Friday, January 25, 2008

Nancy Lin: Success



In a real society, it’s sometimes quite difficult to find the right person to do the right job in a perfect manner. You will be very happy if you are able to find one. In this case, the CEO was able to find one and that’s a win-win-situation. However, I don’t think the CEO would rather be a gardener and neither do I.

The definition of success varies and it depends on job nature. As an employee, you must be able to accomplish your job as committed. In addition, hard work will gain more merits for you. As a gardener, it will be much better if you are an extrovert, and have a sincere and nice personality, as you will from time to time meet many people. So, being sociable and open-minded is very important. In this case, the CEO’s gardener is able to gain the trust from his family and friends as he has the technique to do his job and able to communicate with them peacefully.

Though his gardener was very successful, both the CEO and I wouldn’t consider taking his position as different people have different strengths. The gardener was very good at decorating the flowers, trees but it didn’t mean that he could be a good chef. Therefore, understanding your strength is very important, as you have to maximize it in order not to waste your genius. Another concern is the money you have to earn to support your living. I believe that the living standard between a gardener and a CEO is very different; how can a CEO earn so little to survive? If the CEO has the technique to do the gardening job, he can do it as his interest when he has the time to do so but not on his daily things-to-do list. Also, being a successful CEO can be well recognized by the world and the degree of happiness can hardly be measured.

For myself, I definitely would not consider to be a gardener as this is a tough job to me. I don’t like to be exposed under shinny/rainy days without stop. In addition, the salary given cannot fulfill my needs at all. I would rather be a salesperson who can meet many people and make as much money as I can to have my early retirement. In conclusion, I think everybody needs to have a deep thought on what you want to do in the future and stick to it. Try your best to accomplish it. Being a hundred percent good is not enough; there is always ways for improvement. You can’t under estimate yourself, once you go for it; you need to ask yourself, how can I be much better? You are always competing against yourself and that will make you the best in your own field.

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