How to become a true professional in your field? How to succeed? How to get happiness? These questions can be safely put in one row, because they determine the quality of our life and do not allow it to pass into ordinary existence.
Competent people
People who are well versed in a particular issue have always been respected and respected, they are turned to, they are advised to their relatives, friends and acquaintances. They rarely look for work; rather, the work finds them by itself. Such individuals are worth their weight in gold.
Competence is a quality that cannot be born. This is the result of the acquisition of knowledge, experience, training and other efforts on oneself. If a person does not work on himself, prefers to be inert and closed, then, therefore, he has a low standard of living.
You can have a general idea of many things, but you can become truly competent in only one area. As a rule, people who strive for knowledge and try to learn something new every day in different spheres of life cannot become real professionals in their field. Professionalism and true competence is the ability to dig deep, not wide.
Knowing common ideas is fine, but when we get to the surgeon, we want him to know the anatomy, and not just general ideas.
Artificial Intelligence
In the modern world, many mathematical and various mechanical works can be performed by a robot. Computers can hold so much information in themselves, and it is so structured that the human brain cannot compete with them.
As for mathematics, then computers are the best professionals in their field. People who several decades ago could calculate the sums of four-digit terms, find the difference in numbers, were considered geniuses and professionals. Now the need for such talent has plummeted.
But there are areas of life in which artificial intelligence cannot surpass man - this is art. A computer can create something qualitatively new only by human hands.
Also, artificial intelligence is weak in matters of psychology and with regard to the emotional sphere of man. Professionalism should be appropriate and useful for a particular era.
Term concept
The ability to carry out their work efficiently and skillfully at any time, under any conditions and in any condition is called professionalism. Let’s explain. If you draw, sing or dance well only when the muse has visited you, then you can be called capable, but it’s too early to be a professional.
To become a master, you need to not only improve in this or that matter, but also work on your strong-willed inclinations: muffle sleep when fatigue knocks you down, endure pain, even when it interferes with the direct execution of the case, etc.
Volitional efforts concern not only the muffling of your physical and moral states, but also quick adaptation to external conditions. Remember the ingenious violinist Niccolo Paganini, who played his Caprice on one string, as the others burst during the performance.
Professionalism levels
There are five main levels of professionalism:
- pre-professionalism;
- professionalism;
- super professionalism;
- lack of professionalism;
- after professionalism.
Preprofessionalism
Any person who dreams of becoming a master, a professional, goes through this stage. It is characterized by familiarization with a certain type of labor, the development of rules, norms, concepts, nuances and other mandatory components. This level of development of professionalism is distinguished by its complexity and necessity, but at the same time, inefficiency.
Pre-professionalism can be observed with interns, young professionals or beginners in any field of activity. This is a great time when jambs and mistakes are forgiving you, this is the moment when you can and should fill your own cones and learn from the shortcomings of not only others, but your own.
Oddly enough, but the more mistakes a person makes at this stage, the more professional he will be in the future. The main thing is not to be disappointed in yourself and not to stop trying.
Professionalism
High-quality experts, professionals in their field, first master at a high level the norms and rules of their profession. They work “in a pattern” and do their work diligently and well.
Having reached this level, a person feels that he is part of a profession, based on his experience, he can see other ways to solve certain problems that are not spelled out in the statutes, he can make rationalization proposals. The level of professionalism, in turn, is divided into sublevels.
How to determine whether you have reached at least the initial level of professionalism? If you can effectively teach beginners, that is, talk about the specifics of a job or profession, familiarize yourself with the main problems that he may encounter, teach him the algorithm for performing certain actions, etc., then you have already achieved something in your business.
Super professionalism
This is the highest level of professionalism that any sane person wants to achieve. You can reach it only when a person grows out of the scope of his profession. He not only at the highest level can carry out his work, but also knows how to make a revolution in his own field of activity.
Such a person is full of unique ideas. These people no longer think about how to do their job, but how to change this sphere of human activity for the better. Even to the non-creative profession they begin to be creative.
It is these personalities who are at the helm of world progress, they are moving many sciences off the ground, creating revolutionary products and are trying in every possible way to make this world a better place. Their names fit into the story.
Such individuals perceive the world differently. Some, looking out the window, see the landscape behind it, others - the window frame, others - tulle. Superprofessionals possess excellent "vision" in all three registers and are able to switch in time. They also master a number of related professions or sciences.
Lack of professionalism
Non-professionals are people who have been working in any field for quite some time, but still have not been able to reach heights, master skills sufficiently, master the rules, etc.
Most likely, these individuals do not differ in the necessary talents and abilities, perhaps they have chosen the wrong profession for themselves.
Unprofessionalism is not a sentence, but, on the contrary, an indicator that a person is trying himself in different areas and is in search. If it lasts years or decades, then you need to solve the problem.
You must initially choose those professions in which you will be effective and useful for society, in which your development will take place with great pleasure, and not under the gun of dismissal.
Often nonprofessionals linger on their work, because they are satisfied with salary, schedule, prestige, conditions, staff, therefore they carefully hide their lack of professionalism behind hyperactivity in the workplace. They spend more time and effort not for personal improvement, but to create the appearance of their work.
Afterprofessionalism
People who have reached the retirement age go to this level. In the past, they were sought-after competitors and know exactly how to become a professional in their field. Some share their experience with the younger generation, remaining the same gurus of their work, thereby further increasing their professionalism.
This period of life everyone lives in different ways: someone continues to improve and instruct, and someone acquire new hobbies and also achieve great success.
Professionals are smart people, and smart people live longer, because their brain is more plastic, and neural connections are stronger, which means that the brain is better. And this is the very organ that controls the whole body.
Stages of professionalism
You can define these:
- The adaptation phase. This is the period of entry into the profession, familiarization with the basic rules, methods, problems, techniques and techniques. The first year or two people adapt to the new role of the performer. Learning is the process of absorbing knowledge, and work is reproducing them in practice. Often this stage is painful, and in some people it drags on for years.
- Self-actualization. Feeling himself in the profession, a person develops his own style, style and algorithm of actions, he already knows about his strengths, learned to smooth out the weak. At this stage, the personality develops by means of the profession.
- Fluency. At this level, a person has learned all the norms and rules of his profession, got acquainted with all kinds of problems and their solutions. Performing his direct duties no longer requires much effort.
How to be a professional?
Here are some suggestions:
- Do not be afraid of failure. As a rule, success is achieved by one who does not focus on his failures, but, on the contrary, rejoices with him. Any defeat has a huge amount of necessary information that cannot be obtained unless you accidentally miss. It is necessary to draw conclusions and forget negative emotions - they inhibit the process of professional growth.
- People who are professionals in their field plan their day. To do this, use a diary, organizer or special applications for your smartphone. If a person is serious about his future, he values time more than any other resources.
- Ability to prioritize. Some cases require a very urgent solution, others can wait, and others do not matter at all. A true professional can correctly assess the situation.
- If you work in the field of "man-man", then respect and attention to people is the key to success. If you have to negotiate, communicate, serve, teach, treat, etc., you need to be as friendly as possible, because a positive emotional exchange gives strength and energy for further professional development.
- Consistency plays a large role in gaining the necessary experience. If you perform your work with a certain regularity, you can achieve great success even in those areas in which, it seemed, you are an absolute amateur.
- You need to love what you do. When a person enjoys work, he works more efficiently and at lower cost.
Professionals
There can be many examples, because a huge number of professionals work in the shade, but it is thanks to them that we ride on escalators, walk on smooth roads, wear beautiful clothes, use the latest gadgets, listen to great music, arrive on time by plane, etc.
All the benefits of civilization that we have the opportunity to observe and use daily, were created by the hands of true professionals.
It is thanks to individuals with innate perfectionism and a desire for ideality that we know a lot of famous and worthy brands and trust them, we have the opportunity to watch and admire the enchanting shows.
Professionals and competent people are always appreciated, they are by ear, in language and in the head as a guide. They are leveled at, they learn from, imitate, consult with them and never cease to respect.
A musician who can play a piece on one string when the others burst, athletes competing in world competitions with broken legs, arms or spine, a pilot who makes an emergency landing somewhere in the taiga, a doctor who operates thirty hours in a row - these are super professionals , and while there are people on earth who know how to surrender to the profession, mankind is not at risk.
In the modern world, being a layman is equal to disaster. But do not forget that to acquire professionalism requires a minimum of 10,000 hours of painstaking work.