Chapter 57 6. Selected Quotations of Webster's Management Science

Follow the way for big things, and follow the power for small things. Everyone can understand big things by following the Tao, and small things by power, everyone can understand, but understanding is only a superficial understanding, only a superficial understanding.In fact, except for a very small number of successful people, most people don't even know what this sentence says. If everyone can really understand this sentence, there will be no classification of unspoken rules and explicit rules. Follow the path.What is Tao?The world is not benevolent, and all things are regarded as straw dogs, and those who are straw dogs are sacrifices presented to the gods.In order to maintain the Dao, it is necessary to sacrifice individual interests.For example, a company's layoffs in difficult times are typical "big things follow the way". On major issues related to the survival of the company, for the overall interests of the company, it is often the individual's interests that are sacrificed. It only accounts for a small percentage of employees, but no matter whose head this sacrifice falls on, it means 100% to this sacrificer.

No matter how important this person's sacrifice is to the enterprise, the sacrifice of the sacrificer cannot make up for it. A person enters an enterprise, starts conscientiously, and moves forward step by step. Work is the economic foundation for him to gain a foothold in this society, and it is all his hope and sustenance for raising his family and gaining a foothold in society. He sacrificed for someone he had nothing to do with, and this kind of sacrifice was not his own, which means the loss of all the living security of his family, the loss of his ability to support his family, and even the complete loss of his life. fail.

No matter how great the reasons are, the victim cannot be persuaded to accept this reality. Tell the victim that although you sacrificed your partner's peace and warmth, your neighbor bought a refrigerator because of it; tell the victim that you sacrificed your child's right to learn and play, and your colleague's child So you can eat an extra McDonald's...anyone can try to do such a thing, believe me, the victim will never thank you for this kind of persuasion. Even so, big things still need to follow the Tao. Following the Tao means that you must be a strong person, a person who can control your own destiny.

Doing things in the right way means that you must be a person who is keenly aware of the operating rules of the business society, a person who knows how the game is played and can benefit from it. Doing the right thing means that you or you and your colleagues must have the ability to prevent your company from becoming a "straw dog". If you do this alone, you can avoid falling prey. If a business can do this, the business can avoid falling prey. To do this, you must first learn to think rationally. Rational thinking is the thinking of interests. In the face of interests, there is no distinction between the enemy and the enemy, there is no distinction between love and hatred, and there are only interests.

A person who puts his feelings above his interests is the most stupid person.This kind of person will burn down his own house and leave his wife and children starving and cold, just to enjoy the magnificent flames that fill the sky. Li Yu, who sang "When is the Spring Blossom and Autumn Moon?" is nothing more than a tragic victim after all, because when he faces things, he first considers his own likes and dislikes. To do it, even if it harms the country and the people, is to do it just because you like it, which eventually led to the annexation of your Nanchao company by the Dasong Group, leaving endless sorrow through the ages.

Therefore, all those who are emotionally supreme, without exception, can only become tragic figures. It is difficult for those who cannot follow the Tao in major matters to follow the power in small matters. Take power in small matters: it means that it is rare to be confused. Small matters: it means turning a blind eye. Obedience to small things: It means making concessions on insignificant small things and details. Although God exists in the details, the details are not the key, but the interests are. Dao: For the overall benefit. Right: for local interests. For the sake of the overall interests, temporary partial interests can be sacrificed.This is precisely the "Tao".

Road to Road, very Avenue. What is good for some as a whole is only partial for others.For some people it is all about principles, for others it needs to be meticulous. For example, for an enterprise, when promoting a project, the top management is concerned about whether the overall revenue has reached the ideal expectation, but the specific staff need to grasp the accuracy of the details. This detail is everything to the staff, that is, Overall, once the accuracy is distorted, it will be punished for it. However, if specific staff stick to the accuracy of details, it will increase the cost of the project, damage the overall interests, and will also be criticized by the high-level.

It is also worrying about advancing, and worrying about retreating, but when will you be happy? Only when you stand at a higher angle and overlook your work from the perspective of overall interests, will you master such a management technique, sacrificing small local interests in exchange for greater overall interests. Only in this case will your value be enhanced and you will be prevented from becoming a victim of the higher-level "big things". Therefore, in the workplace, the most valuable thing is not the work you do, but your thinking. Actions are meaningless, only right actions matter.

Right action comes from right thinking. Correct thinking comes from the correct balance of interests. Only the correct balance of interests is the invincible weapon in the workplace. Follow the way for big things, and follow the power for small things.Whether it is Tao or power, it is a greater interest.