Masters have all heard this saying: temperament determines fate, mindset determines success or failure. Of course, there is also this one: thoughts determine the future, and habits decide destiny.
The meaning of "temperament determines fate" is that if your temperament suits being a teacher, then it suits teaching; otherwise, you will fail. Your temperament has already determined your life path. Therefore, many people take self-assessments of the Enneagram personality types. It's said that every year 2 million people take the MBTI personality test, which is the most authoritative personality test internationally, to understand their true nature and thereby discover their real self and predict their life and suitable life paths. Yan Nan Fei Network also provides a programmer-specific MBTI personality and IT career growth assessment. Many people have understood themselves through this tool and received IT career growth advice, which has played a good guiding role in their lives and career paths.
Many people do not agree with the concept of "temperament determines fate," emphasizing subjective initiative and the idea that events depend on human effort, or as some say, thoughts determine the future, habits decide destiny. Both have some validity.
I would like to strike a balance between these two views and summarize them into the following concept: "Harbor good intentions, be full-hearted, exert all human efforts, and follow the heavenly mandate."
Among these, the most important word is "heart," which refers to the heart of mindset and the heart of being full-hearted. Effort can only get things done, seriousness at best gets things done correctly, but being full-hearted may get things done well. Therefore, the heart plays a crucial role in the success or failure of a career.
Many people working in the IT industry do not like what they do or their field. Will they succeed? Not necessarily. To succeed, it’s not about doing what you like, but always doing what you should. You don’t ask whether you like it or whether it’s possible, but whether it should be done. Persist in doing what you should in one direction, accumulating continuously, and sooner or later, there will be results. What you like isn't necessarily what you should do. This "what you should do" includes what suits you, what can leverage your strengths, what can utilize your accumulated energy, and what you put effort and heart into—something that can only be understood rather than explained.
Successful people understand the importance of being full-hearted, putting in all human efforts, and following the heavenly mandate. They have confidence in themselves and the future and strive to do their best in what they should do. They also understand the importance of accumulating energy and letting it burst forth when the time is right, leading to qualitative changes from quantitative ones and seizing opportunities for success. On the other hand, failures often lack confidence, effort, and full-heartedness, do not understand accumulation, and without talent + effort + accumulation, end up missing opportunities when they come and eventually find excuses to blame themselves or justify themselves.
Therefore, the key to "mindset determining success or failure" lies in the heart: if you cannot cultivate your heart, do things without full-heartedness, and do not change to the mindset of a successful person while insisting on doing everything yourself, then you are still far from success.
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