The C-Level Isn’t For Everyone ?

John Jeffcock the CEO of Winmark and Author of The Suite Spot believes that the C-Suite isn’t for everybody. When he interviewed various managing directors for his book the Suite Spot, he asked them what advice they would give to a 30-year old vying for the C-level.?

The number one answer he received was to: Check Your Ambition.?

To be a C-Level member, you need to:

1. Work extraordinary hours
2. Be Extremely Resilient?
3. Be Capable

• Unfortunately, not everyone will be up for this. Especially the workload will require a lifestyle choice to match where you may not get as much personal time as other roles. This can impact your friends and family.?
• Additionally, the path to C-Level is filled with enormous competition. In any organisation, only a fraction of the people makes it to the C-Level. Even if you take a marketing function of a big business, there will be 200 people that want to become the marketing director and that’s a strong competition.

Ultimately, you need to ask yourself if you’re up for it.?

There are other options!

John shares that it isn’t best to rush into anything. The average age these days will make it to 104 before they pass away. This essentially means that they will spend about 60 years working as a pension only pays out for 20 years.?

Therefore, it’s best to do something that truly interests you. For example, if you’re interested in animals, you should do something interesting in that industry. Ultimately, John shares that you should work hard and try not to give up. However, you should never endure when you’re miserable.?

The C-Suite isn’t everything and isn’t for everyone. There are plenty of more admirable ways to contribute to society.?

He shares an example, of an individual who takes in children in trauma (who’ve lost their parents to an accident) without any notice. According to John, this individual is far more admirable than a finance director.?

Pick something in life that will truly make you happy!

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