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Zhihu has a very hot question:
If you knew you would be laid off at 40, what would you do from now on?
All I can say is: Am I really too anxious?
From the first day of work after graduating, I have been thinking about it every day:
What should I do if I am laid off tomorrow?
It's not an inspirational blood story, it's an ordinary rural girl with no background who shares some of the things she does along the way to combat her ever-present anxiety.
If it works for you, it can't be better.
01
I must be excellent in the job opportunities that I can grasp right now
Choice is greater than effort, which seems to be a very deeply rooted philosophy.
In a certain context, it is right.
For example, when I went to interview in 2011, there was a copy editing position on a real estate related industry website for me to go, and I thought:
Where does that work? Although I do like text-related work, my career plan is in the field of human resources!
So refused.
But looking back now, if I had changed from human resources to this track not long after graduation, whether it was this industry or later became an indispensable operation position for the Internet, my career would have changed completely.
But this so-called choice or opportunity, when your level of cognition is very limited, may not be able to grasp in front of you.
That is a relatively safer approach, in fact, try to seize the opportunity at hand.
I have seen many young people who are particularly good in various aspects such as qualifications and starting points, but they are always struggling with the job opportunities in front of them that are not good enough;
If I can find a truly satisfying job that is worth my efforts, then I will definitely work hard!
As a result, carelessly, several years passed.
The original advantages have become a reason for others to look at them more harshly:
How do you play a good hand? There must be something wrong.
Instead, many opportunities were missed.
Instead, if I focus on the fact that I've chosen the job, I'm only qualified to judge it if I've done it well:
Is it good or not;
I'm not a good fit;
Should I consider changing jobs?
But the reality is often interesting, when I do it, when I am still far from the standard I set for myself, there will be a windfall:
It may be that I have a better career opportunity, and the leader suggested that I change jobs to do it;
It may be that there is an opportunity for a promotion;
Or, you can get a raise.
Our career is a gradual accumulation process.
It is impossible for a person to jump to the situation where he will be laid off at the age of 40.
Until then, there are countless opportunities to add value to your professional resume;
There are countless opportunities for growth exercises;
There may also be quite a few opportunities to switch to a more promising track.
Because everything is ignored and missed, and accumulated, there is a possibility of an unacceptable result.
02
Work hard to save money and learn the basics of investment and financial management
As a woman, I once received a very direct but well-intentioned criticism.
I was single at the time, in my 30s.
Once, the general manager had a monthly dinner with several of our directors and managers, and during the dinner, he cared about the personal problems of several of our single dogs.
My advice to me is:
Go buy a few more sets of branded clothes, learn makeup, shine every day like his assistant, and be afraid that you won't find your boyfriend?
I just threw out a sentence: no money!
Then there was a flurry of booing, saying that I was implying that the boss wanted a raise.
I really didn't think about this, but I think it's true that there is no money to buy big brands, let alone big brands, a dress of five or six hundred, the first thing I think is:
Am I not good at saving, you let me go buy a dress?!
Saving money is one thing, but people who save money and want to manage money often face a bigger pit, the kind of blood loss.
It is not to learn the formal investment and financial management knowledge by yourself, and when you still do not understand anything, you will be marketed by others, and you will invest money in a place where you don't know what it is.
If so, you might as well buy something delicious and dressed to spend!
Count the things I've done in investment and financial management over the past few decades:
Passed the securities qualification certificate, securities investment consultant qualification and futures qualification qualification;
There should be at least 50 books related to investment and financial management;
There are even more countless self-media creators who have seen and paid attention to all kinds of investment and financial management, financial and economic related to them, screening out various views and specific investment suggestions that they think are relatively high.
You have to ask me, is this a master of investment and financial management, no, no, no, far from it, this is not my goal.
I think I use so many foundations to base myself up, and the only appeal is not to make a big mistake in the matter of money.
As Munger often said:
If I knew where I would die, then I wouldn't go there.
This approach at least guarantees that financial problems will not be my biggest drag in case I lose my job or have other career transition plans.
03
Always keep learning and try more opportunities
This is really a suggestion that is said too much and annoying many people when they see it.
I'm still talking about this from my own true feelings.
The biggest reason why many people can't keep learning is that many of us have never experienced the benefits and fun of learning, and just heard others say its benefits.
Why haven't you experienced the benefits and joy of learning?
It's because there's a very, very difficult journey to go before it triggers the point where learning fun and benefits are triggered.
Although I have always thought that I like to read, I really realized that reading a good book is like having a pleasant conversation with a high-ranking person, which can make me open up in many ways, and it is also 6 or 7 years after I graduated and worked.
Before that, plus four years of university, which was equivalent to 10 years of continuous study, I learned to study efficiently without a teacher, and deeply experienced the fun of being able to "understand at one point".
And with this skill, you will find that you can try a lot of things that you dare not think about or try before;
And after investing a period of time to understand, you will find that you seem to be equivalent to the level of a junior worker in a field.
This confidence and certainty will also make you believe that no matter what the situation is, you will be able to overcome the difficulties and find a solution.
And this is the key to having the courage to face any problem.
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