Why should you be a good assistant?

Cui Lan is now a copy editor for a fashion magazine. Her first job at this magazine was as a secretary—sitting aside during meetings to take minutes, answering the phone and receiving guests. Although the content of her work is trivial and boring, she always takes it seriously and never takes it lightly.

Not long after, Cui Lan was assigned to be a photography assistant, that is, working as a photographer for the magazine. No matter what the photographer needs, Cui Lan will have it ready right away before they even ask. Of course, the photographer can take good photos even without Cui Lan, but with Cui Lan's assistance, the work efficiency has been greatly improved, and now it takes much less time to take a photo. The photographer was full of praise for Cui Lan and she was promoted faster.

If you are interested in becoming a "star" in the office, what you do at first is usually not the main job. Instead, you often act as an assistant to colleagues and leaders, running errands and doing miscellaneous tasks. But if you can be a good assistant and contribute to the work of your colleagues and leaders, then your colleagues and leaders will help you in turn. If you are really just an assistant at the moment, then you must not be perfunctory about your work, nor should you be arrogant in front of colleagues and leaders, but do what an assistant should do.