What kind of talent is considered excellent? See what Zhang Yiming said

We often say that someone is excellent, so what kind of talent is excellent?

To see whether a person is excellent, we do not look at how well he is mixed at the moment, but to look at it with a long-term perspective, whether in three years, seven years, ten years, whether this person will achieve something.

For this question, let's see what Zhang Yiming, president of "ByteDance", said? As an interviewer, Zhang Yiming has interviewed about 2,000 people in ten years and has also met many outstanding young people. He said that good young people generally have the following qualities.

1. Be curious and stay young

Zhang Yiming went to Wuhan to recruit, he said that this generation of young people are particularly good quality, with "Stay hungry, Stay young" characteristics. This means that this generation of young people has the characteristics of maintaining curiosity, maintaining youthful vitality, and maintaining self-growth.

He said that young people have many advantages: they do things without rules and regulations, do not have too much self-preservation, often break the rules, work very hard, do not compromise, and are not sleek and sophisticated.

Specific performances in the work are:

(1) There is no distinction between what I should do and what I should not do in my work, as long as it is helpful to the project, I will do it.

(2) Do things regardless of boundaries, willing to learn everything, willing to try.

(3) There are no rules and regulations for doing things, and you will not worry about this, worry about that, and dare not act.

2. Be optimistic about uncertainty and dare to try

He said that good people tend to be optimistic about the uncertainty of the future and are more willing to try. In fact, as long as you are optimistic, the results are often unexpected.

3. Not willing to be mediocre, set high goals and high standards for yourself

Zhang Yiming said that excellent people have relatively high requirements for themselves after entering society and are not willing to be mediocre. What is demanded of oneself is often high standards, set high goals, and always believe that they will be achieved in the future.

He said that maybe in two years you can't see any change, but stretching the time, ten years, twenty years, it will be very different to see.

4. Not arrogant, start from the basics steadily, and can delay satisfaction

Zhang Yiming said that high standards and high requirements for themselves do not mean arrogance, they are completely two different concepts. Not being arrogant means having an objective assessment of one's own abilities, not looking at the master and low, doing things in a down-to-earth manner, starting from the basics.

In other words, you will not be fooled by the grand personal labels given by the outside world and remain humble.

5. Have your own judgment on important choices and don't go with the flow

Excellent people have their own judgment on what major decisions to choose, what company to choose, what career to choose, what development path to choose, and even what partner to choose, and will not be swayed by short-term interests and suggestions from others.

The above five traits are actually very much related to personal growth, and people who have these traits are growth thinking, will continue to grow, and will eventually achieve something.