greatest wisdom book

Chapter 115 Interaction Part 3
Practice sharp eyes and make good use of hidden "rare goods"

Therefore, those who are good at fighting seek out the situation and do not blame others, so they can choose people and take advantage of the situation.Those who are in power, their fighters are also like turning wood and stones.The nature of wood and stone is quiet when quiet, moving when dangerous, stopping when square, and walking when round.Therefore, the momentum of those who are good at fighting people is like turning a round stone on a mountain of thousands of feet.

As the saying goes: the ruler is short, but the inch is long.A person's ability is limited, and it is impossible to cover everything. It is understandable that he does not do well in some aspects.For talents, we must be good at bringing out their advantages, instead of burying their extraordinary talents because of some insignificant things.

In Sun Tzu's view, a good leader mainly seeks good timing and situation, and can choose the right people to create the effect he wants, and use this to win the war.In fact, in other words, it is required that leaders be able to know people and do their jobs well.In ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, all those who have achieved great achievements have a pair of insightful eyes like Bole, who can select virtuous ministers and loyal ministers, gather the wisdom of everyone, and give full play to the strengths of everyone.Only on this basis can there be a prosperous situation like the rule of Zhenguan and the prosperity of Kaiyuan in history.

Liu Bei in the Three Kingdoms period is a model of knowing people and being good at tasks. He is not as good as Zhuge Liang, and he is not as brave as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but he knows the truth of employing people. I admire him very much.

Before visiting the thatched cottage three times, although Liu Bei's subordinates Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other generals, once they fought with Cao Jun, they were always defeated repeatedly.Since Zhuge Liang came out to help, Liu Bei's combat strategy has greatly improved, and Cao Cao admires him.

Although Zhuge Liang knew things well, he was a weak scholar and couldn't charge forward, so Liu Bei would not be able to do without generals like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun.Cao Cao is also a person who is thirsty for talents. In order to surrender to Guan Yu, he did not hesitate to downgrade him and treat him with courtesy, but Guan Yu was always loyal to Liu Bei.Guan Yu passed five passes, killed six generals, and traveled thousands of miles to find his sworn brother; Zhang Fei was reckless, but Liu Bei liked his chivalry, and Zhang Fei was loyal because of this.It can be said that there is no Liu Bei's excellence in knowing people and being good at assignments, and there will be no later confrontation and contest with Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

Liu Bei is good at choosing and using people, and he is very similar to Liu Bang who established the Han Dynasty.After Liu Bang pacified the world, he said something like this at the celebration banquet in Luoyang: "I am not as good as Zifang when I am strategizing and winning thousands of miles away; I am not as good as Zifang; I govern the country, caress the people, give them money, and keep food. I am not as good as Xiao He; even with an army of millions, the battle must be won, and the attack must be taken. I am not as good as Han Xin. These three are all great. I can use them, so I can take over the world. Captured by me."

Liu Bang knew that he was not all-rounder, and he was not as good as his subordinates in many aspects.The reason why he was able to defeat Xiang Yu, the mighty overlord of Chu, and dominate the world was because he put the right people in the right positions so that they could give full play to their advantages.

There is a Western proverb that says: "Garbage is misplaced wealth." There is no pure gold, no one is perfect, and everyone has their own shortcomings.On the contrary, the ruler is short and the inch is long, and everyone has their own advantages.Leaders and commanders can only use these advantages to serve themselves if they appreciate others and are good at discovering the advantages of others.

Napoleon commanded many battles in his life and won many times. An important reason is that he was good at employing people.Napoleon understood that people always have their own strengths and weaknesses, so he never asked for perfection in the selection of generals.He is good at discovering the strengths and strengths of others and using it to his own advantage.According to this principle, he decisively chose Beher as his chief of staff.He said: "Becher lacks decisiveness and is completely unsuitable for command tasks, but he has all the qualities of a chief of staff. He is good at reading maps, understands all search methods, and he is expert in the most complicated troop movements."

Whether it is Sun Wu and Napoleon as the commanders-in-chief of an army, or Liu Bei and Cao Cao as a group of nations, "choosing people and appointing people" is one of the essential elements for their success. It is no wonder that the American steel magnate Andrew? Nekie would have written these words on a pre-written epitaph: "The man who lies here knows how to use in the course of his career people better than himself."

Obviously, in this "talent is the most expensive" era, if anyone wants to become a leader of an enterprise, or achieve great success in a certain cause, the first condition is to have a vision for identifying talents and be able to recognize the talents of others. Merits, and use them in your own way, so that all rubbish can be restored to its status as wealth, and all wealth can be used to the maximum.

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