The comic adaptation drama "Why is Secretary Kim like that" produced by South Korea's tvN TV station has received a lot of praise for its advantages of restoring comics, fast rhythm, and fresh style.
The drama tells the story between the strict narcissistic chairman Lee Young-joon and his beautiful and capable secretary Kim Mi-sho. Secretary Kim, who had worked under Li Yingjun for 9 years, suddenly offered to resign, which made President Li very uncomfortable. He tried to keep him with promotion and salary increase, but was rejected.
In addition to the various funny and romantic plots of President Li and Secretary Kim, there is also a lot of workplace life in the play, which can give us a lot of inspiration. What kind of talent can make a boss like President Li who is at a distance from talking to keep him?
1. Self-charging, with strength
In the workplace, strength is the most solid foundation for personal development. After all, the boss recruits people to work. Judging from the plot, Secretary Kim was not very capable from the beginning. Nine years ago, I made a big mistake because of lack of ability, which attracted criticism from Chairman Li.
But it can be seen from her defense that she sacrificed her rest time to improve her strength. Therefore, we can see that the current Secretary Jin can not only keep up with the work rhythm of the chairman, but even deal with all kinds of problems with ease.
At the beginning of my employment, I often consciously stayed in the office to work overtime, not because I had a lot of work, but I hoped to be familiar with the work as soon as possible in a quiet environment and get started as soon as possible.
This self-pressurization is spontaneous and active pressure, so it is more active and active than when it is under external and passive pressure, and it is more beneficial to long-term ability improvement. There is no force in this world more powerful than the force you wish you to grow.
And secretary Jin's pressure comes from the family's financial difficulties. She has to support her sister to study and pay her father's debts. Therefore, when the sisters work, the family's financial difficulties are relieved and the source of pressure disappears. She naturally hopes to leave and do things you like.
2. Spontaneous thinking, one more step
One time in the play, President Li asked Secretary Kim about the progress of his work. Secretary Kim not only answered fluently, but also reported the progress before the next question was asked, making President Li blameless.
In the workplace, there is a type of person whose boss pushes and moves one step, and only does the arranged work; there are also people like Secretary Jin, who can actively think about the follow-up and prepare in advance after completing the designated work. If you were your boss, who would you be more satisfied with? Most bosses will like the latter kind of active thinkers.
Before every regular department meeting, the leaders would ask us to improve our subjective initiative. At that time, although I understood it, I did not do it well. The reason was that I had no overall understanding of the overall situation of the work and was limited to my own position.
This has a lot to do with the subdivision of work in modern society. Everyone is a small part of the huge cog of society. They only do their own part of the work. The advantage is that the efficiency is greatly improved.
My solution is to focus on the context and intended goals of the work. i.e. why does this work? What kind of result to get? Starting from these two questions, and thinking about your own work, you can know which part of the whole work you want to do, what the follow-up links are, how to effectively achieve the expected goals, and so on.
3. Self-decompression, stay in shape
Under the pressure of President Li, Secretary Kim was on standby 24 hours a day and night, but every time she was called suddenly, she had a detail, that is, to organize her emotions, manage her expressions, and face it with a smile. This is a classic manifestation of managing emotions.
Everyone will have stress in the workplace, even dissatisfaction, complaining, jealousy and other negative emotions. How to manage these emotions is also important for personal development. Generally speaking, manage your emotions first, then do things. When you are in a particularly bad mood, try not to do important things or talk to reduce mistakes.
Because I am a sensitive person, I am more easily affected by the environment and others. In managing my emotions, I have tried many methods, such as meditation, exercise, deep breathing, listening to music, finding someone to talk to, temporarily leaving the environment at that time, etc. I have no use.
Later, I found that when I was writing, by sorting out the development of things and the source of my emotions, my mood could gradually calm down. Writing has become my decompression method. Everyone has stress, and the methods of decompression vary from person to person. The most important thing is to try different ways, reflect on yourself, and finally find the one that suits you and stick to it.
Also master the art of rejection. If the pressure is too high, tell your boss. As President Li said when he retained Secretary Kim: "If you said you couldn't do it at the time, then I might not let you do it."
4. Self-positioning, correct understanding of the relationship between superiors and subordinates
Although President Li is harsh, he knows people well, and boldly employs Secretary Jin, who is not highly educated; although he is narcissistic, he has strong ability and can learn a lot from him.
In the workplace, there are all kinds of bosses, but regardless of the boss's personality and style, try to maintain a correct understanding of the boss.
Even if you encounter a boss who is not easy to get along with, instead of complaining, it is better to observe and learn and accumulate yourself like Secretary Jin. After a few years, you may find that your level has risen to a higher level, and the boss's attitude has also changed.
There is a sentence that impressed me deeply: "You are fully responsible for the relationship between you and your boss." This sentence made me instantly realize the positioning of the relationship between superiors and subordinates, which is different from other relationships in life.
In terms of personality, the superior and the subordinate are equal, but in the work, the subordinate obeys the superior is the prerequisite for the smooth progress of the work. Too often, we make the mistake of orienting superiors and subordinates in terms of personal likes and dislikes rather than job roles.
To do this, you must correct your mentality and position, and always use reason to alert yourself.
Therefore, in order to become the secretary Kim that even the devil-like President Li can keep, he must go through long-term experience and self-management. But it's the same sentence: " There is no force in this world more powerful than the force you wish you to grow. "
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