Spending just 9 minutes a day focusing on career development and maintaining your professional brand can help you stay informed and improve your skills. Devoting a short, focused period each day to activities like maintaining relationships through your social networks, showcasing achievements, getting expert recommendations, and learning from others can enhance your reputation and visibility without taking much time. Regularly dedicating 9 minutes allows significant impact through consistent, small efforts.

1. 9 minutes a day, to be great at what you do

2. Why 9 minutes?
Why 9 minutes?
If you think you don’t have enough hours in
the day to take dedicated time out to focus
on your own career and future goals, we
think we can help.
We’ve found that spending just 9 minutes a
day, developing your ‘at work’ brand, can
keep you better informed and make you
better at what you do.
9 minutes is a short period of time, it gives
you complete focus, and it can be slotted
easily into your day

3. Putting it to the test
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4. Be generous with your expertise,
knowledge and recommendations
Maintain relationships

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Meeting peers and experts will
give you a fresh perspective and
a new way of thinking at work
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6. Credibility is crucial
Recommendations from trusted peers
will help you stand out from the crowd

7. Showcase your
achievements
Be proud and let the world
know of some of your big wins
at work & beyond using your
social media profiles

8. Get noticed
Think you’re informed, have
a fresh perspective? Update
your LinkedIn status or
Twitter with news and views
every day

9. Stay interested and
learn from experts
Join a forum; publish an article; start
a blog; speak publicly and be sure
your opinion is an informed one

10. Source staff
One of a manager’s hardest jobs.
If you build your brand
community, you’ll create fans
who want to work for you

11. Research
Be sure to be remembered by
making an effort to get to know
more about your clients or
partners and competitors

12. 9 minutes a day, to be great at what you do
Learn more about the ‘science’ of 9 minutes at
www.linkedin-9aday.com