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Managers often tell employees to follow up on a project or complete a task within a week. But what does "follow up" mean? Managers do not clearly explain to employees the extent to which they should follow up. During execution, we cannot expect every boss to clearly define the level of follow-up, but we can decide our own attitude toward the task.

Often, during execution, some employees only stay at the surface level of "doing," neglecting the result-oriented level of "doing well."

So, how can we ensure "doing well"? I believe it is to be 100% in place at every step from receiving the superior's instructions to the end of the task.

I remember more than a decade ago, when I was working for a company, at the end of the year, the company held a grand commendation ceremony. At that time, I was young and arrogant, often self-righteous. Although I knew those who won awards were excellent, I thought I had done well too, yet I did not win, which left me somewhat disappointed and unconvinced. After the ceremony, my superior probably noticed my disappointment and asked, "Xiao Jiang, tell me, what is the difference between your usual work and that of the awarded employees?" I said, "There is no difference." My superior then said, "If you can find the difference between you and them, then I think the award winner should be you." Subsequently, I spent some time carefully observing and comparing, and I discovered a fact I was reluctant to accept: the award winners were more meticulous in every step of every task, thus ensuring 100% results and demonstrating their excellence. In contrast, I was slightly careless and negligent in every step of every task, leading to discounted processes and reduced results. Since then, I have resolved to be a person who executes thoroughly, with 100% execution. Here, Jiang Weiwei summarizes two suggestions for those who need to improve their individual execution ability:

  1. Execute thoroughly and develop the habit of doing things 100% right from the start.

Managers may not clearly tell you what result they want when assigning a task, but you must be clear about what result you need to deliver to satisfy them. Since the manager has entrusted the task to you, it represents full trust and respect. To repay this respect, you must execute thoroughly. If you only aim to complete the task quickly without considering the level of completion or the effective and meaningful execution during the process, that is absolutely a desecration of your work and a desecration of the manager. Any task, once accepted, you have the responsibility to execute it thoroughly, doing it 100% right the first time, to satisfy yourself, the manager, and the company.

  1. Execute for yourself and never give up easily.

In the modern workplace, knowledge alone does not lead to success, because academic qualifications are no longer the passport to career success; eloquence alone does not lead to success, because people who are not good at speaking can also achieve great things; opportunity alone does not lead to success, because the times can only create heroes for a moment. Modern workplace elites have received good education and do not lack wisdom, goals, or plans, but they lack the action to persist daily, repeating or innovating. The starting point of a career is not slogans, the process cannot be fleeting, the end cannot be imagination, and the journey can only be concrete actions.

A person's destiny does not change because of how much you plan, but because of how much you accomplish; the true meaning of action is the standard actions repeated daily on the road to personal success.

First, action is the prerequisite for human existence and development. A hundred decisions are not as good as one action; profound knowledge is not as good as one action; even the best idea requires action to be realized. When people are still debating whether action or knowledge is more important, management guru Peter Drucker calmly asserted: "Management is a practice," and "action is greater than knowledge."

There is a person I deeply admire. At the age of 25, he endured hardships, traveled for 18 years, covered 50,000 li, brought back 657 volumes of true scriptures from India, and translated 1,335 volumes in his lifetime, becoming a great founder of the Faxiang school, thinker, philosopher, translator, traveler, diplomat, and envoy of Sino-foreign cultural exchange in Chinese history. His footprints covered India, and his influence extended to Japan, Korea, and the world. This person is the renowned Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang, whose contributions are the common wealth of China, Asia, and the world.

There is another person I admire even more. At the age of 6, he went to Jinan to seek refuge with his uncle Ji Sicheng, entered a private school, started learning English at 10, and began learning German in high school. He served as a member of the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Vice President of Peking University, and Director of the Institute of South Asian Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He was the only lifelong professor at Peking University. He was proficient in English, German, Sanskrit, and Pali, could read Russian and French, and was especially skilled in Tocharian, being one of the few scholars in the world proficient in this language. He excelled in Sanskrit studies, Buddhist studies, and Tocharian research, as well as Chinese literature, comparative literature, and literary theory. Before his death, he wrote articles to decline three titles: Master of Chinese Studies, Academic Leader, and National Treasure. Respected by many in the world and regarded by some as China's "Master of Chinese Studies," he was a linguist, writer, sinologist, Buddhist scholar, historian, educator, and social activist. This person is Ji Xianlin.

But have you ever thought that such great learning and achievements were made step by step by these elderly gentlemen?

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