Find that job: Lesson 78. A WOW project
According to modern business thinkers, in the age of New Economy, with job security gone, it's your Talent that matters most. But talent means work. And truly distinct talent reveals itself through WOW projects. So what are WOW projects and how do they work?
In the New Economy all work is project work and every project must be a WOW project. A project is a task that has a beginning and an end and things - goals and objectives - you can deliver along the way. A WOW project is all that - plus. It inspires. It inspires others. It has fans. It's cool, it's weird and it's wild. That's what it does: it matters, it makes a difference and it transforms the enterprise. It's a project that takes your breath away and something you can brag about. A WOW project also has the value that YOU add.
How do you start a WOW project then? Think laterally. Break the mould. Go an extra mile. Think about the problems you encounter as opportunities in disguise. If you don't like something - don't complain - change it! The great ballet choreographer Siergiei Diagilew routinely begged his prima ballerinas; 'Astonish me!' Do the same - surprise yourself! WOW projects are all around you. Isn't that what a football player tries to do during a match? Isn't that what a cellist does during a three-minute solo? And that's what YOU should be doing trying to get your WOW project off the ground.
a SłOWNICZEK
the age of New Economy - nowa era gospodarcza
job security - pewność stałego zatrudnienia
to matter - liczyć się, znaczyć
to reveal itself - ujawnić się
wow - (potocznie) sukces, również: okrzyk zachwytu
task - zadanie
goal - cel
objective - cel
to deliver - dostarczać
to inspire - inspirować
weird - dziwny, dziwaczny, tu: inny, niezwykły, nieszablonowy
wild - dziki, tu: nieokiełznany, przepojony entuzjazmem/zapałem
to make a difference - mieć istotny wpływ
to transform - zmienić, przekształcić, przeobrazić
enterprise - przedsięwzięcie, projekt
to take one's breath away - zapierać dech w piersiach
to brag about sth - chwalić się czymś, przechwalać
value - wartość
laterally - lateralnie
to break the mould - zerwać z szablonem
to go an extra mile - (dosłownie) pójść o milę dalej, (przenośnie) zrobić ekstra wysiłek, dołożyć starań
to encounter - napotykać
in disguise - w przebraniu, tu: zakamuflowany, zamaskowany
to astonish - zadziwić, zaskoczyć
to surprise - zadziwić, zaskoczyć, sprawić niespodziankę
football player - piłkarz
cellist - wiolonczelist(k)a
to get sth off the ground - wystartować, ruszyć z miejsca
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