Waiting for the boss to arrange work? No, being proactive is the key to success in the workplace!
Waiting for the boss to arrange work? No, being proactive is the key to success in the workplace!
Many people in the workplace have a habit of doing nothing when the task assigned by the boss is over, playing games, swiping Weibo, looking at the web page, etc. After being discovered by the boss, the reply to the boss is the boss's arrangement. work done. They are accustomed to thinking that the salary they get should be done by the boss. If the boss doesn't say anything, it has nothing to do with them. Therefore, they wait every day to be assigned work tasks. If the boss does not arrange them, then they can do their own things with peace of mind.
Carnegie once said that two kinds of people are doomed to failure, one is those who wait for others to arrange and will not take the initiative to do things, and the other is those who cannot do well even when they get tasks. To be honest, most of the tasks in our work can basically be done well as long as we pay enough attention.
Why is being proactive is the key to winning?
1. Be proactive and have more opportunities
In the company, good opportunities are always limited, but there are many people competing. If we want to get good opportunities, we should take the initiative to do things, predict and plan in advance, take action immediately when we encounter opportunities, and actively take responsibility. Bosses will be more inclined to give tasks to such people. But if we wait habitually, then the boss will definitely not give us good opportunities, and we must be left with bad chores. Over time, active people will get more opportunities to exercise and improve themselves, while passive ones are almost Staying in place, you can't see the difference in three or five days, and in a year or two, there will be a gap in the gap.
2. Being proactive is more efficient
Active people are never idle. They know what they should do and what they should prepare. Even if there is no work task for the time being, it is very important to exercise and study the abilities required for the work. Time will be used to the greatest extent possible. Those who wait for the boss to arrange tasks often have no plans, do what they have to do, and spend time when they have nothing to do. It is the same day, and the output of the two is completely different. In the long run, proactive people can create more Great value, so promotion and salary increase is not a dream.
3. What it really means to be proactive
Some people regard work as a bargain, and do as much as they can with their money. Some people regard work as a career, their own ideal, and their own beliefs and prospects. Proactive work is actually taking work as a business. If you want to do a good job, you have to put in a lot more effort, wisdom, enthusiasm, time, and responsibility than the average person. I used to have a colleague who was extremely efficient at work. He always found things to do by himself and reported on his own initiative. He was able to do tens of millions of dollars a year. The boss almost never asked him about the details of his work, and he didn’t need to assign him any tasks. Hold up an office. He is in his thirties, but his hair is already gray. I once asked him why, and he said that he thinks all day long about how to get customers, how to deal with old random inspections, and how to kill competitors. If he thinks too much, his hair will naturally turn gray.