💰Will you pay HK$40k (SGD 7k) to have a shot at elevating your career❓

⚡Are you willing to pay for your own business trip?

🧠 Recently many people reached out to me for advice on how to progress in their career/business. They wanted to move up because they felt there was a plateau in their career especially during the economic downturn. 

⌛ This reminded me of my candidate who asked me for career advice 2 years ago. 

⏰ She wanted to be promoted, having stayed in her current role for 6 years. We had a brainstorming session to explore different ways to increase her income/accelerate her career.

🌍 She was a sales/account manager and I asked her where her biggest clients came from. 

She said Singapore, Shanghai, New York and London. I encouraged her to fly to those countries to expand her network internally and externally.

💸 She hesitated because her company would not sponsor her business trips and she did not want to pay out of her own pocket. 

💸 Her reasoning was that she did not want to spend HK$40k (Flights + Hotels) making a trip, not knowing whether it would yield results or not. 

🔴 She could not predict what the ROI was. 

💡 How much does flight tickets in Singapore, Shanghai, New York and London cost?

Maybe HK$30k to 50k in total if she were to go to all 4 countries.

💡 Does this trip guarantee you a return?

Not sure, but it will definitely buy you a chance of expanding your clients/visibility or even make more revenue/commission.

💡 If you are willing to pay for your holidays just to have fun, why don't you treat your business trip as a holiday and even better - it might bring you a chance to scale up your business/salary/promotion.

✅ How about you?

✅ Would you pay out of your pocket for your business trips?

✅ How do you invest in yourself?

✅ How much do you set aside to invest in yourself every year?

✅ If you notice that you are plateauing in your career, what would you do?