Chapter 42 greatness is managing oneself

Greatness also comes in the form of managing oneself rather than leading others.I often go out with Wang Shi and climb mountains.Everyone will be very concerned, climbing this peak for a while, and reaching the North Pole for a while.It only took him more than 5 years to climb the mountain, and he climbed all the highest peaks on the seven continents, plus the South Pole and the North Pole, "7+2".For a person who was forty-seven or eighty-eight at the time and is now 56 years old, it is not easy to do so.So how did he do it?We found that the biggest difference between us and him on the mountain is that he can manage himself.For example, when he said to enter the tent, he entered the tent at what time.In order to maintain energy, he would swallow no matter how unpalatable the food was, but I would rather go hungry if I thought it was unpalatable.For example, you should go to bed at 5 pm on the mountain. If you go to bed at 8 pm after a happy chat, you will definitely not be able to climb the next day.When he was more than 7,000 meters above Mount Everest, no matter what others said about the beautiful scenery, he restrained himself from leaving the tent, because every time he moved, his energy was lost once. At that time, he was climbing with another friend, Da Liu, who belonged to Excited type, when the distance is below 8000 meters, all you see on the live TV are the shots of Liu, indulge yourself, fail to manage yourself well, and end up getting bored, when you reach 8000 meters, you will retreat, get scared, and know that your physical strength is not enough .

Wang Shi can climb up as an amateur athlete, and his ability to manage himself is very important.And every time he carefully prepares for mountain climbing, such as applying sunscreen, requiring two layers, he must apply two layers, and apply it very thickly.Another example is his principles. We once drank beer in Chengdu and asked for iced ones. It’s ice, if it’s not there, you should tell me, if you say there’s ice to coax us to sit down, you’re lying to me, I won’t eat it.” After saying that, he slapped his butt and left.Everyone said to sit down, so be it.Wang Shi said that you eat, and I will go by myself.When we went abroad, we ate together, and Wang Shi said that we would never eat Chinese food.Everyone went to the Chinese restaurant for various reasons, but he would rather sit there than eat.He is very responsible to himself and manages himself all the time.Ordinary people can do this or that, but Wang Shi said that if you don’t do something, you don’t do anything, so Vanke can do a good job.Most company leaders say no to doing it, and they will be tempted when they encounter a cheap one.Once Sanjiu boss Zhao Xin first introduced a large piece of land to Vanke as a villa, and said to Wang Shi: "Land Baishi, you do it, and then share the money after you finish it, no land money." After watching it, Wang Shi said: "I won't do it because Vanke I have never done villas, so I am not good at it.” Vanke is only good at suburban villas for the middle class, and he is willing to introduce others to do them.

So self-management is self-discipline, which is an important quality.The failure of many business leaders is due to self-indulgence and self-indulgence, such as strategic diversification, and poor management of organizational systems and connections.In Wang Shi's company, there are no friends or comrades-in-arms.To what extent does he stick to the principle? Once a friend who was doing business with him got an approval in Beijing and asked Wang Shi to do it, but Wang Shi had already decided that the company would not do this kind of business. This person came anyway. They are all men. They were all "old rivers and lakes", and finally knelt down to Wang Shi, saying that it was just this one time, Wang Shi still resolutely refused to do it, and later this person really fell out with him.So from what I've observed, greatness is managing yourself.In the past, we always thought that greatness is leading others, which is actually wrong.When you can't manage yourself, you lose all qualifications and abilities to lead others.

When a person is going to be great, he must first manage himself well, manage his own money, his personal connections and social relations around him, and his own behavior.If you manage yourself well, we call it self-discipline and law-abiding, and there are many similar virtues.Only when you manage yourself well can you qualify as a leader and become the best member in the organization.Other members are more or less indulgent, but you are the best member, so everyone will trust you, and everyone dares to pin their fate on you—a person who can manage himself well first.For example, if you don't take advantage, everyone will believe that it is appropriate to entrust the money to you for management.For example, Wang Shi's salary has always been very low, and it did not exceed 1 million before 2005. It is hard for you to imagine that this is the salary standard of a successful person who has worked in a listed company for 20 years. When we met to discuss salary in 2004, he was 600,000 at that time.He said that if the profit is added to zero, my salary will be added to zero, so it was only more than 2 million in 2006.He said that if he doesn't speculate in his own stocks, he really won't speculate.Because this is a virtue, people will believe what he promises.So greatness lies first in managing oneself, not in leading others.

The same goes for Liu Chuanzhi.We have a small group of 13 or 14 people. For more than ten years, these old men will find a place to play for a week every "May 1st".We were vacationing together in the South Island of New Zealand. One day Lao Liu announced in the car that he could not be late, "If someone is late, I will turn my face and ignore you for a day."He also said that he would be fined, $100 for being late once.As a result, one person was late on the first day, and he immediately turned his face and said, "I'm ignoring you today, don't talk to me."As a result, everyone was dumbfounded. He really didn't talk to that person that day and insisted on principles.Since then, no one has been late again.We were chatting on the plane together a few days ago, talking about how many people have been sent to (prisons) after being a company for so many years, Lenovo got 12, and Wantong only got 2.Liu Chuanzhi was very principled, and sent it in as he said, without ambiguity.But he was successful in managing himself first.