The underlying logic of "keep your head down and hide your energy" is to reasonably display your talents, which is a modest and progressive posture. Its focus is not on "hiding", but on "showing", essentially standing on the angle of "hiding" to "show" their ability. "
The first thing I want to say is that I'm not going to be able to do this.
During the epidemic, a friend who has been working in the system for many years suddenly gave me a phone call, saying that he did not want to continue to stay in the system, and wanted to take advantage of the time when the job market was not enough to change his favorite line.
I was very surprised, because she was the year of the school girl, numerous suitors, but she has been in the system to hold the "hide cleverness and guard" attitude of life, do not want to excessive display of their own talent, low-profile work, by the system of many years of hiding also did not get ahead.
My friend did not really understand the concept of "hide and seek".
My friend didn't really understand "hide" is to show, "hide" if it is nothing, then this "hide" is worthless.
"Hidden" is to be fully prepared, ready to go, once you see the right time, you have to be fully "now".
Wang is a doctor in the U.S., and after returning to China with a foreign diploma, he applied to several companies without success. So he took a different approach and succeeded in getting into a big company with a domestic diploma.
He started from the most basic technical work, never mentioning his own experience in the United States and academic background, but only his own job well, won the trust of the department manager and colleagues and praise.
Once the company negotiated a huge deal with a foreigner, the manager brought Wang to grow some knowledge. Negotiations, the other side is very strong, in some of the professional and technical down, the scene is very embarrassing.
Xiao Wang did not panic and stood up to his own superb professional advantage to thwart the other side of the unreasonable demands. Xiao Wang's performance shocked everyone at the scene, and his department then felt Xiao Wang's strong professional ability.
Therefore, "keep your head down and hide your energy" means to show yourself at the right time and in the right place, so that if you don't make a splash, you'll make a big splash!
Of course, when you choose the right time to show up, this "time" is very important, it contains two meanings. On the one hand, it is time to perform decisively, do not miss the opportunity. Especially some key occasions, key opportunities, must be grasped, to show your talent, let everyone know you. Opportunities are always there, the question is whether you yourself have seriously take the initiative to grasp it?
The case of Wang on the performance of this time to grasp the very precise, he originally followed the manager long insights, but inadvertently captured the performance of the professional advantages of the opportunity, and then decisively out of the blue, a hit.
This "time" also has another layer of meaning, which is telling us that if we should not show the time or do not show.
We often have a misunderstanding, in the leadership of the convening of the meeting, speak freely, desperately speak, thought this can seize the opportunity to perform in front of the leadership. However, we don't know that trouble comes out of the mouth, if you don't have to pinpoint the right time to speak, it's better not to speak more safely.
In such a meeting, we can first listen to what others have to say, and if you listen to it, you feel that you still have something to say, and then it is not too late to speak. However, if you feel that the time to speak has not yet come, then you can not speak at the meeting, so what to do? Some words can not be spoken publicly, but can be privately exchanged with the leadership after the meeting.
Therefore, this "time" should be considered together, when to show, when not to show, must be taken well, can be appropriate to show their own. (To be continued)