Zeng Guofan didn't take shortcuts in reading. He didn't understand the previous sentence and didn't read the next one. Don't touch the next book until you have finished reading this one. Although Zeng Guofan was a scholar for nine years, once he was enlightened, the road behind him became smoother and smoother. Four years later, he won the Jinshi, while other students who won the scholar early did not even win the juren.
Zeng Guofan didn't take shortcuts in the war. It is "hard" to camp everywhere, change offensive tasks into defensive tasks and encroach on areas controlled by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; Xiang troops often need a whole year to attack the city, not two or three months. Surround the city by digging trenches, cut off the enemy's food routes and supplies, and attack the enemy when necessary. The method is stupid, but it is very effective. This is called "fighting a dull battle."
Zeng Guofan thought that he benefited from not taking shortcuts, because "the world is the most clumsy and can beat the world's cleverness."
2. Don't do anything harmful.
The result of harming others is often "starting with harming others and finally harming yourself". There is such a fable:
In ancient times, there was a laundryman in Beijing. His shop business is very good, and his neighbor is a Potter, but the Potter's business is very bad.
The Potter thinks that the washerwoman's shop has influenced the geomantic omen of his shop, so it has done a lot of harm. He asked to see the king, saying that the washerwoman had ancestral skills and could wash the black elephant into a white elephant.
The king was very happy, because there was only one black elephant in this country, and the white elephant was regarded as a symbol of good luck and prosperity, so he ordered the laundry man to wash the black elephant into a white elephant.
Laundrymen dare not disobey orders. When he got home, he kept sighing. His wife asked why and gave him an idea.
The next day, the laundryman went to see the king and said, "My washbasin is too small to hold an elephant. Please build a pottery basin that can hold elephants first. "
So the king ordered the Potter to make a pottery basin that could hold an elephant in three days. This time, the Potter was dumbfounded and was finally executed by the king because he could not do it.
3. Don't do cheap things.
Greedy and cheap often suffer big losses, because there is no free lunch and no free cheap. Many swindlers have always used people's love to take advantage to achieve their goals.
Many times, doing things depends on popularity. Zuo Yu said, "You can't pay a bitch." Everyone should be wary of those who like to be greedy and cheap! In the long run, people who are greedy for petty gains will be annoying and unpopular, but they will lose many opportunities.
Don't do things that are greedy and cheap, but do things that suffer. Losing is a blessing, and sometimes losing is taking advantage. When it comes to benefits, some are superficial and visible to everyone, and some are invisible and invisible to everyone. If you want to give something back, you must know how to give it.
So, we must understand:
Give time to reliable people and things. A person with sincere feelings is a person who does practical things. )
Filter people around you and narrow your circle of friends. Don't waste time without material gains and spiritual gains. Where time goes, life goes. )
Be good at communicating with others and adopt others' opinions moderately.