Excellent Comes from Self-Discipline - Employee Training Textbook for Enterprises and Institutions

Author: Zhou Fu
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
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1. Appropriate goals are established on the basis of accurate positioning.
Personal positioning is a very subjective process. As an employee, even with correct perspectives and methods, it is still easy to make mistakes. Incorrect positioning leads to misaligned goals, which in turn can result in the failure of an entire career. Therefore, we must recognize the importance of positioning in personal development. So, how can one accurately position themselves on the career coordinate? Specifically, one should clarify themselves in the following three elements:
First is interest. Interest is the mother of career success. A broad range of interests allows us to feel the "seven-colored sunshine" of life and adds joy to it. We should pay attention to our professional interests. If an employee is interested in a certain profession, they will exhibit a positive attitude toward that profession and actively think, explore, and pursue it. Professional interests are always based on the needs of society's professions and develop and grow under certain learning and educational conditions. They can be cultivated. Although a certain professional interest once formed tends to be relatively stable, it can still be changed, developed, and cultivated through various approaches and with personal effort based on actual needs.
Second is temperament. Temperament is the barometer of career adaptability. Each temperament type has its own range of more suitable professions. Temperament affects the characteristics, methods, and efficiency of people's activities. Therefore, for certain professional activities to proceed smoothly, practitioners must possess certain temperament traits. For example, military commanders and diplomats need to control emotional excitement, keep their expressions hidden, while actors, salespeople, and sales representatives require more enthusiasm, emotional openness, and a cheerful demeanor. Temperament gives people a unique color in their psychological activities and behavioral styles, but it does not indicate a person's level of intellectual development or moral standards, nor does it determine their social value or future. Each temperament type has its own strengths and weaknesses. For instance, sanguine individuals are flexible in thinking, quick to react, sociable, and sensitive but also easily changeable, volatile, and unstable; choleric individuals are straightforward, enthusiastic, and energetic but may be reckless, impulsive, and lack precision; phlegmatic individuals are calm, steady, and self-controlled but may be slow to react and lack vitality; and melancholic individuals are meticulous, thoughtful, and detail-oriented but may be overly sensitive, solitary, and slow. In social work, different professions require different temperaments. However, for an employee, it is important to match your temperament to your profession. Only in this way can you achieve success and growth in your career.
Last is personality. Personality determines an individual's fate. It is said that those with a fiery nature are not suited for professions involving interpersonal interactions; those with a deep and introspective nature are suitable for scientific research; and those with a gentle nature are most suited to be gardeners nurturing young plants. So, what is personality? It is a stable attitude toward reality and the corresponding habitual behavioral patterns that align with it. It is not only reflected in one's attitude toward others and themselves but also in one's choice and attitude toward their career. Outgoing, lively, enthusiastic, and gentle individuals are generally more suited for careers in entertainment, the news industry, service sectors, and other fields that involve frequent interaction with society and people. Suspicious, inquisitive, introspective, and rigorous individuals,