Explain what work is!

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At that time, the company hired a large number of new graduates, including recent undergraduate and postgraduate students. The average age is 25. That new assistant is a girl I personally hired after multiple interviews. Graduated from a prestigious university with a bachelor’s degree, intelligent and lively in personality. Privately, I have to admit that one of the main reasons I hired her was not only her excellent performance in college but also because of her beautiful handwriting. Not many girls can write beautifully, especially someone like her – who appears so feminine with her long hair – yet her handwriting is bold and elegant, which makes me feel even more admiration for her. 　　 　　Teach hand in hand. From work processes to interacting with people. She learns fast too. Many tasks can be done right away once you’re taught how to do them. Became proficient as soon as I started using it. I also get along quite well with my colleagues. I began to gradually assign her some coordination tasks, letting her try to handle the business interactions and communications between different departments as well as between various branches. 　　 　　Mistakes start to occur frequently. She was very nervous and came to talk to me. I told her: It’s okay if it’s wrong; just go ahead and do it according to your own ideas. If you run into a problem, come ask me; I’ll tell you what to do. Still wrong. She came to see me again, and this time the conversation was more in-depth. Her confusion was about why she was always asked to do these trivial tasks I asked her at the time: What does a non-trivial job mean? 　　She couldn’t answer; after thinking for a long time, she said to me: I always feel that my abilities go beyond just these tasks – I’m capable of doing something even more important. That conversation lasted 1 hour. I know she didn’t pay much attention to what I said. Later I said, finish the work at hand first and avoid making basic mistakes. Then proceed step by step. 　　 　　Half a year later, she came to see me and proposed to resign for the first time. I canceled the appointment to talk to her about quitting. When asked about the reason for her resignation, she told me frankly: She had done well in her four years of undergraduate studies, and though she found a job after graduation, she was forced to deal with trivial tasks every day. There is no sense of achievement. I asked her again: Of all your current jobs, which one do you think is the least meaningful and most wasteful of your time and energy? She replied to me right away: I’ll help you apply for it**, then process the reimbursement, go through the procedures at the finance department, and bring back the cash for you. 　　 　　I asked her with a smile, \"It’s been half a year since you helped me with the reimbursement, right?\" What conclusions have you drawn from this incident? 　　 　　She was stunned for a while before answering me: Sticking it on is just that – as long as there are no financial mistakes, that’s fine, right? What information could there be? 　　 　　I’ll tell you about what I did back then: in 1998, I was transferred from the finance department to the general manager’s office to work as an assistant to the general manager. One of the tasks is to do what you are doing now, that is, helping the general manager process all his invoices. Basically, this job is just as you mentioned earlier: attach the invoices and complete the financial procedures, and that’s it. 　　In fact, an invoice is a type of data record that documents the expenses related to the general manager and the overall operations of the company. What seems like a bunch of meaningless data actually relates to various aspects of the company’s operations and management. So I created a table to record all the expenses reimbursed by the general managers to me, detailing them by time, amount, place of expenditure, contact person, phone number, and so on. 　　My initial purpose in creating this table was quite simple: I wanted to have a record of financial matters, so that if my supervisor asked me questions, I would have accurate data to provide them. Through such statistical analysis, I gradually identified certain patterns in the way senior managers conduct business activities – for example, what types of business activities are carried out in what kinds of settings, and what is the approximate budget allocated for them ； The regular and irregular approaches of the general manager to public relations. Wait, wait, wait. 　　When my supervisor realizes that I handle the tasks he assigns to me in a proper manner. There is some information that he didn’t tell me at all, and I’m still able to handle it promptly and accurately. He asked me why, and I told him my working methods and sources of information. 　　　　Gradually, based on this positive accumulation, he was entrusted with more and more important tasks. Gradually, a sense of trust and understanding developed between us. When I was promoted, he said I was the best assistant he had ever had. 　　 　　After saying all this, I looked at the girl; she stared at me in silence. I told her straight up: I think your biggest problem is that you’re not putting in any effort. In tasks that seem simple and require no mental effort, you haven’t put your heart into them; as a result, after half a year, you feel like you haven’t made any progress. She did not make a sound. But the resignation letter was withdrawn. 　　 　　After holding on for another 3 months, she still resigned. This time I didn’t keep her. Let her go. 　　Later, she often chatted with me on MSN. Tell me about her new job. Within a year, she changed jobs three times. I can’t hold on for long every time. Every time, she says the new job isn’t the one she wants. In 2005, she resigned again. They were very distressed, came to me, and wanted to eat with me. I invited her to eat Japanese food at the mall behind the office building. Halfway through eating, he suddenly said to me: I kind of understand what you meant by what you said before. 　　 　　As for the so-called career, it’s actually very difficult to predict what kind of work you will end up doing in the future, or whether that work will be related to the major you studied in college. It is very likely that most people will end up doing a job that has nothing to do with the field they studied originally. During these four years from graduating from university at 22 to the age of 26, what matters is not what you have done, but rather what good working habits you have developed in your job. This good work*habit refers to a serious and diligent work style, as well as the ability to learn how to embrace new things as quickly as possible, to discover the underlying principles of those things, and to master those principles and handle them more efficiently than others. With these elements in place, you will grow into a trustworthy worker. 　　 　　Everyone has inertia, and they also prefer to use those tools that are easy to use. Once you have the foundation for earning people’s trust and gradually demonstrate your reliability, intelligence, and attention to detail in your daily work, more and more job opportunities will come your way. The reason is simple: who would want to spend three sentences or even half an hour explaining something that can be clearly conveyed in just one sentence and completed easily by you? Communication is also a cost; the less time spent on communication, the less internal strife there is, and this is something that managers understand best. 　　 　　When you have more job opportunities than others to work on tasks you have not encountered before, you have more chances to learn. Everyone likes smart and hardworking students, and this is especially true for managers. 　　 　　For a beginner, or most beginners, there isn’t much difference noticeable over these four years. However, the experiences from these four years laid a foundation that is crucial for the development of one’s future career. Many people don’t mind taking detours in their youth; many think that doing everyday work well is nothing special. Yet it was these simple tasks, carried out step by step in a gradual manner, that became the turning point for future development. 　　 　　The greatest loss of treating grassroots work carelessly is turning what seem to be simple procedural approaches into issues related to long-term development capabilities. 　　 　　Smart people never think there is anything wrong with their abilities. Over time, he would complain about his bad luck, and complain that those who seemed to have average abilities could always be more fortunate than him. Complaining that she looks better than them, or that he is better at pleasing the boss. Wait, wait, wait. Gradually, it affects one’s mindset. The so-called situation of having talent but not being recognized can be like this sometimes. 　　 　　A job requires a smart person, but it actually needs an honest and dependable person even more. Between being smart and being down-to-earth, I prefer the latter. 　　 　　And being down-to-earth is something everyone can do. It has little to do with innate conditions. I came across this article on a classmate’s profile by chance, and I thought it was well written. It was just copied over. What is described are the attitudes or mentalities of newcomers to work in modern society. Including myself, as I watched, the image of Kong Yiji came to mind. If you want to move forward, don’t feel like you’re underutilizing your talents, don’t worry about it, and certainly don’t be jealous. Please put aside your concerns and do your best! !