Chapter 33 Thirty-third letter - make good use of everyone's wisdom

Motto: Do ​​not use your own likes and dislikes as the criterion for selecting talents. Being true to yourself will allow you to win the greatest battle of your life. The people who create the most value are the ones who devote themselves completely to their favorite activities. (The most perfect human being is the one who most thoroughly addresses himself to the activity of his best powers.) November 17, 1912 Dear John: I was very excited to hear from you because you read my philosophy of doing things that has always helped me succeed in my career: Do what you love to do, and leave the rest to people who love to do it.

For me, doing what I love is an unquestionable conclusion.It always reminds me that in order to lead my subordinates to complete tasks well, I must not rely on certain management skills, but adopt a more macroscopic and effective leadership style. Specifically, it is not to let the subordinates stick to rigid and standard job positions, but to find ways to use everyone's strengths and induce them to pour their enthusiasm into their work to achieve excellent productivity.This is how I win. When I was studying, I remembered this sentence: "The most perfect person is the one who completely devotes himself to the activity he is best at." Later, I transformed it into a concept in my management: the most value-creating The best person is the one who devotes himself completely to his favorite activity.

As I said, everyone has the instinct to be loyal to themselves, and they all aspire to be who they want to be, and the way they achieve loyalty to themselves is to do what they like to do. Unfortunately, many managers don’t treat their employees well. My own appeal turned out to be half the effort. In fact, this is easy to understand. If you don't invest time in the things you love, you will never be able to feel self-satisfaction; , you will lose the motivation to live.Expecting an unmotivated person to do a job well is like expecting a stopped alarm clock to tell the time. Therefore, I never forget to give my subordinates the opportunity to be true to myself - to burn their enthusiasm and let their special talents be brought into full play, and what I gain from it is wealth and achievement.Who would pass up the chance to be true to yourself and win the greatest battle of your life?

If you want to successfully capitalize on the enthusiasm of your subordinates, you must know that the role of a leader is not to discover the weaknesses of your subordinates, but to focus on the strengths and talents of your subordinates and make full use of these strengths.I don't have the habit of picking out the most vulnerable traits of my subordinates, but I always look for their strongest parts, so that their talents can be fully displayed in the challenges and demands of the work.For example, I reuse Mr. Archibald. Unlike some people, I don’t use my own likes and dislikes as the first criteria for selecting talents. When I employ people, I don’t look at the labels on him. What I value is his ability displayed in his work.I like my preferences, but prefer efficiency.

Archibald was far from perfect, he was a drunkard and I was a teetotaler.However, Archibald has extraordinary leadership and talent. He is quick-witted, optimistic and humorous, and his outstanding eloquence and bold and aggressive character are undoubtedly the guarantee of victory in fierce competition. After becoming a partner, I have always been interested in him, and I continued to entrust him with important responsibilities until I promoted him to take over my position. He has proven himself to be a gifted leader and his career has been exceptional.If he hadn't been affected by bad habits, his grades would have been even more impressive.

My purpose is to find out the values ​​that I value in each of my subordinates, rather than those shortcomings that I don't like.I identify each employee's worth and parts, and work on turning their strengths into great talents without trying to fix their weaknesses.Therefore, I always have competent and dedicated subordinates. John, no one is omnipotent. Now that you are a manager, your achievements depend on your leadership ability and the ability of your people to do things.You need to know that there are too many things to criticize in your staff, but you should focus on discovering the potential advantages of each person, paying attention to their outstanding performance in every detail, and their dedication to perfection in order to do things well. The doctrine is almost exacting.This is where your leadership strengths lie.

One cannot dominate a group.I don't deny the great role of leaders, but overall success depends on the collective.Any honor I have achieved is based on the strength of the collective, not on me alone.Only when everyone works hard can we believe and look forward to miracles. good luck!my son. love your father