十几载的职场生涯，回头看看时，有成功，也有遗憾。特别是错失机会有之。

首先，机会都是孕育在变化之中的。例如IBM公司的服务转型的变化，给了我进入IBM公司的机会，而且多年IBM公司的IT服务的经验，奠定了作为IT服务专业人士的基础。

然而，人类的惰性让我们不喜欢变化，就象一首歌曲中唱的“每个人都害怕世界天天变化”，乃至逃避和抗拒变化。同样也反映到我在IBM公司的工作之中。当年我被提拔为IBM公司中国区咨询和系统集成的销售经理，工作开展的非常好，但是一年后IBM公司调整业务模式，把横向业务组织，改为纵向组织，我“不得不”从前端项目销售转向带领项目实施团队。当时由于自己不喜欢这种变化，从心理抗拒这种变化，也反映在工作方面，表现出自己的不成熟。所以也影响到了自己在公司的发展和提升。

因此和大家分享，我们要欢迎变化，并积极找寻其中的机会。下面是一篇英文的文章，更好地表达了这个意思。

CAREER PROS: Don't Leave Luck to Chance

By Carole Kanchier

While waiting in line for the shuttle to take me to my book signing at the International Book Fair in Chicago, I initiated a conversation with two men standing behind me; one was the editor-in-chief of a large Japanese publishing house. Armed with work samples and feeling confident and adventurous, I suggested that Japan might be ready for the ideas presented in my book, Dare to Change Your Job - And Your Life.

After the event, I was again waiting in the shuttle line to return to my hotel when I noticed the Japanese men were directly behind me - reading my book. "Tenshoku-ryoko" (the Japanese edition) was launched nine months later.

Was this luck? Coincidence? Destiny?

What does luck mean to you? Luck is often referred to as coincidence, timing, serendipity, synchronicity, or good fortune as a result of chance. It's an unexpected reconfiguration of events, or good things that happen in surprising ways.

Louis Pasteur said, "Chance favors the prepared mind." A myriad of opportunities won't help unless you're prepared to use them. Luck occurs when preparation meets opportunity.

I was in the right place at the right time. But I also created my luck. I seized the opportunity when it was presented.

Do you create your own luck in the career advancement game? Do you know people who appear to be more fortunate than others? What do they do or say about their good fortune?

Although you can't always control luck, you can influence luck by working hard and taking advantage of good fortune. Here are some ways to control or design your own luck:

Develop luck-facilitating attitudes and strategies. Although you can't control the outcome of events, you can control your attitudes and beliefs. Welcome the unplanned and unexpected. Become more flexible and open to new experiences.

Review the fortunate experiences you've had over the past five years, and note when you've had luck. List people, circumstances and resources that may have influenced your luck. Talk to others about their luck, and identify what they did to enhance it. List three strategies that appeared to facilitate luck best.

Track the improvements in your luck strategies. Develop a success journal. Write down your successes weekly. Note the role luck played in achieving them and the strategies you used to influence your luck.

Recognize opportunities and take advantage of them. Perceive patterns and make connections between seemingly unrelated ideas, objects or events. View commonplace things in new ways. Take advantage of unexpected good fortune. Don't procrastinate. The window of opportunity may not last long.

Take risks. Every new venture has an element of risk. You can't grow and succeed without stretching, risking. Explore new opportunities. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Ask yourself, "What's the worst thing that could happen?"

Decide whether you could live with the worst scenario, or take steps to reduce the chance of it happening.

Look upon something new, different, or unknown as exciting - an opportunity to challenge yourself and to grow. If you don't try, how will you ever find out if you can do it?

Set goals and develop an action plan. Break the goal down into small steps. Every day do at least one activity related to achieving it. Know resources that can help you attain your goal. Work hard. Focus. Anticipate luck.

Build networks. The opportunities to create chance are greater with a strong network of contacts and resources. Network whether you're employed or unemployed. Form links with others to exchange ideas, information, connection and encouragement. Become active and visible. Ask for needed help.

Attend professional meetings. Advise others of your goals. Plan to meet at least two new people at each new meeting. Take the initiative. Follow up and show appreciation for help and contacts.

Challenge assumptions. Examine your belief system. Question why things are done certain ways. Challenge conventional truths and the status quo. Seek new alternatives in developing problem resolutions.

Use luck to enhance your career development. Prepare for and welcome the unexpected. Recognize opportunities that might have eluded you previously. Believe in your ability to create luck.

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