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\"Nathan<\/a>Photo Credit: Nathan Mills Guitar<\/a><\/p>\n

There’s this guitarist I know. His music is a work in progress. Not his music itself, because he hones his craft daily. Still, his career in music is a study in skill development. No industry stands still. The ability to silence a room with the sound you bring out of a guitar does not a living make. Usually.<\/p>\n

There are so many other skills called to bear in a\u00a0successful career in\u00a0music today. Composing, arranging, teaching, performing, collaborating, marketing, production, diversifying style or instrument. Whew!<\/p>\n

Then there’s your day job (by necessity, or for other reasons). Wisdom is to bring the same disciplines and desire,\u00a0of\u00a0that skilled musician, to work every day. To be the best asset you can be for your employer or your company. Shirking entitlement and nurturing an attitude of graciousness and gratitude.<\/p>\n

Who is this person?!<\/p>\n

Jon Acuff talks about becoming such a person in his book Do Over<\/a>. <\/em>He tackles the subject of sharpening and developing skills as imperative to any career, and especially to break through a Career Ceiling.<\/p>\n

Have you ever gotten stuck in a job? No, I’m not talking about being ungrateful\u00a0or feeling entitled to a better situation. I’m talking stuck<\/strong> – as in getting to a place in your job where you can’t see being able to ever advance or be more creative or grow professionally?<\/p>\n

Acuff invites\u00a0us readers to take a good look at our skills to see what exactly\u00a0we uniquely bring to your job<\/strong>. This would include skills\u00a0we might have discounted or even forgotten\u00a0we had.<\/p>\n

Below are 10 bits of wisdom<\/strong> from Jon’s section on skills:<\/p>\n