Fools always do their best
According to my experience working with many people whie doing business, the most troublesome employees are those who work according to their own standards. They did their best. I think so. (When abook titled "Fools Always Say They Did Their Best"was published, I liked the title so much that I read it, but at least it was far from what I personally expected. The original title was it was Mastering Self-Leadership, but in my opinion, it was a rumor.) But remember. What you think is the best method may actually be a total set of foolishness.
Most people think they are doing a good enough job. They don't acknowledge that there is a better, more efiicient, or more perfect way to do things. Statistics show that more than 90% of people believe that they do a better job than the average person, and 94% of American university professors believe that they do better reserch than their colleagus. More than 60% of American colledge basketball players believe they will make it to a major team, but only 5% actually do so. Japanese office workers think more highly of their job perfomance by more than 20%. In oher words, he is also intoxicated.
Now, what should I do to do my job better?
First, if you are doing something repeatedly, be sure to find areas for improvement. When a task has been repeated for several months, I think, "Is there a more effective way?" and try hard to find a better way to improve it. I try to make changes in a lot of areas. With all the things I can find at home. I regularly organize my overcrowded room and rearrange thins. There will be improvement.
Second, before taking action, be sure to absorb the knowledge necessary for the job. If it's a field you don't know anything about, scour the Internet and study related knowledge, even if it means staying up all night. Don't be hasty in looking for people who ar experts. Don't forget to find and study the relevant laws. There are many people who end up in troble because the do not check the law in advance. Don't forget that you need to read the instructions to cook ramen properly.
Third, don't make a mistake. You may have experienced once or twice that you odered black bean noodles at a Chinese restaurant, but the delivery noodles at a Chinese restaurant, but the delivery person did not bring pickled radish or chopsticks. That you would never make that mistake if you delivered? Well, that's fine. "The ground that a person's feet step on is only a few inches. However, even if it is more than a foot long, it easily falls from bridge" Basically, mistakes come from pride. To avoid making mistakes, be sure to mke a checklist of all the details you need to do a task(but that you believe you know), stic it on your desk, and check it every time you do it. Do this until the list is clearly visible even when you close your eyes, as if it were being projected onto a screen in your head. The more people are unable to work, the more they think this list is unnecessary. This means that you are conceited in thinking that you already know.
Fourth, work efficiently. You worked until 10pm last night? You said it was to compile statistics on this month’s sales performance? But how did they come up with the statistics? You carefully classified the tax invoices by company and then added them up to create them using a word processor? How did you add it up? You did it with a calculator? So how did we draw this diagram? Made with Word? Don't you know how to use Excel? You know, but you don't know much? If I do this in Excel, it can be done before work yesterday, right? Don't forget that efficiency is always proportional to your knowledge. (In fact, in many workplaces where high-ranking people cannot leave work, it may seem prettier to work hard on a calculator rather than play a game after working efficiently.)
Fifth, be sure to listen to the opinions of those who have already done the job. It is truly fortunate for office workers to have a good boss. When hiring an experienced employee, I always ask who he or she worked under at his or her previous job and what kind of person that boss was. If you are an experienced employee who will be in charge of trade documents, check to see who has reviewed the English documents you wrote at your previous job. If he had been delegated full authority, he would not have been able to do his job well because he had not learned anything. If you had a boss but it was nothing special, then it is also nothing special. Therefore, feel grateful every time your boss tells you to do your job properly. Even if he cries out loud.
The difference between a great person and a foolish person is only one step.” These are the words of Napoleon.
However, the difference between someone who works well and someone who works foolishly is not a single step. This is because it can be the difference between someone who will become rich and someone who will live in poverty.
