Then the question comes, how do we know ourselves?
We can use excellent evaluation tools, such as personality evaluation, leadership evaluation and so on. These tests are all helping us to know ourselves "statically".
How to "dynamically" know yourself?
"Three-ring mode" is a good choice.
The intersection of the three rings is "I want to be myself".
Such an easy-to-use model was originally proposed by Jim Collins, a management guru. Everyone must have read his book "From Excellence to Excellence", which mentioned the three-ring theory. Comparing an enterprise from mediocrity to greatness, we can also learn from it when choosing who we want to be.
Let's talk about the love part first.
Love is not interest. I want you to think about three questions about love.
If your heart gets a positive answer, then congratulations! I probably found a career I love.
Why should I say I love this part first?
Tell you a true story. The protagonist of the story is Professor Dolma Liu of peking university hsbc school of business, who is also the only expert on China invited by Harvard Business School's annual Leadership Forum. In his offline leadership class, students often have a heated debate around the topic of "being good, loving and having opportunities".
So he consulted leaders and successful people on this issue and got surprisingly consistent answers. I think you guessed right-"love".
Professor Dolma Liu borrowed Collins' three-ring model, so Professor Dolma Liu also asked Collins, and Collins' answer was "love". Collins said that if you want to achieve great things and become a great leader, you should start with love.
Looking back at myself, what is my passion?
First of all, I really love writing.
This morning, I looked at my writing platform. I have typed 270,000 words. As a volunteer lecturer, I like writing for children, adapting picture books into radio dramas and broadcasting them live on the radio. Scripts written for public welfare organizations won awards by making videos, writing anti-epidemic scripts for doctors and nurses involved in anti-epidemic, writing annual video scripts for former companies, and writing host speeches for sound training camps. I found my love for it.
Secondly, I love reading. I saved my neighbors from recording audio books, and I saved my parents and neighbors' children who love reading together from recording audio books. Follow our charity to read to the children in kindergarten, and read directly to the children who take part in the radio drama.
Looking back at the other two links, expertise and opportunities.
I am good at writing interesting things and reading aloud, and I will soon be good at speaking at AACTP club.
What are my chances? I understand the needs of this society, and I also need my professional knowledge and love for the lucky ones.
Through the "three-ring model" of good at, love and opportunity, I got to know myself dynamically.
Of course, if it is only for self-achievement, the meaning of leadership approaches zero. Remind yourself that leadership must achieve both yourself and others.