In a perfect world, success would have nothing to do with image.\u00a0 We all would be judged and promoted solely on the basis of performance, skills, talent, experience, creativity and willingness to work hard.\u00a0 There would be a tooth fairy too.<\/p>\n
Like it or not, the image we present greatly influences our chances for success in the workplace.\u00a0 If we look and act like someone who belongs on the lowest rung of the corporate ladder, that\u2019s just where we\u2019re likely to stay.<\/p>\n
If you aren\u2019t getting ahead as quickly as your abilities, ambitions and hard work suggest you should, here are some questions to ask yourself:<\/strong><\/p>\n Do you\u00a0own a full-length mirror?\u00a0 If not, invest in one. Check yourself in the mirror every day before going to work. Take a close\u00a0look at your appearance. It\u2019s the only way to be sure that the look\u00a0you\u2019ve achieved is the one you want to project.<\/p>\n Do your\u00a0clothes reflect your personality and your commitment to doing a good\u00a0 job? Are your clothes simple, tailored and attractive without being\u00a0distracting?<\/p>\n Is your\u00a0hairstyle sleek, smooth and easy to maintain? It\u2019s hard to take a\u00a0person seriously if their hair looks as if they just got out of bed.<\/p>\n If you\u00a0wear jewelry, is it understated and chic (not flashy, clanking, sparkling)\u00a0or more appropriate for a date than for the workplace?<\/p>\n How is\u00a0your voice? If you don\u2019t know, record it for a day or two.\u00a0Then listen to yourself. Does your voice come from your\u00a0diaphragm or from your nose? Does it have a deep, rich quality or\u00a0sound high-pitched, thin and reedy? Would you like to listen\u00a0to this voice?\u00a0 If the answer is no, practice controlling your\u00a0voice until the answer is yes.<\/p>\n Do you\u00a0have an adequate vocabulary? But if you use words like \u201cneat,\u201d \u201cgreat\u201d or\u00a0\u201cinteresting\u201d frequently, there is no reason why you can\u2019t learn three new\u00a0words a week.<\/p>\n Do you\u00a0express yourself in authoritative, self-confident terms?\u00a0 Do you end\u00a0your sentences with a period or a question mark? If you end most of\u00a0your sentences with \u201cDon\u2019t you think?\u201d or \u201cIsn\u2019t that so?\u201d you may sound\u00a0too timid and in need of approval to be trusted with more\u00a0responsibility.<\/p>\n Do you\u00a0take credit for what you do right? False modesty isn\u2019t a\u00a0particularly attractive quality in any setting. At work, it\u00a0sabotages chances for recognition to success.<\/p>\n Are you\u00a0interesting to talk to when you aren\u2019t talking about work? Do you\u00a0read a daily newspaper, watch the evening news, and somehow keep up with\u00a0current events?\u00a0 Do you have at least one outside-of-work interest?<\/p>\n Fair or not, it is important to be able to socialize comfortably with co-workers, clients and superiors if you seek advancement. One of the keys to being an interesting conversationalist is to have lots of interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a perfect world, success would have nothing to do with image.\u00a0 We all would be judged and promoted solely on the basis of performance, skills, talent, experience, creativity and willingness to work hard.\u00a0 There would be a tooth fairy too. Like it or not, the image we present greatly influences our chances for success […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,275,4,290,5],"tags":[387],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging-seo","category-empower-network","category-news-misc","category-personal-development","category-success","category-work-at-home","tag-our-image-influences-our-success"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/clurra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/clurra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/clurra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/clurra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/clurra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/clurra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1031,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/clurra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/1031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/clurra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/clurra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/clurra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}