Chapter 82 Coins on Mr. Rockefeller's Desk

Mr. Rockefeller also used a column in the Journal of Systems Approach to explain how he relied on the visual senses to illustrate the financial situation of the Colorado Fuel and Steel Company: The folks at Colorado Fuel and Steel thought we, the Rockefellers, made huge profits from their corporation through dividend income, and outsiders always thought so too.But what are the facts?In fact, in the 14 years we've been with them, we haven't received a penny in dividends on common stock. In a meeting, I specifically made a factual explanation of the company's financial situation: I first put some coins on the table, and then took some of them away, indicating that the wages of ordinary employees should be deducted from the company's income-this is the most important thing. the basic part; then, taking away a part of the remaining coins, to signify the payment of the salaries of the executive officers of the company; and finally, to signify the payment of the directors' fees, I had to remove all the coins from the table.Afterwards, I asked everyone: "Gentlemen, is it fair that the other three parties who are also partners in the company get all the revenue, while we, as stock holders, get nothing?"

Based on the strong effect of this vision, we should make full use of some specific and definite pictures.Therefore, this requires us to consider