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Chapter 73 The art of controlling people: Be the number one king in the world 5
The Art of Reward and Punishment
When a monarch encounters anyone who does something unusual in social life—whether it is a good thing or a bad thing—he should seize the opportunity to set a rare example in the management of internal affairs, and reward or punish him enough to make his subjects talk. .This is of great help to the monarch.Above all, a monarch must rely on his actions to earn a great and extraordinary reputation.

——"Chapter 21 How should a monarch be respected"

Distinguishing rewards and punishments is an indispensable means of controlling people.If you can't implement a strategy of clear rewards and punishments for those who do things for you, it will lead to resentment, make the villain more successful, and make the capable alienate you.

As mentioned earlier, the famous Roman military strategist Scipio was a very benevolent monarch, his reputation was very loud, and his personality and behavior were respected.But Scipio is too merciful, too merciful to comprehend.Once, the people living in Locrence were tortured by an envoy of Scipio, but Scipio neither avenged the bullied subjects nor punished the envoy for his arrogance.Everyone felt that Scipio was an unprincipled man, and his subordinates gradually couldn't understand him. In the Senate, he was impeached by Senator Fabio Massimo, who said he was a member of the Roman army. the corruptors.As a result, Scipio's army betrayed him in Spain.

Not being able to bear the slightest criticism of others seems to show the kindness of this person, but it also makes this person unprincipled and open to bullying.Especially as a leader, if he is too kind, does not reward the person who should be rewarded enough, and cannot punish the person who should be punished, then he becomes a biased person.

Sosk is an employee of an investment company in the United States.Once, he received a big order, and he will manipulate 1500 million US dollars to make money for his clients.Everyone knows that financial investment is risky and has a long cycle, so Sox made his own investment plan very carefully.

After two years, Sox earned $660 million for clients.The company was very pleased with him and promoted him to manager of the investment department.However, at the commendation meeting, Sox was severely criticized and fined 5 U.S. dollars (originally the company planned to reward him). He had a heated argument with the client because of his bad temper, and the client almost withdrew his funds several times.Once the other party withdraws the capital, the company will suffer hundreds of thousands of losses, which is not what Sox can afford.

Sometimes, it is the leader's generosity to reward those who have meritorious deeds.As for those who have made a principled mistake, forgiveness is tantamount to connivance, which will break the rules of a team or life circle, so that everyone becomes casual and disobeys orders.If a country becomes so casual, there will be fewer good-doers and more evil-doers, because the latter know they will be spared; There will also be many complaints about the income. This team is undoubtedly not united and harmonious.

Only by rewarding meritorious deeds and punishing crimes is the only magic weapon for leaders to retain talents and eradicate silverfish.Among them, the most important knowledge lies in fairness, friendship, and reason.For the appointment of talents, no matter the relatives of the distant or near, only merits and demerits are considered, right is right, wrong is wrong, right should be rewarded, wrong must be punished, the two are clear and clear, so as to reduce the relationship between people in the team Opinion disputes, increase the cohesion of the overall team, effectively reduce losses caused by disagreements, and improve work efficiency.

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