最困難的時候，是什麼使我不斷前行？

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大多數認識我的人都認為我是個樂觀主義者，但我必須承認，自從早期我定下更大的職業目標後，我也曾在職場上遭遇過許多困難，面對過許多極度棘手的挑戰，但最終成功克服了它們。認識我的人都覺得我很樂觀。

別人經常問我是如何保持積極樂觀，即便碰到艱難險阻也不沮喪，這時，我只會回答一個詞——「感恩」。

我幸運地出生在一個積極向上的家庭，家庭成員們努力、謙卑、無私，都是好榜樣，其中有我的祖母、母親和叔叔們。他們每個人都克服過巨大的困難，最後取得了令人振奮的成功。面對挫折和沮喪，他們從不自怨自艾，從不將自己的不幸和失敗歸結到他人身上。他們一直銘記自己有多麼幸運才能擁有現有的一切，有機會追求自己的夢想。他們時時刻刻感恩當下擁有的一切。

所以，從25歲起，每當我在工作上感到力不從心，或萬分沮喪時，我也能對生活心懷感恩，避免自怨自艾。我不會去想那些未曾得到的事物，而是保持積極，不斷堅持，把精力放在如何改善當前的局面上。

例如，公司早期時候在中國和美國的辦事處數量增長到了5家，因為我們之前一年的表現是有史以來最好的，因此我大膽擴張。但隨之而來的悲劇是，互聯網泡沫破滅了！幾乎一夜之間，整個招聘市場就崩潰了。客戶不再招人，有些甚至發不出工資，有的還撤回了給候選人的offer。

僅僅六個月，我的員工數量就從50多個迅速縮減至5個，辦事處也只剩下一間。每每月底到來時，我有半數時間都付不出工資和辦事處的房租。這種情形實，真是糟透了，令人非常痛苦。

每天早上，我一醒來就會立刻想起自己面臨的困境，感到一陣恐懼。但我每天都會提醒自己我還活著，車到山前必有路，然後從床上爬起來去工作。我相信一定能採取一些行動來改變當下糟糕的情形。

我還有幾個非常有能力又忠誠的員工。我的身體很健康，還能非常努力地工作。無論發生了什麼，我的家人和朋友都會支持我的所有決定。我知道這種想法非常單純，但這就是支撐我繼續前進、扭轉局勢的力量。

我對自己說，很多人會碰到更糟的狀況，與他們相比，我的情形不值一提。但是在我事業處在最低谷時，我仍然非常感謝生命中已擁有的美好事物，提醒自己人生還可能面臨比彼時更糟糕的境遇，現在也不算什麼，這就是支持我不斷堅持的動力。

生活中，也許有些人很容易指責他人，怪罪說為什麼我沒有得到應有的東西。有些人也很容易低沉消極，憤世嫉俗，想著憑什麼是自己陷入這種境地。在我職業生涯中最糟糕、最具挑戰的時刻面前，我心懷感恩，明白自己的生命中有這麼多幸運的事情，是這種想法支持我不斷前行。

當你面對重大職業挑戰，試圖克服這些挑戰時，你需要動用一切想法和行為，追逐目標。即使是少那麼一點點努力，你都可能無法保持目前擁有的一切。

時刻提醒自己，自己還有許多應該感恩的事情，這會讓你保持積極的心態，重新獲得洞察力，從而冷靜下來，繼續追尋自己渴望達成的職場成就。

有時，你只需找到一種繼續前進的力量。而就我的經驗而言，你要想著這種情況本可能變得更糟，現在也沒那麼糟糕，這樣便能保持初心，繼續前行。

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The One Quality That Helped Me Overcome

The Worst Time In My Career

You never plan the difficult

times you face in your career, but they happen.

I have to admit that I』ve managed to face and overcome some extremely tough

challenges and times over my own career, ever since I first started pursuing

bigger career goals for myself early on. Still, most people who know me describe me as

a positive person. Whenever I』m asked how

I manage to stay so positive, even in the face of huge adversity, I respond

with just a single word, gratitude.

I』m fortunate to be part of a

family of hardworking and humble role models.

They include my grandmother, my mom, and my uncles. Each has overcome great difficulties to

achieve unique, inspiring success. Whenever they met disappointments and

setbacks, they never blamed others for their misfortunes or lack success at the

time. Instead, they seemed to always be aware

of how lucky they were to even be in their situation and have the opportunity

to do what they aspired to do. That feeling of gratitude for what they had never left them.

So starting from my mid-20s, even when I felt inadequate and outright depressed

about my career situation, I was also able to feel that gratitude about my

life. I was able to avoid feeling sorry

for myself. Rather than focus on all the

things I didn』t have, I was able to stay positive, remain persistent, and put

my energy into what I needed to do to improve my situation.

For instance, early in our

history, my company had just grown to five offices in both the U.S. and

China. We had just finished our best

year, so we were expanding aggressively. Then disaster struck! The internet bubble burst and almost

overnight the hiring market collapsed.

Clients stopped hiring. Some stopped paying. Offers

to our candidates were withdrawn. Within

six months, we went from nearly 50 to five employees and one office. Half the time I couldn』t pay salaries or just office rent

at the end of the month. It was painful.

Every morning, I』d wake up

and immediately feel the dread of facing my situation. What got me out of bed each day though was

reminding myself that my

company wasn』t dead yet. I still had it, and I still had the ability to do

something about my situation. I still

had a couple of capable, loyal employees.

Physically, I was healthy and still able to work my ass off. And no matter what happened my family

and friends were going to support no matter what

happened to me and whatever I decided to do. I know it sounds simplistic, but this is how

I was able to keep going and turn my situation around at that time. But in the very

worst, most challenging time of my career, it was my ability to appreciate the

fortunate things that I had in my life, and remind myself that there are far

worse situations and things that a person could be facing. This is what kept me going and allowed me to

keep moving forward.

It』s easy to point the finger

at others for why you don』t have something that you feel you deserve. And it』s easy to become negative and cynical

about your situation, and why you』re in it.

However, when you』re facing and trying

to overcome big career challenges, you need to channel everything you have

towards pursuing your objective.

Anything less and you』re not going to succeed

and attain what you want. Reminding yourself of the things that

you have gratitude for will help keep you positive. It will help you regain your perspective and

calm you down so you can continue to pursue what it is you desire to achieve in

your career. Sometimes, you just need to

find a way to keep going. In my

experience, remembering that there』s more

that』s good about your situation than bad can make all

the difference.

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