Five Great Pieces of Career Advice No One Ever Wants To Tell You

By Steph Tortogo | Mar 21, 2016 10:12 AM EDT

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In all due honesty, this world will never ever run out of career advice. In fact, as time passes by, the sources where you can actually grab a piece from time to time also experience a great deal of progress. From websites to simply tips from people's mouths, the pouring of words is endless. However, a lot of career advices, just like television shows, have their own discretion. Take a look at five of the best career tips and tricks that you don't usually hear:

1.  "Your seemingly radical work plans won't mean a dime if you don't execute." True enough, words can be meaningless without the help of actions. No matter how greatly you think of your strategies, most of the time, proper execution is needed in order for them to work. Just like what the entrepreneur and InfoSpace CEO Naveen Jain said; "Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling."

2. "Never be ashamed of your failures." Instead of looking at your failed attempts as a flunk, take them as a blessing of opportunities where you can actually improve and be better than you already are. Accepting your failure and acknowledging it is a huge sign that you are willing to grow, take risks, and be more innovative.

3. "Who you work with and for create a huge difference." As long as you're still working, you are a diamond in the rough. Whatever you go through, whoever surrounds you, will reflect on your final shape as an employee. This advice may seem like it's especially for the entry-level takers, but it's not. No matter how long you've worked for a company, the people surrounding you will still be of a huge impact to what and how you are as a worker.

4.  "No matter how hard you work, it will not always be good enough." Take this advice as an inspiration to do even better than you think you already have. Remind yourself that you live in a world full of different human perspectives, so your achievement may not be as pleasing to others as it is for you - it's not a bad thing, it is a normalcy in the job life. All you have to do is hang on and keep an open mind.

5. "Not everything will turn out like how you expected them to." According to the Backstreet Boys member and musician Nick Carter, "It's like Forrest Gump said, 'Life is like a box of chocolates.' Your career is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get. But everything you get is going to teach you something along the way and make you the person you are today. That's the exciting part - it's an adventure in itself.

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