Chicken Soup for Learning: Excellent learning ability is your only sustainable competitive advantage

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Speaking of this topic, I especially want to mention my idol, Ma Dong!

After Ma Dong graduated from University, he worked as an IT man. After working on the Internet for a few years and getting bored, he took the exam to host. He successfully changed careers and entered CCTV.

I worked as a host, producer, and director in a TV station, and I prospered in CCTV. To outsiders, it seemed like I had no regrets in life. I just waited to become a treasure in CCTV. However, Ma Dong, who was in his forties, chose to resign and took a leap to become the chief content officer of iQiyi. He founded "Qi Pa Shuo" and the program quickly became popular!

When everyone thought that Ma Dong had made the right change in career, and that the show was so popular that he would create his own success in iQiyi, in 2015, there was news that Ma Dong resigned from iQiyi and started an independent company. , and quickly pushed him into the headlines!

Ma Dong mentioned a funny joke in an issue of "Tian Tian Shang Shang". Now he is studying with a group of people born in the 1990s. The people born in the 90s are very creative and always refute Ma Dong's suggestions. , as long as Ma Dong acted like a boss, a group of people born in the 1990s said, "Well, you are older than me anyway, and you will die faster than us." In the end, Ma Dong had to listen to them.

Although Ma Dong did not explain whether such an example was successful, I think if it was not successful, it would not leave an impression on Ma Dong's heart.

I especially love a person like Ma Dong. He describes his current environment as studying with a group of young people.

At that moment, I thought this short and fat guy was so cool! A young middle-aged man with courage, ideas, and a humble attitude towards learning, turns out to be so charming!

I admire people like this. Even if their social status and resume are enough to write a legend, they still have to keep learning, improve themselves, and compete in different fields.

Competitive people are so willful and can "take other people's path and leave others with no way to go."

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Some time ago, I had a very good friend who was looking for a job. He had been married and had children for several years. Although he had been doing some business before, he had to go to another place due to some unavoidable factors. find a job.

She went to various recruitment websites to submit her resume, but the problem was that she had a family and children, and her work location was limited to the local area.

Actually, situations like hers are very common, but her situation is quite special. She originally studied as a teacher major, and she lost her job not long after graduation. She gave birth to her baby at home, so she accumulated a lot of work. Very little experience. She doesn't know how to use many basic office software, which gives her a headache.

In addition, I have not been working for many years, so I cannot adapt to it at all.

During this period, she interviewed for many jobs, and one of them felt really good. It dealt with words, that is, writing reports, without having to sit in the office, and submitting reports on time. She had a certain writing skills, so she thought this job She went to the interview with the best of her ability and with full confidence.

After coming back from the interview, she told me that she didn’t want to do this job. The reason was that it was too difficult to write at all. One of the questions the interviewer gave her was to introduce our local traditional food, and she was allowed to write freely.

After I came back, I sat next to me and just complained about what the hell the topic was and how I asked people to write it.

I really can't stand her nagging. I told her that she has no enthusiasm at all when things happen. She doesn't think of ways to solve problems, but wants others to arrange everything for you. You just get paid.

I was embarrassed and asked me how to write it. Then I briefly talked about how I would write it if I were writing this kind of content.

The framework was laid out, the direction was decided, and finally she went home with a depressed look on her face.

It’s not because of anything else. She is unhappy because she feels that all the good things in this society are making things difficult for her.

I told her that if you want to engage in literary work, you must read more and read more books, otherwise there will be nothing in your stomach and what you write will be just erratic sentences and not smooth.

Seeing that her mood was really low, another friend persuaded her to watch some positive programs or books, and then recommended in that round what programs and books.

She said, "I'm tired of looking for a job now, what's the use of reading!"

I can only feel sad silently in my heart. These past few years of college have been a waste of time. . If you don't study, how can you compete for the position you want?

#03

This friend has been my good friend for many years. It’s natural to feel heartbroken. At first, I was very happy that she was willing to step out and connect with society. . I also gave her some sincere opinions.

I said that if she is still willing to write, I can provide a platform for her to submit articles and let her try it out and show her ability.

Then when she heard the five thousand words, she immediately rejected me. Not even willing to try.

I am really disappointed with her performance. I really want to help her and hope that she can excel, just like I envied her academic performance when I was studying.

But she gave up making progress, gave up self-study, and gave up the opportunity to learn. For her who was already out of touch with society, this was undoubtedly a group of people who would be eliminated by society. You can only engage in some service industries, which do not require too much knowledge.

But how many highly educated people are willing to put aside their status and become a waiter? However, if you don't work as a waiter, you won't be qualified for other knowledge-based and technical positions.

If you give up studying and improving yourself, let alone making yourself competitive, you won't even be able to get the minimum chance of competition, and there's no need to talk about anything else.

04

Let’s talk about another friend L. He is a very smart person. Although she is not as adventurous as Ma Dong, her learning ability is indeed a weapon that makes her position stable and upward.

is a girl who is very diligent and studious.

I have been working at my current job for five years and have been promoted from the initial ordinary store clerk to the current manager.

No matter where a person like her is placed in society, she will become an indispensable right and left arm.

Let me talk about a small incident, that is, in her workplace, all the current accounting models and templates in the store were all sorted out by her.

The accounts in her store are special, including bookkeeping, pending accounts, some credit accounts, retail sales, etc. It is very complicated, and it is almost impossible for people who have not learned formal accounting to handle it.

But the template she created can be easily learned by anyone who has never been exposed to accounting and accounting.

When she organized this set of templates, she had just been promoted to store manager. When she took over, because the former store manager did not give any instructions, she took over the store with a vague face, and then started to organize it. She had never studied accounting at that time, and her original major was marketing.

She learned these skills bit by bit in private, and after mastering them, she used them in the store.

Now, even if there is a penny discrepancy in the store, no one can find any problem. As long as she comes, there will be no inaccurate accounts.

From the beginning when she took over the store, she learned about accounting knowledge. Then she studied business etiquette, notes on talking with people and other books. She read them all until she became a manager now. , just get in touch with some books and knowledge about management and other aspects.

Her academic qualifications are not high, and her major is not very popular, but you can see that she is a person who is always learning and thinking to improve herself and make herself better. .

Moreover, she always tries her best to achieve the goals she wants to achieve, to research, to explore, and to find people to solve problems.

She is now an employee that many upper-level bosses want to tap. As long as she is willing, she can move to a better position at any time. However, the boss in her current position attaches great importance to her, so she is willing to stay and work hard.

Excellent learning ability is her trump card for her rapid rise in position.

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I remember that when I participated in the singing competition in our school, accidentally, when the teacher and classmates were discussing this matter, I happened to The teacher who invited the accompanist said that I had also entered the competition. The students sighed and said, roughly, I am very powerful and a formidable enemy.

I admit that when I heard this sentence, I was full of vanity.

But this is the result of my long-term persistence in learning. I went here just for the first place. I am their strong opponent on the field. If you're not good enough, I can easily brush you out.

This is the momentum of having a competitive advantage.

Society is very fair. You can get what you want by competing with your efforts. However, too many people do not have this awareness to actively compete. Only with a sense of competition can you find the motivation to learn.

If you feel that your level is particularly poor, or that you are not as good as others, or that you feel that you are very satisfied now, then you must have similar thoughts:

1.Why is this matter so difficult?

2.Why are things always so complicated?

3.If I were young, I could do this too

4.Why are these People have so much courage to take risks

5. This thing is so expensive, it would be great if someone could give it to me.

6. I really want to change, but I can’t do it now. The opportunity hasn’t come yet.

7. What should I do today?

8.Why does time pass so slowly.

9. What’s the point of doing this?

10. Why do you have to torment yourself so much?

I’ll just list some of them lightly. Most people who think like this, They will live peacefully in a relatively stable job.

Otherwise, people who are still looking for a job and have not yet stabilized have the same idea.

If you want to improve, then you need to know the thinking direction and approach of competitors who are stronger than you.

Make a change, take the initiative to learn, and cultivate yourself to have excellent learning abilities.

1. Read (the power accumulated from reading will be immeasurable in the future)

2. No matter what you do, do your best as long as it does not violate the law and morality. Do whatever it takes to complete it

3. Even if you are old, you still need to have a fighting spirit

4. Take risks within the risk range you can bear!

5. Don’t talk when you are upset at work, just do it!

6. Don’t wait for opportunities, but take the initiative to create opportunities for yourself

7.Set a study plan and then force yourself to learn

8.Keep an open mind about the world Curiosity, stay curious about your future

9. Think more about this sentence "If I do this, what will happen in the future?"

Finally, there is a very important sentence , remember it, it will definitely help you!

Learning faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage - Ari Deges

About the author: Meow Ji, Franklin A book club columnist with a slightly chubby figure, positive thoughts, and a bright attitude towards life. He loves to talk, laugh, sing, and dance. Besides singing, he also loves to write. He is cultivating his personal moral character and body, and he is willing to work together to encourage others.