工具方法 - 你的工作、你的舒适区和你的潜力

Your job, your comfort zone, and your potential

了解自己很重要。

但如何才能更好地了解自己呢？

征求反馈意见是一种方法。

另一种方法是尝试。

尝试在团队中扮演不同的角色。

尝试做一些你通常不会做的工作，看看你做得怎么样。

强迫自己走出舒适区，做一些自己觉得不容易的事情。

你可能会大吃一惊。

你可以做一个有趣的练习，给自己在以下三方面打分，满分为 10 分。

首先，你的工作需要多少分（满分 10 分）？

10分代表你的工作已经到了极限，3分代表你的工作轻松到了无聊的地步。

其次，你目前在这份工作中的表现水平如何？

10分代表你的工作表现达到了极致，而3分或更低则代表你濒临被解雇的边缘。

最后，与所有这些相比，你的舒适区有多大？

你的表现是在舒适区之上，还是在舒适区之内？

因此，如果你的舒适区是 8，而你目前的工作和业绩都是 5，那么你的舒适区就很宽松，也许你应该给自己加把劲。

例如，你很乐意在大型会议上发言，你的舒适度是 8。

但你的工作只要求偶尔在销售会议上做演讲，所以你只能做这些。

但如果你的舒适区是 5 分，你就会对演讲感到焦虑。

但是，你的工作和业绩都是八分，而且你还在做那些大型的会议演讲，那么做得很好，你真的很努力。

试着写下这三个数字并反思一下自己。

你在鞭策自己吗？

你是否逼得自己太紧了？

你在为未来学习和发展吗？

如果有的话，你的工作中有哪些部分让你感到吃力？

你还有哪些潜能没有挖掘出来？

你的工作中是否至少有一些部分需要你走出舒适区？

也许你以前不认为这些是好事。

但我想你会同意它们可能是好事。

你学得越多，将来就能做得越好，无论是对你自己还是对你所在的团队都是如此。

It's important to understand yourself.

But how can you get better at that?

Asking for feedback is one way.

And another way is to experiment.

Try taking different roles within the team.

Try doing work that you wouldn't normally do and see how you get on.

Force yourself to come out of your comfort zone and do some things that you don't find easy.

And you might surprise yourself.

An interesting exercise that you can do is to give yourself a score out of 10 for the following three things.

First, how much does your job require out of 10?

So 10 would be that it stretches you to the limit, while three would be that it's easy to the point of being boring.

Next is what is your current performance level in that job?

10 would be performing to the max, while three or less would be on the brink of getting fired.

And finally, how big is your comfort zone compared to all these?

Are you performing above your comfort zone or are you well within your comfort zone?

So if your comfort zone is eight, and your current job and performance are both five, then you're cruising and maybe you ought to push yourself more.

For example, you're comfortable presenting at large conferences, you're an eight.

But your job only requires occasional presentations in sales meetings, so that's all you're doing.

But if your comfort zone is five, you're quite anxious about presenting.

But your job and performance are both eight and you're doing those big conference talks, then well done, you're really going for it.

Try writing down those three numbers and thinking about yourself.

Are you pushing yourself?

Are you even pushing yourself too much?

Are you learning and developing for the future?

And what are the parts of your job that are stretching you, if any?

And what parts of your potential are you not exploring?

Do you at least have some parts of your job that take you out of your comfort zone?

Maybe you hadn't thought of these as a good thing before.

But I think you'll agree that they probably are.

The more you learn, the better you can perform in the future, both for yourself and for whatever team you find yourself in.