Zhuge Liang is one of the wisest people in ancient times, and his wisdom lies not only in his clever calculations and gods, but also in his wise choice of Liu Bei as his boss.
Before he came out of the mountains at the age of twenty-six to assist Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang was like a pretty girl in the waiting for the word, and it was needless to say that his talent was already very famous--"Fu Long and Feng Chi, two people get one, but the Fu Long in the world" refers to Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang is not a hermit sitting in a well and watching the sky, but more like a capable minister who worries about the country and the people, and he must go out of the mountain.
At that time, the princes were divided, and in the midst of great chaos and the use of people, talent was the scarcest.
Zhuge Liang was not worried that there was no good way out, even if he did not look down on Zhang Lu, Han Sui, Ma Chao, Huang Zu and other people, there were still Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang and others to choose.
Cao Cao blackmailed the Son of Heaven to make the princes the most powerful, and annexed the world just around the corner, and was known for being able to employ people and tolerate people, which should be said to be Zhuge Liang's good choice.
Liu Biao was a relative of Zhuge Liang, and at that time, Jingzhou Mu, Zhuge Liang lived in Longzhong, Longzhong was under the rule of Jingzhou, zhuge Liang asked Liu Biao for an official and a half-job.
His elder brother Zhuge Jin was an important strategist of Sun Quan in Eastern Wu at that time, and as long as Zhuge Liang spoke, Sun Quan would certainly include him under his command.
There is also Liu Zhang, who is in a corner of Anyi Prefecture, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and is also an alternative local separatist force.
Zhuge Liang has chosen everything, and no one wants it.
He had a more orthodox concept of the Han Dynasty's patriarchal office; He also has his own ambitions and ambitions - "self-comparison Guan Zhong, Le Yi", in the final analysis, he is to assist the boss, to achieve the cause of overlord, so his boss must not be mediocre.
Weigh these two aspects:
Cao Cao was an anti-thief, and his advisers were like clouds, at that time there were five major strategists such as Xun Yu and Chen Yu, who had made many miracles for Cao Cao, and there were already excess talents, and it was difficult for him to catch up and stand out;
Liu Biao is too poor to turn over the big waves; Sun Quan has Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu, who "worship his mother in the ascending church", and will not have Zhuge Liang's position in the inner circle of power;
Liu Zhang, on the other hand, had no enterprising spirit and was difficult to arouse Zhuge Liang's interest.
These bosses are not in Zhuge Liang's eyes.
He only treated Liu Bei.
I wondered - how is Liu Bei the right boss?
My God, you know, Liu Bei, who was sent to the fence at that time, has been under Liu Biao's hands for many years, and is not reused, but only offered in front of the VIPs, which is tantamount to a caged bird, and there is no sign of release;
Liu Bei was already forty-five or six years old at that time, according to the life expectancy of the ancients, he was already an old man, and he began to start a business when the wind and candles were dead and people were nearly dusk, how many years could he run?
Although Liu Bei's title was very frightening: the Han Zuo general Yicheng Tinghou led Yuzhou Mu Emperor Liu Bei, but no inch of land in the whole country belonged to him;
His men were Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, and Zhao Yun, but I would say that he lacked soldiers and major generals, and did not wrongfully accuse him.
But then again, it would be unfair to say that Liu Bei was useless. At least these points attract Zhuge Liang:
The first Liu Bei is handsome and has a good image. Zhuge Liang is an eight-foot-long, face like a crown jade, and a standard handsome man; Liu Bei was a little shorter, but not much shorter—seven feet and five inches long, and his face was like a crown jade. In the Han Dynasty, it also makes sense for handsome men to attract each other, and it should be known that at that time, the human marshal was a very big advantage, and Liu Biao was sealed by the imperial court as Jingzhou Mu because of the handsome.
The second Liu Bei is a hero. He has the name of a hero, but he has no hero yet. If others did not say it, Cao Cao regarded him as a hero and said the famous words, "The hero of the world is only the king and Cao'er"; Liu Biao has always regarded Liu Bei as a serious problem in his heart, which in itself shows that Liu Bei has superiority.
Third, Liu Bei has a good reputation and looks like a good boss, like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other talents in the world, whether Liu Bei is poor or rich, he can faithfully follow him, indicating that he is worth following.
Fourth, Liu Bei has ambitions. Liu Bei gave two sons names: one was called Liu Feng, the other was called Liu Chan, and the names were linked together as "Feng Chan", domineering and outward, and Liu Bei was an imperial uncle and had a foundation for development.
The fifth Liu Bei is short of people, and if he is thirsty for talents, he may be reused after joining.
In any case, Zhuge Liang waited for the hero Liu Bei, and Liu Bei successfully recruited the able Zhuge Liang.
The two complement each other and start a great career together, which can be called an inspirational success story.
With the assistance of Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei's career began to take off, and in just over ten years, according to Jingzhou, Deyi Prefecture, and the establishment of the Shu Han regime, liu bei achieved imperial achievements, and Cao Wei and Sun Wu divided the world.
Zhuge Liang's talents and learning have a place to play, helping Liu Bei in distress, developing well in his own workplace, and constantly being promoted and reused.
When Liu Bei was dying, he was left alone (and Li Yan), and from then on Zhuge Liang controlled the government of Shu Han for more than ten years, until he "bowed down to exhaustion, and died after death".
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang achieved a good workplace story for hundreds of generations.
Back in today's workplace, see what we can learn from it.
The first is to enter the workplace for the first time and make yourself strong.
Only those who have strength can choose the boss, and those who are not strong enough can choose you or not choose you.
Zhuge Liang must not have been unable to find a job before leaving the mountain, he was waiting for his crush, which can also be said to be selling at a price - "plant a plane tree and attract a phoenix."
Nowadays, it is difficult for people who have just entered the workplace to emulate him.
If the strength is not enough, then you have to do it with your heart, perform well, and make you worthy of a good boss.
If you are unfortunate enough to choose the wrong boss, the best option is to get out of the way and slip away early.
Otherwise, your career prospects will be buried at the hands of someone else, or don't expect to have a head start.
At this time, you are just a little, not a betrayal or infidelity, no psychological burden. Young people should keep trying and making mistakes.
The second is that after you have the strength, you can choose the boss.
Choosing a bad boss is not only wasting those years, the biggest loss is the loss of opportunity cost: you miss the opportunity to follow a good boss, and you lose the opportunity to develop a career that may be grand and ambitious in the future.
What boss is a good boss? First of all, let's see why Liu Bei is a good boss. He has ambitions; He is people-oriented, and someone is willing to help him; He has no strength now, he is a grassroots, and entering such a start-up can be reused (other large companies are already overcrowded).
Let's see what kind of boss we should choose?
I think at the very least, it's a little bit ambitious, motivating, and responsible.
Bosses with no ambitions are not worth following.
It would be best if you could find a boss who was willing to help you.
The pattern of the owner is also important. What kind of boss to choose is what kind of corporate culture to choose.
How big the boss's pattern is, how big the enterprise is, what kind of culture the boss is, usually the enterprise is what kind of culture.
It also depends on the boss's personality habits, working style and his own degree of matching, which is suitable. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang did not necessarily cooperate seamlessly, it was good to be appropriate, but a serious mismatch would be a problem, like a very sensational case of the president poisoning the chairman in the previous two years, the source of the incident can be attributed to the mismatch between the two people to a large extent.
After choosing a third boss, you have some kind of limitation.
Like Huawei, it is known for its three highs for dealing with people in the workplace: high salary, high incentive, and high pressure.
When you choose Huawei, you also choose high wages, and inevitably choose high pressure.
They are a whole, and you can't just choose one of them.
Zhuge Liang did not come out of the mountain earlier, and an important consideration may be loyalty, which was a very important quality for readers at that time.
He chose Liu Bei as his boss, and he did not change his course, even after Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang held the power of Shu Han for more than ten years, and did not replace him in the case of the incompetence of the later lord.
His loyalty is praised by the world.
When we choose a boss, we have some kind of limitation, and maybe from now on you will only obey the boss's orders, and you will be in step with him, breathe with him, and share a fate.
As an executive, you can't just jump ship, and any betrayal and infidelity will make your workplace credibility ruined.
Finally, turn your attention to the internal transfer of the company, again, not to see how the department is, but to see how the department head is, and the department head is the boss of the department. In the end, we have to follow the right people, follow the right people, and do more with less, as the American steel king Carnegie said-
Who you work with is more important than what you do.