Chapter 32 Impress people with courage

In cooperating or getting along with others, courage can make you "respond to everything" and make everyone look up to you.A person who gains influence is always one who achieves his goals with courage and persistence.Before going forward bravely, any difficulties and challenges are its defeat. Facing challenges bravely and facing all difficulties and obstacles in the work bravely like a soldier is the true character that every person who desires to be recognized by others should have. Courage is the first bridge to success. Every successful person knows that nothing is plain sailing in what they are striving for.On the way forward, there will always be hidden reefs and dangerous shoals, strong winds and waves, and of course there will be times when things don’t go your way, and there will also be times when you are at a loss and even timid.But that was only a moment, and they never flinched from it, let alone give up lightly.

And a person without courage is like a "frightened bird". Any little disturbance and ups and downs in his career or life will be a catastrophe for him, an inevitable disaster, and it will be enough to make them panic all day long. great fear. Those who have courage not only persevere to the end, but also his courage will affect the people around him, making them follow his persistence until he succeeds. America's largest automaker, Henry Ford, became the envy of everyone after his success.Some people think that he was lucky, or benefited from the help of influential friends, or he was a management genius, or he had all kinds of "secrets" that ordinary people think-so Ford succeeded.

In fact, as long as you understand Ford's acting style, you can fully understand the "secret" of his success. Many years ago, Henry Ford decided to improve the cylinder of the engine of the famous Model T car.He wanted to make an engine with eight cylinders cast in one piece, and he instructed his engineers to design it.However, all engineers and technicians at that time believed that it was impossible to manufacture such an engine.Although they were facing the boss, they still rejected such "unreasonable demands". After listening to the technical staff's introduction, Ford was not discouraged, and he said in an irrefutable tone: "This kind of engine must be produced anyway."

"But," they replied, "it is impossible." "I don't believe in the impossible. Go to work!" ordered Ford. "Keep at the work, however long it takes, until you have done it." Forced by his momentum, the staff in charge of technology had to go to work.If they were to remain employees of the Ford Motor Company, they couldn't do anything else.Six months passed without any progress in the work.Another six months passed, and they were still unsuccessful.The harder these engineers try, the more "impossible" the job seems to be. At the end of the year, when Ford consulted these engineers, they again reported to him that they could not carry out his orders. "Keep working," said Ford without hesitation. "I need it, and I'm determined to get it. Even if it's a tiger, I have the guts to catch it!"

What was the final result? In the face of this courage, any difficulties and setbacks become its defeat. Later this engine was installed in the best automobiles, leaving Ford and his company far behind their most serious competitors. Ford's courage gave technicians the mentality of inevitable success.His courage also made the personnel involved in the research and development have no retreat. "Put it to death and live later", they can only put all their eggs in one basket and they can only succeed. It is in such a situation that those who dare to face challenges turn miracles into reality and impossibilities into possibilities.

If a person wants his followers to become fighters, he himself should first have the courage of a fighter and the quality of a commander.The same is true of wanting to create influence in communication.If you want to influence others, courage is a necessary quality.