3个数据将改变您对职业的看法

Three numbers that should change the way you think about your career

第一个震惊数据：

Here’s the first shocking number:

2004年针对59家公司5万名员工进行的某参与度调查显示，只有11%的经理觉得自己对工作和公司抱有“极大热忱”。这个数字该警醒我们了。

Only 11.1% of managers feel 'highly committed' to their work or organizations, according to a 2004 engagement survey covering 50,000 employees in 59 companies. This number should wake us up.

我看到过许多人活成故事书里写的那样，在职场上频繁升职加薪，但他们很少会因此产生幸福感。

I’ve seen many careers, taken as a series of promotions and pay-raises, storybook fashion, that do not result in happiness or anything close to it.

真正的幸福感或满足感源于不断挑战自我，追求有意义、与自我密切相关的目标。工资单无法带来幸福感，花哨的职务名也无法带来幸福感。首先，要弄明白是什么在驱动着我们前进。有人问斯坦福大学商学院咨询委员会的75名高管成员：一个人想要获得极大的成功，最重要的能力是什么？他们的回答几乎一模一样——自我意识。

The truer version of happiness, or of fulfillment, comes from challenging our mind toward a series of meaningful, highly personal, goals. A paycheck doesn't do it, nor do impressive titles. The starting point is understanding what drives us. 75 members of Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Advisory Council, mostly made up of senior executives, were asked to recommend the most important capability for a person to develop into the highest levels of success. Their answer to this question was nearly unanimous. They identified the critical importance of self-awareness. 

第二个该警醒你的数据：

Here is the second number that should wake you up:

《哈佛商业评论》发表的研究显示，能说出个人目标的商业领袖不到20％。

Less than 20% of business leaders can express their individual sense of purpose, according to research published in the Harvard Business Review.

个人目标为什么很重要？幸福学研究的先驱Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi写道：将注意力集中于一个有意识选择的目标和目的，能带来极大的愉悦感和高效率。

Why is this important? Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a pioneer of the scientific study of happiness, writes that when we focus our attention on a consciously chosen goal, a purpose, the experience can be immensely enjoyable, and effective. 

目的是激情、天赋、个性和价值观的集合体。有目的感的人知道自己的做事原因。他们会有意识地做出职业决定，给成功下定义，并制定计划实现成功。目的源于自我认知，且各式各样。

Purpose is the synthesis of your passions, your talents, your character, and your values. People who have it know why they do what they do. They make conscious career decisions. They define success and write the script that gets them there. Purpose stems from who we are, and comes in all shapes and sizes. 

如果你是88.9%未感受到“高度热忱”管理人员的其中一个，试着深入了解目标。毕竟，拥有更清晰的目标是成功人士的另一项基本能力。

If you are one of the 88.9% of managers who are not "highly committed," try drilling down into your purpose. Having clearer purpose is another fundamental capability of more successful people.

第三个震惊数据：

Here’s the third shocking number $150 billion.

1500亿美元。美国公司每年用于培养和培训人才的开销为1500亿美元。假如你是接受培训的一方，请问问自己：培训有没有让我更接近真正的目标？

U.S. companies spend upward of $150 billion every year on development and training. Maybe you’ve been on the receiving end of it. Ask yourself: Did it get me closer to where I truly want to be?

假如你在自我培训，则开销可能会有很大不同。你会评估成功、失败、优势和激情所在，需要时间深入地进行个人思考。工作能使你精神抖擞，重新拥有目的感。你会采取能帮你实现目标的方法。因此，我们为高管打造了旨在重设职业的工作坊SpringBoard——清楚自我发展的方向和实现成功的方法同样重要。

If you were investing in your own development, your spending would probably be a lot different. You would assess successes, failures, strengths and passions. You would take time for deep personal reflection. The work would refresh you, reconnect you to that sense of purpose. You would take the path that takes you there. This is why a group of us created a career 'redesign' workshop for executives we call SpringBoard. Because it’s also important to have a self-development orientation and approach towards pursuing your success.

提高自我意识和目的感，努力自我发展。拥有目标不能百分百为你带来成功，但我碰到的大多数极为成功之人都拥有清晰的目标。

Having greater self-awareness and purpose, and a self-development approach to your career doesn't guarantee your success. But most highly successful professionals that I’ve met have them.

Michael Bekins在亚洲、欧洲、美国生活工作过30年，担任过多个全球和地区性职务，跨界过十几次。他曾与上千位高管有过交流，并从中形成了自己对生活和工作的看法。他是高管培训和人才资讯公司CapitaPartners的合伙人，该公司专注全球化思维和受目的感驱动的职业。

For thirty years, Michael Bekins has lived and worked in Asia, Europe, and the US in global and regional roles, making almost a dozen cross-border moves. His conversations with thousands of executives have shaped his perspectives on life and work. He is Managing Partner of CapitaPartners, an executive coaching and consulting firm specializing in Global Mindset and Purpose-driven Careers.  

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