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Editor’s note: When the epidemic comes, all of us are faced with new realities. If we don’t take the initiative to adapt to it, we are weakening our ability. To help readers improve their adaptability to new markets, career mentor Michael Thompson introduced the five skills he thinks should be the most improved. This article was published on Medium with the original title The 5 Skills Needed to Move Fast in The New World.
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Anthony Pigliacampo, serial entrepreneur and founder of Modern Market, sent me an e-mail, which was excerpted from an open letter he posted inside the company, on how his team responded to the new Coronavirus responded.
“In the past week, when I drove near the company, I remembered a book I read-” Deep Survival “. This book is a collection of stories of human” adventure “. , Successfully survive under almost impossible circumstances, such as shipwrecks, plane crashes, and so on.
The theme of this book is that adequate preparation does not determine life and death, it is adaptability that determines life and death. In order to adapt to the current reality, the surviving people can constantly adjust their mental map (Mental map, a map that reflects the human brain’s memory ability and association status of the geographical environment, also known as impression map or psychological perception map, concept map). People who ca n’t survive are always attached to the past, refusing to start changing their behavior based on what actually happens around them. “
Anthony works in the restaurant industry. We all know that this industry was hit hard during the outbreak. His team members did not work during this period, and their homes were located in more than 50 different places in 6 states, which made the work more difficult. But his mentality is not bad.
All of us are facing new realities. If you do n’t adapt to it, you are actually weakening your ability, it willAffect your life in the future from a few months to a few years.
Anthony ’s suggestions are universal, whether you are in the catering industry or not, they are great suggestions.
We are in the process of taking the first step towards the new world, and what determines our future is now. I am a career mentor with clients on three continents. I think that for our career, we should strive to improve ourselves. The following are the five areas I am willing to work hard to improve. They can help a lot in my career.
1. Become an empathetic person
Everyone is having a hard time this time, but those who often help others solve problems can gain more.
Empathy not only allows you to understand the needs of others, it can also help you predict the future needs of others.
Spending time observing your surroundings with a critical eye is the key to developing this skill. If you do not think about how to make your talents more beneficial to others, then no matter how great your talents are, it is still worthless.
Ask people what they are afraid of.
Become a master of pinpointing the crux of others ’problems.
Learn more about the challenges they face.
Tell people what problems they might face if they adopt plan A and what problems they might face if they adopt plan B …
Taking the time to understand the fears, desires, and sticking points of others is the first step to improving empathy.
The world will continue to change rapidly. The way you treat people around you will determine your future opportunities. After all, whether they are individuals or organizations, they have to choose partners, and they will choose those who listen to them in difficult times and help them better through the difficulties. However, if you can’t think about it from the standpoint of others, this will never happen.
2. Become a master of establishing relationships online
If you browse social networking sites such as Linkedin and Facebook, you will quickly discover who is leading the trend.
They host online events and bring people together through online meetings. They have a planning team and will turn Youtube into a live training and live broadcast course.
Take advantage of this.
Go know thesePeople, if the works and words of some of them can resonate with you, then you can introduce yourself to them.
The days of endlessly searching for the same good are over. It ’s time to build relationships on your own. The ability to build relationships online becomes a very important skill.
Establish a new relationship every week: Take an hour to contact people who are doing something you think is cool, such as sending them a message, making a phone call, and seeing if the two of you are together.
I once wrote a detailed tutorial on “how to connect with people you worship online”. The beauty of this process is that, just like the dialogue in “real life”, once you learn a good “formula”, you can use it repeatedly in the process of building a new relationship.
Tell the other party that you appreciate their work.
Help them solve the problems they face (clues are everywhere).
Let the other party know how their work has influenced and improved your career.
Proactively share the work of others with people who may have the same needs.
I bet that if someone sends you a message saying that they like your way of thinking or they appreciate your work very much, you will certainly feel very good after reading these praises. This is human nature.
Many of us will have to do a lot of work to piece together meager income.
The new company will replace the one that is on the verge of failure.
If you can grasp the opportunity when the opportunity comes, when the door of the new opportunity is really open, you can act immediately.
On our way to the new world, contact with the people you adore in a comfortable way. The value it brings cannot be ignored. The beauty of the Internet is that with just a few carefully designed languages, we can start to establish contact with the people we adore. Before talking to others, first understand the experience of others, understand the formation of their values and ideas, so that you will be more easily connected with them. In addition, it is also very helpful for building a personal brand.
Just do n’t make this mistake: only know people like you. People with the most diverse friends also have the most opportunities.
3. Improve writing skills
As I said above, the ability to connect with people online has suddenly become aA very important skill. This largely depends on the way you express yourself-writing.
Writing a strong cover letter will give you an interview.
Writing a well-informed outreach letter will allow you to establish contact with people you admire in time.
Write a persuasive copy that will attract customers and they will browse your website or social media materials to learn more about you.
Proficient writing can help you build a reputation as a communicator who respects the time of others and has clear rules in your work.
Just like we can all sell, we can all write. But learning writing skills can help you stand out from the vast ocean of competition.
Personally, I improve my writing skills by blogging. Three years ago, I was penniless. Now, just writing articles, I can get three four-digit monthly income.
If you are not interested in blogging yourself, then I provide some writing practice resources below to help you write more effectively.
Subscribe to the emails of Noah Kagan, Ramit Sethi and others to study what they send to your subscription mailbox.
Buy a few classic writing books, such as “On Writing Well”, and several books that guide copywriting, such as “The Adweek Copywriting Handbook”
On Linkedin, privately believe the person you admire. The length of your private message is limited to 300 characters, which will help you introduce yourself conscientiously and put forward the need to communicate with each other more efficiently.
Sign up for a writing course by Niklas Goke and others, this guy is very expert.
Although our letters can play a huge role in establishing contact with others, most people often think that their current writing skills are sufficient and do not continue to improve. However, when it comes to our career and future life, it’s good not to be unknowingly like most people.
4. Improve persuasion skills Competition will be fierce in the coming months: new businesses have sprung up; as time goes on, other companies will come back to life.
Decision-makers in the organization will not be as patient as they used to be, and they will not take risks with people who only have “potentials”-they will have a large number of candidates with outstanding abilities to choose from.
You must not only have the ability to communicate with people, but also be able to persuade them to bet on you. This ability will be more important than ever.
If one day in the future, you get an interview opportunity, to succeed in the interview, get an offer, the following 5 steps can help you.
Write the answers to the 20 most common interview questions in your industry.
Find a senior or someone who can help you make a difference, and show them the answer.
Record a video of yourself saying these answers.
Show the video to someone who can help you improve your expressiveness.
Find the right person to simulate the interview with you, let him give the answer he will say, and adjust his behavior through their performance.
Two months ago, I asked my client Kristina Howard to do these exercises. Today, she is the managing director of Tusk Ventures, a venture capital and political strategy company.
If you want to maximize your opportunities in the future, please take the following steps. Becoming an interview master is a skill that is seriously underestimated. It is also a simple way to improve persuasion-and it doesn’t take a long time. Just 10 hours of pay may change your career and bring you hundreds of thousands of dollars in income.
In addition to improving interview skills, here are some very valuable exercises and resources.
Learn videos of leaders like Conor Neill about the basics of persuasion.
Spend an afternoon watching the video of your favorite speaker. Pay attention not only to the content of their speeches, but also to their presentation skills.