Don't eat silent losses -- if you can't speak, don't in the workplace

Author: Zhao Chao-shun (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Do you envy those who thrive in the workplace like fish in water, and repeatedly wonder why your abilities are no worse yet you always hit a wall everywhere? Do you resent those who have less work experience but climb above you with sharp tongues? Do you find it puzzling—perhaps work isn’t about performance but about talk? Yes, life is like this, and the workplace is like this. Don’t complain about unfairness or blame leaders for being blinded by surface appearances. Everything exists for a reason, though no one has explained it, and you haven’t been enlightened or figured it out yourself yet. This reason is—knowing how to speak!
Are you hardworking, diligent, and technically skilled yet unrecognized by your superiors? Do you believe you’re sincere in your interactions but fail to gain others’ affection? You feel lost and lonely, sighing over the changing times and the coldness of the world. Yet you haven’t realized that all this stems from your low level of insight, from lacking guidance from a wise person—you may not even realize that you’re actually a “mute”?
Here, “mute” doesn’t mean being truly mute but refers to two types of people: one who thinks they’re quick and honest in speech but ends up making others uncomfortable, as if they swallowed a fishbone, without even realizing they’ve offended someone. The other is someone who only (mái tóu kǔ gàn - works head-down) without communicating with leaders or colleagues, believing that doing well is enough and that speaking isn’t necessary.
If you’re content to be one of these two types of “mutes,” then you’ll only be able to watch others thrive like fish in water. This book teaches you the art of speaking.