There are many articles describing the workplace, including hidden rules and power struggles in the workplace. All kinds of articles piled up together can be described as sweating like a pig.

I have been immersed in the workplace for a long time. As an old driver, I gradually have a little understanding of the workplace, especially how to approach the power center of the workplace.

Ayn Rand believes that the world is driven by the creator, and parasites depend on the creator.

This view is completely imprinted on the minds of bookish people with higher education, such as me. In their view, this view also applies to the workplace. If I create a good performance, I am the creator, so I should get a promotion and a raise and occupy a high position.

I call this cognition the "three people" view. What is "three men"? It's about people from home to college and then to work. No matter what their family background is, they have been trained by the system to be a well-behaved "academic school". They have not worked hard for survival, and they lack understanding of the bottom society and insight into human nature.

Therefore, when everything doesn't conform to their causal law of "giving should be rewarded", they are likely to be filled with indignation and become angry.

In fact, there is a strange "one-third" phenomenon in the workplace, that is, in the workplace, one-third of people work, one-third do not work, and one-third evaluate people who work. It's a pity that the people who live in the temple are all people who don't work, that is, those who don't work and those who work in the trial.

Therefore, those who attack the city and plunder the land for the company's development and those who have achieved good results need to wake up. Good work performance does not guarantee that you can be promoted to real power and reach the power center, and poor performance does not mean that you will lose your job.

Then the question is, what can people who are eager to make progress do to succeed in the workplace? I have three axes, which will be good for me.

1. Tell your boss about your job.

People in high positions in the workplace are busy with their own affairs and work, and don't pay so much attention to you and what you do. Therefore, your first task is to ensure that people in high positions in the company know the results of your work. The best way is to tell them to ask for instructions early and report later.

Judging from the simple exposure effect, familiarity produces preference. People like familiar things, including you. When others remember you, they choose you.

You can also simply understand it as getting to know each other under the condition of good work performance.

You must care about your relationship with your boss as much as you care about your work performance.

Complaining is the most useless thing in the workplace. Don't complain about the harsh resources and poor conditions given by the boss. Don't make the boss feel unsafe, and don't make friends with those in power. If you want to be Tao Yuanming, you should retire early. If you want to make a difference, you should abide by the rules honestly.

In the workplace, neither your ambition nor your performance can guarantee your success in a typical organizational structure. The person responsible for your success is your boss, who can decide your position in the organization.

No matter where you are, there is always someone above you. What you have to do is to handle the relationship with him and ensure that those influential people have a strong desire to help you take off.

3. Deal with all kinds of relationships strategically.

Professionals, everyone will definitely have two resources: energy and time. Spend your energy and time strategically participating in the important affairs of people who are helpful to you.

This kind of person is the person who has the right to allocate resources in key departments.

In interpersonal relationships, the central position is to obtain resources, but resources can also be obtained by linking different network relationships.

Rights and resources will bring more rights and resources. What you have to do is to open different network links.

I wrote three axes magnificently, in fact, people with discerning eyes can see it at a glance, and return to the original, just two words "relationship."

Relationship is productivity, and relationship is money. How to get through and how to use it depends on personal play and understanding.

May you get close to the power center as soon as possible.

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