Benchmarking

Today i feel like talking about a senior in my firm. He was just promoted to manager. I don't really know how old is he, but i guess he is just 27 years old.

I was told that he is an Australian university grad, thus i suppose he join EY at the age of 22. I was also told that he got promoted every review, thus i guess he is with the firm for 5 years. Yes, you heard me right, i heard that he get promoted every review, non-stop! Therefore i think he is 22 + 5, 27.

The thing i wanna discuss here is his non-stop promotion. He is a very bright guy. I am trying to learn a thing or two from him, so that i can be a better person.

I don't really know the industry very well yet but i think non-stop promotion to the position of manager is really something astonishing. These are few of the good quality that i can tell.

1. He is a very bright guy. He really understand his things and seems to consistently bring up quality works to the table. Me on the other hand, don't seems to really carry out my job well. I guess this dates back to my slacking study life. Haiz...

2. His presentations are always informative and enlightening. I can understand what he is trying to transfer quickly and stay interested. I will just pretty much read the script. Chalk n talk. Moreover, i think most of the people won't be able to get what i am trying to convey. This happens all the time, even when we are talking one to one. The worst is, it happens no matter i use Chinese or English. Haiz...

3. He is also very sociable. He can always get into a conversion with someone and keep the other party interested or entertained. He will try to know more people in every function. He will definitely be too shy, like me to start a conversation with a stranger. I also find it hard to keep the other party i have conversation with entertained all the time. I run out of topics quite quickly. Haiz...

4. He also contribute to the firm a lot in may ways. He joined and support the sports club, literally support every sport that we have. He will turn up at the practices of all kind of sports and cheer for our team in almost every competition.

I think he had prepared himself well for everything in advance. I really admire him and hopefully, after trying real hard to change myself, i learn up all this good qualities. Haha...

My friends, let's work hard to improve ourselves together and hopefully we can sit down and tell our grandchildren about this process one day.