How to become open minded in your business career (BY STEWART MBEGU & EBENEZA ASANTERABI)

How to become open minded in your business career (BY STEWART  MBEGU & EBENEZA ASANTERABI)

How to cite this work

Mbegu. S. & Asanterabi. E. (2022). How to become open minded in your business career Idiana consultancy publication

 How to become open minded in your business career                        

Abstract

A business career is one of the best careers one can pursue. But this largely depends on how open and ready he or she will be in learning new skills and knowledge on business. It is not guaranteed that on pursuing a business career one will get much money, but the amount of money a business man can generate largely depend on the ability of such person to be open minded in the business career.

According to a recent survey by the national association for business economics, 72% of economists believe that a recession has begun since the end of 2021. One of the side effects of this recession is increased unemployment, however an open minded businessman may help ride out this recession another recession to come. According to the graduate management admission council (GAMC), following the great recession between 2007 and 2009, 86% of the business school graduates found employment in 2011 after earning their degree. Open minded business degree graduates often enter in demand career fields such as financial management, information technology, management and human resource management.

Introduction.

An open minded person who is receptive to a wide variety of ideas, arguments, and information, being open minded is generally considered a positive quality. It is a necessary quality for a business person in order to think critically and rationally. This doesn’t mean that being open minded as a business person is necessarily easy. Being open to new ideas and experiences in the business career can sometime lead to confusion and cognitive dissonance when we learn new things that conflict with existing beliefs. Being able to change and revise outdated or incorrect beliefs is an important part of learning and personal growth.

The following are some ways to become open minded in the business career.

1. Being updated with new information in the business career.

In order for a bunnies person to become more open minded in his career he must ensure that he is following up all the updates in the business career. This is very essential because there are many changes and amendments in the business and accounting policies. Therefore in order for are business man to cope up with the increase in knowledge in the business career he or she should follow up on all the updates in the accounting career.

2. Ask yourself a lot of questions in the business career and take time to follow up on the answers.

Asking questions helps a person to explore on the unknown knowledge. In order for a business man to increase his learning speed he must ask himself many question in different aspects of his career and after asking such questions he should take time to seek the answers.

3. Be an active listener.

Make sure you take your time to listen to issues concerning the business career. This includes taking time to search in the internet to see what other professionals have said in a particular topic. This will help you to know different perspectives of different peoples In a certain topic and help to increase the knowledge in the business career.

4. Take lessons and never stop learning.

Collect all the available information and get in contact with many people as possible, in view of obtaining it. Develop a thirst for learning, peak your curiosity and don’t be afraid to say I don’t know. An open minded person understands that there is no end to the journey of knowledge and exploration.

5. Challenge limits

An open minded person in the business career is not limited by the information he is taught by his teachers, he takes time to learn from different sources. Our experience in this world is created through the filter of our own beliefs, ideas and patterns. what we get from our parents, school, the environment, what we read, etc. but we must be aware that our viewpoint is limited and subjective, and we stand to gain much more from acknowledging and accepting another’s person  perspectives. 

Conclusion

Therefore in order to be open-minded in the business career one has to exchange ideas regularly with colleagues, accept criticisms without bitterness; appreciate and celebrate other people’s achievements; be flexible towards altering tasks, assignments or schedules; request feedback from fellow colleagues or lectures, encourage open mind attitude to others. Be patient etc. a closed mind tends to make error in judgment, but a positive attitude towards new experiences can lead to new discoveries each day, making your career fun and exciting.