Monday, July 17, 2006
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Be Oneself
To be myself is the most important issue to me recently.
Actually "to just be oneself" has been a trouble to me. I don't seem to be able to see clearly what kind of person I want to be and what kind of path I want to choose most. It may be because I have had too many chances to try many different possibilities. And I always can see the good development of myself in these different paths. Those developemt also bring me much benefit.
When I was young, the issue of "Be oneself" didn't even become an issue because I still have time and space to change. But as I grow older, the return and cost of choosing each path becomes more significant. The issue finally becomes very important.
What do I really want? I think much about this question when I consider career plan change recently. I can do a good research job. But do I like it really? Most important of all, do I want to commit myself into such path? A firm invited me to interview about a research job several days before. I can feel that I want to make the best performance in the interview. I also have done much study about this industry and job. Truely my understanding of this industry could stun the interviewers. But my passion and the sense of direction just don't seem to fit the tone. Something is just not right. I can feel that myself, not to metion the interviewers. A simple question: Why you choose this? becomes not so simple to me. I just can't help express the behavior or sense of a sales in the interview, not a researcher. But this sales seems to sell something that he doesn't believe in so much.
"To be oneself" is very important to me. I will continue this issue later.
Actually "to just be oneself" has been a trouble to me. I don't seem to be able to see clearly what kind of person I want to be and what kind of path I want to choose most. It may be because I have had too many chances to try many different possibilities. And I always can see the good development of myself in these different paths. Those developemt also bring me much benefit.
When I was young, the issue of "Be oneself" didn't even become an issue because I still have time and space to change. But as I grow older, the return and cost of choosing each path becomes more significant. The issue finally becomes very important.
What do I really want? I think much about this question when I consider career plan change recently. I can do a good research job. But do I like it really? Most important of all, do I want to commit myself into such path? A firm invited me to interview about a research job several days before. I can feel that I want to make the best performance in the interview. I also have done much study about this industry and job. Truely my understanding of this industry could stun the interviewers. But my passion and the sense of direction just don't seem to fit the tone. Something is just not right. I can feel that myself, not to metion the interviewers. A simple question: Why you choose this? becomes not so simple to me. I just can't help express the behavior or sense of a sales in the interview, not a researcher. But this sales seems to sell something that he doesn't believe in so much.
"To be oneself" is very important to me. I will continue this issue later.
Combination
There is a famous quote: "In the factory, we make cosmetics; in the store, we sell hope."
This is a classic description of the essence of marketing.
I would like to add something to this quote: "In the factory, we make classic cosmetics; in the store, we sell fascinating hope." The combination of craftsmanship and salesmanship is the real business success.
This is a classic description of the essence of marketing.
I would like to add something to this quote: "In the factory, we make classic cosmetics; in the store, we sell fascinating hope." The combination of craftsmanship and salesmanship is the real business success.
Passive Communication
Sometimes when I get a phone call or a kind of communication delivered by some person, the passive communication happens. The passive communication happens when I receive a message that I don't feel like receiving at that time. Such kind of communication lacks my passion and commitment to make a good communication. And it causes some suffer to me.
I don't know how this situation begins. It seems that I never had such feeling when I was a kid. Maybe it is because there is far less consideration when we communicated as a kid? We expressed what we think directly. If we don't feel like talking, we just shut our mouths. But when we are adults, things don't seem to be so simple. We have to consider other people's position. We have to consider the mutual benefit. We have to consider the outcome of some of our action. So we don't necessarily have genuine passion for each communication. That's why passive communication happens.
There are two ways to face this situation: One is just shut down every communication channel when we don't feel like communicating at all. Another is always prepare our minds and change our minds when we have the negative feelings. As to which way should we choose, it definitely is the issue of objective we choose. What kind of objective we want from the situation? Do we just long for a little bit of tranquillity? Or do we encourage ourselves to keep an exploring and open mind? There is no standard answer or choice. There is no best objective.
For me, I would try to encourage myself to walk the second way.
I don't know how this situation begins. It seems that I never had such feeling when I was a kid. Maybe it is because there is far less consideration when we communicated as a kid? We expressed what we think directly. If we don't feel like talking, we just shut our mouths. But when we are adults, things don't seem to be so simple. We have to consider other people's position. We have to consider the mutual benefit. We have to consider the outcome of some of our action. So we don't necessarily have genuine passion for each communication. That's why passive communication happens.
There are two ways to face this situation: One is just shut down every communication channel when we don't feel like communicating at all. Another is always prepare our minds and change our minds when we have the negative feelings. As to which way should we choose, it definitely is the issue of objective we choose. What kind of objective we want from the situation? Do we just long for a little bit of tranquillity? Or do we encourage ourselves to keep an exploring and open mind? There is no standard answer or choice. There is no best objective.
For me, I would try to encourage myself to walk the second way.
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