职场九大谎言
I liked Penelope Trunk's interview so much that I asked her for more material. Here's her list of the nine biggest workplace myths:
1.You’ll be happier if you have a job you like.
The correlation between your happiness and your job is overrated. The most important factors, by far, are your optimism levels and your personal relationships. If you are a pessimist, a great job can’t overcome that. (Think of the jerks at the top.) And if you have great friends and family, you can probably be happy even if you hate your job (imagine a garbage collector who’s in love).
2.Job-hopping will hurt you.
Job hopping is one of the best ways to maintain passion and personal growth in your careers. And here’s some good news for hoppers: Most people will have eight jobs between the time they are eighteen and thirty. This means most young workers are job hopping. So hiring managers have no choice but to hire job hoppers. Ride this wave and try a lot of jobs out yourself.
3.The glass ceiling still exists.
The glass ceiling is over, not because people crashed through, but because people are not looking up. Life above the glass ceiling is 100-hour weeks, working for someone else, and no time for friends and family. And it’s not only women who are saying no to the ladder up: Men are as well. People want to customize success for themselves, not climb someone else rungs. So if no one is climbing to the top, the glass ceiling isn’t keeping anyone down.
4.Office politics is about backstabbing.
The people who are most effective at office politics are people who are genuinely nice. Office politics is about helping people to get what they want. This means you have to take the time to figure out what someone cares about, and then think about how you can help him or her to get it. You need to always have your ears open for when you can help. If you do this, you don’t have to strong arm people or manipulate them. Your authentic caring will inspire people to help you when you need it.
5.Do good work, and you’ll do fine.
For one thing, no one knows what the heck you’re doing in your cube if you’re not telling them. So when you do good work, let people know. It is not crazy to toot your own horn--it’s crazy to think someone will do it for you. Also, if you do good work but you’re a jerk, people will judge your work to be sub par. So you could say that good work really only matters if your co-workers enjoy hearing about it from you.
6.You need a good resume.
Only ten percent of jobs come from sending a blind resume. Most people get jobs by leveraging their network. Once you have a connection, the person looks at your resume to make sure there are no red flags. So you need a competent resume and an excellent network. This means you should stop stressing about which verb to use on the second line of your third job. Go talk to someone instead.
7.People with good networks are good at networking.
Just be nice, take genuine interest in the people you meet, and keep in touch with people you like. This will create a group of people who are invested in helping you because they know you and appreciate you. Use LinkedIn to leverage those peoples’ networks, and you just got yourself a very strong network by simply hanging out with the people you like.
8.Work hard and good things will come.
Everyone can put in a seventy-hour week. It doesn’t mean you’re doing good work. So here’s an idea: Make sure you’re not the hardest worker. Take a long lunch. Get all your work done early. Grand thinking requires space, flexibility and time. So let people see you staring at the wall. They’ll know you’re a person with big ideas and taking time to think makes you more valuable.
9.Create the shiny brand of you!
There is no magic formula to having a great career except to be you. Really you. Know who you are and have the humility to understand that self-knowledge is a never-ending journey. Figure out how to do what you love, and you’ll be great at it. Offer your true, good-natured self to other people and you’ll have a great network. Those who stand out as leaders have a notable authenticity that enables them to make genuinely meaningful connections with a wide range of people. Authenticity is a tool for changing the world by doing good.
我非常喜欢 Penelop Trunk's 的访谈节目,因此我向她索要更多的资料.以下这些是她列出来的职场九大谎言:
1如果你从事的是你喜欢的工作,你会更加开心。
你高估了快乐与你工作之间的关系。到目前为止最重要的因素是---你的乐观程度和你与同事之间的人际关系。如果你是一个悲观者,再好的工作也不能使你开心。如果你有一群很好的朋友和一个快乐的家庭,即使你讨厌你的工作,你也会感到很开心(试想一下一个陷入爱情中的捡破烂的人吧。)
2不断换工作无益于你
不断的换工作是保持你的工作激情和使你个人得到发展的良好途径。以下是对那些跳槽者的一些建议:大部分的人在18~30岁之间都换过八次工作。这就意味着大部分的年轻人都是跳槽者所以雇用经理别无选择,他们只得雇用那些人。跟随潮流,多做一些你没有尝试过的工作吧。
3玻璃天花板仍然存在
玻璃天花板时代的结束并不是因为人们将它打碎,而是人们不再需要它。在玻璃天花板上的生活是为别人一周工作100个小时,没有时间和家人朋友呆在一起。不仅仅是女士对这种升职机会说不,就连男士也无法接受这种升职途径。人们不想利用别人来使自己升职。既然没有人愿意这样做,玻璃天花板的时代也就结束了。(这一段理解的不是很透彻,如有不足望多见谅。)
4办公室政治是陷阱
那些擅长办公室政治的人是那些受到同事欢迎的人。他们常常帮助别人获得他们想要的东西。这就意味着你需要时间去了解别人需要什么,你要怎样做才能帮助他们获得他们想要的东西。你需要随时向别人提供帮助,这样你就不需要坚强的后盾来操纵别人,你日益提升的权威会使你周围的人在你需要的时候帮助你。
5好好工作,你会做的更好
如果你不告诉别人,没有人会知道你在办公室里做什么。所以如果你的工作做的很好,让别人知道。。自吹自擂并不是疯了,当你希望别人帮你完成工作才是不现实的想法。所以如果你要做好工作只是一时的激情的话,人们只会认为你的办事能力一般。所以只有你的合作者愿意协助你的时候,你才能将你的工作做到最好。
6你需要有一份好的简历
只有百分之十的人能在随意发送个人简历中获得工作。大部分的人是通过网络关系获得工作的。一旦你和用人单位取得联系,雇佣者觉得你的简历不错,你就有可能被雇用。所以你需要一份好的简历和熟落的网络联系,这样你便不用担心你找不到工作。
7谁擅长网络技术,谁就拥有好的网络交际网
真诚的对待你所遇到的朋友,和你喜欢的人保持联系。你就会有一群欣赏你的朋友,在你有困难的时候帮助你。使用 LinkedIn来联络你的人际关系网,你只需要和你喜欢的朋友在一起你就可以建立一张强大的人际关系网
8只要努力工作好运就会来临
每个人一周都可以工作70个小时,但这并不意味着你把工作做好了。好好吃一顿午餐,早点完成你的工作,完美的思思维需要空间,灵活性和时间,让人们知道当你对着墙看时,你正在思考一个重要的问题。
9发现你的闪光点
除了你自己外没有人能为你创造一个适合你的工作方程式,只有你自己是最了解你的,知道知识是无止境的。找出你自己最喜欢做的事情,朝着这个方向前进。向别人展示你好的一面你就会有好的人际交流网。那些杰出的领导者都极具权威,他们和许多人有着真诚而又意味深长的联系。真诚是改变世界最有效的工具。
