文/曾鹏宇

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两年前，小李大学毕业后进了一家公司。因为是新人，他被安排到基层的岗位，每天干的都是琐碎的事。

几个月后，小李就有点儿不开心了，说自己比很多人都能吃苦而且兢兢业业，为什么领导看不到？后来，他忍不住跟领导表达了一下自己的想法，没想到反而被调去看仓库。

小李所在的公司是我以前所在单位的供应商。有一次，我们联合做完活动，小李跑过来跟我诉苦。于是，我问他，“你觉得自己应该做什么工作？”

小李说，“至少干点技术含量高一点儿的，能学到东西的。”

我说：“你只有把这一份工作做到极致，换工作才有意义，你觉得自己做到了吗？”

小李说：“看仓库那样的工作，我当然做到了极致。”

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我特别直接地告诉他：“不，你并没有做到。就说这次做活动需要取放货物，我发现物品A数量比较少，你们放得离门口很近；物品B数量很多，你们放得比较远。可是，领物品B的人远比领物品A的多。你觉得合理吗？”

小李想想说：“可是，送货的人送来的时候就那么放的啊！”

我说：“送货的人不懂，但你是负责仓库管理的人，你应该懂！除了物品码放领取，你们一共7个人，负责领物的4个，负责看管的3个，领物的大忙死，看管的小闲死，你也觉得合理吗？”

小李有点儿不服气地说：“这是领导安排的。”我忍不住笑了：“领导安排你来负责这块儿，你就有责任把每一个人安排妥当，你却只知道自己做事，你真觉得自己做到极致了？”

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我又想起来，大约七八年前，我还在媒体上班。我负责的一个部门接收了一个实习生，是名牌大学新闻专业本科生，为期三个月。结果刚一个月，他就来找我说想结束实习。我问为什么，他倒也直接：“我想当一个好记者，但我觉得自己在这里学不到东西。”

听到他的回答，我特别意外。他现在每天干得最多的是从各个渠道整理新闻线索交给编辑，从中选出可以操作的话题——这是每个新闻专业学生刚开始工作必须经历的一个环节。

他继续哭丧着脸，说“这一个月，我觉得自己每天都挺用心，每日搜集20多条线索，可最后总是被编辑否掉心里特别沮丧。”

I asked him, “Have you ever asked the editor why your lines were rejected?” He shook his head. I said, “You are new and still learning. It is normal to make mistakes. But because of this, you should learn more and ask questions to avoid making the same mistake next time.”

He was confused for a moment before shaking his head again.

I continued: “But your collected lines do have some problems.” I flipped through his record book again. "Do you know what kind of readers our newspaper is aimed at? What are their occupations? What are their educational backgrounds and income levels? What are their hobbies?"

He looked puzzled, then shook his head.

I went on: "If you don't even understand who our newspaper is for, how can you not be rejected? Editors are busy people. Next time if there's something they don't understand, hope you will ask them directly."

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When I first entered the workforce, I spent an entire year doing very basic work - nothing but collecting information and organizing data. My fellow interns had left soon after starting work; however, I remained in my position. People would say it wasn't exciting enough; yet I didn’t find it boring because there were many things that needed improvement.

The first week at work, an editor laughed at me when she saw my headline: so stiffly serious - would readers love it?

My first interview resulted in numerous revisions from my supervisor; I asked her why she did this; she replied: This isn’t written for yourself but for our readers!

In my early years as a professional journalist (those hot-blooded articles), one senior colleague criticized me saying that while writing such passionate pieces was great emotion-wise but lacked objectivity & calmness.

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There was once when after being criticized by leaders following a piece of work done well or poorly , i am particularly careful with every detail ; secondly from these details we seek out key points . The former makes us more perceptive , considering everything more thoroughly ; the latter allows us to evolve from quantitative changes to qualitative ones .

True diligence does not equal busyness! Let us all be reminded . Don't use tactical busyness as a shield against strategic laziness in this busy world live rich lives!