How To Prepare For A Job

has anyone ever told you just go get a job but how are you supposed to do that if you don't start driving down the road you'll never get to where you want to go so here are four tips to get down the road with your first job [Music] number one find what you're good at we all love doing different things maybe you love eating chips or watching tv or eating tv and watching chips but what do you love that people would actually pay you for you might love singing but do other people like your singing enough to pay for it or is love all you really got and i will always love ow get a good sense of what skills people value enough to pay you for here's a hint it's probably not video games or scrolling through instagram number two find mentors once you figure out what you want to do go for it but don't go it alone find people who already know what they're doing and are willing to help are you an older more mature people yes good figure out what makes people great at what they do if you want to get rich no offense but don't ask your broke cousin for investment advice if you want to be a teacher find out what great teachers do if you want to be a sign holder find out what the greatest sign holders do or if you want to be a lawyer find out what the best lawyers do or if you want to be a sign holding lawyer then you know what to do successful people aren't superheroes they have the same 24 hours as you they usually just have a lot of small successful habits that make the difference over the long haul so find successful people doing jobs that you're interested in find out what their habits are and incorporate them into your life number three work hard consistently everybody says to work hard but what does that actually mean you're gonna work hard bro it means focus and determination we all have challenges in our lives that drag us down and resist our every move whether it's getting out of bed cleaning your room or solving the unsolvable riemann hypothesis everybody's got problems if you really want your dream job you're gonna have to prove that you can handle tough challenges when employers get up in the morning they don't randomly throw money at people just because they feel like it employers pay people to solve problems and usually the bigger the problem the more you'll get paid but before you can handle the big problems you have to prove that you can handle the small ones like flipping burgers or sweeping floors because all problems take hard work gonna work hard bro so make a commitment to work hard and do your best whether the problems you are facing are big or small number four do your research many people take on jobs without actually understanding what the job really is but getting the job doesn't do any good if you can't keep it you're fired okay goodbye you actually need to know what you're doing and that means learning everything that you can about the job make it your goal to become the best at what you do just stay humble and keep learning in summary if you want your dream job you can get it just be willing to start where you're at it's helpful to look at your first few jobs like gas stations along the highway those jobs are just fuel like skills experiences and new opportunities to keep you going towards your destination just hop in the car and get driving you might pass some boring towns along the way but you'll get there thank you for watching this how-to video for prageru we hope you learned something new and we'll see you next time okay here we go [Music] you