Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Are you equal to your colleagues?

The third unspoken rule in the workplace: You must have long-term ambitions. If you really don’t have one, then make money. Ambitiousness is the first condition to be a protagonist. In the workplace, if you don’t have a goal, you won’t be able to climb up the ladder aggressively, and in the end you can only become a secondary player and a victim of others. And this goal cannot be achieved in the short term.If a person is satisfied too easily, he will indulge in satisfaction and not think about making progress. And the source of human progress is desire, never-ending desire. From a human point of view, all great men have ambitions higher than the sky, and it is this belief that supports them to overcome all kinds of hardships and dangers and achieve their final goals.

Don't think that you can't be like a great man. Because even if you have the ambition to become a great man, at most you can achieve one percent or even one thousandth of a great man.If you can't even think about it, you're doomed to be a worm in the ground. The giant rules the worms, and the fate of the worms is not controlled by themselves. This is the protagonist and the secondary.If after reading the first chapter, you decide to be the protagonist and your own master, then continue reading. Why does a long-term ambition have to exist? Because in the workplace, if you want to settle down, be the protagonist, and climb up the ladder, you will definitely encounter difficulties and dangers.

This difficulty is not only in work, but also in office politics. You will encounter criticism from customers, exclusion from colleagues, and suppression from superiors.You'll be caught up in a maelstrom of relationships and office politics. And, you are bound to fail.Believe me, everyone fails, including great people. What do you do when you get stuck, when you fail, when you want to give up? That's right, your ambition is the guiding light, it will tell you what to do, which direction to go, whether you should stick to it. Your long-term aspirations are the insurance belt for your career path.

This is by no means just an empty slogan, you must set your ambitions and work hard for it.I recommend that everyone write down their career goals and put them in a place where they can see them every day. (Of course, it is not recommended to put it where colleagues can see it.) From then on, everything you do must be related to this goal.Your career revolves around this goal. Before you make a decision, ask yourself, is this choice in my interest?Can it bring me closer to my goal? If you can, do it and nothing else.If you can't, then don't do it, no matter what the benefits are.

case: Many people in the company don't like Feng Hui and Lin Cong, but in comparison, Feng Hui's popularity is slightly better, because he is not as cold as Lin Cong, and he treats everyone with kindness. It's just that many city people look down on Feng Hui, feeling that he has never lost his rustic look from the countryside.People like Feng Hui have a proper term called "Phoenix Man", which means a phoenix that flew out of the chicken coop. Although it is a phoenix now, its roots are still in the chicken coop. Feng Hui has great ambitions.Since he was a child, seeing the suffering of his fathers digging food from the ground, he made up his mind to leave the poor and boundless ravine.

So Feng Hui's grades are very good, and he has been the first in his class since elementary school.After receiving donations from well-wishers in the city, Feng Hui was able to attend high school and even have the opportunity to enter university. On the eve of the college entrance examination, Feng Hui had a huge change. This turning point came without warning, and it was so sudden that everyone was extremely surprised. Originally, Feng Hui was a liberal arts student, especially in Chinese and History, but a few months before taking the college entrance examination, Feng Hui suddenly decided to switch to science.

This decision shocked the whole school, because the school was notified not long ago that Feng Hui became the only liberal arts recommended student among all high schools in Shili Baxiang in the entire county, and the recommended one was the history department of Fudan, a key university. announced. But Feng Hui had to give up the excellent chance of being recommended. He planned to use the last few months before the college entrance examination to study science courses. Why?No one knows the real reason. Only Feng Hui knew clearly, because his ambition had changed, and this was the most critical turning point in his life.

What is your ambition?Ambition is what you are willing to give up to achieve it. With Feng Hui's grades, it is not difficult to jump out of the mountains, but on the eve of the college entrance examination, he received a letter from a donor in the city, which gave Feng Hui new ambitions. Feng Hui's benefactor was originally the sales director of the Greater China region of Company A (that is, the company Feng Hui is currently working for), but he was defeated in the latest internal struggle of the company and assigned to a small subsidiary company. Although the donor suffered setbacks in his career, he was still willing to support Feng Hui in college, and enclosed the first year of college tuition and living expenses, a total of 15,000 yuan.

It was the first time Feng Hui read the inside story of the workplace, and the benefactor in his heart suffered unprecedented setbacks, which also made Feng Hui change his ambition. He has a new ideal. That is, after graduating from university, he became the sales director of the Greater China region of Company A (that is, the company Feng Hui is currently working for).His desire to regain what he had lost for the benefactor who sponsored him became overwhelmingly strong. Feng Hui started to work hard in high school exam preparation. He put aside his familiar history books and began to study science subjects desperately. In the end, he was admitted to the Department of Business Administration of Zhejiang University with the first place in the county and city and the fifth place in science subjects in the province.

After entering university, Feng Hui did not relax. He has been making plans around his goals. In the first year of university, he began to understand the business information and company background of Company A.In the summer of the first year, in the name of work-study program, he became a terminal promoter of Company A in Hangzhou to learn more about the industry and the operation of the company. In the second year of university, Feng Hui's observations have extended to the industry in which Company A is located. Since this is a multinational group, Feng Hui began to study English hard.This year's summer work-study program, Feng Hui entered a competitor company of Company A, and took this opportunity to learn about several competitors.

In the third year of university, Feng Hui easily passed CET-6 in English.He started to make a website related to Company A's industry. This highly professional website could not bring Feng Hui any income, but it allowed him to contact many industry experts and learn a lot of insider information. This industry website did not close until Feng Hui graduated and entered Company A, and gradually became a well-known professional website in the industry, but few people knew that its founder was Feng Hui, which laid the foundation for Feng Hui's future plans. In the fourth year of university, Feng Hui passed CET-8 in English, and was successfully admitted to the Eastern District Sales Department of Company A during his internship.Although he is just an inconspicuous sales representative, no one knows how much effort and time he has put into this day. In the eyes of others, Feng Hui is such a kind and enterprising young man, who can't get rid of his earthy air. But there is no doubt that after setting his ambition, every step of Feng Hui revolves around it.In the four years of college, Feng Hui never had a relationship, had almost no entertainment, did not join clubs, and devoted all his energy to future plans. Although he did not succeed immediately after graduation, it has laid the foundation for his future success. Feng Hui is a special case, but it is also a typical Phoenix man.He came from a bad background, so he had to work hard and struggle for more than ten years before he could stand on the same starting line as the urban people. But have you ever thought that even if you and your colleagues stand on the same starting line, the essence may be different.You don't know what he has done, you don't know what he has prepared for this day, you don't know what aspirations he has, and you don't know how much effort he will put in for it. Never underestimate a person with a dream. Not everyone can be like Feng Hui, who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal. But to survive in the workplace, you must have a goal, which guides your way forward. If you don't have this goal, you will fall into confusion. What are you working hard for?What is the purpose of desperately performing and fighting for promotion?What is the intrigue for? Once this kind of confusion appears and cannot be resolved, you may fall into the Taoist thought of inaction, and your future in the workplace is worrying. But some people say, I don't want to climb up like Feng Hui, so I don't have such big ambitions, and I don't want to fight with others. Could it be that people like me can't have their own ambitions? ? It's actually very simple, if you really don't have great ambitions, then make money! Because it is a commercial society now, some people will use money to measure you, you may not desire material things, but you cannot stop others from looking at you with material desires. A person who is indifferent to fame and fortune is suitable for living in seclusion in the mountains, but not for working hard in the workplace. If you have no desire to climb up, you need to have the idea of ​​making money. Because in the workplace, a high salary represents your value. In government departments and public institutions, position is the embodiment of a person's value.In most workplaces of commercial companies, salary is the standard of value. There is a very dangerous situation in working in a start-up company, that is, when the company's performance is not good, or when it is just starting up, the boss uses ideals to incite employees and asks everyone to tide over the difficulties together.The implication is that everyone does not take money and helps him work for free. Don't underestimate this situation. Many newcomers will fall for this kind of trick. Sometimes they can't save the face of their colleagues, and sometimes they are really persuaded by the boss. Many people will have an idea in their minds: "Now I work for the boss for free, and I will be the veteran when the company develops in the future." wrong!Big mistake! You have to remember that when you are willing to work for no money, your only value is free labor.Your wisdom, your abilities, and your talents have all been obliterated, and cheapness will be your only label. When the company is in trouble, the boss is in urgent need of cheap labor, of course he must take advantage of your value. But after the company develops, the boss has plenty of money and no longer needs free labor. Do you think he will remember your benefits by then? One day, you will be just chewed sugarcane bagasse and thrown on the ground.The boss will spend a lot of money to hire professional experts to join, and your seat will be replaced sooner or later. Even if your actual ability is very strong, what proof can you use?You're nothing more than cheap labor, proven worthless long ago. Many, many people have fallen into the trap. You must not ignore your salary, which is your status symbol in the workplace. No business card can compare to a salary slip with many zeros. The emperor of migrant workers is the goal pursued by various companies, who would go after a migrant beggar? case: Wang Xiaofeng has been very decadent recently.In the past two months, he tried his best to get rid of the hat of dead Shanfeng, but after the "sending products to the countryside", Wang Xiaofeng, who was fooled by Lin Cong, lost his goal again.He lost the motivation to make orders every day, and started his career as an "idle person" in the office. Colleague Zhang Congming ran over and said mysteriously, "Do you want to change your environment recently?" "Job-hopping?" Wang Xiaofeng didn't raise his head, "Zhang Congming, when did you become a headhunter?" "It's not considered job-hopping, it's just a change of environment." Zhang Congming lowered his voice, "Do you know about strong SIR?" "Deputy Sales Manager of West Region?" "He's been promoted!" Zhang Congming muttered, "In terms of seniority and history, he should have been promoted a long time ago." Although Wang Xiaofeng was decadent, he was still very clear about the account in his heart.Qiang SIR is a foreigner. I heard that he was airborne directly from the headquarters a few years ago, so it should be a high-level person.But how could a foreigner have ever played with the methods of the Chinese, and he was squeezed all the way down in a few years, and finally only became the deputy sales manager of the western region, and he didn't have any real power. "Why did he get promoted? He became the sales manager of the western region?" Wang Xiaofeng muttered, "No way, this strong SIR has been neglected for a long time." "It's not the sales manager of the western region." Zhang Cong clicked his tongue, "it's the manager of the public marketing department, who reports directly to the sales general manager of the East China region, and is at the same level as the sales manager of the western region." "What is the public marketing department?" Wang Xiaofeng was stunned. "The department specially set up for strong SIR is the only one in the whole group, and it is doing a pilot in our East China region." Zhang Congming said solemnly, "This matter has something to do with you." "It's none of my business again?" "The last time you went to the countryside, although it ended without a problem, Qiang SIR appreciates this idea and thinks that our company should have a department dedicated to public welfare undertakings." Wang Xiaofeng was puzzled: "Isn't there always a department in the group doing it?" "But our sales department doesn't have one. This public marketing department is a public welfare department directly under the sales department. It specializes in charitable activities. Qiang SIR is the head of the department, understand?" Zhang Congming finished in one breath. "Then why do you want me?" Wang Xiaofeng felt that Zhang Congming was not as simple as gossip. "Tsk! Qiang SIR asked you to follow him by name, why should I come to you?" Wang Xiaofeng was taken aback, he had also heard that there were different factions in the company, each with their own hills, but it was the first time someone came to recruit him into the group: "Why did you name me?" "Although the last activity was unsuccessful, Qiang SIR admires you and thinks that you are similar to his ideas. The public marketing department needs talents like you to do it." Zhang Congming sighed again, "It's just that the new department just Established, the budget is not enough, if you transfer over, you can only get half of your current salary." "That much difference?" Wang Xiaofeng pouted. "Don't bluff!" Zhang Congming sat down on the desk, "Are you happy with what you're doing now? Isn't it? The last time you were bullied by Lin Cong was not enough? Although the money from Qiang SIR is small, what you can do is Doesn’t the real public welfare cause just fulfill your wish? It’s better if you don’t do anything that makes you happy.” Wang Xiaofeng hesitated: "But the salary is so much less." "Although the salary is less, the status is different." Zhang Cong named Wang Xiaofeng's nose, rather resentful, "You are forcing the SIR to call the name, at least give you the position of deputy director. You If you stay in the sales department, you are a small person, but if you jump over it, you will be at the supervisor level. This is your first year in the company. How can anyone be promoted as fast as you, not even Lin Cong." Wang Xiaofeng was shocked when he heard this. Since he joined the company, he has been almost pushed down to the bottom. According to Feng Hui, it is a trick with no hope.If you enter a department with a strong SIR and can be directly promoted to deputy director, how many years of struggle will be saved. Feng Hui and Lin Cong worked desperately to be promoted to the deputy director of this department, and he, Wang Xiaofeng, could get it without any effort. "How about it, Qiang SIR can wait for my reply." Zhang Cong raised his eyebrows. "Let me think about it." Although Wang Xiaofeng was moved, he didn't agree immediately.He learned the lesson from last time that he can't take other people's ideals as his own. He had to ask Feng Hui about this matter. In the evening, Wang Xiaofeng invited Feng Hui to dinner. Feng Hui's intentions for Wang Xiaofeng had already been well established, and after two glasses of red wine, he said, "Do you have something to ask?" Wang Xiaofeng said eagerly, "Do you know?" "Qiang SIR wants you to go there?" Feng Hui said first. "How do you know?" Wang Xiaofeng was shocked. Feng Hui shook the red wine glass: "Today Zhang Congming came to you with such a high profile, who wouldn't know, don't mention me, I'm afraid the supervisor and manager have gotten wind of it." "This Zhang Cong name doesn't even know how to do underground work." Wang Xiaofeng felt a little apprehensive. "He did it on purpose." Feng Hui smiled lightly. "On purpose?" Wang Xiaofeng was puzzled. "Zhang Congming came here deliberately to get you to quit with a high profile, just to let the people in the department know about this incident and completely cut off your escape route." Wang Xiaofeng took a deep breath, and finally understood: "That's a thief, this guy." "What do you think?" Feng Hui asked, "Forcing SIR to drag you over." "Well." Wang Xiaofeng stopped putting on airs in front of Feng Hui, "Actually, I really want to go there. The public welfare work there is very suitable for me, and there is a promotion. You know that there is a gap between a small employee and a deputy supervisor. Although the difference is not much, but no chance is a lifetime thing." "Then you can go there." Feng Hui nodded. Wang Xiaofeng noticed a trace of teasing in Feng Hui's eyes. He knew the problem was not that simple, so he put down his body and asked shamelessly: "I'm not discussing with you, but you are talking, if it were you, would you go?" "Won't." "Why?" Wang Xiaofeng wondered, "Why don't you go for such a good opportunity?" "Why have you been depressed recently? Why aren't you focused on work?" Feng Hui asked back. "Hi! I don't want to be promoted anyway, why are you working so hard?" "Well, let me ask you." Feng Hui hurriedly said, "Since you don't want to be promoted, why did you lower your salary to strengthen the new department of SIR?" "Um." Wang Xiaofeng couldn't answer for a while, and reluctantly said, "Me too. I also want to change the environment." "Job hopping can be high or low. You have to figure out what you want first, and even if you don't have a clear goal, it is very dangerous to change the environment randomly. If you have never thought about getting a promotion , go to strengthen the new department of SIR, you only have the disadvantage of salary reduction but no advantage.” "But apart from the salary cut, there is no harm." Wang Xiaofeng seemed to feel that he was underestimated, and tried his best to argue. "Salary cuts are the biggest disadvantage." Feng Hui said lightly, "You have to figure out why you want to cut your salary first." "Because the budget is small." Wang Xiaofeng asked. "A newly established department, which is at the same level as the sales department in the east and west districts, how can it be possible that the budget is so small that even a deputy director can only get half salary? Have you ever thought about the reason?" "why?" "Do you know why strong SIRs get promoted?" "I don't know." Wang Xiaofeng still shook his head blankly. Feng Hui really didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You don't know anything, but you dare to change jobs. This is not stupid and bold." "Tell me about it!" Wang Xiaofeng was anxious, "You've already drank thousands of dollars worth of red wine, why don't you teach me?" "Qiang SIR was promoted because he couldn't stay in the sales department in the west area anymore, and he was squeezed out miserably. Qiang SIR has been defeated by others, and his future is completely ruined." "How can you be promoted after being defeated? This is not logical." Feng Hui explained slowly: "Because Qiang SIR was directly airborne from the headquarters, it is impossible for Greater China to lay off him directly. According to Chinese art, the best way to lay off a person is to first Get him promoted." "Ascending brightly and descending secretly?" Wang Xiaofeng had a little understanding. "Not exactly, the new department is real, the promotion is real, and it is true that they are at the same level as the sales managers in the eastern and western districts. The power of a strong SIR has not been subverted but promoted." Feng Hui said, "The problem lies in In terms of the nature of this department, don’t forget that this is a public welfare department.” "so what?" "This department reports directly to the sales general manager of the East China region, so it naturally belongs to the sales department. In our sales department, what is the only evaluation standard every year?" "Oh!" Wang Xiaofeng suddenly realized, "It's performance! The evaluation of the sales department is based on performance, and the new department with strong SIR is purely public welfare, so it is impossible to have performance." "That's right, when the evaluation at the end of the year, the performance of the strong SIR department was zero, and a lot of resources and budget were consumed. At that time, the Greater China region reported to the headquarters to abolish this department, and foreigners naturally had nothing to say." "I understand. It turned out that this department was established to cut off strong SIRs." "If you want to lay off a person who cannot be fired, then create a department and then lay off the whole department." Feng Hui took a sip of his wine leisurely, "It's a small trick." Wang Xiaofeng wiped the cold sweat off his brow, and let out a long breath. He now knows how dangerous it is to think about promotion and job-hopping without doing any investigation. "However, Zhang Congming will also go to the new department." Wang Xiaofeng still had the last glimmer of hope in his heart. Feng Hui snorted: "You have made the mistake of repeating what others say. You have to learn to think independently. There is no pie in the sky in this world. When someone else gives you a benefit, it is natural to have his benefit first. Strong SIR wants you to be the one. Deputy director, did you mention who the supervisor is?" "Zhang Cong's name?" Wang Xiaofeng slapped the table, "This guy was already planning to ride on my head." "In fact, the choice of job hopping is very simple, that is, it must conform to your ideal." Feng Hui smiled, "Public welfare may be the ideal of a strong SIR, but it is not yours. Don't make the mistake of taking other people's ideals as your own. " "But I really don't have much ambition!" Wang Xiaofeng scratched his head in distress. "If you really don't have ambitions, then make money. In the sales department, what is more convincing than making more money?" "But I earn enough money to spend!" "Enough?" Feng Hui shook his head with a smile, "Do you earn enough to drink thousands of dollars of red wine every day? Are you willing to buy tens of thousands of dollars for custom-made shirts? Can you live in a house worth several million dollars? Can you take your girlfriend to travel and shop in Europe? In our department, you are the only one who dares to say enough words, because others measure their status by how much money they make, only you are not." "Wait!" Wang Xiaofeng remembered, "We joined the company at the same time, and the basic salary should be 5,000 RMB, so how much do you make a month now?" Feng Hui didn't answer, just raised a finger. "Ten thousand?" Wang Xiaofeng was suspicious. Feng Hui smiled and took out the platinum card in his wallet: "I'll pay for today's meal." Immediately, Wang Xiaofeng understood completely, and his face turned pale: "You can earn one hundred thousand a month? One hundred thousand?" In the end, Feng Hui paid the bill for the meal, because when he took out the platinum card, there was an argument between the two of them.As Feng Hui said, when there is nothing in your heart to support your ideals, the only thing that gives you status is money. This was the most expensive class Wang Xiaofeng had ever attended. Although he didn't pay thousands of dollars for wine, what he paid was his self-esteem in front of Feng Hui. They entered the company at the same time and had equal positions. But from today, there is an invisible class difference between them. In TV dramas, everyone has great ambitions. For example, Yu Zecheng's beliefs, Lu Qiaoshan and Ma Kui's desire to climb up, Li Ya's struggle for the cause of the military command, etc. Even a person with lost faith like the station master will still focus on making money in the end. Although making money is not the only goal of people, if you really have no ambitions, then raise your salary and become a noble in the workplace. Question at the end of the chapter: Wang Xiaofeng consults Feng Hui for everything, but is he really as simple as he seems? Answer: Wang Xiaofeng is the rising star of the office. Although he is still immature, he has hidden abilities that no one can underestimate.First of all, he has the ability to work and can do things well.Secondly, his popularity is very good, so it can be said that he has a source of wealth, and the most important thing is that Wang Xiaofeng looks completely unambitious on the surface, which makes his boss feel at ease with him.