People in the workplace start at thirty, are you thirty yet?

1. Mortgage

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The age around 30 is the time to start a family and start a business. When I was single, I always shook my head when I heard house prices that easily cost tens of thousands, thinking that this is "It's a distant thing", but once marriage is put on the agenda, buying a house seems to be a matter of course.

As a result, working people took on loans for decades to buy a house before they were 30 years old. But if your monthly payment is 3,000 yuan now, it will still be 3,000 yuan in 10 years. From an economic point of view, this transaction is not a loss.

2. Feeling stressed

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"Stressed" has become a mantra. This is especially true for people who work overtime and travel frequently. Some people say that they wish they could wake up in the morning and open their eyes to find that they have retired. Others say that I work overtime so much that I don’t even have time to think about retirement. Among those who choose to change jobs at the age of 30, some do so because they are less stressed than their original job. In terms of ability to withstand stress, the horoscope theory may make sense.

3. Interpersonal relationships

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In the workplace, it is not just abilities that change, but also the way of dealing with others: others smile at me Should I reciprocate the smile wholeheartedly? Which is more important, strength or popularity? How to maintain a long-term and polite relationship with people who are half-acquainted with each other? These are things I have never encountered in school. Only when I entered the workplace did I realize that "interpersonal relationships are" a very deep knowledge. What's more, the close partnership of the past is no longer the same now.

4. Health issues

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People in their twenties always feel that they have enough money to not care so much about a healthy lifestyle. , so I developed some bad habits, such as smoking, drinking, staying up late playing games, etc. Fatty liver, osteoporosis, and high blood pressure. When I see these words appearing on the annual physical examination report, I almost suspect that I have the wrong report for a 50-year-old person.

5. Encountering a bottleneck at work

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I can’t tell what this feels like. It means that it cannot reach good working condition for several months in a row. Everything was still running step by step, and there were no difficulties or dangers standing in front of me, but my thinking seemed to be exhausted, and I even felt a sense of powerlessness out of thin air, not knowing what to do.

6. Realizing that parents are old

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In the past twenty years, parents were simply omnipotent. But when we spend an evening explaining to our parents how to use a cell phone to send text messages, do we realize that we are the ones our parents can rely on in the future? When you step onto the train with your suitcase in hand and look back to find that your parents’ temples are gray, have you realized that waiting for your return has become their daily routine?

7. No concept of financial management

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Most working people before the age of 30 receive a salary honestly. After excluding daily expenses, there is nothing left. What I spend is either saved or spent randomly, and I basically don’t think about financial management. As the saying goes, if you don't manage your money, you won't be ignored.

Seven crises that working professionals must face before the age of 30 2

The first issue is that of family and responsibility.

Don’t think you are still young. Don't think that some problems are far away from you. Whether you are decadent or busy, your time is passing quickly and you feel like you are getting older faster. There are some problems, whether you are willing to face them or not, but your growth stage determines that you must bear responsibilities that match your age.

Most people, at this age, must consider family issues. If you have already started a family, you must be clearly aware of: How should your career develop to ensure that you can support the burden of the entire family? This includes not only your spouse, but also your children and parents (especially when both parties are only children, you have to bear the support of the four elderly people of both parties). At this stage, your pressure has increased exponentially, but if your growth in the workplace cannot be doubled, or even regresses in some form, then you will face more pressure in your future career development. . And this kind of pressure, more often than not, will leave you with no energy left to seek better development.

When many people change jobs, they often have a big concern: If I change jobs, and if my income is not as high as it is now, will I be able to easily change my current job again? To put it more bluntly: Do I dare to move again easily? Do I still have the guts and courage? Therefore, if you want to take action, do it as early as possible, before you have to carry the burden of your family. Go into battle lightly and try your best to move forward. This is your only choice. Don't enjoy comfort at this time, otherwise, you will always be "comfortable" in doing nothing for the rest of your life.

The second issue is the matching between ability and age.

Why do many companies clearly stipulate similar work experience requirements such as 5 years of experience, 10 years of experience, etc. when recruiting talents? Because working hours implies a matching level of ability. For the same job, the abilities accumulated by 5 years of experience and 10 years of experience are different, and the responsibilities they can bear are also different. The longer your working experience, the stronger your ability is. There is a positive multiplication relationship between the two. But if you violate this relationship, you will not be recognized by the employer and will lose better career development opportunities.

Among many of our clients, one of the more difficult situations is the mismatch between ability and age. Many people who have worked for 3 or 5 years, or even those who have worked for one year, do not have much difference in ability from those who have worked for one year. Therefore, when they want to make breakthroughs in their careers, they will encounter a lot of resistance. There are two reasons for this situation: first, frequent job-hopping, no accumulation in one direction, and no skills; second, although long-term accumulation in one direction, only the first year is growth, and the remaining years are They are all doing repetitive work and standing still.

So, for those friends who are 30 years old, from now on, you must carefully examine a question: How many years have I been working since graduation? Are my abilities appropriate for my age? If there is a mismatch, then you must establish a sense of crisis as early as possible and run forward to bridge the gap with those who are foresights and ensure that you will not be squeezed out by others during the competition.

The third issue is the construction and improvement of knowledge structure.

We once served a customer and have been in sales for five or six years, and have accumulated considerable practical experience. Once I changed jobs and applied for the position of regional marketing manager of a well-known FMCG company. During the interview process, he was able to answer all the specific operational-level questions fluently, but when it came to system-level and strategic-level questions, his mind went blank. I believe that anyone who has been in the workplace for five or six years has this feeling: I feel that at the specific operational level, whether it is processes, techniques and methods, I can master them proficiently; but if you look at it from a higher level perspective, Problems often arise and we don’t know how to start.

In the workplace, people at different job levels do different things, and their vision and thinking patterns are also different. A most basic salesperson thinks about how to maintain the terminal. This is something at the tactical level and also his responsibility; but if a marketing director plays a role like a salesperson, he also thinks about how to deal with the terminal boss every day. , that would be his dereliction of duty. The operation of every enterprise will be composed of strategy and tactics. Big strategies will be subdivided into small strategies, and small strategies will be subdivided into execution tactics one by one, which will be implemented by grassroots personnel. People at different levels are responsible for different levels of work and perform their own duties. This is also the meaning of teamwork. Similarly, people at different levels also have different knowledge structures. The higher the level, the higher your vision and thinking of looking at problems, and the level of your overall knowledge structure must also develop and break through. Otherwise, your abilities will always remain at the specific grassroots level of operations, and there will be no major development, and it is even less likely that you will be promoted in your position.

Before the age of 30: How to lay a good foundation

The age of 30 is an age that connects the past and the future, and is also a very important time point. If you have almost no accumulation before the age of 30, it will be very difficult to achieve a breakthrough in your career after the age of 30, and there are many practical problems that cannot be solved. This is a flaw. Therefore, if you want to have no regrets in your career after the age of 30 and successfully pass the 30-year-old hurdle, you need to be responsible for yourself before the age of 30 and prepare for a rainy day.

The first thing you have to do is to find a goal that you can strive for for 5 years, 10 years or even longer.

This is the most ideal state. Because a clear goal can help you accumulate experience around a point in your career growth, and this accumulation of experience over time is also a bargaining chip for your future promotion and salary increase. Although experience is not necessarily related to ability, without the accumulation of experience, there is basically no possibility of improving your ability.

As for the issue of goals and core competitiveness, the so-called core competitiveness must have a core. Around this core, you can build your competitiveness. And this core is your career goal direction: What kind of person do I want to be? This problem is solved and the direction is clear. Even if you walk slowly, you can still walk faster than those who take detours, because you have a clear goal and you have been moving towards your goal. You are walking in a straight line. .

What is the shortcut? The shortcut is to never take detours and always go in a straight line.

We interviewed a customer last year who changed companies 6 times in 7 years. According to common understanding, everyone often thinks that this person's career development is very bad. Not really. This person's current monthly salary after tax is 10,000 yuan, which is a pretty good level. You may be wondering: Why does a person who changes jobs frequently have such a level of career development? Some people may think that he is lucky and has better luck than others. Not really. Observing his growth experience, we found that there was only one reason, and that was: every time he changed jobs, he never deviated from the established direction. As long as the direction is good, then every step he takes is approaching this direction and accumulating more chips for future career development. The depth you accumulate will ultimately determine your future development height. Now that house prices and commodity prices are so high, many people's pressure to survive has suddenly increased, which has also caused many people to become impetuous and follow the crowd due to the pressure of survival.

You may have heard of the 10,000-hour rule: No matter you want to succeed in any field, you must put in at least 10,000 hours of practice. Macolm Gladwell said, "Whether it is the best athletes, entrepreneurs, musicians or scientists, after investigation, you will find that they all came to prominence after at least ten years of hard work, no less than three hours a day."

He gave an example: Maxim Vengerov, the 34-year-old world's top violinist, was born in Siberia. He was exposed to the first violin when he was 4 years old, and has shown since then Extraordinary talent. However, his talent and dedication are directly proportional. He practiced 7 hours a day, held a recital at the age of 5, and won an international award at the age of 15. Vengerov said, "My mother came home at 8 o'clock every night and taught me the violin after dinner until 4 o'clock in the morning. For a 4-year-old child, this was simply torture, but two years later I became Violinist."

A lot of people are complaining about not having a chance. This is not the case. Frank Freddy, professor of sociology at the University of Kent, believes that people who effectively devote a lot of time to practice will naturally have their own luck: "They work hard almost demandingly, and when luck comes, they are already ready." This is exactly what happened. In line with the old Chinese saying: "Opportunities only favor the prepared mind." If you don't encounter opportunities, don't complain. The first thing you have to reflect on is yourself. In what aspects are you not prepared enough? According to our experience, only if you persist in one direction for at least 5 years can you be rewarded, and this reward will have a relatively long-term impact on your future career development. At the same time, it is the accumulation over such a long period of time that makes your foundation very solid and firm, and your steps will become more stable.

There are only two things in the workplace: being a person and doing things

If finding the right goal is to accumulate more core skills and do things better, then, learn to be a person, This is the second biggest thing you need to consider for career development. We even believe that being a person is a hundred times more important than being able to do things. Finding a suitable career goal may not be easy for many confused people; but learning to be a good person is a professional quality that you can cultivate in any company and at any time. Even if your professional skills have not made much breakthrough or growth, good professional quality will add chips to your career development from another level.

We have also encountered many customers who lacked abilities but had good attitudes and positive attitudes. They successfully conquered the interviewers with their excellent professional qualities and got good development opportunities. There is a saying that to do things, you must first be a person. If you lack ability, you can cultivate it slowly; but if you don't know how to behave, you will become a street rat that everyone yells at in any organization.

In the cultivation of being a human being, there are four elements that can have a fatal impact on your future career development:

The first element is your interpersonal relationships. Processing ability;

The second element is to establish the ability to continue learning;

The third element is to establish a professional spirit;

The third element The four elements are to have a strong heart.

How to achieve a qualitative breakthrough after the age of 30

Career development after the age of 30 should no longer remain stagnant. If you want your career to achieve a relatively large development after the age of 35, you should start from the age of 30 and make good use of 5 years to prepare for the following three crucial things:

P. One thing is to complete your professional brand building.

How to build your own personal brand. After you reach the age of 30, it is definitely not possible to change jobs frequently. The biggest disadvantage is that your professional knowledge growth will always stay at a relatively low level, which will affect your job promotion and salary. increase. What should I do and what I am suitable for? At this time, I should have a clear and definite positioning, and use the remaining 5 years to accumulate. Otherwise, the "35-year-old phenomenon" will definitely happen to you.

The second thing is to train yourself to be an excellent manager (here refers to middle managers, which is also your first manager goal).

Except for those who are very passionate about technology, if you want to get more space in the workplace, job promotion is essential. Taking up a managerial position is a key step in your career growth. Future development space is inseparable from this promotion. But not everyone can take this seat. Gallup once conducted a survey and found that the reason why basic employees leave frequently is that often the problem does not lie with the company, but with their bosses: the company's middle managers. It is precisely because of poor middle-level management that it has had a very negative impact on the development and growth of subordinate employees. As a result, their career development cannot be effectively grown in terms of professional abilities and professional accomplishment.

The third thing is to find a growing company and accompany its growth over a relatively long period of time.

Whether you are already "running for the third year" or are on the way to "running for the third year", please always warn yourself: don't waste your good years, seize all the time you can, and work for yourself like all living beings. Life accumulates more thickness. When you get older, look back on your life. Do you want it to be a life of gratification, or a life of regret and chagrin?

Finally, I would like to end this article with my favorite Steve Jobs quote.

“You can’t do too many things in this life, so do everything wonderfully. Your time is limited, so don’t live for others. Don’t be limited by dogma, don’t live In other people's opinions, don't let other people's opinions influence your inner voice. The most important thing is to be brave enough to follow your own heart and intuition. Only your own heart and intuition know your own true thoughts. Everything else is. Secondary. ”

When you feel that your income is not as good as others, don’t compare yourself with others, because you can never know what others have paid for their income. In the same way, when our life is not as good as others’ , and there is no need to be particularly envious, because the quality of our lives is created by our own efforts. If you feel that your life is not good enough, it means that your efforts are not enough. In fact, we just need to persist. It is easy to persist for 3 days, but the difficult thing is to persist all the time!