You're going to be in your current job for the rest of your life. Does that sentence excite you or scare you? If it excites you, great — you may not need to read this ar♍ticle.

But if it scares you, good! That means you either hate your job (and should quit) or that you ha💫ve higher goals. All jobs are growth opportunities that can help you get where you want to go.

Want to stay within the same company or at least work towards a promotion? Read for our tips on how to take on more and𝕴 get more challenges be💜low.

Say No to More Things

It sounds counterintui𝓀tive to say no to things if you're trying to advance at work. But we're not telling you to say no to everything. Just say no to the things you truly don't want to do (that you have a choic☂e in) and things you don't have time to do.

Unles༒s you're the first human ever to create an extra hour in the day, putting more than you can handle on your plate . It means that you're going to rush through something to ge🃏t everything done.

And you know what happens when you rush? You don't﷽ do a great job.

In fact, you may do a mediocre job on eve🅘rything you try to do that day since you're that rushed.

When your bos♈s is looking for someone to promote or even just recognize, they're looking for someone that delivers consistent quality work.

If you want to be that person, don't put yourself in🍬 the position where "something's gotta giv🔯e" to quote the famous song.

When you're not inundatedﷺ with things you don't want or truly need to be doing, you'll be able to take on the right c🌊hallenge when the time and opportunity actually comes.

And you'll be able to give it your full heart an♚d🍎 effort.

Offer to Work Across Departments

When something comes up that's a multi-department project, those are the kind of things you wan𝐆t to ta🐓ke advantage of. Even if it's just an email that says that blank department needs some extra help while they do this or that for an hour tomorrow.

Volunteering will show you take initiative and it's a chance ཧto make friends and influence people ... to your side. The more people in the company that can stick♉ up for you and vouch for your value, the better.

Plu𒁏s, you never know where you'll find a friend or a new passion. And when you learn a new skill, you become more valuable to your employer. If someone doesn't show up in that depar𒐪tment, you can fill in.

Ask Yourself if This Opportunity is a Stepping Stone

Sometimes you g💞et the opportunity to work on projects at work that you don't rea𒉰lly love. And that's all fine if it's going to lead to something bigger.

But other times, you♋ can get the opportunity to work on projects that sound great, but they're not going to help yoꦦu move forward in your career.

It's okay to have some passion projects or to say yes to something because yo𝔉u enjoy it, but you can't do it all the time.

When you're presented with an opportunity, ask yourself what doors it'll open. Does it give new skills? New contacts? Howꦬ will it serve you in the future?

Taking 30 seconds to ask yourself these quest𒁏ions will save yo💎u from taking on too much work, even if it's work you love.

Have a Strategy

On the same note as the last point, you need to know where you want to go in your job. What's your endgame? If you wanted to keep the job you're in ꦿnow, forever, you wouldn't be reading this article.

So what is the next position you'd like, even if ♕you think it's currently impossible? How do you work to make that position possible or what positions do you need to get to work up to it?

Soꦓme people say that working up the ladder in a company is an old practice, but we disagree. You simply have 🃏to be more aggressive and verbal about it now, in this age of skilled workers.

Literally, draw out a map for yourself and figur♕e out how you're going to get where you need to go. If things change, change your map.

Finally, you'll need to be verbal aꦡbout what you want. No one can or will try to read your mind. When you have things like reviews or evaluations with your higher-ups, let them know (in context) that you're working towards 🉐something.

Ask them what you'd need to do to get there, at least in a general sense. They ma𝔍y not bite on this question, because it sounds a little🎉 bit like they're kicking the person in that position out.

So word it like, i𒊎f a person were to move on or up in the company, what steps would I need to take to work in their current position?

That shows that you have goals, but that you're not planning to sꦍabotage ꦗthat person.

Work for a WHY Not a What

What keeps you at work every day? Other than the fact that  an♏d finding another one is a hassle.

Unless you're completely discoౠnnected from the job you're working in, there's some sort of passion or drive behind why you do what you do. Maybe you're passionate about expanding a certain type of access to an underserved population🍃.

Bring that into your work more, try to come from a place of wanting to help, instead of needing to do. You have no 💖idea how that mindset ch♔ange can completely change  of your work.

Finding Growth Opportunities

The key to finding the right growth opportunities is to know which ones are right for you. And to do that you need to know your goals, your likes, an💃d the reasons you do the things you're paid to do.

If you do 🎀that and keep your eyes/ears𓃲 open for new challenges, you'll be on your way up the next rung of the ladder in no time.

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