Don’t be Mr. “Almost” in the workplace

Author | Wesley

Mr. Hu Shi wrote an article "The Biography of Mr. Almost".

He often said: "As long as everything is almost the same, why should we be too smart?"

In his eyes, brown sugar and white sugar are about the same, Shanxi is about the same as Shaanxi, and a thousand words is worth a cross. Just a little more is about the same.

Two minutes late to catch the train, the train did not wait for him. He also said: "The train company is too serious. 8:30 is the same as 8:32, isn't it almost the same?" He was seriously ill, and his family asked him to Dr. Wang from East Street was not invited, but Dr. Wang, a veterinarian from West Street, was invited.

He didn't care: "Doctor Wang is almost the same as Dr. Wang." Veterinarians are very different from doctors who treat people. Before he died, Mr. Jiuquan also said: "There is a difference between a living person and a dead person... different... different... not much..."

Although such a person may not exist in reality, he also provides us with a reminder. Liao Xing: It’s almost the same, but actually a lot different.

In the workplace, it is very common for Mr. Almost to be around us. Today let’s talk about how we cannot be Mr. Almost in the workplace.

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Almost the same, but actually a lot different

When I was leading an Internet project, I served as the product manager. To develop an APP product, you need to display the customer's commission on the APP.

For products developed by IT partners at that time, there was always a certain gap between the commission data displayed on the system and the real data. Sometimes the difference was 10,000, and sometimes the difference was 50,000.

At that time, I went to the colleague in charge of development and told him about this problem, and he told me that if your total amount is calculated in hundreds of millions, if you don’t see it in 10,000, it will be almost the same.

Until one day, I found a user whose commission was not paid, but the payment was recorded in the system.

When I brought this case to the development leader, they solved the problem in less than 2 hours.

Sometimes, you think they are almost the same, but in fact they are not really the same, but much different.

It is conceivable that such a work attitude will definitely lead to a decrease in the working ability of the entire team, and it will inevitably affect his own career.

When you have never worked seriously, don’t blame the workplace for being mean to you.

You always complete the same work, and in the end the workplace will tell you: Your position and salary are about the same, so don’t be too demanding.

I once saw a magical motivational formula, 365 represents 365 days in a year, 1 represents every day’s effort, 1.01 represents 0.1 more done every day, 0.99 represents 0.1 less done every day, after 365 days, a growth When it reaches 37.8, one decreases to 0.03; when you increase/decrease 0.02 every day, when one reaches 1377, one decreases to 0.0006.

So, when you are almost the same in everything you do, you will definitely be much different in the future.

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3 tips to avoid becoming Mr. "Almost"

① Keep learning

The times are changing To progress and develop, each of us in the workplace also needs to arrange fixed study time.

I don’t know many Internet celebrities, but there is one Internet celebrity who impressed me deeply, and that is Li Ziqi.

An Internet celebrity who focuses on rural life, farming and cooking. Every time I watch her videos, it is a beautiful enjoyment. Why can she do things so beautifully that others would find irritating? , there must be a reason behind it.

It seems like a very simple shot, but Li Ziqi has shot it many times. The winter in the south is very cold, but she insists on washing vegetables with spring water. Who can endure such hardship.

If Li Ziqi could just make videos, there would be no Li Ziqi today.

The same is true for us in the workplace. Only by constantly learning and constantly integrating the knowledge we have learned with our own work can we be more competitive in the workplace.

② Use data to speak

In the workplace, we all need to use data to speak. As a manager, whether it is praise, encouragement, criticism, or correction, we need to use data to prove it. Rely on feeling;

As an employee, when doing work, solving problems, innovating, etc., you also need data to support your work. Otherwise, how can you prove whether you are doing the right thing or wrong, and how can you prove your workload.

When doing any work, data should be used to achieve refinement.

For example, I often hear people say that other companies do this business more efficiently, with fewer procedures and lower rates than us.

Then I will be curious to ask: How efficient is it? How many hours faster than us? How many fewer procedures are there than ours? Which procedures do we have more? Why do we need more of them? How low is the rate? Why is it so low?

When I ask these questions, I will find that most people do not have data to support their arguments and just rely on their feelings.

The idea of ????working in Internet companies is very good, because everything is supported by data. For example, for every additional step in the registration process, the registration churn rate increases by 30%, rather than relying on feelings that if the registration process is too long, customers will be lost. , when the operation team knows that it has reached 30%, it will try to reduce the steps of the registration process as much as possible under the condition that the risk is controllable.

When we know how to use data to speak, naturally we cannot say "almost".

③ Think deeply and ask questions

Many people are afraid that when the boss asks for free discussion, everyone will not be able to ask questions, or they will not be able to ask quality questions. In fact, there is a high probability that they are right. The business did not understand and did not add its own thinking.

Many people are afraid that the questions they ask are novice questions and that others will laugh at them. In fact, during discussions, it is especially easy for the group to be confused about the basic definitions. At this time, novice questions need to be asked, but there is no need to ask novice questions. This does not mean that you can always ask novice questions. You can ask questions first to clarify a definition, and then continue to ask in-depth questions until the problem is solved or it causes everyone to think deeply.

Where is professional ability reflected in the workplace? In fact, it means having a high level of understanding of business, being serious about details, and thinking logically about business. These are all inseparable from high-quality questions and in-depth questioning.

In today’s workplace, we are not afraid of being “the best”, but we are afraid of being the “Mr. Almost”.

Just like a classic math question: What is 0.9 to the nth power? When n=4, 0.9*0.9*0.9*0.9≈0.656, when n=5, 0.9*0.9*0.9*0.9*0.9≈0.590, when n=10, 0.9 to the 10th power ≈0.349 , when n is equal to 22, 0.9 raised to the 22nd power ≈ 0, that is to say, there are countless 0.9 multiplied by each other, and the result is equal to 0.

So, in the workplace, if the number of times is similar, it means there is a lot of difference.

In the workplace, we need to constantly reject "almost" and do every task, whether big or small, seriously and well. It is a responsibility and an attitude.

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