Be a Man and Do Things Pillow Book

Chapter 68
The workplace is a battlefield. If you want to keep your job, the easiest way is to make yourself indispensable.

Have the courage to start from the bottom.

There is a PhD student studying in the United States, who wants to find a satisfactory job in the United States after graduation.With his doctorate certificate from a famous university, he went to many big companies, but none of them hired him.

In the end, he decided to put away all his academic certificates and apply for a "program recruiter" at a large multinational company.After the interview, he was immediately hired by the department head.

This job is a piece of cake for those who have studied for a Ph.D.But in the simple work, he still does it meticulously and devotes himself very much.Soon, the supervisor found that he could see the errors in the program, which was not comparable to ordinary program entry staff, and he couldn't help but feel very strange.

Under questioning, he showed his bachelor's degree certificate.The head of the department was taken aback and felt that it was too inappropriate for him to be a programmer, so he reported to the boss and offered to change him to a better job.

In the new job position, the doctor is still working hard and has more opportunities to contact the boss.The boss found that he can often put forward some valuable suggestions, which is much better than ordinary college students.So, the boss wanted to find out why he was different, so he invited him to talk alone.

After talking, he lost no time in showing his master's degree certificate, and was immediately promoted again.

After a while, the boss felt that he was still different from others, so he "inquired" again.Only then did he show his doctorate certificate.Because the boss has a clear and comprehensive understanding of his level, he entrusts him with important tasks without hesitation, so that he has a broad space and a great opportunity to display his talents.

Down-to-earth is a prerequisite for getting ahead, so young people who are new to society don't have to worry or fear being buried.When first entering society, young people should have goals and plans to start from the grassroots.

"Profession" and "career" are two different things.

The great inventor Thomas Edison worked 18 hours a day in his laboratory, where he ate and slept.However, he did not suffer from this kind of life at all.Why?Because he cleverly overlapped his career choice in life and the direction of his career struggle.

Occupation and career are not the same thing: Occupation is just a means of earning a living, while career is a way for people to realize their self-worth.Some people fail because they completely confuse the two.

Mr. Brown is one of the most successful American filmmakers of all time.However, he was dismissed by three big companies, and his life was miserable several times.

Initially in N. Fromm Culture Publishing Company in his hometown, with his extraordinary artistic talent and eclectic cultural management courage, he took the third position in the company in only two years at the age of 25 .However, due to setbacks in the publication of a set of national agricultural machinery enterprise marketing network series, he disagreed with other senior executives of the company, and was finally forced to resign in anger.

In New York, after just completing his probationary period at the New American Library, he was promoted to vice president of editorial department, which made other colleagues envious.However, several "employees" recruited a wealthy outsider to join them a year later, and he and this person often disagreed on general issues such as the artistic pursuit of the library.Soon, he was fired again "for some reason".

After returning to California, he joined the well-known Twentieth Century Fox Company, where he served in the top management for six years.However, he was forced to leave again because the board did not like the many big-budget films he advised and directed, such as "The Queen of Egypt".

Since then, Mr. Brown began to carefully review and examine his career path over the past 10 years The noble quality, outstanding courage and artistic accomplishment from the company are the precious elements to become a successful boss in the new entertainment era in the United States and even in the world.But, is there any boss like him that the company really needs?
After painfully analyzing the root causes of his frequent failures in part-time jobs, Brown resolutely decided to take out a loan of 30 US dollars and start his own business.Soon, he shot a series of blockbuster films such as "Jaws", "The Judgment" and "Sky Cocoon", which shocked the American and world film circles again and again.

On the career path, Brown is a company administrator who has been defeated repeatedly; in the struggle of his career, Brown has become a successful entrepreneur and an outstanding big boss.Many people may be surprised by this, but it is actually a very reasonable thing: because his career choice and career pursuit have become one.

Those who can achieve great success are those who can organically integrate their talents, interests, personality, style of life and pursuit of outstanding life values.If you can also achieve the perfect unity of career and career, as Edison and Brown did, then you will definitely achieve the greatest gains.

Find the industry that really belongs to you.

Many outstanding people, their success is firstly due to their full understanding of their own strengths, positioning or repositioning according to their own strengths, and finally finding out the industry that really belongs to them.

Some people don't know where their strengths are, but only choose an industry based on their temporary interests and ideas, and they will make mistakes as a result.In this regard, everyone must not take it lightly.

The so-called "all roads lead to Rome", there are many roads in life, but not any road is the most suitable for you.Usually, people who can succeed with a one-time choice are of course very lucky, because this is out of personal interest, hobbies and perseverance, and they have a better grasp of "self-knowledge".People like Beethoven, Molière, Mei Lanfang, etc. belong to this kind of lucky few.

However, for more people, it is not immediately possible to recognize their own essence and choose the direction of their efforts.People can only gradually find a suitable industry after they have been tempered by social practice.

In ancient and modern China and abroad, there are quite a few celebrities who have made remarkable achievements after repositioning themselves:

Ai Qing, a famous poet, originally studied painting in France, and only occasionally wrote down a few shining lines in his sketchbook.Occasionally, a poet saw it, sent it to a magazine on his own initiative, and the poem was published.Only then did Ai Qing realize her poetic talent, and thus entered the literary world;
Before entering the literary world, the writer Feng Sucai was a professional player in a professional football team, and his ball skills were mediocre. Later, he went to study painting, but there was no result.But he also occasionally wrote while he was studying painting, and finally found that he was good at literature.Since then, he has done it in one go and wrote the famous work "Boxing of Righteousness".

Asimov was a science writer and a natural scientist.His success also benefits from his re-understanding and re-discovery of himself.One morning, when he was sitting in front of the typewriter and typing, he suddenly realized: "I can't be a first-rate scientist, but I can be a first-rate science writer." So he put almost all his energy on science popularization creation , and finally made himself the most famous science popularization writer in the contemporary world;
Roentgen originally studied engineering science. Under the influence of his teacher Conte, he did some physics experiments.From this, he gradually realized that this is the most suitable industry for him.Later, he really became a very accomplished physicist;

Lamarck, a French biologist, started to enter the field of science after colliding with various occupations.He was going to be a priest, then he entered the military, and after that he worked as a bank clerk, during which time he studied music and medicine.During a walk in the botanical garden, he was lucky enough to meet Rousseau.Since then, he has entered the world of biological sciences where he is very useful.

Now many people are working in positions that they don't like or even hate, and doing jobs that they don't want to do.Instead of torturing yourself and wasting your life, it is better to make a decision early and start anew.This way you will be more likely to be successful.

The foolproof way to find a job.

Many years ago, a young man went to the western United States to become a journalist.But because he was unfamiliar with the place and place when he first arrived, he felt unable to start, so he had to write a letter to ask Mark Twain, who was already a celebrity in the newspaper industry at that time, for advice.

Soon, Mark Twain wrote back to him, saying: "If you can do what I say, I can find a place for you in the newspaper industry. Now please tell me: 'Where do you want to get into? A newspaper? Where is this newspaper?"

After receiving the letter, the young man was of course very excited, so he hurriedly wrote another letter, stating the name and address of the newspaper he was looking for, and at the same time sincerely expressed to Mark Twain that he was willing to follow his instructions.

Soon, Mark Twain sent him a second reply letter, which contained the following passages:
"As long as you are willing to work temporarily without getting paid, then no matter which newspaper office you go to, they will not reject you; as for the salary issue, you don't have to worry. You can tell the people in the newspaper office that you feel that not working recently is very difficult. I'm bored, and now I really want to find a job to enrich my life, but I don't need to be paid first. In this way, no matter whether the newspaper is in urgent need of personnel, it is not easy to refuse immediately.

"After you get a job opportunity, you must take the initiative to do things. When your colleagues gradually feel that they really need you, you can go to various aspects to collect and write news, and send the finished manuscript to the editorial department; if the manuscript you write is indeed If it meets their needs, the editor will naturally publish your press releases one after another. In the long run, you will gradually be promoted to the position of an official expatriate reporter or editor, and everyone will gradually pay attention to you. At this point, you don’t have to Worry about not being paid. And colleagues and friends will definitely spread your name and performance. In this way, sooner or later you will get a job with a good salary.

"Soon, other newspapers will compete to hire you. You can show the letter of appointment to Mr. Editor-in-Chief and tell Mr. Editor-in-Chief how much other newspapers will pay you; if the same monthly salary is offered here, you will still stay in Keep doing it here. Maybe other newspapers will give you a raise by then, but if it's about the same amount as here, you'd better keep doing it where you are."

After reading the letter, the young man had some doubts about Mark Twain's method at first, but he still followed it.Soon, sure enough, he successfully entered the editorial office of a famous newspaper; within a month, he received a letter of appointment from another newspaper, asking how much he would be paid each month; His salary was doubled for several days.So he still works in the original newspaper office.

In this way, he worked continuously in the original newspaper office for [-] years.During this period, he also received two offers of employment from other newspapers, and he also raised his salary twice because of this.Later, he was promoted to the editor-in-chief of that newspaper.

Besides this young man, there were five other young people who asked Mark Twain the same question, and of course they all got the same inspiration from him, so they all found the jobs they yearned for very quickly.One of these five youths later became the editor-in-chief of one of the most famous newspapers in the United States. Twenty years ago, like many others when they first started, he was just a very ordinary youth.It was after using the method taught by Mark Twain that he entered the newspaper, his status rose day by day, and finally realized his dream.

If you want to successfully apply for a job, you must first not tell others how good you are, nor tell others how much you are worth, but must be recognized and accepted by others.In this way, people will give you a chance to perform on stage.

Every line is the champion.

In ancient times, there was a man named Chen Yaozi, who was known as the number one sharpshooter at that time because of his excellent archery skills.Once, Chen Yaozi was practicing archery on the shooting range, and many people stood by to watch. An old oil seller, carrying a load of oil, also watched with cold eyes.Chen Yaozi's archery skills were really extraordinary. Not only did the arrows hit the target, but they were also powerful enough to penetrate the target. Therefore, everyone clapped their hands and applauded.Only the old oil seller nodded his head a few times, showing that he was not very impressed.

Seeing this, Chen Yaozi turned around and asked the old oil seller, "Do you know how to shoot arrows?"

"I don't know how to shoot arrows." The old oil seller shook his head and replied, "However, although you shoot very well, there is nothing special about it. In my opinion, it's just that you are proficient in technique!"

Chen Yaozi got a little angry, so he said: "You old man, you don't know how to shoot arrows and you look down on people so much, it's really unreasonable!"

"Sir, please don't get angry!" The old oil seller said calmly: "I am an oil seller, and I have gained a little experience in drinking oil. Now please take a look!" The oiled gourd is placed underground, a copper coin is placed on the mouth of the gourd, and the oil is drained from the eye of the coin with an oil spoon.A lot of oil was drained, but it didn't stick to the money eye at all.

"Look! There's nothing special about this, it's just skillful!" The old oil seller raised his head and said to Chen Yaozi with a smile.

From then on, Chen never dared to boast about archery.

Practice makes perfect.As the saying goes: "72 skills, the best in the world." For some skilled jobs, only by practicing every day can they achieve a level of proficiency that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve.What other people find miraculous is something that those skilled craftsmen take for granted.

Diligence neglected in play.

When Chaplin was making movies, he often shot and improved shots, and often didn't take them. Sometimes he had to change actors to reshoot after the whole movie was shot.In the new film "City Lights", there is a famous scene: a blind flower girl thinks that the tramp Chaplin is a tycoon, so she sells him a flower.

Chaplin tried his best to show why the blind girl thought that the tramp who never spoke was a rich man.

Later, Chaplin finally thought of a solution.The homeless man crossing a busy street, sees a luxury car parked on the side of the road, walks through the door there, and walks through the door this way.The girl heard the heavy closing of the doors, knew it was an expensive car, and took the customer's last quarter without change.

Chaplin took a total of 342 shots for this scene.

Diligence neglected in play.A philosopher said it well: "The meaning of victory is to stand up one more times than to fall down, even the famous ones are no exception."

Make timely career transitions.

Andrew, a well-known real estate broker in the United States, was originally a wine salesman.This was his first job, and at the time he really didn't know what else he could do, so he thought his goal was to "sell wine."

First, he worked for a friend selling wine, then for a wine importer, and later teamed up with two others to start his own import business.It wasn't out of enthusiasm, but as he said himself: "Why not? I've been selling wine in the past."

However, no matter how hard Andrew tried, the business kept getting worse.In this case, he still wants to work hard to save the defeat until the company goes bankrupt completely.

Andrew has been reluctant to change careers because he doesn't know what else he can do.The failure of his career forced him to take a class that taught people how to make a living and start a business.Some of his classmates have already made small achievements, working as auto mechanics, bank clerks, and small company managers.He gradually realized that these people did not think of him as a "person who can only sell wine", but as a "talented person" and "all-rounder".Everyone's opinions awakened him suddenly, and he abandoned his original narrow thinking.

After Andrew woke up suddenly, he began to carefully analyze and explore the possibility of engaging in other industries, check and examine what he really wants to do and what he can do.In the end, he chose to start a real estate business with his wife.

This change has brought him great success that he could never have achieved in promoting wine.

Andrew's example shows that failure will push people to a turning point, and the task at this time is to make plans for the next step.If you still look at the future with the thoughts of the past, then life will become nowhere to go.

Exploring and choosing the future path requires fresh thinking, that is, using a new way of thinking to discover and choose new opportunities.If you can expand your horizons and your range of options, you can break free from the constraints of life.

At this point, recycling your talents can be a very effective method.

When 20th Century Fox producer Lear lost his job, he was convinced that his career was over because he believed that making movies was the only thing he could do.It was not until one day that he happened to meet an old colleague that he changed his mind from then on.

This old friend with whom he had a good relationship gave him a serious analysis: "Actually, you have a lot of skills. First, you have been selling movie projects to the guys at the headquarters for so many years, which shows that you are a great salesman. ;Secondly, you always write the best commercials for your films, and do a good job of publicity in a pinch, which shows that you have writer's ability to write; besides these, as a good producer, you have many Strong organizational skills."

After hearing these words, Lear gave up his original negative and pessimistic thoughts and started all over again.Before long, he was an excellent film promotion writer.

Experts believe that a person needs at least two or three changes before he can finally find a career and goal that suits his strengths.Failure is a good opportunity for people to rethink and free themselves from mistakes. Of course, it would be great if you can change direction in time before you fail.

(End of this chapter)