You always hope that one day soon your abilities will be recognized, you will do a good job every day, be respected by your bosses, highly appreciated by your colleagues and trusted by customers. However, in reality, most people only achieve 80% of their assigned tasks.

Although this may keep you here and your name off the company’s layoff list, this is not a way for your boss to push you to a higher position.

So, how can we become potential employees, achieve promotions, salary increases and achieve life’s ideals? This will help you.

This article talks about the 21 most basic items of the Minimalist Work Rules , hopefully they will be useful to you.

1. Match your words with your actions and don’t be complacent with what is available at the moment

In the company there are always colleagues who like to play more than work, and go to work because of their passion for playing. All day long at work, they just play with their phones or chat with colleagues. But you are different, don’t be too comfortable like them. Because work is not just a job, it is also a prerequisite for you to conquer other goals in your life. Therefore, you must work extremely well.

After completing the tasks assigned by your boss, spend at least 3 hours a day researching how to write reports to satisfy leaders and customers and how to call for help from other colleagues.

2. Be proactive but be careful

Before entering the workplace, people in the profession often tell you that you can only get enough attention if you flatter your bosses. However, astute leaders often use their employees’ “let me do it” mentality to reveal weaknesses, unfinished work, and late progress until one day you absolutely cannot stand the pressure. force and was forced to leave the company.Before accepting, make sure you consider the following 5 issues:

( 1 ) Why did this person ask you for help?

( 2 ) Is there any benefit to proactively accepting this task in demonstrating your abilities?

( 3 ) If you take the initiative, how will your superiors perceive you? What will other colleagues think of you?

( 4 ) If you don’t take initiative, how will others view you?

( 5 ) Does this person really need your help?

Because, if this is a difficult job that no one can afford, your contribution will solve the urgent needs of your bosses and colleagues. They will be grateful to you and look at you in a different light.

On the contrary, if it is a mundane task like serving tea and pouring water, it is considered something that must be done. Therefore, if you see that your colleagues are shaking hands to force you to make tea, it is better to pretend to know nothing and refuse or firmly say no to them.

3. Commit to completing tasks with results beyond expectations

If you think you can finish your work before quitting tomorrow, you must tell your boss that you need 2 days. If your team needs 1 week to complete a task, it’s better to tell your boss that it will take 2 weeks. If you need 2 people, you better say 3 people. This is not cheating, it’s just being cautious.

Because, if you finish half a day early and you promise to take 1 working day, your boss will think you are competent. On the contrary, if you promise to spend half an hour and it ends up taking another 3 hours, then sorry, the boss just sees you as incompetent. The boss will think that you are not careful enough to do things and lack self-knowledge. This is an essential factor to help you stay in the company.

4. Always be enthusiastic but don’t work recklessly

You are passionate about your work, even though this enthusiasm is a stepping stone to getting affirmation from your boss and encouragement from your colleagues.

However, being passionate about your work doesn’t mean staying up late in the office day after day. Wanting to prove your ability requires a long process. Could it be that you abuse your health for such a long time to please your boss and colleagues? Do you think your health will allow you to do that forever? When you can’t stand it anymore, you just lie there and watch others advance.

5. Manage your own energy

First of all, you must manage your physical fitness, maintain good health, don’t stay up late, don’t drink too much alcohol, don’t smoke, and don’t skip breakfast. Then, you have to manage your emotions, even if you had an argument with your husband/wife yesterday, you have to be happy and cheerful the next day.

Finally, increase your energy and regulate yourself by reading, watching movies, seeing art exhibitions, eating desserts, traveling, exercising, meditating, etc. so you can always be healthy and fresh. young.

6. Work and home work need to be clearly divided

As long as you have time to work, you should devote yourself to it instead of thinking about things at home.

Family matters are family matters, the company is the company. Other people are not your family and they don’t have time to listen to your tragic love story or the difficulties you encounter.

Therefore, if you are sick or uncomfortable at home, please promptly notify your superiors, temporarily leave the workplace, resolve them as soon as possible, then get in the best condition and return to work. job.

7. It’s other people’s business to judge you, your job is just to learn to smile at those words

No matter what situation you encounter, smiling is the fastest way to release your emotions.

So, when you see your colleagues in the morning, you can greet them with a smile, when you shake hands with a customer, you look at your partner with a friendly smile, and when I’m disappointed, I smiled when looking in the mirror.

In short, no matter how life is destroying you, you must always smile and then spread joy to those around you with your own sunny smile.

8. Pay attention to your personal appearance

Before going out, take a few minutes to check your appearance to make sure your clothes are flat, there is no body odor, your hair is not tangled or messy, your makeup is neat and clean, and your skin is free of blemishes. greasy or oily, no stains on bags, no folds on documents, your phone is always 100% battery…

In general, going to work every day is like going to your first interview, every detail must be in the best condition so you will have enough confidence to succeed.

9. Stay calm, don’t overdo it

At work, no matter when, where, or what happened, you need to stay calm and not overdo it, cry, or panic. Because the company doesn’t need an incompetent employee, a hot boy, or someone with diabetes, what they need is to be calm, stable, and always able to come up with a plan B in an emergency to complete the task. .

10. Speak properly and educatedly

Speaking clearly, concisely, and concisely in each sentence is a basic achievement for every person in the workplace. Specifically, you should at least have a clear point of view and logic, be consistent and speak at a pace, not too fast and not too slow.

11. Write tightly and concisely

Writing has nothing more than the two purposes of showing to others and expressing yourself.

If you write for others to see, you must be neat and understand what you are writing about. If you can’t do this yet, go online and search how to write and practice for 30 minutes a day.

12. Know what promotion is

Before entering the company, every employee will have a favorable view of the job and the company, from ordinary employees, to department managers, to vice presidents, and then to the president.

However, not every day your accumulated experience can bring you what you want, because each unit always chooses the best person who adapts to the rules of the game.

Therefore, you want to get promoted, you must learn to adapt to the company’s game rules, understand the mechanism of competition from position A to position B and even position Z and then have a purpose Plan your career in detail, step by step.

13. Know your worth, find your position in the team/project

Basically, defining your role, determining the ladder you want to reach, promoting your strengths, areas that need improvement, and boldly trusting other members is something everyone needs to put first. when entering the corporate environment.

14. Identify important moments and occasions

Of course you can be passionate about any job, but preparing a report overnight that hardly anyone reads is not a smart move. You can put this passion to a more important moment, such as turning the tide and winning billions of dollars worth of orders from your competitors.

15. Anticipate crises

At work, we are facing crises every day, layoffs, downsizing, difficult customers, corporate mergers and acquisitions, grumpy supervisors… If we prepare in advance, we not only do we survive the crisis, but we also have the opportunity to cope with more complex tests. Therefore, on weekdays, prepare for a possible crisis and plan in advance.

16. Don’t gossip about your leaders, colleagues, or customers

If something has nothing to do with you or the person you are talking to, it can be called a “rumor”. While rumors are fun and make people happy, they can also have a negative impact if you make personal criticisms in public. Therefore, if a rumor appears at work and you happen to hear it, please smile, turn around and walk away and don’t talk much about it.

17. Protect others

Imagine a day when you and your co-workers are chatting in the dining room. For example, the topic suddenly focuses on a person named Minh, people say that he always avoids responsibility. On weekends, he often does not clean his workplace. Do you agree with them or do you say nice things to him?

Even though most people subconsciously follow the crowd, you should be different. In other words, no matter how disgusting this person is, you should sincerely say a few nice words to him. For example, you could say, “He’s good at making coffee.”

At first, people may think you’re mean, but over time, your reputation for “protecting others” will spread. One day if you get into trouble, some people will be willing to stand up and protect you.

18. Only speak meaningful things

If you want to get promoted, you must project an image of intelligence, maturity, calmness, stability, and trustworthiness. Therefore, you should learn to control your mouth and keep silent in the right place, at the right time and with the right person.

19. Never lie

No matter the circumstances, don’t lie, whether about your qualifications, work experience, physical condition or marital status.

There is no impregnable wall in the world. One day your lies are exposed, those who welcome you will not only lose trust in you, but you will also lose your reputation.

20. Don’t cover anyone

It is very difficult to do this, especially if this person is your leader, friend, family member. However, covering up not only makes the problem more complicated but also brings you risks beyond your control. Therefore, you can maintain basic friendliness and don’t try to cover up other people’s mistakes.

21. Need to have a long-term vision

Work is actually just a part of your life. So no matter how bad you are, sleep well, don’t skip meals, don’t drink a lot of beer and wine, absolutely don’t turn to drugs to forget life and don’t hurt your family and friends. your. Because, after calming down, you will see that if this job disappears, you will find another job and your family and good friends will not be able to find you even if you burn torches to find them.

Wishing you find joy in work and life.