The age of 30 is a period when a person's physiological cycle, career cycle and family life cycle completely overlap. It is the best time in life. The 30-year-old is a combiner of new work, an efficient solver, and a dreamer in action. Want to take advantage of the opportunity? Do you want to completely separate from the ordinary people in your 2007? Want to accelerate to the few seats at the top of the pyramid?

What do the rich do when they are 30 years old?

At the age of 30, life begins to show some interesting scenes. For example: If he has always loved to smile before, then he should already have a relaxed face. If he has been deeply engaged in his career,

then he should have just become a department head. If he is good at financial management, he should have the first bucket of funds to support him and his companions in starting a business. Quantitative changes suddenly accumulate into a qualitative leap at the age of 30. Whether it is a T-shirt or a suit, football or golf, single or married, gentle or strong, any name is suitable for a 30-year-old man. He is like a child in loose clothes. He grows up slowly and finds that the clothes have changed overnight. It adheres to the body snugly, without missing a beat. 30 years old is the place where the best time and the biggest turning point in life happen together. Leap forward to the age of 30 and take control of yourself...

A wonderful time to be born in your 30s

Around the age of 30 is a period when a person's physiological cycle, career cycle and family life cycle completely overlap.

In the menstrual cycle, the age of 30 is the average highest point of physical fitness, IQ, and emotional intelligence.

In the family life cycle, most of them have discretionary savings; they have no children, and their parents are about 55 years old. These will not share the energy of 30-year-olds; but due to the emergence of organizations They have the desire for family, so they begin to have a sense of responsibility and social mission; with the experience of living alone, joining social groups, and working, all major weddings and funerals in life have also happened around them, and they have experienced it more comprehensively. In life, you have a relatively mature and open-minded mind.

In the career cycle, the 30-year-old has mastered basic work skills and has work experience in different environments and industries, which can be combined to make a fair and objective evaluation of one's own abilities; from relying on time Transform from hard work and physical strength to smart work that relies on experience and efficiency; recognize the power of reality, but not enough to be tempered to lose the ideal; have just been promoted to junior supervisor, from the executor of daily work to a junior management decision-maker ; In short, they have received the most attention as a new force, becoming new successor training targets, and are at the starting point of a period of rapid career growth.

A career opportunity that cannot be wasted

In your career, no matter how fast you rise, no matter what occupation, industry or geographical location you are in, you have gone through three different stages. : Potential stage, kinetic energy stage and harvest stage.

The potential stage refers to the stage from the end of formal education to the age of 29. In the 5 to 7 years after starting your career, you have experienced different positions and changed several companies, slowly accumulating experience. At this time, your personal value is based on your skills and the different situations you have experienced. When you master your professional skills, build a consistent record of success, take on broader responsibilities, manage others, and cultivate a career network, your potential steadily translates into experience.

After turning into experience, it marks that you have officially entered the career momentum stage around the age of 30, and truly have the right to "use today to determine the future." It's often at this stage that successful people and mediocre people part ways. However, during the interview process, we also found that many highly successful professionals in their 30s always fall into the unconscious struggle stage. They cannot see clearly the best tool they have, even though they have many skills that can make them successful in the workplace quickly. The "good efforts" to move forward cannot be used clearly and theoretically, and many opportunities that could have been used to achieve twice the result with half the effort were wasted. And we want to extract the best advantages of 30-year-old people so that people under 30 can learn from them, people who are 30 years old can awaken, and people who are over 30 can maintain them.

Look what they did when they were 30 years old

Jeff Bezos

Founder and President of Amazon

In 1994, the 30-year-old Bezos sat on the 39th floor of a Manhattan office building and explored the immature network usage. He was surprised to find that the growth of network usage was increasing at a rate of up to 2,300% per year. So, at that time, he was already the youngest vice president in the history of Bankers Trust, and he took $300,000 from his parents—almost his parents’ lifetime savings—resigned to start a business, took his wife, and drove all the way from the east coast to the west coast of the United States.

Along the way, Bezos drafted a business plan on his laptop and used his mobile phone to raise funds. Bezos plans to open a bookstore in another world, which he calls "Cyberspace." There are no bookshelves, no inventory, and no physical storefront for customers to visit. In this way, in July 1995, he established Amazon, a company that symbolizes the vast and endless rivers of South America. More than ten years ago, others thought this was just a fantasy.

Li Ka-shing

Chairman of the Board and General Manager of Cheung Kong Holdings Co., Ltd.

In 1958, the 30-year-old Li Ka-shing’s assets in Hong Kong exceeded 10 million yuan , Li Ka-shing, who became a multi-millionaire, still works 16 hours a day and insists on self-study at night - he lives in an old house, wears an old suit, and a cheap electronic watch, without any luxury or bad habits. In the same year, he noticed that the rent of his factory building was rising year by year. However, Hong Kong has a small amount of land and a large number of people, and every inch of land is expensive, so there is a lot of room for investment in real estate. Therefore, he began to transform from "Plastic Flower King" to "Real Estate Tycoon" transformation. Decades of diligence, frugality and shrewd investment finally made him the "Superman" legend. His famous saying at that time still seems out of date today - "Simple life is pleasant."

Bill Gates

Founder, Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft

The richest man in the world is facing the biggest opportunity for his career when he is 30 years old . In 1985, Microsoft, which was still just a small program development company, reached an agreement with IBM, the PC leader at the time, to jointly develop the OS/2 operating system. According to the agreement, IBM could install it on its own computers at will without taking a penny; Microsoft was allowed to Charge OS/2 usage fees from other computer manufacturers. In view of the extremely low share of compatible computers in the PC market at that time, IBM agreed without hesitation; at the same time, Microsoft also launched its own iconic product Windows 1.0, which was sold together with IBM's PCs. Facts have proved that Bill Gates seized the best opportunity - by 1989, the compatible machine market had reached 80% share, and in four years Microsoft made a profit of 2 billion US dollars in operating system licensing fees alone; while Windows The flag started with IBM and spread into more and more PC interfaces, eventually becoming the huge Microsoft empire.

Richard Branson

Founder, Chairman and President of Virgin Group

“Maverick, Virgin represents a new kind of Lifestyle. ”

In 1980, Branson’s Virgin Music store was filled with music all day long, and store employees and customers could lie down and sit around, take drugs, and talk about music and sex. The 30-year-old has been doing this for more than eight years. But that year coincided with the first decline in the British record industry in 20 years. Virgin, which had no cash reserves, encountered a crisis and its income was drying up. You can see such a table in Branson's notebook, listing 10 rescue methods in chronological order:

Mortgage the estate; sign a Japanese band; sell the house in Vernon Court; Selling the yacht; selling my car; renting out all the recording equipment; selling the "venue" nightclub...

"I wrote to everyone at Virgin and told them we had to tighten our pants immediately With." It was also that year that Branson had his first child and began his second and final marriage. He began to understand love. Over the next 31 years, Virgin's environment began to improve.

Oprah

American talk show queen and chairman of Harper Entertainment Group Inc.

From a farm girl to an urban celebrity, Oprah is good at transforming individuals into Weaknesses are transformed into intellectual capital. Oprah was born in a rural bungalow in the suburbs of Mississippi with no water or electricity. She had a childhood filled with poverty, lack of parental care, sexual assault, and racial discrimination. After graduating from college, although she managed to host news on a TV station, her black face never brought more opportunities. Faced with reality, she turned to talk shows.

At the age of 30, she finally found her turning point and served as the host of a celebrity talk show on a Chicago television station. "Be yourself" became her only request. She boldly showed her true self in the show and captured the audience with her "sincere and confessional" style.

Yang Yuanqing

Chairman of Lenovo Group

When Yang Yuanqing was 30 years old, he was already the general manager of Lenovo's Computer Division. He took over the task at the most difficult time for Lenovo. He selected 18 business backbones from the entire Lenovo to form a sales team. With the "low-cost strategy", Lenovo Computer became one of the top three in the Chinese market and achieved 100% growth for several consecutive years.

At the same time, Yang Yuanqing, who could not get rid of the dirt in his eyes, refused to compromise under tremendous pressure, which made Lenovo's older generation of entrepreneurs uncomfortable. He was severely scolded in front of everyone by his boss Liu Chuanzhi, who was determined to promote him. The day after Liu Chuanzhi scolded Yang Yuanqing and cried, he gave him a letter: Only by training yourself to be as big as a turkey will the chicken be willing to admit that you are bigger than it. Chickens will be convinced when you are really as big as an ostrich. Only by winning this kind of "convintion" can we have the conditions to be the core among our contemporaries.

Jochen Zeitz

Global CEO of Puma

Zeitz, who is 1.90 meters tall and has a strong body like an athlete, walks with great strides. But he still wished he could go faster. In 1990, at the age of 27, Zeitz quit his job as a marketing manager for Colgate-Palmolive in the United States and switched to Puma. Because he often came up with marketing ideas, he was promoted to CEO within two years. In 1993, the previous CEO was forced to step down by the board of directors because he was unable to propose reforms. For a time, Puma's prospects were shaky, and shareholders once wanted to sell the brand. After hearing the news, Zeitz spent three weeks drawing up a five-year "Puma Transformation Plan." In this way, 30-year-old Zeitz became the youngest president of a European listed company. In just six months, a company that had suffered losses for eight consecutive years, was saddled with $250 million in debt, and had 1.5 million pairs of $10 cheap sneakers stacked in its warehouse was brought back to life. Whenever Zeitz mentioned his experience at that time, he always smiled and said: "No magic, all you need is practice."

Steve Jobs

Founder and CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Company

Steve Jobs' 30-year-old life was a nightmare - due to disagreements with Scott, the CEO he hired, and the board of directors' support for Steve Jobs Court, he ran away in anger. In order to express his dissatisfaction, Jobs sold all his shares in Apple.

In his speech at the Stanford University graduation ceremony, Jobs talked about his experience of losing to Macheng. "In the first few months, I really didn't know what to do. I messed up everything, became known as a loser, and even thought about running away from Silicon Valley. But gradually the light emerged, and I still loved what I was doing. Although I was abandoned, my passion remained. I decided to start over."

Soon after, he started his second business, and the company was named Next.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Founders of Google

By the time they were 30 years old, Brin and Page had become household names. More than three-quarters of the world's searches come from Google. Everyone is accustomed to using Google to mean "search service", which shows its popularity.

The current income of the two founders of Google is only the stock dividends received when the entrepreneurial stock was listed. Their current annual salary is only US$1, and they no longer receive any bonuses, options or stocks. When they were developing Google, they were short of cash, so they had to buy their own components to assemble the computer and search for unclaimed computers in the loading and unloading area. "Peggy would search all over the world just to save a dime," said the head of the computer systems room. From this, he taught us a valuable lesson: by assembling and connecting low-cost computers in series, many things can be accomplished.

Jack Welch

Former Chairman and CEO of General Electric

In 1965, when Jack was 30 years old and had been with General Electric for five years, he suggested that the company Build a $10 million factory to produce plastic products Norrell. When it came time to appoint a manager, no one was willing to take a chance on a product whose commercial value had not been proven. Only Jack longed for the job.

At that time, all household appliances were made of metal, so Jack used Norrell to create an electric can opener as an end product that could be sold. This led him to believe that Norrell could have many other uses, including car bodies and computer casings. Since there was not much demand for plastic products in the market at that time, Jack visited almost all possible markets, large and small, and constantly let the manufacturers of baby bottles, cars, and small appliances understand that using plastic to make these things was not only cheap, but also Lighter and more durable.

"The most exciting and memorable time in my life was the brilliant years that led to the breakthrough growth of the plastics department. It made me deeply understand that fast-flowing water will not freeze." Jack Welch said. When they were 30 years old, they all caught the turning point. And what they do is nothing more than recognizing themselves, solving the present and chasing the future. This seems like a lifelong problem. But 30-year-olds, due to various real-life situations, face more prominent problems, and the abilities they develop are also better.

Look for answers from the future

Based on the three gradients of "recognizing yourself, solving the present and chasing the future", we summarized the three characteristics of 30-year-olds: New job combination Authors, efficient solvers, dreamers in action - for you to learn from.

"Workplace" does not dare to give random answers. Every answer we extract is based on questions about future trends.

Charles Handy, a master of prediction from the organizer of new jobs, believes that with the development of society, the core workers who work for life in large enterprises will be reduced to 1/4, and enterprises will Handy calls such people fleas by subcontracting a large amount of work to other freelance workers. They can choose a part-time job in a career they like and are good at. Handi proposed the concept of "work combination". Do you want to plan your new life in a combination? Let’s read this part first!

Efficient Solver Massive information makes our lives full of details and choices. If you cannot grasp the main thread of thinking, you will definitely be overwhelmed by complicated work and unpredictable problems. Management guru Kenichi Ohmae believes that in this rapidly changing society where no existing experience can be used as a reference, it is very important to capture the Work Force that operates things and develop the ability to solve problems efficiently and simplify complexities.

Friedman, a dreamer in action, wrote in the book "The World is Flat": "In this increasingly flat world, there is only one thing that has not and cannot be commodified. , that is imagination.” He believes that only by allowing individuals to easily use their imagination can we create a society with a future rather than just memories. He believes that every "little person" with a dream can achieve great things with imagination and passion for action.

By intersecting the characteristics of 30-year-olds with future trends, we get the answer to "Workplace".

Why do you want to watch it if you are not 30 years old?

Gilbert was sitting across the table from me, chatting with me in Mandarin that was still not very fluent. 10 years ago, he left Hong Kong to look for opportunities in mainland China. As one of the top three people in his 30s at that time, he has reached a very high position today.

Ms. Hua is the manager of the Beijing branch where Gilbert works. More than ten years ago, when she was about to enter her 40s, she decided to end her well-off position as a teacher at the China Foreign Affairs University and choose business.

At this time, the two of them were discussing the most outstanding star in their company, a young man who was just 30 years old.

There is a clever intersection of space here: Gilbert, who has always maintained a good condition at the age of 30, Ms. Hua, who only found her 30-year-old condition after she exceeded 30 and has maintained it ever since, and who has just entered her 30-year-old condition. Future rising stars, and me who hope to find my 30-year-old status early - the first three are the Mr.30 we want to present, and the latter person can represent our readers.

Everything you accept now determines what kind of person you will be in the future. So whether you want to have a springboard for acceleration when you are 30 years old, or you want to be more ambitious and advance your 30-year-old status, you should definitely take a look at "30 Years Old". Just like talented football players, they are not guys chasing the high-speed moving ball, but people who always run to where the football is going to go.

Let the good things really be good, the opportunities really become opportunities, and make every change of year full of the meaning of acceleration. This is also our original intention of launching this theme at the end of the year.