There was a child whose teachers and classmates looked down on him because of his poor academic performance. He had a very low self-esteem. Once, his father took him to the zoo. There were many people standing around the cages for tigers, lions and other large animals, watching and admiring them. However, the cages for monkeys, civet cats and other small animals were deserted and no one cared about them. Seeing this, the child sighed: "Oh, it would be better to be born as a big animal!" "Why?" asked the father. "Because big animals are better than small animals. If you are better than others, some people will appreciate you and cheer you up," the child said. The father thought for a while and said to the child: "You can't think like this. Big animals are as strong as big animals, and small animals are as strong as small animals. They are strong in different ways. People, like animals, have different talents and instincts. "
After returning from the zoo, the child began to reflect on himself. Don't he have any strengths? With the help of his father, the child finally discovered that he had a talent for drawing comics. From then on, he devoted himself to comics as his lifelong pursuit and became a famous painter.
Life is not a barrel. What determines the development level of life is always its strengths, and the direction of life's efforts is to do everything possible to improve the strengths.
1. How to employ people
Everyone who has been to a temple knows that as soon as you enter the temple door, the first thing you see is Amitabha Buddha, with a smiling face to welcome guests, and to the north of him, there is a black Buddha. Wei Tuo, a black-faced person. But according to legend, a long time ago, they were not in the same temple, but were in charge of different temples. Maitreya Buddha was enthusiastic and happy, so many people came, but he didn't care about anything, was careless, and didn't manage the accounts well, so he still couldn't make ends meet. Although Wei Tuo was a good accountant, he had a gloomy face and was too serious all day long, which led to fewer and fewer people, and finally the incense was cut off.
The Buddha discovered this problem when he was checking the incense, so he put them both in the same temple. Maitreya Buddha was responsible for public relations and welcomed guests from all directions with a smile, so the incense flourished. However, Wei Tuo was selfless and meticulous, so he was asked to be responsible for the finances and strictly control them. Through the division of labor and cooperation between the two, the temple was thriving.
In fact, in the eyes of a master employer, there is no useless person. Just like a master of martial arts, he can hurt people by picking flowers and flying leaves without a precious sword. The key is how to use it.
2. Parrot
A man went to buy a parrot and saw a sign on the front of a parrot: This parrot can speak two languages ??and the price is two hundred yuan.
Another parrot has a sign in front of it: This parrot can speak four languages ??and sells for 400 yuan.
Which one should I buy? Both have bright coats and are very flexible and cute. The man was spinning around, unable to make up his mind.
As a result, I suddenly found an old and toothless parrot with dull and messy fur, priced at 800 yuan.
The man quickly called the boss: Can this parrot speak eight languages?
The shopkeeper said: No.
This man was surprised: Then why is he old, ugly, and incompetent worth this amount?
The shop owner replied: Because the other two parrots called this parrot Boss.
This story tells us that a real leader does not necessarily have how strong his own abilities are. As long as he knows how to trust, how to delegate power, and how to cherish, he can unite forces stronger than himself, thereby increasing his own worth. .
On the contrary, many people with very strong abilities are too perfectionistic and have to do everything by themselves. No one is as good as themselves. In the end, they can only be the best researchers and sales representatives, and they cannot become excellent leaders.
3. Kangaroo and Cage
One day the zookeeper found that the kangaroo ran out of the cage, so they held a meeting to discuss and agreed that it was the height of the cage
Too low. So they decided to increase the height of the cage from the original 10 meters to 20 meters. As a result, the next day they found that the kangaroo still ran outside, so they decided to increase the height to 30 meters.
Unexpectedly, the next day they saw all the kangaroos running outside, so the administrators were very nervous and decided to do nothing else
and raise the height of the cage to 100 meters.
One day the giraffe was chatting with a few kangaroos, "Do you think these people will continue to raise your cages?
" the giraffe asked. "It's hard to say." The kangaroo said: "If they continue to forget to close the door!"
Management experience: There are "basics", "priorities" and "priorities". Closing the door is the root, and heightening the cage is the root. If you abandon the roots and pursue the end, of course you will miss the point. What is management? Management is to first analyze the main contradictions and secondary contradictions of the matter, understand the "root and cause", "severity" and "priority" of the matter, and then start from the important aspects.
4. Bian Que’s medical skills
King Wei Wen asked the famous doctor Bian Que: "You have three brothers who are all good at medicine. Which one is the best?"
Bian Que replied: "The eldest brother is the best, the middle brother is second, and I am the worst."
King Wen asked again: "Then why are you the most famous?"
Bian Que replied: "The eldest brother treats diseases before they occur. Since most people don't know that he can eradicate the cause of the disease in advance
, his reputation cannot be spread; the middle brother treats diseases. , he treats diseases at the beginning. Most people think that he can only treat minor illnesses, so his reputation is only in his hometown. But I treat diseases at the time of serious illness. I performed major surgeries such as bloodletting and applying medicine to the skin, so I thought that my medical skills were excellent, and my reputation spread all over the country. "Management experience: Control after the event is not as good as control during the event, and control during the event is not as good as before. Unfortunately, most business operators are not like this. Failing to realize this, we waited until wrong decisions caused significant losses before seeking to make amends. And often even if the famous "airborne troops" are invited, the result is of no avail.
5. Qututu Tusheng
A guest came to someone's home and saw that the chimney on the host's stove was straight and there was a lot of wood next to it. The guest
told the host that the chimney had to be reshaped and the wood had to be removed, otherwise there might be a fire in the future, but the host didn't say anything.
Soon there was a fire in the owner's house. The neighbors rushed to put out the fire. Finally, the fire was put out, so the owner cooked the sheep.
Butchered the cow and entertained the neighbors to reward them for their efforts in putting out the fire. , but did not invite the person who originally suggested that he remove the wood and reroute the chimney
.
Someone said to the host: "If I had listened to that gentleman, there would be no need to prepare a banquet today, and there would be no damage from the fire.
Now I will reward you according to your merits. I gave it to you originally. The person who gave the advice was not thanked, but the person who put out the fire was a guest. It was really strange!" The host suddenly realized and hurriedly invited the guest who had given the advice to have a drink.
Management experience: Most people think that those who can resolve or solve various thorny problems in the business process are excellent managers. In fact, this is open to question. As the saying goes: "Prevention is better than cure." "It is better to prevent trouble before it happens than to cure it after it has already happened. From this point of view, the preventer of corporate problems is actually better than the solver of corporate problems.
6. Rescue
During a fierce battle, the captain suddenly discovered an enemy plane diving down towards the position. As usual, when you find an enemy plane diving, you should lie down without hesitation. But the captain did not lie down immediately. He found a little soldier still standing four or five meters away from him. Without thinking too much, he jumped forward and pressed the little warrior tightly under him. At this time, there was a loud noise, and splashes of soil fell on them one after another. The captain patted the dust on his body and looked back. He was shocked: the place where he was just now was blown into a big crater.
7. Going out
In ancient times, there were two brothers each carrying a suitcase on a long trip. Along the way, the heavy suitcases weighed down both brothers. They had to switch to their right hand when their left hand was tired, and to their left hand when their right hand was tired. Suddenly, the eldest brother stopped, bought a pole on the roadside, and hung two suitcases on the pole, one on the left and the other on the right. He picked up two boxes and set out on the road, feeling a lot more relaxed.
It may be a bit far-fetched to connect these two stories, but they do have striking similarities: the little soldier and the younger brother in the story are lucky, but even more lucky are the captain and the younger brother in the story. Big brother, because when they help others, they also help themselves!
Management experience: On the road of our lives, we will definitely encounter many difficulties. But don’t we all know that on the way forward, removing stumbling blocks from others’ feet is sometimes just paving the way for ourselves?
8. The Son of the Fish King
There was a fisherman who had first-class fishing skills and was respectfully called the ‘Fisher King’. However, the 'Fisher King' was very distressed when he was old because the fishing skills of his three sons were all mediocre.
So I often told people about my troubles: "I really don't understand, my fishing skills are so good, why are my sons so bad? I have been teaching fishing skills to them since they were sensible. They started with the most basic teachings, telling them how to weave a net to catch fish most easily, how to row a boat without disturbing the fish, and how to lower the net most easily to attract fish into the urn. When they grew up, I also taught them how to recognize fish. I have imparted all the experience I have gained over the years to them without reservation, but their fishing skills are not as good as those of fishermen’s sons who are less skilled than me!” After listening to his story, a passerby asked: "Have you been teaching them step by step?"
"Yes, in order to let them acquire first-class fishing techniques, I taught them very carefully and patiently. ”
“Have they been following you?”
“Yes, in order to avoid detours, I have been asking them to follow me.”
The passerby said: "In this way, your mistake is obvious. You only taught them the skills, but you did not teach them the lessons. For talents, no lessons are the same as no experience, and they cannot make people successful. Utensil!"
9. Apples by the River
An old monk, surrounded by a group of devout disciples. On this day, he asked his disciples to go back to Nanshan to collect a load of firewood. The disciples hurried to the river not far from the mountain, and everyone was stunned. I saw the flood rushing down the mountain, and there was no way I could cross the river to collect firewood. After returning without success, the disciples were a little downcast. Only a young monk faced the master calmly. The master asked why. The young monk took out an apple from his arms and handed it to the master. He said that he could not cross the river and could not collect firewood. I saw an apple tree by the river, so I picked the only apple on the tree. Later, the young monk became the successor of the master.
There are endless roads in the world and rivers that cannot be crossed. It is also a kind of wisdom to turn back when a river cannot be crossed. But true wisdom also needs to do one thing by the river: fly the kite of thought and pick an "apple". After looking at the past and present, people who hold on to such a belief in life have finally achieved breakthroughs and transcendence in life.
10. The right hand holds the left hand
There is a popular jingle at the table: Holding your wife’s hand is like holding your right hand with your left hand.
Whenever someone reads: Familiar or unfamiliar people at the table will laugh out loud knowingly, and the atmosphere will immediately relax. Of course, this is based on everyone's unanimous understanding of the jingle - it feels accurate and the description is spot on.
One day at the dinner table someone recited this jingle, and the men laughed heartily as usual.
Later I discovered that a woman at the dinner table was not smiling. The men were busy saying that they were just joking and should not be taken seriously. Unexpectedly, the woman said seriously: The best thing is this "right hand holding the left hand". First, the left hand is the most trustworthy of the right hand; second, the left hand and the right hand belong to each other; third, no matter how the other hands make you happy and excited, you can throw them away afterwards. Only the left hand can be thrown away. If you lose it, you will be disabled, right? The men at the table all admired it and praised the woman for her profound and unique understanding. The woman said lightly: If there is anything profound and unique about it, you might as well go back and read it to your respective wives and see what they say.
Sure enough, some of the brave men went back to test their wives. Sure enough, the wives all had the same understanding as the ladies at the table.
They are all left-handed, and men must of course be counted on their left hand.
And they are all right-handed, of course they think right-handedly
11. Choice
A farmer rescued his wife from the flood; The child was drowned.
Afterwards, people talked a lot. Some say he did the right thing, because the child can have another child, but the wife cannot die and be resurrected. Some said he made a mistake because his wife could marry another, but his children could not be resurrected from the dead.
After listening to people’s discussions, I also felt puzzled: If I could only save one person, should I save my wife or my child?
So I went to visit the farmer and asked him what he thought at that time.
He replied: "I didn't think about anything. When the flood hit, my wife passed by me, so I grabbed her and swam to a nearby hillside.
When I returned , the child has been washed away by the flood.”
On the way home, I thought about the farmer’s words and said to myself: This is how many choices in life are made.
12. Simple Truth
Once upon a time, two hungry people received a gift from an elder: a fishing rod and a basket of fresh and huge fish. One of them asked for a basket of fish, and the other asked for a fishing rod, so they parted ways. The person who got the fish built a bonfire with dry wood and cooked the fish on the spot. He wolfed it down, and before he could taste the aroma of the fresh fish meat, he ate up all the fish and soup in an instant. Soon, he was Starved to death next to an empty fish basket. The other man carried the fishing rod and continued to suffer from hunger, walking hard step by step towards the seaside. But when he saw the blue ocean not far away, the last bit of strength in his body was exhausted. He could only pass away helplessly with endless regrets.
There were two more hungry people. They also received a fishing rod and a basket of fish as gifts from the elder. But instead of going their separate ways, they agreed to go looking for the sea together. They only cooked one fish at a time. After a long journey, they came to the seaside. From then on, the two began to fish for a living. , a few years later, they built a house, had their own families, children, built their own fishing boats, and lived a happy and healthy life.
A person who only cares about immediate interests will eventually get short-term happiness; a person has lofty goals, but he must also face the reality of life.
Only by organically combining ideals with reality can one become a successful person. Sometimes, a simple truth is enough to give people meaningful life inspiration.
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13. It’s not what you think
Two traveling angels stayed with a wealthy family. The family did not take kindly to them and refused to let them spend the night in the cozy guest bedroom, instead finding them a corner in the cold basement. As they were making their bed, the older angel noticed a hole in the wall and repaired it. The young angel asked why, and the old angel replied: "Some things are not as they seem."
The next night, the two stayed at a very poor farmer's house. The host and his wife were very warm to them. They took out the little food they had to entertain the guests, and then gave up their beds to the two angels. Early the next morning, the two angels found the farmer and his wife crying. Their only source of livelihood, a cow, had died. The young angel was very angry. He asked the old angel why this happened. The first family had everything, and the old angel helped them repair the hole in the wall. The second family entertained guests warmly despite being poor, but the old angel did not stop the cow. death.
"Some things are not as they seem." The old angel replied, "When we spent the night in the basement, I saw through the hole in the wall that the wall was filled with gold nuggets. Because the owner was corrupted Blinded by desire and unwilling to share his wealth, I filled the hole in the wall.
Last night the god of death came to call the farmer's wife, and I let the cow take her place. So some things are not as they seem. ”
Sometimes things don’t appear to be the way they should be. If you have faith, you just have to believe that your efforts will pay off. You may not find out until later...
14. How to raise cattle
We traveled to the countryside and saw an old farmer shoveling the fodder for cattle onto the eaves of a small hut. We couldn't help but feel strange, so we asked :
"Old man, why don't you put the grass for the cows on the ground and let them eat it? "
The old farmer said: "This kind of grass is of poor quality. If I put it on the ground, it will ignore it; but if I put it on the eaves where it can barely reach it, it will try hard to eat it. , until all the fodder is eaten. ”
15. The Heart of Love
This is a true story that happened in England.
There was a lonely old man who had no children and no children. Frail and sick, he decided to move to a nursing home. Buyers flocked to the house after hearing the news, but the price quickly rose to ￡100,000. The old man was sunk in the sofa, his eyes full of melancholy. Yes, if it weren't for his poor health, he would not have sold the house where he spent most of his life.
A young man dressed simply came. When he came to the old man, he bent down and whispered: "Sir, I really want to buy this house, but I only have 10,000 pounds." However, if you sell your house to me, I promise that you will still live here, drink tea with me, read newspapers, take walks, and be happy every day - believe me, I will take care of you with my whole heart. you! ”
The old man nodded and smiled and sold the house to him for 10,000 pounds.
To realize your dream, you don’t have to fight coldly and cheat. Sometimes, as long as you have Just have a loving heart.
16. Giving
An old carpenter was preparing to retire. He told his boss that he wanted to leave the construction industry and go home to enjoy his life with his wife and children. Family happiness.
The boss was reluctant to let his good worker go and asked him if he could help build another house. But everyone could see later that his heart was no longer in work. They used soft materials and did rough work. When the house was built, the boss handed him the key to the door.
“This is your house,” he said. “I gave it to you. Gift. ”
He was stunned with shock and ashamed. If he had known that he was building a house for himself, how could he have done this? Now he has to live in a shoddily built house! How can we not be the same? In this way, we carelessly "build" our lives, instead of taking active actions, we deal with it passively, refusing to strive for excellence in everything, and failing to do our best at critical moments. By the time we are shocked by our situation, we are already deeply trapped in the "building" we have made. "house". Think of you as the carpenter, think about your house, every day you hammer in a nail, add a board, or erect a wall, use your wisdom to build it well! Your life is you The only creation in life cannot be erased and rebuilt. Even if you only have one day to live, you must live it beautifully and noblely on that day. The nameplate on the wall reads: "Life is what you create." ”
17. Remind yourself
There was an old lady sitting on the side of the road looking at a high wall not far away. She always felt that it would collapse soon. As Yu walked over, she kindly reminded: "That wall is going to fall down, so stay away. "The person who was reminded looked at her in confusion as she walked along the wall - the wall did not fall down. The old lady was very angry: "Why don't you listen to me? ! "Another person came, and the old lady gave another advice. Three days later, many people walked by the wall without encountering danger. On the fourth day, the old lady felt a little strange and a little disappointed, and walked to the wall involuntarily. I watched carefully, but at this moment, the wall fell down, and the old lady was buried in the dust and masonry, and died.
It is often easy and sober to remind others, but it can be done. It’s hard to remind yourself of this all the time.
Therefore, many dangers come from oneself, and the old lady's sorrow arises from this
Eighteen. Window
A lady has been complaining for many years that the lady opposite is lazy, "That A woman's clothes can never be washed clean. Look, the clothes she hangs in the yard are always stained. I really don't know how she can even wash clothes like that..."
It wasn't until one day when a friend who knew everything came to her house that he discovered that it wasn't the wife across the street who couldn't wash her clothes cleanly. The attentive friend took a rag and wiped off the dust stains on the wife's window and said, "Look, isn't this clean?"
It turned out that the window of his own home was dirty.
19. Habit and Nature
A small pillar and a thin chain can tie an elephant weighing a thousand pounds. Isn't this absurd? But this ridiculous scene can be seen everywhere in India and Qin. Those mahouts, when the elephant was still a baby, tied it to a cement or steel pillar with an iron chain. No matter how hard the baby elephant struggled, it could not break free. The baby elephant gradually gets used to not struggling, and when it grows into an elephant and can easily break away from the chain, it does not struggle either.
The tiger tamer was as successful as the elephant tamer. He kept the tiger on a vegetarian diet until it grew up. Tigers don't know the taste of meat, so they won't hurt people. The fatal mistake of the tiger tamer was that after he fell, he let the tiger lick his blood on the ground. The tiger couldn't take it away and finally ate the tiger tamer.
Baby elephants are tied by chains, while elephants are tied by habits.
The tiger was once bound by habit, and the tiger tamer died of habit (he has become accustomed to his tiger not eating people).
Habits can tie up almost everything, but they can’t tie up accidents. Like the tiger that accidentally tasted blood.
Twenty. Leave a gap for others
A famous entrepreneur was giving a report. An audience member asked: "You have achieved great success in your career. Please tell me. For you, what is the most important thing?”
The entrepreneur did not answer directly. He picked up the chalk and drew a circle on the blackboard, but it did not draw a circle completely, leaving a gap. He asked, "What is this?" "Zero." "Circle"/"unfinished business"/"success", the audience in the audience answered in various tongues.
He did not comment on these answers: "Actually, this is just an incomplete end. You ask me why I have achieved brilliant results. The reason is simple: I don't do things perfectly. , just like drawing a full stop, I must leave a gap for my subordinates to fill it.”
Leaving a gap for others does not mean that one is not strong. In fact, this is a kind of management wisdom, a kind of overall perfection at a higher level.
Give a monkey a tree and let it climb endlessly; give a tiger a mountain and let it roam freely. Perhaps, this is the highest state of enterprise management and employment.
Twenty-one, Horses
Horses used to run wild in the mountains freely. They would drink from the mountain spring when they were thirsty, and sleep on the ground to bask in the sun when they were tired. They were carefree. But since the arrival of Bole, the horse's fate has changed. If you put a bridle on its head, put a saddle on its back, and tie it, the horse's mortality rate is already 23 out of 10, and then again Force it to transport things, force it to travel thousands of miles a day, and nail its feet with iron shoes, and the death rate of the horse will be more than half. The horse is originally an animal with no rules and no use. Let it absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, the aura of the heaven and the earth, and be useless and do nothing. You can still enjoy the whole life of the horse, educate it, and make it understand the etiquette, but it will harm its life.
Aren’t people like this? Under the constraints of rules, have we also lost our identity, followed the etiquette and justice set by others all day long, and forced ourselves to do things we don’t want to do? How much is left in our limited life?
Twenty-two, the director is useless
There was a man from Lu who was good at weaving straw sandals, and his wife was good at weaving white silk. He wanted to move to Yue. The friend said to him: "You will definitely be poor when you go to Yue country." "Why?" "Straw sandals are used for walking, but Yue people are used to walking barefoot; white silk is used to make hats. But the Vietnamese people are accustomed to disheveled hair.
Rely on your strengths and go to places where you are not needed. Is it possible to avoid poverty in this way? ”
This story tells people: If a person wants to use his expertise, he must meet the needs of the social environment. If he is divorced from the needs of the social environment, his expertise will lose value. Therefore, we must adapt to the needs of society. , decide your own actions and better use your expertise.
Twenty-three, the rat on the pagoda
A wandering rat was placed on the top of the pagoda. Home.
The life in the pagoda is really happy. It can travel between the floors at will and enjoy abundant offerings. It even enjoys privileges that others cannot imagine. It can chew the secrets that are unknown to others; it can rest freely on the Buddha statues that people dare not look at; it can even leave some excrement on the head of the Buddha statue when it rises.
Whenever a good man or woman worships the Buddha, he can chew it at will. When people burn incense and kowtow, this mouse always looks at the intoxicating smoke rising slowly. It sniffs fiercely and laughs secretly in its heart: "It's ridiculous that human beings have such soft knees. Kneel down when you say it." Got it! "
One day, a very hungry wild cat broke in and caught the mouse.
"You can't eat me! You should kneel down to me! I represent Buddha! "The noble prisoner protested.
"People kneel to you only because of the position you occupy, not because of you! "
The wild cat sneered, and then he broke the mouse in half like a hamburger.
Twenty-four. The story of the steel glass
A farmer only studied in junior high school for two years, and his family had no money to continue his education. He dropped out of school and went home to help his father cultivate three acres of thin farmland. When he was 19 years old, his father died, and the whole family burden fell on him. On his shoulders. He had to take care of his mother who was in poor health and a grandmother who was paralyzed in bed.
In the 1980s, he dug a puddle into a pond. But the village cadres told him that paddy fields could not be used to raise fish, but could only grow crops, so he had to fill the ponds. In the eyes of others, he was a man who wanted to get rich but had no money. A very stupid person.
He heard that raising chickens could make money, so he borrowed 500 yuan from relatives to raise chickens. However, after a flood, the chickens contracted chicken plague and all died within a few days. 500 yuan may not seem like much to others, but to a family living on only three acres of thin farmland, it was an astronomical figure. His mother could not handle this stimulation, and she died of depression.
He made wine, fished, and even drilled holes on the cliffs of quarries...but he didn't make any money at the age of 35. Even divorced women with children don't like him, because he only has a mud house that may collapse at any time after a heavy rain. No one in the countryside looks up to him. p>But he still wanted to give it a try, so he borrowed money to buy a tractor. Unexpectedly, less than half a month after he started on the road, the tractor rushed into a river and broke his leg. The tractor was picked up and broken into pieces. He could only dismantle it and sell it as scrap metal.
Almost everyone said that his life was over.
But later he became the CEO of a company in my city, with assets of 200 million yuan. Now, many people know about his difficult past and legendary entrepreneurial experience. Many media have interviewed him. He has been described in many reportages, but I only remember this episode--
The reporter asked him: "Why did you not flinch again and again in the difficult days? "
He sat behind the large and luxurious boss' desk and drank a glass of water in his hand. Then, he held the glass cup in his hand and asked the reporter: "If I let go, this cup will how? "
The reporter said: "It fell to the ground and broke into pieces. "
"Then let's try it. "He said.
As soon as he loosened his hand, the cup fell to the ground with a crisp sound, but it was not broken, but intact.
He said: "Even if there are 10 people present, they will think that this cup will definitely break. However, this cup is not an ordinary glass, but made of fiberglass."
So, I remembered Live this classic and wonderful dialogue. Such a person, even if he only has one breath, he will work hard to hold the hand of success, unless God deprives him of his life...
Twenty-five, opportunities
A is When I work as a white-collar worker in a joint venture company, I feel that my ambition is not appreciated by my superiors. I often think: If only I could meet the boss one day and have the opportunity to show off my talents! !
A’s colleague B also had the same idea. He went a step further and asked about the boss’s commuting time and calculated when he would probably get into the elevator. He also went to take the elevator at this time, hoping that If you can meet the boss, you can say hello if you have the opportunity.
Their colleague C went a step further. He learned about the boss’s struggle in detail, found out the school where the boss graduated, his interpersonal style, and the issues he cared about. He carefully designed a few simple but meaningful opening remarks, took the elevator at the planned time, and said hello to the boss several times. Finally, I finally had a long talk with the boss one day, and soon I got a better position.
Fools miss opportunities, wise people seize opportunities, and successful people create opportunities. Opportunities only come to those who are prepared. This word preparation is not just talk.
Once a small country came to China and paid tribute to three identical golden men. The golden walls were brilliant and the emperor was very happy. . But this small country was not kind and asked a question at the same time: Which of the three golden men is the most valuable?
The emperor thought of many ways and invited a jeweler to check, weigh and see the workmanship. They were all exactly the same. what to do? The envoy is still waiting to go back and report. Isn’t it possible that such a huge country doesn’t even understand this little thing? Finally, an old minister who resigned said he had a solution.
The emperor invited the envoy to the main hall. The old minister confidently took three straws and inserted them into the ears of the first golden man. The straws came out from the other ear. The second golden man's straw fell directly from his mouth, while the third golden man's straw fell into his stomach without making any sound. The veteran said: The third golden man is the most valuable! The messenger was silent and the answer was correct.
This story tells us that the most valuable person is not necessarily the most eloquent person. God gave us two ears and one mouth, originally to let us listen more and speak less. Being good at listening is the most basic quality of a mature person.