你跟成功只有一個詞的距離

說到職業成功，人們常常會提及「激情」、「努力」、「投入」等詞。的確，這每個詞都會對實現職業目標的能力產生巨大影響。

但請不要忘了一個最基本，也是最重要的詞——「自我」。我所說的「自我」並不是指固執己見、沉默寡言或以自我為中心，

而是指有關職業的「自我意識」、「自我評估」、「自我發展」和「自我管理」。這些詞語表示你能很好地管控職業成長，走向職業成功。為什麼這四點非常重要？請看以下原因。

自我意識——想要做好手頭工作，取得職業成功，一開始必須要對自己和所處情形有著良好的認識。一旦沒有準確的認識，你就是在浪費時間，追求錯誤的目標。

在職業生涯早期，我的身份從工程師變成了創業者。當時的情形與我所理想的職業有著巨大差距，正是我的自我意識幫助我正確認識到當時的情形，以及我應該做些什麼。

例如，我知道最大的挑戰源於克服對失敗的恐懼。雖然我表面上很開朗，很有自信，但其實內心保守，也缺乏自信。因此，當時我最需要做的就是跨出舒適區，迎接新挑戰。

我還明白，雖然我在優秀的公司有一份很好的工作，上司也很好，但我在當時的領域並沒有多少衝勁，那份工作只是適合我而已。

所以，幾個月後，我辭了職，離開呆了10年的領域。我知道，要想實現抱負，我必須完全改變當下的情形。

要想追求能使你獲得成功的環境，並做出優異的表現，你必須了解現實，了解自己的水平，了解當時你面臨的是何種情形。沒有對這些因素的自我意識，你很難達到一個更適合你的情形。

自我評估——你要靠老闆或公司才能確定自己的發展需求？你要靠績效評估才能明白某些工作的執行情況，或哪些對進步產生至關重要的能力和素質？如果這些評估一年只發生一兩次，你就會花許多時間等待別人告訴你反饋。

但事實是，你可以早早地開始自己評估這些事項。如果這些評估能發生地更早，你就可以更快地提高在這些關鍵領域的表現。

我採訪的一位主管說道，「當然，績效審核和他人的反饋很重要。但要成長地更快，你必須隨時對自己的能力和表現進行自我評估。

你得隨時了解所處情況和成長需求，了解真正喜歡做的事情，以及你想要實現何種成功，確定優勢、弱點和能力差距，確定關鍵成功因素，以及如何學習如何將它們好好地呈現出來。

自我發展——在工作中，你的提問頻率高嗎？為了自己的需求，或參與到某種場合中去，你會不會主動聯繫他人？

雖然上司或管理層沒有讓你，或邀請你參加某一場合，但這並不意味著他們不歡迎你主動申請。大膽開口，你會對這一舉動帶來的結果感到驚訝萬分。

「許多員工過度依賴公司安排培訓，」一位總經理說。「他們總是說公司應該提供什麼，自己沒有得到什麼，卻沒有意識到，在日常工作和與他人的交往中，你也可以找到學習和提高的機會。

但這需要你有迎接挑戰，承擔責任的意願，並且在這些機會出現的時候，積極採取措施。

上司和公司確實應該給你提供發展機會，但除此之外，你也應該主動追求自我成長和自我提高。

要想改變所處環境，或更快地成長，你需要清楚認識所處情形，主動追求機遇。這要求你培養一種自我發展的思維和方法，主動實現需求。

自我管理——與職業發展類似，人們也可能會依賴他人，期待別人處理你的工作挑戰和職業問題。其他人可能會幫你一起做職業決定，考慮哪些東西才是最適合你的。

但最終，要想實現職業目標，決定要採取哪些措施的是你，尋找解決工作挑戰和職業困難的是你，不是別人。

現實就是，如果你失敗了，感到最沮喪的是你；喪失了一個好機會，沒人會向你道歉；未得到公司提拔，沒人會為你掉眼淚。這是你的職業，你必須自己找到實現職業目標的方法。

在對職業的意識、評估、發展、管理方面，你承擔起了多少責任？如果不滿足目前實現職業目標的發展節奏或進步速度，你可以更多地在這四個領域用上「自我」二字，我保證這兩者都能提高得更快。

你呢？如果用一個詞能描述成功的關鍵因素，你會選擇哪個詞？無論是哪個詞，它都值得你為之努力。

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The One Word That Will Lead To Your Greater Success

Passion. Effort. Commitment. Value. When talking about career success, these are words that often get mentioned. Each one hugely impacts your ability to achieve your career goals. However, don』t overlook an even more fundamental and important word, self.

I』m not referring to this word with regards to being self-absorbed, self-contained, or self-centered. Rather, how it applies to your self-awareness, as well as your self-assessment, self-development, and self-management of your career. When combined with these words, it describes a high level of ownership for your development and success. Here』s why your orientation around, self, within these four areas is so important to you.

Self-Awareness – Everything you do and how successful you』ll become at it begins with having a good sense of yourself and your situation. A low sense of these two things can waste your time focusing on and pursuing the wrong things.

When I switched from engineering to business early in my career, I faced a huge gap between what I was and what I wanted to become. What helped me was my self-awareness of who I was and what I needed to do. For instance, I knew my biggest challenge was overcoming my fear of failure. I was much more conservative and less confident than I appeared. So going outside my comfort zone to take on new challenges was the biggest thing I needed to address.

I also understood that while I worked for a great company and boss, and had a good job, I wasn』t motivated to become great at what I did. It just wasn』t a good fit for me. So within a few months, I quit my job and left a career track I had invested 10 years in. To do something more fulfilling, I knew I had to completely change my situation.

To pursue and then perform in situations that can allow you to attain the success you seek, you need to be in touch with the realities of who you are and what』s happening in your situation. Without your self-awareness of these, it』s difficult to get into better suited situations for yourself.

Self-Assessment – Do you rely on your boss or company to identify your development needs? Do you depend on performance reviews to tell you how well you perform certain tasks in your job or demonstrate capabilities and qualities that are critical for your advancement? If you』re getting these assessments just 1-2 times/year, that』s a lot of time waiting for others to tell you things you could be identifying identify for yourself much earlier. Think how much faster you could improve in key areas if these assessments occurred sooner.

One executive I interviewed put it this way, 「Of course, performance reviews and feedback from others are great to get. But to grow faster, your own self-assessment of your capabilities and performance should always be happening. You want to understand your situation and development needs at all times. This includes understanding what you really enjoy doing, and what kind of success you want to achieve. It includes identifying your strengths, weaknesses, and capability gaps. And then, identifying the key success factors of what you』re pursuing and how to learn to perform them well.」

Self-Development – How often do you ask questions at work? How proactive are you at approaching others for what you need or participating in situations around you?

Just because your boss and management doesn』t ask or invite you to join a situation that doesn』t mean your involvement isn』t welcome. It』s amazing what you can get if you just ask.

「Many employees rely too heavily on the company to arrange training for them,」 explains one MD I spoke with. 「They always talk about what the company should be providing them and think about what they』re not getting. But they don』t recognize that opportunities to learn and improve are available in their daily job and interaction with others. But it takes a willingness to take on challenges and responsibilities, and to be proactive when these chances appear.」

Beyond what your boss and company can do, you need to take charge of your own development and improvement. To change your situation or grow faster, you need to identify situations and pursue opportunities for yourself. This requires a self-development mindset and approach to pursue what you need.

Self-Management – Similar to your career development, you may rely on others to manage your job challenges and career issues. Others may guide you in your career decisions and regarding what』s best for you.

Ultimately, however, you』re the one who has to determine what you need to achieve your career objectives. It』s you who needs to pursue answers and solutions that address your job challenges and career obstacles.

Here』s the reality. Nobody will feel the disappointment if you fail in a situation more than you. Nobody is going to apologize to you if you lose an opportunity. Nobody will shed a tear if you don』t get the promotion you seek. It』s your career, so you have to find and develop what you need to attain your career objectives.

So how much are you taking responsibility for the awareness, assessment, development, and management of your career? How much do you rely on others for your success? If youre not satisfied with the pace of your development or progress youre making towards your career objectives, then try applying the word, self, more to these four areas. I guarantee these will both happen faster.

What about you? If there was a single word that』s key to your success, what would it be? Whatever it is, it』s worth identifying and pursuing.

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