People who do business and do big things understand that ideas determine the way out, and the pattern determines the ending. With this insight, he is already a master in the business world.
Text: Zhao Xiao (Independent Economist)
Editor-in-Charge: Li Jing
Tell two stories.
First, after the United States won the War of Independence, Washington had the opportunity to become a king (or a real king or a virtual monarch), but he categorically refused, thus becoming not only the first commander in human history to go home after winning the war, but also becoming a great man recognized by all countries who refused to "add the robe to the body".
Washington once said, "I did not fight Against George III to become George I" (Editor's Note: During the American Revolutionary War, the King of England was George III); not only that, Washington voluntarily resigned after being elected president twice in a row, prompting the "enemy" King George III to declare Washington "the greatest character of our time."
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How can the "account" of the bird bird and the great magpie be the same?
In China, there is a saying that "power is the best aphrodisiac". Men can hardly refuse the temptation to power, so Washington is truly extraordinary. Xu Jihu, who was then the inspector of Fujian in the Qing Dynasty, once said of Washington: "Washington also had the courage to win the battle, divided the territory of Cao Liu, and had raised the three-foot sword and opened up thousands of miles, but did not arrogant the title, did not pass on the descendants, but created the law of promotion, a few in the world for the public, and the will of three generations... There is no title of prince, no rules of the land and the rules, public instruments are put into justice, and the situation that has never existed in ancient and modern times has been created. Taixi ancient and modern characters, can not be led by Washington! ”
For Washington's deeds, some people in China say: Washington actually has no possibility of becoming a king, so becoming president is actually the most rational choice; as for Washington's failure to continue to be re-elected, it is because his physical condition does not allow it. I can understand this statement, because we have been "brainwashed" from childhood to be very worldly and "only", only believing that any choice is based on interests and realistic calculations, and do not believe that there are any noble people and noble goals in the world?!
There is no way, Liu Qiaozhen does not understand Gao Garin, Yuan Shikai does not understand Sun Yat-sen, low-dimensional people do not understand high-dimensional people, and people on earth do not understand people in heaven.
I have read a letter from Washington to the governors of the States, in which he said, "This is my most sincere prayer, that the Father may place you and the states and provinces under your rule under His holy protection, and that His heart may be satisfied to the fullest, that we may be righteous, merciful, and loving, humble, and peaceful." ”
This letter is enough to show that Washington's heart is not on earth, but in heaven; what he seeks is not the power that the world pursues, the fleeting material desires of the world, and the so-called glory and wealth, but "the satisfaction of the father's heart."
Some people only have the ledger on the ground and only think about how to add more zeros after the numbers; others build the ledger in the sky.
Can Yan Que and Hong Que have the same aspirations ("History of Chen Shi ShiJia")? How can one account and two accounts be the same?
Children love the toys in their hands and are afraid of adults grabbing them. Where do children know that adults do not play with toys, of course, they will not grab toys with him. Where do the children who worship power and chase after wealth understand Washington's tao and heart?
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It's "transcendence", not "side-by-side"
Over the years, Chinese economists have repeatedly discussed the phenomenon of "short-term behavior" in China's economic activities, and they have deeply resented it. However, "the world is bustling, all are for profit, and the world is bustling, all are for profit" (Sima Qian, "History of Cargo Colonization"),) How can people, if they do not have transcendent beliefs and feelings, how can they grow transcendent behavior?
After telling the above familiar story, tell a story that everyone is relatively unfamiliar with.
In 1688, the "Glorious Revolution" broke out in Britain, the British Parliament invited the Dutch ruler William III to serve as the british ruler, and in the second year the British royal family entered the "virtual monarchy", that is, the so-called "constitutional monarchy" period when the monarch had no real power. In October 1689, The English promulgated the Bill of Rights, and the actual power was transferred to the hands of parliament, which not only had the power to make laws, but also supervised the government and decided on major economic policies, thus establishing the principle that parliament was superior to the king's power and the judiciary was independent of the royal power, laying the foundation of the "constitutional monarchy".
Some history textbooks call it "monarchy by the wayside." The hidden value behind making such a judgment is: power. Everything is measured by power, power is the king, and no power is "the king's power is bypassed."
But there is another judgment or view: this is actually the "transcendence" of the traditional monarchy, so it is "transcendence" rather than "side-falling", which is a more correct way to observe this event. The hidden value behind making such a judgment is: life. It is more meaningful that all existences that are dependent on life, beneficial to sentient beings, and beneficial to their own life are more meaningful.
The reason why the "Glorious Revolution" is called the "Glorious Revolution" is because it did not shed a drop of blood, but achieved the transformation of the great era; the constitutional monarchy, which also did not shed a drop of blood, but achieved a rebalancing of power, which in turn enabled the British state and society to achieve stability, openness and development for nearly 400 years.
In this transmutation, the British royal family has also been able to cultivate into a thousand-year-old royal family loved by the people and respected by the people of the world, the British king (queen) is the personification of the British state, providing the object of national loyalty, becoming a symbol of national unity and national unity; representing the United Kingdom in foreign exchanges; in daily political life, the British king (queen) has the right to be consulted, supported and respectful; the British king (queen) as the head of the British Commonwealth also plays a role in maintaining the commonwealth bond.
There is a classic passage in Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching: "Jiang Hai can be the king of the hundred valleys, and because of his good deeds, he can be the king of the hundred valleys... With its indisputable, the world can not compete with it", but the best case is the above story.
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There is a road, and there is no road, and there is no road
However, how do good ideas come out, and how does the big picture come out? Most people don't really understand and don't think deeply about it. What I want to say is that there is a way and a road, and it is difficult for people without a way to have the right way of thinking and a big pattern, so in the end, it is the "way" that determines whether a person, an enterprise, or even a larger category has a way out and whether there is a good ending.
What is the difference between the "Tao" and the "Way"? Chinese culture believes that the "Tao" is the first of the "Road", that is, the Tao is the source of the Road; at the same time, the "Tao" and the "Heaven" are inseparable, the Tao is determined by Heaven, and the so-called "Heavenly Dao" is also. Dong Zhongshu once said, "The greatness of the Tao originates from heaven; the heavens do not change, and the Tao does not change ("Measures for Raising The Virtuous").
Hebrew-Christian culture has similar and further interpretations. Man's path, which looks broad, often leads to hell in the end; the way of heaven, which looks narrow, eventually leads to heaven. The conclusion is that there is a road, and there is no road, and there is no road. This is true of the way of commerce, and it is also true of the way of commerce! If people want to understand, they must not be discerned.
Source: Chinese and foreign management