兼顾这两点，就能让你在职场中走的更快更远

The Winning Combination To Go Higher And Faster In Your Career

如果你想在职业生涯里走得更高更快，这里有两条简单的真相。第一条是，比起那些你不喜欢的事情，你更容易在那些你真正喜欢做的事情上面变得擅长。也就是说，你会去找到并且追求那些你生来就感兴趣和有动力去做好的事情。另一条是，如果你加入的平台有很大的限制，那么你在追求成功时也将面临这些限制。也就是说，如果你所在的环境不能支持你的发展和成功，那么这些事情也不会进行的很顺利。

If you want to go higher and get there faster in your career, here are two simple realities. The first is, it’s much easier to become very good at something you really enjoy doing than at something you don’t really enjoy doing. In other words, you want to identify and pursue what you are genuinely interested in and motivated to do well for your career. The other is, if the platforms you join have big limitations then you will face these limitations too in your ability to perform and achieve the success you seek. In other words, if the situation you’re a part of can’t support your development and success well then these things aren’t going to happen well either.

你不能在你不喜欢的事情上变得出色

It’s Hard Being Very Good At What You Don’t Like

作为一个职场顾问我总是这样说。但一次又一次地，我所见到的最优秀的求职者都是那些做着他们天生有兴趣的工作的。正因为这样，他们愿意更加努力地工作，并且花更多的精力去做。他们能更加坚持去克服他们遇见的困难和挑战，他们更有主动性。对那些他们做的好的事情，他们有更多的精力和心思。

I talk about this all the time as a career advisor, but over and over again, the best candidates I meet are the ones who are doing a job or pursuing a career that they enjoy or are genuinely interested in. Because of this, they’re willing to work harder and put more effort into what they do. They’re able to be more persistent at overcoming the challenges and obstacles they meet. They’re more self-motivated. They have more energy and care more about doing what they do well. 

另一方面，我见到许多其他的求职者，他们对自己的职业生涯感到不快和疲惫。他们对职场境况抱怨良多。这要求太高了，好像他们总是被要求去做他们不想做的事情。总的来说，他们愿意投入更多精力，更努力工作的动机和意愿不在这里。

On the other hand, I see many other candidates who are unhappy and frustrated about their career. They complain a lot about their job situation. It’s too tiring. It’s too demanding. It seems that they’re always being asked to do things they don’t want to do. Overall, their basic motivation and desire to put more effort and work harder at what they’re doing just isn’t there.

当然，很多差一点的公司或者机遇会抹杀你的动机与意愿。但是在很多的境遇下， 有些人仍然能够做得更好，因为他们更热爱他们所做的事。结果是，他们努力投身于工作。但是如果他们从根本上就不关心他们所做的事，这就会变得很困难。所以如果快速发展对你很重要的话，你需要辨别出能够激发出你动力的职业，继续做那些你更擅长的事。

Certainly, there are many bad company and job situations out there that can kill your motivation and desire. However, there are also many situations where some people do better simply because they enjoy what they’re doing more. As a result, they’re more dedicated and hardworking. But this becomes very difficult if you fundamentally don’t care about or like what you do. So if developing faster is important to you, then you need to identify and pursue a job and career that you’re personally motivated to do well and become very good at.  

平台的限制也会成为你的限制

Your Platform’s Limitations Become Your Limitations Too

但是，还有一个很重要的因素也能够影响你的快速发展。你可以是一个最有激情，最有野心，最努力的工作的人，但是如果你的工作环境不能帮助你的发展和成功，那么想要快速成长、取得你想达到的成功会变得非常的困难。

There’s another critical success factor though to developing faster. You can be the most passionate, most ambitious, hardest working person there is. But if you’re in a job situation that doesn’t support your development and success, then it’s going to very difficult for you to grow quickly and achieve the level of success you seek. 

限制你发展的因素可能是一个不愿培养下属的坏上司，可能是管理层没有致力于生意的扩张，不注重培养公司人才，又或是缺乏基础的培训或是资源去帮助到你能力的发展。所有的这些因素会给你的成长和发展带来重大的、负面的影响。

The factors limiting you could be a bad boss who doesn’t nurture or invest in his subordinates. It could be a management team that’s not committed to the development of business and its people. It could be a lack of basic training and resources to support your ability to do your job well. All of these things will have a significant, negative affect on your growth and development. 

特别是在中国，不同的公司的所拥有的资源，及资源的质量是有显著的差异的。有很多公司只是满足于仅仅维持他们的事务，同时老板对自己有一份工作就感到满意了。这些都不会给提供给你很好的发展机遇。所以找到并加入一个好的平台，帮你成长、助你达到职业目标是很重要的。

For example, in China where I’m based, there’s a huge variation in the quality of resources and exposure that a company is able to offer. There are many companies that are just content to maintain their business, and many bosses who are just satisfied to have a job. Neither offer you a very good development situation. As a result, it’s also essential that you identify and join strong platforms or job situations that can feed your development and allow you to achieve your career objectives. 

更好的环境能让你发展得更快

Whereas, Better Platforms Can Develop You Faster

为了说明职业平台是如何影响成功的，我举下面这样一个例子。因为公司的一个职位空缺，我曾经面试了一位年近三十的大陆女性。除了出众的人际交往能力和沟通能力，她的聪明能干也给我留下了深刻印象。当我问及她目前的工作状况时，我惊讶地发现她在过去四年里一直在担任研究员。就我对她的印象，她的背景跟我们公司其他人的也差不多。但是，相比之下，我们公司的人。与此相反，我们的研究员通常都在一年内升职为咨询顾问。工作四年，我们会期望他们就算到时没能成为经理，也会是个主管了。当然，每个人的能力和志向有所不同。但就这位女性的才干和能力而言，我很确信如果她能有一个为其提供更多成长机会的强有力平台，她的事业将会发展到更高层次的阶段，会承担更多的责任。

As an example of how a platform can impact your success, I once interviewed a woman in her late 20s for an opening in our company. In addition to her strong people and communication skills, she also impressed me as being smart and capable. When I asked about her current situation, I was surprised to find that she’d been in the same role as a researcher for the past four years. As an example of how a platform can impact your success, I once interviewed a woman in her late 20s for an opening in our company. In addition to her strong people and communication skills, she also impressed me as being smart and capable. When I asked about her current situation, I was surprised to find that she’d been in the same role as a researcher for the past four years. From my impression of her, her caliber was no less than others in our company. However, in contrast, our researchers typically become consultants in about a year.  Within four years, we expect them to become consultant team leaders, if not managers by then. Of course, everyone’s ability and ambitions are different. But given this woman’s caliber and capabilities, I felt quite certain she could be at a much more advanced stage in her career and handling more responsibilities if she was part of a stronger platform that offered her more opportunities to grow.

对你做的事情充满热情，至少，能自我激励，而且平台或者工作环境能够支持你的发展。就我能看到的而言，这两点对你职业发展的速度有很大的影响。有一没有二，不会让你快速城长。但是同时具备这两点就是一个赢家的模式了，会让你的职业会发展得更好更快。

Passion for what you do or, at least, self-motivation to want to do what you do well, and platforms or job situations that can support your development. From what I see, these two factors have the greatest impact on the speed of your career development. Having one without the other will still not allow you to develop faster. But having both is a winning combination that will allow you to go higher in your career and get there faster.