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More and more people ask me whether it is better to choose a career independently or to change careers. I have thought about this question seriously. If I had to do it over again, in fact, I still would not know how. Choose job placement.
After choosing my own career in 2012, I rested at home for half a year. I became an annoying person to everyone. I had nothing to do when my wife was free. Even my children asked me, dad, why don’t you go to work. Even I hate myself. buys groceries, cooks meals, and sends children to school. Other than that, nothing to do. I used to work in finance in my unit. After I came back, I gradually lost contact with my comrades. Because everyone was busy, I spoke less and less at gatherings with comrades and relatives and friends. I am not a person who likes comparisons or jealousy, but I slowly found myself I no longer have a common language with others, because when my comrades gather together, everyone is looking forward to the future, but apart from recalling the past, I have almost lost the ability to speak.
1. At the end of 2012, I finally plucked up the courage and prepared to go out to find a job.
found a job as an accountant in a private school, with a monthly salary of 2,500, and one day off. The leader of the Human Resources Department talked to me for a few words and said that there is not much work and you don’t have specific social experience. You can do the tax filing. (I nodded hurriedly and said yes. In fact, the army’s finances have made me forget how to do corporate accounting. In my heart, (Secretly feeling guilty), I went home and thought about it for a long time, but finally didn’t dare to go. Although I believed that I would soon pick up my major, I was afraid that my incompetence would be exposed and my independence would be lost, so I called the Human Resources Office. I think the salary is low and I can't take a single day off. This incident taught me to find out what I am best at, and then continue to practice and improve.
2. In 2013, I went to find a job selling insurance.
I had training and a slogan. I didn’t sell a single order in the first month. As someone said before, insurance is first sold to acquaintances and friends, but I couldn't open my mouth. I was afraid that insurance would keep me away from my comrades and friends. I was afraid that everyone would know that I was selling insurance, but I didn't expect that my wife would support me. It has been 3 months since I sold two insurance policies, one to myself and one to the owner of a car wash shop in my community. (Because I often wash and maintain my car at a car wash shop). I don’t think I can do this. I resist insurance from the bottom of my heart. )
This incident tells me that selling insurance is actually not shameful. Don’t set too many obstacles for yourself. Communication is not as difficult or as simple as you think. The past few months of working in insurance have been very beneficial to me in the future. It had a great impact on my life, even though I didn’t make any money.
3. In 2014, a friend introduced me and others to open a barbecue garden
with an investment of 600,000, and each person invested 200,000. It was planned to open in April, but unexpectedly it would not open until July. In September, we were unable to operate and closed down. 3 people form a partnership and let one of them do the trading. After the store closed in September, I discovered that I was actually the only one who invested money in . The funds of the other two shareholders were not in place at all, and neither of them had relevant catering experience. In the end, this was the main reason for the failure.
explains a few points:
1. Military finance, government department finance and corporate finance are very different, even corporate finance and corporate finance are also different. First of all, the operating systems are different, and secondly, the financial concerns of the military and corporate finance are different. For example, both internists and surgeons are doctors, and they cannot treat each other's diseases. I am not a speculator. I have worked in the field army for more than ten years. I am not someone who only acts based on the leader's face. I choose to be independent. It's precisely the decision I made because I didn't want to be constrained and I didn't want to flatter others. In addition, let me say that I have received third-class merit work twice in my work unit. Although I am not considered outstanding, I am definitely not a dawdling person.
2. Investing in a barbecue garden, although it failed, I learned a lot. The barbecue garden is actually something similar to a beer plaza, with performances. It was started in 2014 because there was a World Cup that year and I wanted to take advantage of this opportunity. Each of the three people has their own focus. Some are responsible for investment promotion and park construction recruitment, etc., some are responsible for arranging entertainment affairs, and some are responsible for the coordination of surrounding urban management, public security and other social relations. In fact, it was very successful at the beginning. We originally expected to make a profit of 600,000 yuan from the opening in mid-May to September.In the end, due to the tight recruitment time for the stall, the stall was not fully occupied, so the whole stall was packaged and given to a catering company. This catering company was similar to a local catering company. The taste of some dishes was not good. Later, the business situation was not very good, which became a vicious cycle. As for money, I can't explain it to you in one or two sentences. For example, the naming rights of the beer plaza were given to a real estate company nearby. The real estate company gave us 500,000 yuan to promote the property. It was paid in three installments. The first time I gave 150,000, and then I gave 50,000. Because the effect was not good, the real estate company did not give any follow-up money (this incident alone taught me a lot). Investment is not money. Money, many soft and hidden things cannot be seen. Let me tell you, the turnover on the first day of opening was 60,000. I know there are a lot of trolls saying that 60,000 yuan is still a loss. We asked Guo Shaojie to sing on the first day and the appearance fee was 20,000 yuan. I really don’t want to say more. Those who can figure it out will eventually understand. I use this incident to tell everyone that investment success sometimes comes from trust, but also from distrust. The same goes for investment failure.
3. Running a car beauty and repair shop, starting from front-line car washing , gave me a new understanding of work outside the army. After finishing the barbecue garden matter in September 2014, another friend told me in October that he wanted to invest in a car beauty repair and maintenance chain company, with 10 partners, each worth 500,000. I said I would go take a look. First, I was more cautious after learning from the first experience, and I couldn’t afford 500,000. I met with my friend. There are 5 stores in total, including 2 new ones and 3 acquisitions. The person in charge of the company is so awesome. What he said about the planning and financial support of the entire company, to be honest, I have never heard of it. After visiting the company on site, everything from employee management to the company's hardware facilities showed a thriving scene.
After I went back, I thought about it calmly. I felt that the possibility of getting rich overnight was too small. If the other party was really rich, why would he ask me to invest the 500,000 yuan? A friend told me that if he invested 500,000 yuan, he would still receive dividends if he made a profit. Principal return, three-year term. I think there is a good thing about winning rather than losing. So, I called my friend and asked if I could go to work. My friend said what do you know? I said my major is finance and I was embarrassed to say that I knew management. A friend once said that when a company develops, there is not much business and there are not many accounts to keep. If you want to come, start from the front line. I said yes.
I went to work on October 12, 2014, and the store manager arranged for me to go to the car wash. It happened to be Sunday. Our group washed 22 cars all day long. The shoes were not dried at all, and my hands were covered with tire wax . Car wash The fluid is soaked and turned white and sheds the skin. The kids in the same group are all 17 or 8 years old. They should all call me uncle. I just came here and I don’t understand the procedures very well and I’m not skilled in my movements. The team leader asked me to apply tire wax and wash the tires. I could only smile helplessly. What are you here for?
After working for 3 days, I don’t want to do it anymore, but I know that if I don’t do it, I still can’t make up my mind whether to invest money or not. On the 6th day, a 32-year-old guy driving a Benchi came and washed the car with me. As you may have guessed, Brother Benchi left after working for 7 days. I persisted for 3 months and learned about the company’s daily turnover, car wash commission plan and other specific management systems, but I still didn’t know the rent. , water and electricity, materials, whether the company has loans, or it is not clear what the company's gross profit margin is. 3 months later, one day I washed the car for my boss. The boss saw me and said hello, saying you can't wash the car all the time.
The next day, the vice president of the company talked to me and asked me to do the purchasing. Because the original purchase had falsely reported the purchase price, the company discovered it, opened the business, and was short of purchasing, so I did the purchasing. I also know the gross profit margin of the company. I borrowed 500,000 from here and there to join the business.
engages in car beauty and maintenance, mainly because the boss considers that there are more and more vehicles in society, and the automobile industry is a rising industry, and in-store consumption is all cash flow without deposits.(The company used to have heavy deposits for renovations.) So we decided to transform in 2014. Before I came to the company, the company spent more than 100,000 to send a small team to Guangzhou to learn about car chain franchises (in order to avoid advertising suspicions and involvement. The company’s business secrets (I won’t talk about the specific company here)). After the expatriate team returned in 2014, they quickly started work, including site selection, decoration, and recruitment. For the sake of company culture, they also spent money to organize the company’s middle-level development training.
Because the company leaders have no relevant management experience, they say that transformation is difficult and everything is difficult at the beginning. Although I went out to study, what I learned was a bit imitated, and the management in the company was not smooth. After I started purchasing, the company hired a management team from outside Guangzhou, and some technical talents were hired with high salaries. The first thing the new general manager did was to hold a meeting to remove all shareholders from the management (except me).
purchased this post, it is sensitive. People often say that no one knows how to spend money, but when I spend every penny, I feel that I am spending my own money. I borrowed 500,000 yuan. Everyone should understand the difficulty of borrowing money. If I lose 500,000 yuan, I may never be able to stand up again in this life. There are all kinds of car washing supplies, and I, a layman, don’t understand them at all. Maybe my friends think I’m honest and trustworthy. Just in time to purchase summer employee uniforms. The original purchase did not leave any valuable information at all. I went online, made inquiries from various sources, and went to the market. The final set of work clothes I ordered was 95 yuan. When I went to report the bill, the financial manager told me that the original purchase of work clothes was 150 yuan. . Even though it's a small thing, I feel more confident. The good times of
did not last long. The new general manager came to talk to me and said that the car beauty materials I purchased were not good and asked me to re-examine the supplier. I searched all the markets in the city and showed several samples to the general manager, but none of them were up to standard. Later I said: "General manager, you are from Guangzhou. Do you have any good suppliers? He gave me a supplier contact information." After I inquired, the price was 10 times more expensive than mine. I immediately Know what he wants to do. I specifically stated that the general manager was very capable, and I argued with him, but in the end, due to lack of professional knowledge, I obeyed him and got the goods from the designated supplier. All core beauty products are purchased from Guangzhou. When reporting the accounts, the financial manager asked me why this batch of materials was so expensive. I can only say that the general manager made the decision to use specially advanced materials in order to cooperate with store sales and reflect service differentiation. When the financial manager saw the signature of the general manager, he paid the money. After the material came in, the effect was very good. Technical staff and customers all reported that the material was very good. But I always felt like I had a lump in my throat, and I couldn’t spit it out. After repeated negotiations with the general manager to no avail, I called the boss and pointed out that the materials were expensive. The boss’s original words were that as long as the company is profitable, we will do what the general manager wants, and we will do it. Trust the general manager. I was still worried, so I bought a similar product in the market, tested it on my car, and then asked technicians to compare it to see which material was better. The answer given by the technical staff seemed to be similar. I was more determined in my original idea and went to the general manager again. I said that I had calculated the accounts and found that using the existing materials and selling at the same price as the market, there was no profit at all. The general manager said that this place doesn't make money and that it can be made elsewhere. He said that I didn't understand marketing, so we ended up unhappy. In the evening, I called my friend and boss again. The boss and general manager were in the honeymoon period, and the feedback from customers after spending money in the store was very good, but no one supported me. In desperation, I sorted out all the supplier information and handed it over to the finance department. I chose not to take the blame and called my boss and general manager. I said I wanted to resign, but the general manager and boss repeatedly tried to persuade me to stay. I really didn’t know what to say and decided to resign. When he resigned, it was the boss who was in a special period, which made things a bit unhappy.
A benevolent person sees benevolence, and a wise person sees wisdom. I try not to add any embellishments to the things I describe, just to share and learn from everyone. If you believe it, you can continue reading, if you don’t believe it, forget it. There is a saying that goes like this: socialize more with capable people, be diligent in working with capable people, and be willing to share with others. I'm not saying I'm an expert, I'm just sharing it with you.
To make a long story short, after I resigned, I was free at home. I worked in micro-business, inspected supermarkets, hotel laundry plants, and breakfast shops. I won’t go into detail here.At the end of 2015, a friend came to me and asked me to go back to work. As the saying goes, "a good horse never turns back to eat grass." I was really worried about the 500,000 yuan. In addition, the company had undergone tremendous changes. The general manager led the team to withdraw from the company, and the boss Let me receive finance. After
took over the financial affairs, I read the accounts and I was a little confused. First of all, the legal person of the company was not the owner. Secondly, the accounts did not reflect any investment from investors. Thirdly, there was no record of the shareholder investment ratio in the company's articles of incorporation. I immediately called my boss, and he rushed to the company, explained his approach to me, and wrote me an IOU of 500,000 yuan. If I wanted to withdraw my shares, he would give me the money at any time. I didn't say anything. The next day I handed over the account to the old accountant, but there was a gap of two months between accounting and reality. In other words, the accountant had not completed the corresponding work at all and there was no way to hand over the account. I can only create a new account, and the deeper I go, the more scared I feel. The company's start-up expenses, management costs, and procurement costs are very high, and it is losing money almost every month. I went to my boss and asked to withdraw my shares, and as of today, 500,000 has been returned to me one after another.
From 2015 to 2016, I experienced a new company, from opening new stores, to mergers and reorganizations, opening new stores, and closing stores. I deeply realize that society is far more complex than we think. I met a lot of people at work. A friend said that in addition to IQ and EQ, people also have reverse quotient. Many people I know appear to be distracted on the outside, but are actually very difficult. Avoid writing it as a story. In today's society, people are too impetuous. If you write it in detail, it will be said that you are making up a story. If it is short, it will be said that you did not explain it clearly. It is illogical.
To sum up, please don’t worry about whether to choose your own career or change your career, whether to choose your own career to enjoy a peaceful life or to work and start a business. I just want to say that comrades who are independent are warriors, those who change careers are also heroes, and those who stay in the army are heroes. Those who enjoy life after independence are wise men, and those who go out to choose a career are tough guys. On these issues, there is no right or wrong in the choice itself. As I have said countless times, make a comprehensive evaluation based on your own personality, abilities, and connections. If you fully consider and evaluate, you will avoid detours. If you choose, just keep walking, people are always on the road.
Everyone has different ideas about what path to choose in this life, so don’t ask others about your own path, because only you know yourself best. The people on the bridge are looking at the scenery. The people looking at the scenery are looking at you.
1 If you choose to be independent and want to do something, I will give you some suggestions:
1 If you choose to be independent, you must choose a career.
In addition to being your source of income, work is also your spiritual support and a bridge to contact the society. There are Chu Shijian and Chu Cheng far away, and recently there are 60-year-old aunts who are still starting their own businesses.
2 You must take the first step when choosing a career.
No matter investing or working, no matter what the outcome is, you still have to step forward bravely. A comrade who was independent in the same year as me turned out to be a technician at a maintenance station. He studied vehicle management and was very good at repairing large vehicles in the army. However, due to business needs, the company needs to maintain and repair the fire trucks of a certain fire brigade. I called him, and he was at home all the time. I asked him to come to work. He said that I could come, but he didn't know how to repair the fire truck. I was seriously not confident. Later, the company hired two small car repairmen to repair large cars. They learned while doing it and solved the problem.
3 You must have a zero mentality when choosing a career.
Choose to let go of your behavior as a cadre above the battalion level and forget all the honors and disgrace of the past. is about completely forgetting. Forgetting the past is an extremely painful thing. This is actually very difficult to do, but after taking the first step, the second step will be much smoother.
4 It is better to start a business on a small scale first and then on a large scale.
Take my case as an example, your retirement expenses cannot afford to toss . I invested a total of 700,000 yuan, and my friend refunded 650,000 yuan. I was lucky among misfortunes. Note: The barbecue garden business ended up with a total loss of 160,000 yuan, and I was responsible for the loss of 50,000 yuan.
5 Work first and then start a business. It doesn’t matter how much money you have.
Working can open a window for you to understand society and yourself.
6 Don’t trust any plan to do business together.
Even if it has a physical body, what you see may not necessarily be what you believe. For example: Since the posts in my circle of friends are all about the company’s business, many comrades came to me and asked to join. They really came with money to join, but I refused. Many people thought that I was rich and would not let them play. , it is really helpless. Society is far more complicated than you think. When the old accountant handed over the accounts, he gave me a manual account, all of which were financing funds. There were many professors from well-known hospitals and government leaders. I won’t talk about many things here. , afraid of checking the water meter.
7 "Reverse business" is very important in starting a business.
IQ, EQ, and "reverse quotient"! The more frustrated I become, the more courage I get. My mental endurance is 1 million. I can at least sell the house and pay back the money to my relatives and friends. But I know some bosses are running wild and have debts approaching 20 million. To prove my endurance, "going against the grain" is far from enough. What sounds good means being honest and responsible, but what sounds bad means it means lack of courage and structure.
Finally, there is no freedom if you are greedy for stability. To be free, you have to experience some dangers. There are only these two roads-------Lu Xun
