1.
How Successful People Stay Calm (Travis Bradberry)
要有適當的壓力才能達到更佳的表現，but how？
They Appreciate What
They Have
花時間感恩上天賜給自己所擁有的(而非自己沒有的)
They Avoid Asking “What
If?”
(糟糕的)事情發生了，就發生了，不用再去想如果當初OOXX；想想如何因應比較要緊
The more time you spend worrying about the
possibilities, the less time you’ll spend focusing on taking action that will
calm you down and keep your stress under control.
They Stay Positive
正向思考，向前看，塞翁失馬焉知非福；人與人相處看彼此的優點。
They Disconnect
行也布袋坐也布袋，放下布袋何等自在
每天要留時間給自己放空(拒絕任何line message)
They Limit Their
Caffeine Intake
Drinking caffeine triggers the release of
adrenaline. Adrenaline is the source of the “fight-or-flight” response, a
survival mechanism that forces you to stand up and fight or run for the hills
when faced with a threat.
When caffeine puts your brain and body into
this hyper aroused state of stress, your emotions overrun your behavior.
They Sleep
吃飯的時候吃飯，睡覺的時候睡覺，活在當下(有多少執行長靠吃安眠藥入眠？！)
They Squash Negative
Self-Talk
不要自我否定
The more you ruminate on negative thoughts,
the more power you give them. Most of our negative thoughts are just
that—thoughts, not facts. When you find yourself believing the negative and
pessimistic things your inner voice says, it's time to stop and write them
down. 把自己內心的憂慮與負面想法寫下來(然後思考進一步因應或忘掉)
They Reframe Their
Perspective
Stress and worry are fueled by our own
skewed perception of events. It’s easy to think that unrealistic deadlines,
unforgiving bosses, and out-of-control traffic are the reasons we’re so
stressed all the time. 事情其實沒那麼重要，後果其實沒那麼嚴重
They Breathe
深呼吸，一次搞定一件事就好
The practice of being in the moment with
your breathing will begin to train your brain to focus solely on the task at
hand and get the stress monkey off your back.
They Use Their Support
System
認清自己是人，也只是普通人，有自己的缺陷與軟弱之處，情況太糟時，記得適時求救(不要硬撐)
You need to recognize your weaknesses and
ask for help when you need it. This means tapping into your support system when
a situation is challenging enough for you to feel overwhelmed.
The
Difference Between Successful and Very Successful People
關於真正成功人士的流言
Myth 1: Successful
people say, "If I can fit it in, I should fit it in."
Truth:
Very successful people are absurdly selective.
As Warren Buffet is credited with having
said, “The difference between successful people and very successful people is
that very successful people say no to almost everything.”
Myth 2: Successful
people sleep four hours a night.
Truth:
Very successful people rest well so they can be at
peak performance.
In K. Anders Ericsson's famous study of
violinists, popularized by Malcolm Gladwell as the "10,000 hour
rule," Anders found that the best violinists spent more time practicing
than the merely good students. What is less well known is that the second most
important factor differentiating the best violinists from the good ones was
actually sleep.
Myth 3: Successful
people think play is a waste of time.
Truth: Very successful people see play as essential for creativity.
Just think of Sir Ken Robinson, who has
made the study of creativity in schools his life's work. He has observed that
instead of fueling creativity through play, schools actually kill it: Imagination is the source of every form of
human achievement.
Myth 4: Successful
people are the first ones to jump in with an answer.
Truth: Very successful people are powerful listeners.
As the saying goes, the people who talk the
most don't always have the most to say. Powerful listeners get to the real
story. They find the signal in the sound. They listen to what is not being
said.
Myth 5: Successful
people focus on what the competition is doing.
Truth:
Very successful people focus on what they can do
better.
The "winningest coach in America " is Larry Gelwix, the former Head
of the Highland High School
10
Reasons You Have To Quit Your Job
Why you need to build a foundation for your
life or soon you will have no roof.
1. The middle class is
dead.
中產階級與中間職務已逐漸滅絕，你要不變成老闆，要變成被外包的
2. You’ve been replaced.
Technology, outsourcing, a growing temp
staffing industry, productivity efficiencies, have all replaced the middle
class.
3. Corporations don’t
like you.
老闆與公司要的都是自己成為明星，而非員工成為明星
In other words, his main job was to destroy
the career aspirations of his most talented people, the people who swore their
loyalty to him, the people who worked 90 hours a week for him. If they only
worked 30 hours a week and were slightly more mediocre he would’ve been happy.
4. Money is not
happiness.
為了錢工作不會帶來快樂，
In other words, don’t stay at the job for
safe salary increases over time. That will never get you where you want –
freedom from financial worry. Only free time, imagination, creativity, and an
ability to disappear will help you deliver value that nobody ever delivered
before in the history of mankind.
5 Count right now how
many people can make a major decision that can ruin your life.
算算看，在職場上，有多少在你之上的蠢蛋可以做出一些錯誤的事情與決定然後毀了你的生活(如果要把生活搞砸，好歹那個人要是你自己吧)
The way to avoid this is to diversify the
things you are working on so no one person or customer or boss or client can
make a decision that could make you rich or destroy you or fulfill your life’s
dreams or crush them. I understand it can’t happen in a day. Start planning now
how to create your own destiny instead of allowing people who don’t like you to
control your destiny.
6 Is your job satisfying
your needs?
工作不是你人生的全部
Your physical needs, your emotional needs,
your mental needs, and your spiritual needs being satisfied?
Your hands are not made to type out memos.
Or put paper through fax machines. Or hold a phone up while you talk to people
you dislike. 100 years from now your hands will rot like dust in your grave.
You have to make wonderful use of those hands now. Kiss your hands so they can
make magic.
你的雙手與腦袋是用來成就更美好的事物，而非用來打會議紀錄、傳真影印。
7 Your Retirement Plan
is For S**t.
人生沒有所謂退休這件事(只有掛點死亡才能安息)
Some people can say, “well, I’m just not an
entrepreneur .”
This is not true. Everyone is an
entrepreneur. The only skills you need to be an entrepreneur: an ability to
fail, an ability to have ideas, to sell those ideas, to execute on those ideas,
and to be persistent so even as you fail you learn and move onto the next
adventure. Or be an entrepreneur at work. An “entre-ployee”. Take control of
who you report to, what you do, what you create.
8. Excuses.
不要講一些543的藉口與擔憂自我囚禁
If someone insists they need to be in
prison even though the door is unlocked then I am not going to argue. They are
free to stay in prison.
9. It's ok to take baby
steps.
所有夢想的實現都需要踏出第一步
Make the list right now. Every dream.
THESE ARE NOT GOALS. These are themes.
Every day, what do I need to do to practice those themes? It starts the moment
I wake up: “who can I help today?” I ask the darkness when I open my eyes. “Who
would you have me help today?” I’m a secret agent and I’m waiting for my
mission. Ready to receive. This is how you take baby steps. This is how
eventually you run towards freedom.
10. Abundance will never
come from your job.
工作不會帶給你心靈的富足
Only stepping out of the prison imposed on
you from your factory will allow you to achieve abundance. You can’t see it
now. It’s hard to see the gardens when you are locked in jail. Abundance only
comes when you are moving along your themes. When you are truly enhancing the
lives of the people around you.
The
7 Things Successful People Never Say
1. “That’s not in my job
description.”
2. “It can’t be done.”
3. “It’s not my fault.”
4. “This will just take
a minute.”
Unless something will literally take only
60 seconds, don’t overpromise and underdeliver.
5. “I don’t need any
help.”
6. “It’s not fair.”
Life isn’t fair, and often your career
won’t be as well. Instead of complaining, you should look for specific and
actionable workarounds to the problems you encounter.
7. “This is the way it’s
always been done.”
Doing things the way they’ve always been
done is no way to run a business. Just ask some of the companies which toed the
line, accepted the status quo, and went under.
10
Behaviors That Could Kill Your Career
•Misfiring on performance or values — Overcommitting and under-delivering.
•Resistance to change — Failing to embrace new ideas.
•Being a Problem Identifier vs a Problem Solver.
•Winning over your boss but not your business peer group.
•Always worrying about your next career move versus focusing on the
present.
•Running for office – it’s totally transparent to everyone but you!
•Self-importance — exhibiting a humorless, rigid attitude.
•Lacking the courage and conviction to push back on the system.
•Forgetting to develop your own succession plan for when you get
promoted.
•Complacency — you’ve stopped growing.
8
Qualities That Make Great Bosses Unforgettable
1. They believe the
unbelievable.
Most people try to achieve the achievable;
that’s why most goals and targets are incremental rather than inconceivable.
Memorable bosses expect more -- from themselves
and from others. Then they show you how to get there. And they bring you along
for what turns out to be an unbelievable ride.
2. They see opportunity
in instability and uncertainty.
Memorable bosses see instability and
uncertainty not as a barrier but as an enabler. They reorganize, reshape, and
re-engineer to reassure, motivate, and inspire -- and in the process make the
organization much stronger.
3. They wear their
emotions on their sleeves.
Memorable bosses are highly professional
and yet also openly human. They show sincere excitement when things go well.
Professionalism is admirable.
Professionalism -- with a healthy blend of humanity -- is inspiring.
4. They protect others
from the bus.
Terrible bosses throw their employees under
the bus.
Good bosses never throw their employees
under the bus.
Memorable bosses see the bus coming and
pull their employees out of the way often without the employee knowing until
much, much later... if ever, because memorable bosses never try to take credit.
5. They’ve been there, done that... and still do that.
That’s why no matter what they may have
accomplished in the past, memorable bosses are never too good to roll up their
sleeves, get dirty, and do the “grunt” work. No job is ever too menial, no task
ever too unskilled or boring.
Memorable bosses never feel entitled, which
means no one feels entitled to anything but the fruits of their labor.
6. They lead by
permission, not authority.
Memorable bosses lead because their
employees want them to lead. Their employees are motivated and inspired by the
person, not the title.
7. They embrace a larger
purpose.
A good boss works to achieve company goals.
A memorable boss also works to achieve
company goals -- and achieves more than other bosses -- but also works to serve
a larger purpose: to advance the careers of employees, to rescue struggling
employees, to instill a sense of pride and self-worth in others. They aren’t
just remembered for nuts and bolts achievements but for helping others on a
personal and individual level.
Memorable bosses embrace a larger purpose,
because they know business is always personal.
8. They take real, not
fake risks.
Memorable bosses stand out because they are
willing to take an unpopular stand, take an unpopular step, accept the
discomfort of ignoring the status quo, and risk sailing uncharted waters.
They take real risks not for the sake of
risk but for the sake of the reward they believe possible. And by their example
they inspire others to take risks in order to achieve what they believe is
possible.
Part Two 如何得到一份工作
The
Biggest Mistakes I See on Resumes, and How to Correct Them
Mistake 1: Typos.
錯別字
從尾讀到頭(顛倒閱讀有助於自己不要跳行)，+找人幫你讀一遍
Mistake 2: Length.
A good rule of thumb: 每十年的經歷寫成一頁
履歷只是讓你得到interview機會的工具，不必訴說你的人生故事與體悟
只需要簡明地讓你未來的老闆知道非你不用的訴求重點、能耐長處與牛肉所在
Mistake 3: Formatting
字體至少十級、行列對齊、邊界適當留白(至少半寸)，要有pdf檔
Mistake 4: Confidential
information.
內容不要有前家公司的機密資訊(客戶名稱等)，雇主不會找會咬布袋的老鼠
The New York Times test is helpful here:
If you wouldn't want to see it on the home
page of the NYT with your name attached (or if your boss wouldn't!), don't put
it on your resume.
你或你的前任老闆不希望見報的資訊，都可歸屬於機密，不適合寫在履歷上邀功。
Mistake 5: Lies.
關於薪資、學歷、職位、業績等等；這可謂致命傷，人資守門人就是專門偵測事實與履歷敘述不一之處
Job
Interview: Why Only 3 Questions Really Matter
1. Have you got the
skills, expertise and experience to perform the job?
•Tell me about yourself?
•What are your greatest strengths / weaknesses?
•What can you do for us that other candidates can’t?
•Why do you think you are right for this job?
•What do you think the main challenges will be?
•Etc.
2. Are you enthusiastic
and interested in the job and the company?
•What do you know about our company?
•What do you think our company is aiming to achieve?
•What do you know about our products and services?
•Why do you want to work for this company?
•Why do you think this job is right for you?
•What motivates you?
•Etc.
3. Will you fit into the
team, culture and company?
•How would you describe your work style?
•How would you describe yourself?
•How would your colleagues describe you?
•What makes you fit into our company?
•What makes you a good team member?
•If you were an animal, what animal would you be?
•Etc.
可以反問的問題
1.By joining this company, will I make best
use of my skills and expertise and will they help me to grow them further?
2.Is the company excited about having me
work for them and will they give me the necessary support?
3.Is the company culture the right fit for
me so that I can flourish and be myself?
Part Three 組織與主管如何少犯一些錯誤與逆行倒施
Ten
Stupid Rules That Drive Great Employees Away
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141114143018-52594-ten-stupid-rules-that-drive-great-employees-away
The more policies, the less passion you'll
get from your team.
The less passion, the less exciting the
team's performance will be.
The less exciting the performance, the
lower your profits will be.
Stupid Attendance
Policies
僵固的出勤打卡制度
Stupid Frequent-Flyer
Policies
差旅與旅程，把飛行累積哩程積點給員工吧！
Stupid Dress Code Rules
醜陋的公司制服
If you truly don't trust your managers to
hire wonderful employees, why did you make them managers? Bell
Stupid Bereavement-Leave
Policies
帶人帶心，員工的心其實在家人身上
Stupid Approvals for
Everything
Stupid Disciplinary
Rules
Stupid Feedback
Mechanisms
Employee Engagement is a crock and a slap in
the face to your teammates, most of whom would be happy to tell you to your
face what your company is doing right and wrong. All you have to do is walk up
to them and ask them, face to face, and listen to what they have to say
當面傾聽員工心聲，而非透過制式review與報告
Stupid Hiring Processes
It's easy to fill job openings when you do
these three things:
•Write job descriptions in English or your local language rather than
corporate zombiespeak.
•Treat job applicants like valued collaborators rather than
interchangeable machine parts or pieces of meat.
•Make the interview process fast and friendly, and remember that job
candidates need to be sold as vigorously as your customers do.
Stupid Forced Ranking
People are unique and whole in themselves.
There is nothing to compare between one person and another -- thank goodness!
Smart employers have always known this. Any organization that doesn't get it
doesn't deserve your talents. Get on your path and find the people who do!
Why do companies install so many stupid rules and policies?
Fear is the reason. Fearful managers don't
trust themselves to hire people they could trust to do the right thing. There
is a tremendous amount of fear in many corporations, institutions and startups.
Small companies are not immune to fear.
How do you make an organization more trusting and less
fearful?
Talk about fear and trust. They are
business issues. Don't pretend there is no energy in the place or that every
single person can't feel the energy. Ask your team at every opportunity, in
group meetings and one-on-one "How are you doing? What's new? How can I
help?"
Beware
These Tricks for Making You Look Bad in Meetings
If you’re feeling annoyed or undermined at
a meeting, consider whether any of these strategies are being aimed at you. And
if you don't want to annoy or undermine other people, avoid talking this way:
The
speaker implies that others are quibblers and small-minded technicians, while
deflecting the possible need to master complicated details himself.
2. “Well, these are the
facts.”
The speaker emphasizes that she attends to
hard facts, while implying that others are distracted by prejudice, sentiment,
or assumption.
3. “You might be right.”
The speaker seem open-minded while
simultaneously undermining someone else’s authority and credibility.
4. “I’m wondering about ____. Pat, please get back to us on this.”
The speaker demonstrates his habit of
reasoned decision-making, while making Pat (who may not actually report to him)
do the necessary work and report back.
5. “You did a great job
on that, Pat!”
The speaker shows a positive attitude,
while showing that she's in the position to judge and condescend to Pat. (I
must admit, I remember one incident where I did this very consciously. I was
furious at someone, and at the next big meeting that we both attended, I
gushingly complimented him in a way that drove him nuts.)
6. “I think what Pat is
trying to say is…”
The speaker shows that he's a good listener
and give credit to others, while demonstrating that he can take Pat’s simple
thought further than Pat could.
7. “I can see why you
might think that.”
Variant: “I used to think that, too.” The
speaker sounds sympathetic, while indicating that she's moved far ahead in
understanding.
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