To achieve great things:
We should learn to use the "wisdom" of others
The Annals of the Three Kingdoms said: "If you can use all your strength, you will be invincible to the world; if you can use all your wisdom, you will be fearless to the saints."
"A wise man who has a thousand worries will have a loss; a fool who has a thousand worries will have a gain." A person's ability is limited. No matter how smart he is, he cannot be foolproof when thinking.
The Book of History says: "If you ask questions, you will be rich, and if you use them yourself, you will be small." People who are not ashamed to ask questions often get a lot of spiritual wealth. But those who only know how to think and do not know how to consult others cannot think deeply, and things cannot be big.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Chu and Han fought each other. As a result, Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty, won.
Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, defeated Gaixia and cut his throat on the Wujiang River. Before death, He said to the remaining 28 soldiers, "I have been eight years old since the start of the war. I have fought for more than 70 years. The one who was defeated, the one who was attacked, and the one who was not defeated, thus dominating the world. But now I am surrounded here. The death of this day is not the crime of war!" "It has been eight years since I started to fight, and I have personally experienced more than 70 battles. Each time I am invincible, and everyone is convinced that I have never failed, so I can dominate the world. However, now I am surrounded here. This is what God wants me to destroy. It is not my mistake to fight with soldiers!" Then, He also said to the soldiers, "Today I will fight to the death, and I will fight for you... Let all of us know that it is not the sin of war to kill me
Then, Xiang Yu led the soldiers to fight against the Han army that surrounded them. As expected, the Han army was scared back. Finally, on the edge of the Wujiang River, the Wujiang Pavilion Chief prepared a boat to invite Xiang Yu to cross the river. However, Xiang Yu felt ashamed to see the Jiangdong elders and said with a smile, "Where can I cross the river if the sky kills me?" which means: "Why should I cross the river if the sky wants me to die?" So he committed suicide.
In his Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chen Shou said: "If you can use all your strength, you will be invincible to the world; if you can use all your wisdom, you will be fearless to the saints." Xiang Yu is a very intelligent man, but he lacks the ability to mobilize his subordinates' enthusiasm and use their wisdom; However, Liu Bang is good at mobilizing his subordinates' enthusiasm and using their wisdom. Therefore, Liu Bang wins and Xiang Yu loses.
Carnegie, the American steel king, once wrote such a epitaph for himself: "Those who sleep here are those who are good at visiting people smarter than him." Carnegie is good at using excellent people to help himself, so that he can sit in the position of steel king.
To use the wisdom of others is to borrow the brain. For business and entrepreneurship, we need to borrow the wisdom of others. How to borrow the brain is particular.
Generally speaking, there are several ways to borrow the brain.
First, read the stories and biographies of some successful people, learn from others' successful experiences, and reflect on their own failure lessons.
Reading the stories of successful people can be related to reading books or learning through communication.
The vast majority of Zhejiang businessmen like to join forces. Wherever Zhejiang businessmen go, there are Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce, which provides a platform for mutual exchange.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2004, the author attended the gathering of the Taishun Chamber of Commerce in Wenzhou, Beijing. The location is in a hotel in Bairong Trade Center invested by Zhejiang businessmen in Muxiyuan, Nancheng, Beijing.
Located on the top of the mountain bordering Fujian, Taishun is the poorest county in Wenzhou. However, the hardworking Taishun people are not willing to be poor and backward. The younger generation of Taishun people have gone out to work.
The gathering was sponsored by the Taishun Chamber of Commerce and funded by Taishun entrepreneurs in Beijing. At the gathering, Taishun people from Beijing gathered together to exchange and communicate with each other, tell each other about their entrepreneurship in Beijing and discuss cooperation issues. This is the performance of Zhejiang people who are good at building contacts and borrowing their brains.
The second is to ask others more, and ask others to put forward their opinions and suggestions on their own ways and methods with a pious heart.
The ancients said: "The policies of the lower king do their best, the policies of the middle king do their best, and the policies of the upper king do their best."
People who are good at using their brains can often combine the wisdom of others to do things that others cannot do.
It is said that former Secretary of State Kissinger of the United States is a person who is good at borrowing the wisdom of others.
Kissinger has to deal with many affairs every day. In order to improve efficiency and improve everything, Kissinger often assigns things to his subordinates to make proposals. When the subordinate submitted the proposal, Kissinger was not eager to check it. Instead, he asked the subordinate, "Is this your most mature proposal?" At this time, the subordinate often thought carefully and said, "Maybe there are still shortcomings." So the subordinate took the proposal back to amend it.
After a period of time, Kissinger will ask the same question when his subordinates submit the proposal again. As a result, the subordinate will take it back and revise it. After going back and forth several times, the proposal submitted by the subordinate has been very perfect. If two or three subordinates make a proposal at the same time, Kissinger's final proposal will be the most perfect.
The suggestions of people around you must be treated with caution. Although they are considering for you, due to their background, knowledge and other factors, the result may not be ideal. Therefore, when you borrow your brain, you must listen to others' opinions more, consider others' opinions comprehensively, weigh the advantages and disadvantages before making a decision.
Nan Cunhui, chairman of Chint Group, said: "My usual habit is to let everyone fully express their opinions, fully respect their opinions, and fully tap and play their strengths. After repeated argumentation, I will basically not change what I have identified."
Third, participate in more relevant training and gain successful experience from others' experience.
At present, many Zhejiang businessmen are very keen on various training courses, especially advanced training courses such as MBA. This is not only the performance of Zhejiang businessmen who love learning, but also the performance of their ability to build networks and borrow their brains.
A person in charge of Zhejiang enterprises who participated in the MBA said: "Here, the most important thing is to be able to make friends with some enterprise leaders and exchange their experiences and lessons. This is much more practical than what books have learned!"
More and more people have realized that school and training classes are not only an investment in intelligence, but also an investment in human resources. For those who want to do business and start a business, they may as well use this way to accumulate contacts.
欲成大事:
应学会借助别人的“智慧”
《三国志》曰:“能用众力,则无敌于天下矣;能用众智,则无畏于圣人也。”
“智者千虑,必有一失;愚者千虑,必有一得。”一个人的能力是有限的,再聪明的人,在思考问题的时候,也不可能做到万无一失。
《尚书》云:“好问则裕,自用则小。”不耻下问的人,往往能够得到许多精神财富,而只知道自己思考问题,而不懂得请教他人的人则不可能想得深远,事情也不可能做大。
秦末汉初,楚汉相争。结果,汉王刘邦取得了胜利。
楚霸王项羽大败垓下,自刎乌江。临死之前,他对剩下的28名士兵说:“吾起兵至今八岁矣,身七十余战,所当者破,所击者服,未尝败北,遂霸有天下。然今卒围于此。此天之亡我,非战之罪也!”意思就是“我从起兵打仗到现在已经八年了,亲身经历了七十多次战斗,每次所向披靡,众人心服,从来没有失败过,所以才称霸天下,然而,现在却被围团在这里,这是上天要我灭之,不是我用兵打仗的错误呀!”接着,他又对士兵们说:“今日固决战,愿为诸君决战……令诸吾知天亡我,非战之罪也!”意思就是:“我今天当然要决一死战,为大家决一死战……让大家知道这是上天要我灭亡,不是我用兵打仗的错误。”
然后,项羽带领士兵们向包围他们的汉军杀去,奋勇杀敌,猛不可挡。汉军果然被吓得纷纷倒退。最后,在乌江边上,乌江亭长预备好船只请项羽渡江,项羽却觉得无颜见江东父老,笑道:“天之亡我,我何渡为?”意思就是:“上天要我灭亡,我为什么还要渡河呢?”于是自刎而死。
陈寿在他的《三国志》中说:“能用众力,则无敌于天下矣;能用众智,则无畏于圣人也。”项羽是一位极具智慧的人,但是,他却缺乏调动属下积极性、利用属下智谋的能力;而刘邦却善于调动属下积极性、利用属下智谋,因此,刘邦胜,项羽输。
美国钢铁大王卡耐基曾经为自己写下这样的墓志:“睡在这里的是善于访求比他更聪明者的人。”卡耐基正是善于使用优秀的人协助自己,才使自己坐上了钢铁大王的位子。
运用他人的智慧就是借脑,对于经商创业来说,都需要借用他人的智慧。怎样借脑是有讲究的。
一般来说,借脑有几种方式。
一是阅读一些成功者的故事及传记,吸取他人成功的经验,反思自己失败的教训。
阅读成功者的故事可以是阅读相关的书籍,也可以通过交流来学习。
绝大部分的浙江商人,都喜欢抱团,浙江商人走到哪里,哪里都有浙江商会,而商会正是提供了一个互相交流的平台。
2004年中秋节,笔者参加了北京温州泰顺商会的聚会。地点在北京南城木樨园浙江商人投资的百荣商贸中心的一家酒店内。
泰顺位于与福建接壤的山顶上,是温州最穷的一个县,但是,勤劳的泰顺人却不甘于贫穷和落后,年轻一代的泰顺人纷纷外出打工。
聚会是由泰顺商会发起,由在北京的泰顺籍企业家出资筹办的。在聚会上,北京的泰顺人会聚一堂,一起交流、沟通,互相讲述自己在京的创业历程,谈合作事宜。这都是浙江人善于建立人脉、善于借脑的表现。
二是多请教别人,怀着虔诚的心请别人对自己的方式、方法提出他们的意见及建议。
古人云:“下君之策尽自之力,中君之策尽人之力,上君之策尽人之智。”
善于借脑的人往往能够集众人智慧于一身,办众人无法办成之事。
据说,美国前国务卿基辛格就是一位善于借他人智慧的人。
基辛格每天要处理众多的事务,为了提高办事效率,把每一件事情做完善,基辛格经常会把事情分配给下属去做议案。当下属把议案呈上来的时候,基辛格并不急于查看,而是问那个下属:“这是你最成熟的议案吗?”这时,下属往往会仔细思考,然后说:“也许还有不足之处。”于是,下属又把议案拿回去修改。
一段时间后,当下属再次呈上议案后,基辛格还会问同样的问题。结果,下属又会拿回去修改一下。这样来回几次以后,下属交上来的议案已经非常完善了。如果同时让两三个下属做议案的话,基辛格最终确定的议案将是最完善的。
身边人的建议,一定要慎重对待。尽管他们是为你考虑,但是,由于他们的背景、学识等因素的限制,也许结果并不理想。因此,你在借脑的时候,一定要多听从他人的意见,对他人的意见要进行综合考虑,权衡利弊后再做出决定。
正泰集团董事长南存辉说:“我平时的习惯是,让每个人充分发表意见,充分尊重每个人的意见,充分挖掘和发挥每个人的特长。当经过反复论证,我自己认准的事,基本上就不会改变了。”
三是多参加一些相关的培训,从他人传授的经验中获得成功的经验。
目前,许多浙江商人非常热衷于各种培训班,尤其是MBA等高级培训班,这不仅是浙江商人热爱学习的表现,也是他们善于搭建人脉网络,善于借脑的一种表现。
一位参加MBA的浙江企业负责人表示:“在这里,最主要的是能够结交一些企业领导人,交流互相的经验和教训,这比书本上学到的要实用得多!”
已经有越来越多的人认识到,学校、上培训班不仅是一种智力投资,更是一种人脉资源投资。对于想要经商、创业的人来说,不妨运用这种方式来积累人脉。
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