Career planning for successful people

In career development, you will always face many choices. When you have to make a decision about a choice, fear arises spontaneously? Afraid of riding a tiger with difficulty, and afraid of missing a good opportunity. We will find that such a difficult problem cannot be simply calculated using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and the solution is far beyond our professional capabilities. Choice is both a problem and an opportunity. The right choice is often the first step to success in the workplace. What is your choice?

Ding Lei: Be brave enough to fire yourself

Ding Lei entered the telecommunications bureau after graduating from university. Although the salary in the company is very good, he feels that it is difficult to make the best use of his talents. In 1995, he resigned from the Telecommunications Bureau and decided to try his luck in Guangzhou. He described his behavior this way: This was the first time I fired myself. There are always many opportunities in life, but there is a price to pay for seizing them. Taking the first step bravely is often a watershed in life. Although he suffered a lot in Guangzhou and later in his entrepreneurship, Ding Lei said optimistically: People always fall, and even if they fall, they must remember to hold the sand in their hands.

Zhang Jianguo: The wolf who dares to clear himself

In 1990, Zhang Jianguo, who was teaching at a university in Lanzhou, was not satisfied with the established career path of a lecturer, associate professor, and professor, and decided to go south to study. In 1996, Zhang Jianguo relied on his many years of hard work to become Huawei's vice president and director of human resources. However, when his career was at its peak, Zhang Jianguo chose to leave. In XX, he left Huawei and went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study human resources management. However, in July XX, when faced with a career choice again, Zhang Jianguo chose China Talent Network and became the president as a professional manager. Zhang Jianguo said: When making career choices, dare to clear your history and move to a new career platform; when choosing a new platform, you must further utilize and extend your original experience and knowledge. This will be helpful for second-time entrepreneurship. Success is important. In addition, to engage in a new career, you must have the spirit of the wolf, that is, a keen sense of smell, a spirit of collaboration and perseverance.

Wang Liangxing: A simple but not simple entrepreneur

Since starting his business in the 1980s, Lilang (Fujian) Fashion Co., Ltd. led by Wang Liangxing has developed into a leader in business casual men's wear in China. sheep. Lilang started from clothing wholesale and retail. It experienced a trough in 1995, adjusted its corporate strategic goals in 1997, and proposed business casual men's wear brand segmentation in XX. Lilang exploded again and entered the brand management stage.

As an entrepreneur, Wang Liangxing is always faced with many choices. He believes that his greatest advantage is that he dares to think, learn and do. People in southern Fujian have the character to win only if they love to fight. You can't fight blindly, you must always fight with a learning mentality. He does not shy away from his junior high school education, but he has always maintained a learning mentality and believes that the essence is what is learned while practicing, learning, and summarizing. He believes that making tea and chatting with a few friends is the greatest enjoyment and the most enjoyable. Good way to learn.

Chen Pei: Those who choose their dreams will eventually realize their dreams

Chen Pei, currently the president and CEO of Zhongsou, was admitted to the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University at the age of 16. He is the third generation Chief designer of intelligent Chinese search engine. In 1994, Chen Pei began to research Chinese full-text retrieval technology. After years of experience and technology accumulation, in XX, he began to enter the high-end search engine market.

He said frankly: He was under a lot of pressure when making the decision in XX. At that time, there was already a leader in domestic search engine technology, and foreign search engine companies were also eyeing the Chinese market and wanted to win in the competition. , very difficult. Almost all business consulting agencies told him: Forget it, stop doing this market. But inspired by dreams, Chen Pei and his team used news search as their entry point. After half a year, they developed the first news search engine in China, which was adopted by Sina.

Chen Pei always said: Those who choose wealth may not necessarily gain wealth; those who choose ideals will one day make their dreams come true.

Guo Degang: I came to Beijing just so I wouldn’t regret it

In the autumn of 1995, Guo Degang came to Beijing for the third time just so I wouldn’t regret it. I can speak cross talk, story telling, write, and sing Peking Opera. , sing clappers, and sing opera? With just these, I have confidence. The liar in the TV industry and the theater owner who defaulted on wages made him gnash his teeth. During those days of embarrassment, he could only eat glutinous rice noodles with green onions, and he also made serious calculations to save 50 cents in fares.

Looking back on the past, Guo Degang still sighs: I said to myself, these will be my capital from now on. In any profession, there are those who play the leading role and those who play minor roles. It all depends on whether you work hard or not. Thanks to the difficult life experience back then, I was able to be as comfortable as I am today.

Xia Yingqi: Returned Official from Zhongguancun

Xia Yingqi, currently deputy director of the Management Committee of Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park in Beijing, was one of the first batch of people to study abroad after the reform and opening up, and the first batch to obtain a doctorate from a foreign university. Degree returnees. From first secretary of the Embassy in the United States to director of the World Bank Department of the Ministry of Finance, Xia Yingqi has completed many career changes in her life.

Although many little turtles around him have become richer and more famous than him, the old turtle, Xia Yingqi still insists on her choice. He said: My biggest dream is to see the fertile soil of Zhongguancun breed famous entrepreneurs, cultivate more multinational companies, and develop world-class technologies and products. Achieving these goals requires not only enthusiasm, but also a mindset that success does not have to be in me, success is in me.

Yin Xiong: A guitar makes a giant

After graduating from Tongji University’s bridge engineering major, Yin Xiong was assigned to teach at a university in Chongqing. He liked music very much. By chance, he saw an advertisement for guitar training in the newspaper and decided to sign up. Unexpectedly, this inadvertent decision changed Yin Xiong's life. Because of his passion for music, he resolutely resigned and started with guitar training. Finally, he founded Beijing Giant School and worked hard to build China's education department store.

Yin Xiong said with emotion: You must choose based on your interests and not be limited to your major. If you like doing this, you will be happy if you work day and night; if you don't like it, you will be miserable even if you work a few hours a day. At the end of XX, he was named one of the top ten outstanding private educators in China by public voters on Sohu.com, and the Giant brand was also named one of the top ten domestic education brands.

Hu Bayi: A speech changed his career trajectory

After graduation, Hu Bayi worked for Panasonic, mainly responsible for inspecting micromotors. Panasonic's morning meeting requires each employee to take turns to come to the stage to read the corporate spirit and express their thoughts without any topic restrictions. Every morning meeting, the front is full of leaders, and many people are afraid when they see this kind of scene. Hu Bayi was very nervous at first and had to write his speeches in advance every time. However, as a liberal arts student, he quickly adapted and often quoted from other sources and improvised when speaking. Finally one day, the Human Resources Department decided: Since you are interested in humanities, then go to the Human Resources Department to work in human resources. As a result, Hu Bayi became Panasonic's personnel specialist.

Later, Hu Bayi worked as a human resources consultant at DuPont and Korn Ferry International, and now he is the human resources general manager of Bloomington. He said: In the process of career change, while people are constantly accumulating themselves, they also need to always seize the opportunities around them. Without the speech I gave at Panasonic’s morning meeting, I might just be a senior quality inspector today.

Zhou Weikun: 37 years of hard work to become the godfather of Chinese IT

In 1968, Zhou Weikun graduated from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Hong Kong and became a programmer at IBM. Three years later, he took the position of development manager. After another three years, he was responsible for the computing center, programming team, system analysis team and training management. One day, his boss suddenly asked him if he was willing to do sales work? This meant that he, who was already a third-line manager, had to return to the position of an ordinary employee. After a fierce ideological struggle, he accepted this new challenge and became an ordinary salesperson. It didn't take long for him to reach the position of third-line manager.

The boss said in surprise: Whether you are doing technology or sales, you are an excellent manager!

Now he has served as chairman and CEO of IBM Greater China for XX years, summing up his During the past 37 years of my career journey, I emphasized: I pursue two things at work: whether the work is challenging and whether the company has enough rewards for you. I'm at IBM, and I'm pushed out to face new challenges almost every two years. Therefore, I never get tired of my job.

Qian Gangji: A thrilling job-hopping experience led to career glory

Qian Gangji, the current president of Herbalife China, once had a thrilling job-hopping experience.

Twenty years ago, he worked as a financial accountant in a company with a monthly salary of US$4,000. Just when his boss was about to give him a promotion and a salary increase, a well-known Canadian lumber company was on the verge of bankruptcy, which prompted the government to intervene. The first thing he did was to fire the company's financial director and at the same time put out a recruitment notice in the newspaper. Seeing this news, Qian Gangji said to himself: Here is the opportunity! This is definitely a good opportunity to turn bad things into good things. During the interview, the 27-year-old surprised the examiner, and a year later he surprised everyone. Not only did he turn the company back into profit ahead of schedule, but the profits he earned wiped out half of the original losses.

Qian Gangji admitted that the chief financial officer is the foundation for a good president. He can become an outstanding president today mainly because he always analyzes and handles problems with the mind of a chief financial officer, which makes it easier to grasp the business. The crux and blind spots in the operation.

Zhang Libo: China’s No. 1 Gamer to Career Planner

Zhang Libo was once praised by CCTV Oriental Time and Space as the “No. 1 Gamer in China” for XX years Operating online games has made a name for itself. However, just last year, Zhang Libo changed his career. He left the gaming field where he had worked hard for XX years, and attracted some successful presidents and CEOs to co-found Longyin Workplace Company, and he became the company's chief career planner.

When it comes to success, Zhang Libo said: If you want to win the competition, you must first abuse yourself. Success alone depends on opportunity and talent. If the former is the source of success, then diligence and hard work are the driving forces that keep the source flowing. Talking about his own choices, Zhang Libo said: Career choices in life should be diversified, so as to enrich one's life. But the success or failure of choosing a career is the same as the success or failure of the strategy in the game. The difference is that the player mentality in the game is to be proud and never give up. Time cannot be reversed, and re-selection can only be a hypothesis. Once you make up your mind, don't think about the results of another choice. Successful people have different choices, but their open-minded and optimistic mentality is the same. A good choice will be wasted if it lacks acquired hard work; while a messed up choice can make a breakthrough with 100% hard work.

After all, there are too many possibilities in life. As long as you can grasp one of them, you can have your own life.

Wang Zhidong: Three Transformations of Career Experience

From the famous Xintiandi Company, to Sina.com, and now to Beijing Click Technology Company, Wang Zhidong, who is under 38 years old, has experienced Three transformations: from an excellent programmer, to a professional manager, and then to a legendary entrepreneur.

In June XX, during the season when the Internet bubble burst, Wang Zhidong left Sina. At that time, he had many choices. He could take a break for half a year, go out to do gold plating or become a professional manager. Some people also asked him to simply write a book and advertise. I spent a month thinking about this issue. After leaving Sina, what was most suitable for me? What?

At that time, I asked myself a question: Is there anything I particularly want to do now? If I don’t do it, I will regret it or be unable to let it go. So Wang Zhidong decided to start Click Technology. After having the experience of Xintiandi and Sina, Wang Zhidong was very cautious in starting this business. So far, all the problems of Click Technology have basically not exceeded the original expectations.

Wang Zhidong believes that everyone should start a business according to their own characteristics. Their three choices and business content are completely different, which is why we have the current result. If I leave Sina and build a website again, not only will I There is no challenge and it is difficult to succeed. When starting a business, you cannot follow the trend or accept death. You must be good at learning and breaking through yourself.