Brian Walch breaks down a three-year framework for any new job: Year 1 is learning, Year 2 is mastering it well enough to teach others, Year 3 is making your distinctive mark. Use it to evaluate whether a role is worth taking and to plan your early career moves.
All right, welcome back. I think this is day 11 of our 30 day video and I want to start talking a little bit about career and career development. I tell people when they consider taking a new job to plan to be there for three years. And I say three years because what I have experienced and what I think about is that year one is just learning the job and you're learning what to do. And then year two is when you get good at it. And in year two, the way you know you're good at it is if you can teach somebody or tell somebody very, very clearly how to do your job, you know exactly what you do, you know the impact in the business. Again, you could teach somebody. And so then year three is really the year you do something special with it that you really make an impact or you expand it or do something great. And that's what then allows you to move on to something next. It's my maybe call it the three year rule. Hopefully, as you start thinking about a new job, that maybe is something that you consider for yourself. And I hope that this little piece of advice helped. Stay tuned for a few more ideas and tips on career development as we continue this 30 day video challenge.
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