Advice from the world's top 500 executives to their daughters

Advice from the world's top 500 executives to their daughters

Soon, you will graduate and take up your job. This is a long, nearly 40-year career. As a father, a "coming person" who has experienced many years of professional career, saying a few words "old talk" should help you in your future career.
After work, you must learn to live in harmony and establish good relationships.
In the student era, except for the teachers, the people around you are basically the same age as you, and in the workplace, you will meet more seniors or elders older than you; in school, you and your classmates All are equal, even if there are teachers, class cadres and other differences, but compared to the "customers" and supervisors in the work, the status gap in the school is basically minimal.
Etiquette is the "lubricant" of interpersonal relationships, you must master it. For example, to meet people to take the initiative to say hello; to enter the door, go to the elevator to pay attention to courtesy; when the elders or bosses talk to you, stand up and show respect; when you call, you have to wait for the other party to hang up the phone and then put down the phone, etc. Wait. Don't underestimate these trivial "little things", your performance in these places will give you a deep impression.
Some things are not so much etiquette, but rather quality. For example, if you use the tool, you should put it back in place; if the paper of the copier is used up, you should take the initiative to supplement it; don't destroy the working environment. On the contrary, if you see that the working environment is messy, you should take the initiative to clean up. I care about who is messing up. I know that it is very difficult for you, the only child, to do this, but you must learn to do it again because it is work.
You have to learn to listen and ask. The boss should listen carefully and take notes when you arrange your work. After that, it is best to repeat the key points. When you leave, ask: What else do you want to marry? Be modest to other colleagues, even if you already understand, if you still teach you, you should listen carefully. Remember everyone who has taught you about your knowledge, experience, and skills. When others praise you for doing well, tell them who they are learning.
Don't ask and talk about the privacy of others. Don't face someone's computer screen when talking to a colleague, unless someone is telling you or telling you. Stay away from the right and wrong, away from the arguments of complaints, because it is tantamount to your growth, but it makes you lose confidence. Take the initiative to approach those colleagues who are positive and have a good attitude, and follow them as an example, so that your progress will accelerate.
Take the initiative to do things that others are not willing to do, such as organizing the office, making meeting minutes, and maintaining customer contact forms. Try to remember the name of the person you are dealing with. Even if it's okay, don't forget to say hello or email me. Over time, they will also remember you and help you when you need it. Good interpersonal relationships at work can not only make you more powerful, but also keep one third of your life happy.
After work, you will get paid for work, which is the biggest difference from any time in your past. In the past, you have been dependent on your parents' income to maintain your life, study and growth. In the future, you will repay your life and develop a better life through your own work. To do this, you must learn to love work, cherish work, and learn to work.
Don't underestimate any work! Because "there is no ordinary job, only ordinary employees." Even with simple calculations, you can connect simple numbers into lines and make faces over time, and finally see trends and trends. At the same time, any job can be improved and innovated. For example, shorter time, less cost, higher quality, and more beautiful effects.
You have to take your work seriously. The results of your work will reflect your personality and qualities. When doing a job, you not only have to listen to the instructions of the boss, but also the feelings of the beneficiaries of the work. Although it is never possible to achieve perfection, you can only get the appreciation of customers and superiors if you continue to pursue it.
Also, don't worry too much about the income or position. For you, accumulating work experience and skills is the most important thing for the next few years. Don't reject “extra” work, because these extra jobs can broaden your career; don't be afraid of challenging work, it is these “challenges” that form the “staircase” of your career. When your skills have come to the forefront, income and position will naturally be promoted.

Also, the habit of developing "punctuality," "trustworthiness," and "speaking principles" will benefit you for the rest of your life. Don't easily agree on things you can't do. If you agree, you have to do it anyway. "Speaking principle" is law-abiding, public and private. Don't do illegal things. If someone is holding the banner of protecting the company's interests and letting you do something illegal, you'd better find a way for him to give written instructions. Don't be greedy for the small cheap. Even if many people do this, don't confuse them. People who are greedy and cheap, short-sighted, weak-willed, can't make big mistakes. Over time, it will develop opportunistic, arrogant, unwilling to enterprising and lose personality, and ultimately "eat a big loss."
Some of the skills necessary for a career can be learned from a master or from a book. However, consciousness and habits such as "care, consideration" and "association, conception" can only be mastered by their own understanding and practice. Therefore, you must learn to reflect, think quietly, learn to stand on the standpoint of others to review your words and deeds; at the same time, to achieve a broader association, more concise ideas, not only need to increase knowledge, expand ideas, but also emancipate the mind. Therefore, we must learn to self-denial, transcend "tradition" and critically accept everything in reality. Be able to listen to different voices and insights and work hard to understand why they have that kind of thinking. Learning to use concrete and visual things to understand and interpret abstract and virtual things is very helpful in improving the level of ideas.
Try to master and master a foreign language. Because mastering a foreign language is equivalent to opening up a new world. However, remember that foreign languages ​​are only tools, and it is important to expand your thinking and improve your thinking.
Computers and the Internet will be necessary tools for future work. Learn to use computers, the Internet, and update this knowledge frequently. For other digital related technologies, such as photography and video presentation technology, it is also necessary to pay attention, because this is also the way of expression in the future. Although future job development opportunities are more likely to arise in virtual society. But don't be obsessed with computers and the Internet, and you can't extricate yourself. Be able to get in and out, otherwise it will make you a slave to high technology. Properly walking around and seeing nature and human life will help you to cultivate your mind and body and broaden your mind.
Pay attention to exercise, it is best to like a sport that can make you sweat. Because sports can not only exercise, but also release stress and purify the mind.
Finally, you have to learn to update yourself. In the past, there was a teacher who taught you, and in the future you will learn to cope with all changes. Although it is said that “opening is beneficial”, you should read magazines and read more books. Don’t forget your ideals. Consciously learning, using the experience of predecessors and the wisdom of others, expanding yourself and improving yourself will be of great benefit to your future career.