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title: "No Job Is Without Its Grievances"
description: "Li Shaotang, former general manager of Oracle Taiwan, said, \"Being scolded is a skill.\" Indeed, whether you accept it or not, that's the reality. When facing grievances, you don't need to care too much about others' opinions; just remember to always be responsible for yourself. \"A broad mind is forged by grievances.\" In life, you're destined to endure many grievances. While learning to smile them off and stay detached, it's more important to learn how to transform that energy."
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# No Job Is Without Its Grievances

> Li Shaotang, former general manager of Oracle Taiwan, said, "Being scolded is a skill." Indeed, whether you accept it or not, that's the reality. When facing grievances, you don't need to care too much about others' opinions; just remember to always be responsible for yourself. "A broad mind is forged by grievances." In life, you're destined to endure many grievances. While learning to smile them off and stay detached, it's more important to learn how to transform that energy.

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> **Li Shaotang, former general manager of Oracle Taiwan, said, "Being scolded is a skill." Indeed, whether you accept it or not, that's the reality. When facing grievances, you don't need to care too much about others' opinions; just remember to always be responsible for yourself.**
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> **"A broad mind is forged by grievances." In life, you're destined to endure many grievances. While learning to smile them off and stay detached, it's more important to learn how to transform that energy.**
Source: She Drifts in the World (ID: tazaijianghupiao)
**No Job Is Without Its Grievances**
Recently, a fresh graduate asked me, "Can you tell me:
  * What to do when facing difficulties at work early in your career?
  * How to adjust your mindset when transitioning from campus to professional life?
  * Also, when starting out with a low income, how do you solve survival problems?"
**At that moment, I saw a friend's status on social media saying, 'Ten years from now, looking back at today, everything you're going through won't seem like a big deal, really.'**
Then I replied, "Who needs ten years?"
**A single year is enough to make you feel like you've crossed mountains and rivers, and things have changed.**
**1. Endure Hardships, Remember the Good**
But after thinking for a while, I deleted that line and typed another reply: **No job is without its grievances.**
This isn't something I came up with; it's from years ago when I watched an episode of "Art Life" featuring my favorite singer, Rene Liu. Zhu Jun asked her, "Why do you always seem so gentle and calm, never flustered? Don't you get frustrated when facing problems in life?"
> **Rene Liu's answer was, "Because I know that no job is without its grievances."**
**Many people know that before her debut, Rene Liu was an assistant to her mentor, the famous musician Chen Sheng. At the record company, she had to do almost everything, even cleaning toilets. She and another assistant split the weekly toilet-cleaning duties: she did Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, while the other did Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. That other assistant's name was Takeshi Kaneshiro.**
**2. All You Can Show Is Action and Attitude**
When you first enter the workplace, you need to learn basic office rules and quickly master the necessary skills for your position. I dare say that **about 90% of what we learn in college is useless in the work environment.**
**At this point, your learning ability and comprehension are your biggest competitive advantages.** But beyond that, it's more about adjusting your mindset—from small things like whether to greet a colleague next door, to bigger issues like what to do when your direct supervisor's instructions conflict with company procedures.
**Have you noticed that you're like a child fumbling alone in the dark?** No family, no teachers, no seniors to ask. A crowd of strangers walks expressionlessly through the office corridors, like a fast-forwarded movie scene. The scenery behind you changes rapidly, but you're stuck alone in place.
I'm naturally slow to warm up and introverted, so my first year at work was a blur. I'd often sit at my desk, working and daydreaming. When colleagues or leaders called me, I'd take a long time to react, then say "Oh," but by then, the leader had already walked away.
On the flip side, they wouldn't harshly criticize me for doing things wrong either. That unemotional state might be what they call professional maturity.
So, because of this seemingly unrecognized state, you feel like you're never doing well and don't know what's right. Also, it's not just about sitting at your desk; you often need to interact with various colleagues.
**They're not good or bad; they just sense whether they vibe with you or not. So, even small things become hard to communicate.** Even applying for a stamp or filling out an approval form feels like an adventure game, but without the fun parts—just the struggle to get through each level.
**3. Everyone Is Enduring, But You Must Learn Proactively**
**I also began to realize that the leader in the office across from mine has to coordinate the entire department every day. The CEO, who comes early and leaves late, has to convince investors about prospects and trends, deal with complex media relations, and handle various interactions with government departments.**
**The person who seems like a big shot one second might be someone else's underling the next.**
**4. Entrepreneurship Is Even More Grievance-Filled**
Recently, many friends around me have started businesses. At first, I thought it was impressive, but over time, I've come to see it more objectively.
Those entrepreneurs with ideas, vision, and strategy mostly take it step by step, steadily improving.
**But others jump out just because they don't want to "work like a dog for a company anymore," only to find that building their own team isn't just a few hundred difficulties—it's endless difficulties.**
**Because the first thing you think of when you wake up isn't just supporting yourself, but also the team under you.**
So, the idea they once longed for—"being your own boss means freedom"—disappears instantly. There's no absolute freedom in this world; it's just dancing with shackles on your feet.
I met an entrepreneur from Beijing at a startup forum. His social media updates were a mix of self-motivation and execution plans. One night, I saw him still working overtime, so I asked, "Is all this hard work worth it?"
His answer was, "I knew from the start that as an entrepreneur, you need both the vision and foresight to command, and the humility to bend down like an IKEA mover, assembling office furniture, and even cleaning up like a laborer. Otherwise, don't talk about starting a business."
He also told me, whether you're an entrepreneur or an employee,
> **You'll find that every stage has its challenges, and every role has its own difficulties.**
The world won't make your suffering greater just because you're an employee, nor will it make you more impressive just because you're a boss. **The immense struggles behind ringing the NASDAQ bell are never written in the media's polished narratives.**
In my judgment, he's the rational type of entrepreneur. Even if he fails in business and becomes an employee again, he won't be a bad one.
**5. Everyone Is Persisting for a Better Life**
We can't change others, but at least we can maintain basic etiquette ourselves.
Once, a massage therapist told me she was going back to her hometown next month. I asked why. She said her younger brother had just gotten into college and needed help with tuition. She didn't have much education, so she took this job. Now that the economy in her hometown had improved, she didn't want to work night shifts here anymore.
Later, I noticed that every time I visited that beauty salon, there were new faces among the massage therapists.
So, I began to understand: they're like me, gradually transitioning from newcomers to experienced workers. After solving basic survival problems, they look for better opportunities, and then a new batch comes in, and the cycle repeats.
**6. Don't Aim for Perfection; Just Improve Gradually**
Of course, if you have someone on this journey who shares your heart, the grievances might lessen. Like a quote from a favorite uncle's social media last night: **Chatting with wise people, the biggest gain isn't getting some secret, but knowing which detours to avoid.**
Similarly, these experienced people—and maybe I have a bit of qualification as one for another group—what I can tell you is: **No job is without its grievances.**
Understanding this, perhaps our expectation of "things will get better" isn't an extreme pursuit of immediate, tangible results, but rather **a gradual, subtle progress and slow improvement.**
**After all, no matter your age, growth is a lifelong subject for our souls.**
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