《新目标大学英语系列教材:综合教程(2)综合训练》:
How Do You Stay Excited about Yourjob?
MPW Insider Network is one of several online communities where the biggest names in business answer timely career and leadership questions. This week, we ask: How do you stay excited about your job? The following is an answer by Liz Wiseman, president of Wiseman. Group and author of Rookie Smarts: Why Learnin-g Beats Knowin-g in the New Game of Work.
[A] The surest way to stay excited about your work is to avoid jobs that you are actually qualified for.
[B]I was thrown into management at the tender age of 24,just a year out of business school, while working for Oracle Corporation. They made me head of training across the entire company and charged me with building a corporate university. I didn't feel ready for management, and the job was more than a few sizes too big, but it seemed unwise to turn down a promotion. A year later, I was asked to globalize Oracle University in more than 100 countries. This seemed like ajob most companies would ask a full-fledged adult to do. But I didn't have time to second-guess myself; I had a lot to learn, and quickly.
[C] About a year later, my vice president, Bob Shaver, introduced me to an executive who worked for one of Oracle's clients. When Bob told him that I ran Oracle University, the client flinched with noticeable surprise. Bob assured him, "Yes, Liz isn't technically that qualified ... but she's bright and doing a great job." I retorted, "Bob, if you are qualified, what's to learn? I never want a job I'm qualified for."
[D] After 15 thrilling years, my learning curve eventually flattened, and I came to a troubling realization: I was, at last, legitimately qualified for my role. The exhilaration was gone. So I ventured out in search of something I didn't know how to do (teaching other executives to lead). Sure enough, in this virgin terrain, work was again exciting.
[E]I began to see that the best jobs are often the ones we're not "ready for. In our rookie state a certain genius gets sparked and a learner's advantage kicks in. When we are stretched beyond our current capabilities, we can tap into a different mindset - what I have come to call rookie smarts - where we perform at our best and revel in the thrill of learning.
[F] If you've started to settle into your job, it nught be time to take a role for which you aren't fully qualified.
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