How to achieve Career Growth – 7 Steps

• What is Career?
• Why is career growth important ?
• How to achieve career growth?

If these are your questions, look no further. We will explore it in this post.

What makes me such an expert you say?

Hello I am Ashish Gade, a millennial, worked in corporate world and a part of this “better-off” brigade. I have out-grown my comfort zone more than once, and every single time benefitted from it.

By the end of this blog I intend to help you –

• Understand , why you must grow with your wealth.
• Will provide you with framework of how to achieve growth in your professional and personal life

Let us start by understanding “Career & Growth”.

Social Growth

Humans are social animals and need to grow socially.

Do you know social growth and mental resilience are directly connected?

This monk explains the modern depression succinctly-

Why do we have too much time on our hands? Few instances are-

• Want milk, veggies, etc – Get it in 10 mins
• Want to buy a stock – Get in 5 mins
• Want to write a code – Get it in 2 mins

The other day, my daughter wanting new earphones, preferred a 10 min delivery app. Amazon’s overnight delivery seems slow. I was amazed.

Another instance, she used ChatGPT, to reduce the pixel size of her photo. Me a Millennial, would have used Microsoft’s Paint. She and got what she wanted in less than 1 minute, effectively saving 30 minutes.

This infers to the fact that technology saves our time.

Excess time leading us to spend it on non-growth avenues. Christina Tiplea writes how people are wasting time.

Incidentally, commencing your social growth journey will leave less time to waste, and more towards you will become an emotionally strong and resilient.

Financial Growth

Finally the perennial question that pops in our mind – Will career growth benefit me financially?

It is a valid question. If we are going to invest time and money in learning and growing, will we be rewarded for it.

It has been observed that the one who grows is rewarded. It is said-

Nature favors the one who dares to grow—quietly, persistently, and without permission

Let me tell you an instance where learning something new has helped me. During my PMP certification I invested money and time. It helped me in completing a digitalization project in my company. The project helped the firm. Subsequently I was rewarded with the star performer for the year along with handsome financial gains.

That one decision, to learn a new skill not only changed my career journey but also rewarded me handsomely.

Use or that skill in my personal life has been an added advantage.

Let me put it clearly, career growth often goes hand-in-hand with better pay and benefits. When you show that you’ve got the skills, your company will choose you rather than look outside. And when you’re helping the company save money, there’s a good chance you’ll be rewarded!

Personal Growth

Personal growth is development of skills, knowledge and mindset.

You start by being self aware about yourself. Personal growth often requires stepping out of comfort zones. Every challenge, setback, or failure is an opportunity to learn resilience and adaptability.

By embracing discomfort, you expand your capacity to handle life’s uncertainties with confidence. Growth also involves learning continuously—whether through books, mentors, experiences, or reflection—because new knowledge opens doors to new possibilities.

How to achieve Career Growth?

Until now we have established the necessity of career growth. Next how to achieve career growth?

Achieving career growth is not learning courses. Doing just that will be counter-productive.

Say you a computer engineer, starts learning finance course, would do little to enhance your growth. On the contrary it will lead you further away from your goal.

Following are 7 pointers which can lead to ensure you achieve career growth –

1. Be aware of your current situation. Learn what will elevate you to the next level.
2. Embrace Challenges and put your hand out for difficult assignments.
3. Build relationships – Talk to people more often, attach to social causes.
4. Surrounding yourself with growth oriented people will help you grow faster.
5. Journaling helps. Writing your goal and the steps required, give you a perspective of your journey.
6. Create something new – write, blog, get new hobbies.
7. Be a Lifelong Student. Curiosity leads to you knowing what is required to be done to grow. See what M/s Indra Nooyi says about being a Lifelong student

Conclusion

Stagnation, you have to work against this one word. It erodes potential, dims the spark that makes us curious, creative, and courageous.

But the good news? Growth is always within reach. It starts with awareness, is sustained by action, and blossoms through consistency.

We saw-

• What is growth
• How to achieve it
• Why it is necessary

As a person we have to grow

• Socially
• Personlly
• Financially

Growth fuels purpose, builds resilience, and unlocks fulfillment and keeps us respected. Whether it’s learning a new skill, stepping out of your comfort zone, or simply choosing to do things better than yesterday—every act of growth adds weight to your presence in the world.

So ask yourself—not just where you want to go, but who you want to become. Because in the long run, as Benjamin Graham said, it’s not about who gets noticed—it’s about who truly matters.

Grow with the Wealth!