A king always boasts that he is not only the supreme authority, but also the "merciful" savior. Before executing prisoners, he wants to give them a chance to draw a ticket for life and death, and if they draw the word "live", they can avoid death. Once a prisoner was about to be executed, and his enemy bribed the jailer and wrote "death" on two pieces of paper. Unexpectedly, someone revealed the news to the prisoner, but the prisoner smiled and said, "Ah! I can survive. "
After the king announced the draw, the prisoner smoked a lot and swallowed it without saying anything. Now everyone present is in a panic, because no one knows whether the prisoner swallowed "death" or "life" I heard the king shout loudly, "Bastard, all you have to do is look at the rest of the paper." Obviously, what is left is the "dead" sign, which proves that the prisoner swallowed the "alive" sign. The clever prisoner saw the advantage of inferiority and survived.
We should weigh the pros and cons and correctly handle the relationship between them. This is of great significance to our practical work.
First, don't wait until there are advantages and disadvantages before doing anything. While pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages, as long as the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, we should try boldly and don't hesitate to miss the opportunity.
Second, when we look at things, we should see both advantages and disadvantages. Of course, we should prioritize. Otherwise, when something goes wrong in our work, someone will make a fuss.
Third, have a clear understanding of the relationship between advantages and disadvantages, and prepare for the emergence of disadvantages while striving for advantages. "everything is done in advance" to limit the occurrence of disadvantages to a minimum. When disadvantages inevitably appear, they will not panic, so they will always be in the initiative.