盼大家给一些建议，我的情况是否读MBA

Xylus

To Gina,

There's a lot to be said about potential, capability and success.

Management track and specialist (engineer) track are vastly different. They require different people, different experience and different credientials. Comparing one with another is like comparing apples to oranges. The key to success here is to really know what kind of person you are, what track suits you best, and what do you need to do to close the gap between current status and future goal.

I actually agree with the saying "the ability to stand out is naturally born". Not that you can't do anything about it, but 90% of things that companies and individuals do in terms of personal development sucks so much that they have little impact on people's development. When developmental efforts fails, the only differentiator is their natural talent. Sadly the method of development is rather deeply researched but rarely applied as developmental experience for individual is often not in the best interest of the company. Individuals must learn more about "development" to leave the curse of "natural born talent" behind.

gina2012

To bolan,

lol, I did not put that 'loser and dreamer' hat on myself. I am olde enough to know my strenght and my weakness. Just point out maybe a lot people are not like what you think. It is just not so nice to say most people are like this, or most people are that.

To Xylus,
I agree with first half of your comments. Maybe i did not make myself clear. I work for a technical based department. Although we do have two different track for management and specialist. However, experience tells me that it always takes longer for specialist to progress in our organisation. Organistions vary from each other.

The second part, you said people can do something about it. It already means that it is not all coming from youd DNA, lol. Chinese said along time ago that the sweet madrine from Huai nan wiould become bitter if it would have been growing in Huai bei. So environment sometimes can ruin naturally good DNA as well. Thus, vice versa.

I also think potential in human is under-estimated. I think I do agree with you in principle, just wording differently.

gina2012

Sorry for my spelling mistakes.

By the way, I quite enjoy meaningful debates like this.

They help me to improve my logical thinking, if I have any.

therefore, thank you all.

Xylus

To Gina

It's definately not 100% coded in the DNA. But the general opinion is something like 40% from DNA, 40% from early life experience (before 20) and 20% from on-going experience. The sad truth is that the first 80% is very hard to change (although not impossible, it can be done and has been done, just very very hard).

Under a sound methodology and guidance people can make the best out of the last 20% and overtake competitors better in the first 80% but doesn't develop themselves properly when they started working. There is an underlying pattern and proven methodology, just very few individuals and companies bother to follow them. Tha means if you can develop yourself properly, it will create a clear edge

gina2012

Xylus, you make me very sad now, so 80% of my life has already been defined an unchangeable?

Which dumb scientist reported this figure? Life is happier when you do not follow the general opinions or scientifical findings.

We are actually talking about capability, intelligence and potential, not something like the noble family or rich dad, rite? If the topic is the latter, I have no comments on that.

Xylus

Yeah, intelligence or IQ is pretty much determined by your genetic heratage, there's not much we can do now to dramatically change that. EQ, sadly is highly corelated with IQ. The view is that it's half decided by gene and half by your upbringing (early life experience or how you grew up), personality is also the same. Potential is two parts, one is the emotional capability to effectively deal with new situation, the other is the IQ to analyze the situation and reach solutions. That means it's equal parts IQ and EQ. Other capabilities like creativity is more or less related with personality.

Don't be sad about that, it's actually age old truth. It's more important to actually know yourself than blindly believe your potential. The important thing is to know what you do best and beat everyone else on that thing, and know what you don't do well and avoid that like a plague (or find ways to cover your ass)

On the other hand, there are also ways or mental training exercises to develop almost all skills. It may or may not develop your capability dramatically (more likely not dramatically). Also, all developmental efforts has cost (time and effort) and risk involved. So there is also the problem of do you really want to make the investment