one to fill your role when you’re gone. No, it only means it’ll be very hard to find someone to completely fill your role.

Here are 10 powerful keys to becoming very essential.

1. Be valuable; Ensure you’re not just available but also useful, in line with the work you’re asked to do in the organization. If asked to let go of anyone, your employer will likely let go of the “bench warmers ” first.

2. Your aim should be the growth of the organization and not money: Have or create passion for the organization. This will enable you give your all to ensure the growth even when the pay isn’t too good.

3. Build a good relationship with your boss and other people: Ensure you establish good rapport with your boss, this will help you learn more on how things are done. Also with people, as you need the recommendation of people anywhere.

4. Be honest and trustworthy: People genuinely respect honesty. Trustworthy employees are not too easy to come by, so no employer will let go of a trustworthy staff.

5. Take criticisms gracefully: See criticism as an avenue to grow and evolve. Be committed to becoming better than you already are.

6. Constantly improve yourself: Here are some ways you can be develop yourself in your field of assignment ➡ here

7. Find your place: You may be a good staff, but you won’t amount to much if you’re placed where you can’t function, so ensure you’re doing something you can.

8. Be productive: Being busy is not being productive. You are productive when you have notable results to show at the end of a task.

9. Be Committed: Commitment keeps you going when feelings are gone.

10. Be consistent, firm and reliable.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom. – King Solomon

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5 Powerful Practical ways to Improve Yourself.

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be where you’ve always been.” —T.D. Jakes

I am on a never ending journey of improvement. Self improvement is a mansion with endless rooms, the better you become, the more you realize that there’s more to learn.

Self improvement has numerous advantages. It makes you confident, fulfilled and enhances your employability. Beyond formal education, you must continuously grow because self improvement is a life long process.

You can always be better than your current self.

There are several habits of self improvement but here are 5.

1. Read Books

If you’re on a self improvement journey like me, then you may have almost predicted this point. Books are one of the cheapest but most effective ways to improve one’s self. I believe reading the right books gives you an edge in life. Books gives you access to the minds and secrets of great men which fast tracks your success. To remain relevant, you must be a reader.

Develop the habit of reading educative and informative books especially books centered on your assignment, passion or career.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

–Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. Travel

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. – Mark Twain

The world is bigger than you think. A great way to remain ignorant is to remain where you are. Don’t be afraid of going out of your horizons and stepping into new grounds. Your way of life is not the only or best way to live, be open to learn from others by being adventurous. Living a monotonous life is lethal, you must have heard the saying “life begins at the end of your comfort zone”.

So whenever the opportunity presents itself, go on adventures to the most unbelievable parts of the world and if the opportunity doesn’t present itself, create it yourself.

3. Invest in your Skill

Developing skills is as important as training. A larger effort is needed to create a skilled workforce with employment potential. – Pallam Raju

Skill is one thing that makes each of us unique but it must be developed. Investing time, money and resources in what you do well is self improving.

4. Quit a Bad Habit

A change in bad habits leads to a change in life. – Jenny Craig

Smoking, drinking, over sleeping, eating junk food, untidiness, etcetera are some of the habits that reduce our self worth. Yours may not have been mentioned here but try to identify and eliminate it.

5. Follow your Mentor(s) closely

I literally stalk those of my mentors that are on social media. I have mentors for various aspects of my life and following them closely makes me a really better person.

I hope you enjoyed reading. What other self improving habits do you know? Share with me.

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My Life Lately – Currently I am…

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. – John Lennon.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forward. – Soren Kierkegaard.
The unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates

Currently, I am; In bed as I type this, reminiscing on the past few weeks and months of my life.

Currently I am; Gradually bending from school work ?.
I have classes everyday from 8am-5pm.
I’ve had so many theory, practical and oral tests and it’s been so stressful.
School is, to say the least demanding and sometimes I just want to run away or even drop out ? (just kidding, I’m not that brave).
I’m taking anatomy practicals and dissecting the bovine.

Learning the anatomy of the ruminant is interesting and enlightening but stressful. I go back home with pains all over my body almost everyday.
But instead of just seeing the stress part of school, I see the moulding part of it. I’m being stretched and moulded into a better person. I’m learning how to work under pressure, be disciplined and much more. I’m putting down this blog post on a Thursday night because I know even though I don’t have time, my blog shouldn’t suffer.

Currently I am; Excited about my mid-semester break that commences on Monday even though it’s just for a week. I intend using it well.

Currently I am; Grateful for life and for my result *shrieks with excitement*. My result for the previous semester is out and your girl nailed it!
I’d be stupid to take the glory though, because in my church mind, I know that it was purely God.
Remember my experience with some of my tests last semester right? The challenges and all? Well I excelled even in those courses. God is amazing.

Currently I am; listening to Grace by Tasha Cobbs.
Grace has brought me thus far. Without God’s grace, I wonder where I’d be.
God’s love washes over my being and many times, just remembering the fact that He’s so crazy about me, keeps me going.

Currently I am; Slayingggggg. In jeans, different hairstyles, tops, gowns, skirts, kimonos, anything. I’m just slaying for Jesus anyhow. I have to represent you guys well ?.

Currently I am; Working on becoming more organized. Particularly in little things like making my bed. I don’t leave to school until my bed is well laid and neat.
Thinking of my massive bed, beautifully spread with my pink sheets keeps me going sometimes in school ?.

Currently I am; In love with many blogs but I’m stuck on two. Ife Grace and Ezinne Zara. Two amazing ladies. Their blogs are the closest to mine that I’ve come across.

Currently I am; Reading Francine Rivers’ Redeeming Love. (Apart from school books of course).
Basically, it’s a story of “the man of God and his harlot wife” – Hosea in the Bible.
It’s very interesting, thrilling and entertaining.

Currently I am; Joining the “fit fam” train after a painfully true conversation I had with my dad yesterday about food, exercise and the need to be healthy. I’m cutting low on carbs and sugar and staying away from sugary drinks and biscuits.
I have cleaned the dusts off my track shoes as I resume the gym on Monday.

It is important we stay healthy.

Currently I am; Very motivated. Many things are possible. I’m stepping out of my comfort zone and reaching out for greater things. I’m discovering how much more I can do and that fear and uncertainty have kept me from a lot.

I could go on but I’ll stop here…. Let me know if you need to know more about my personal life. You could leave questions in the comment section below.

Finally, I’m grateful for my blog and for everyone who reads it. I love you guys more than you can imagine.

What have you been up to lately?