1000 Business Lessons Every Businessman Must Know

Chapter 108 Controlling Corruption and Rebooting: Compulsory Courses for Improving One's Quality

890. Learn to Control Yourself, Don’t Greed for Power
The boss must pay attention to the control of power when using power, especially authorization.On the one hand, it is necessary to achieve self-discipline and not to commercialize power; on the other hand, it is necessary to properly monitor the authorized persons so that they will not let themselves go, and the tail will not be lost.The above two aspects are very important, and the boss must be cautious.

Any boss has certain powers.But no matter what kind of power, after all, it is limited up and down, and there are limits to left and right, and it is not allowed to exceed, fight for, abuse or enjoy privileges.How much power a leader can exercise, there should be a power restraint system, so as not to lose the proper role of power.Generally speaking, in order to achieve the effect of self-discipline, the boss must pay attention to the following points:
The first is to insist on open government affairs.The democratization of decision-making and the openness of civil affairs are the key to reducing work mistakes and ensuring the success of the cause. The development and growth of an organization requires the collective efforts of all cadres and workers to work together.If a unit's major decisions are made by a small number of leaders behind the scenes, without extensive solicitation of opinions from the masses, and lack of necessary feasibility studies, mistakes will inevitably lead to business failure.If the boss can listen to the opinions of all parties before making a decision, and do more scientific demonstrations and feasibility studies, such mistakes can be completely avoided.

The second is to eradicate your desire for power.The reason why some bosses indulge in power is the feudal desire for power.In the eyes of these people, it seems that if you have power, you must have prestige, and you must have power.Getting the right is like getting everything you want.There are also bosses who regard the use of power for personal gain as "capability" and "ability". In the palm of your hand, the desire for power gradually expands, and over time, it is inevitable that you will lose power because of power.Therefore, as the key to self-discipline, the most important thing is to clear the feudal remnants from the mind and establish a correct view of power.

The third is to guard against the commercialization of power.Right now, in the use of power, we must especially prevent the commodification of power, and refrain from engaging in that kind of dirty power trading.The external environment is certainly the soil that breeds the commercialization of power, but the key is one's own quality. To prevent the commercialization of power, the most important thing at the moment is self-respect and self-respect. Emotional use of power, the third is to adhere to principles and not yield to "face".

891. Learn to let go and reduce selfish desires

There is a saying: Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant.There are many such bosses in life: they are unwilling to give up anything, and they have to look around, not satisfied, and they end up with nothing.

The most effective way to deal with greed is to learn to let go, to reduce selfish desires, so that we can be released and free from the bottomless abyss of desires, which is the starting point of happiness.When getting along with people, if you are greedy for cheap, you will be cast aside; if you run a business, if you are too ambitious, you can't expand slowly in accordance with the principle of integrity, and your business will not last long.

Desires are endless. If you don’t let go of something, your body and mind will become heavier and heavier, and happiness will really leave you. Therefore, you must learn to let go and liberate yourself, and maintain a normal heart.A little less desire, a little more happiness.Think about it carefully, even if you have wealth in your left hand and status in your right hand, with a wife on one side and a lover on the other, the prosperity will eventually come to an end, and loss and confusion will slip through your heart at that time.

Giving up is a kind of beauty, a kind of open-mindedness of the soul, and learning to give up is a kind of wisdom.In order to achieve our goals, we must learn to give up some materialistic temptations and learn to control our personal desires.In fact, it is not difficult to learn to give up. Many things in life are superfluous. It is enough to get what you want and what you should have, and forget the rest lightly in your heart.

Because of your abandonment, you will suddenly find more and more beautiful scenery in your life, and you will learn to find happiness in a simple life.Some things in life are not easy to change. What is easy to change is human mood. Even if you have not grasped anything in your life, as long as you grasp happiness, you will still be the richest person in the world.

At a certain moment in your life, only if you dare to give up can you have the opportunity to obtain more long-term benefits.Even when setbacks are inevitable, you have to choose the best way to fail.Sometimes people's greatest stupidity is that they just want to have something, but they don't know how to give it up.As far as life is concerned, if you can catch half of it, it is already very good.The boat of life cannot carry too much material desire and vanity. If you want to set sail without being grounded and sinking in the middle, you must lighten the load and let go of those that should be put down resolutely and decisively.

892. Don’t Be Obsessed with Women and Forget Principles
People often say: Heroes are saddened by beauty.He also said: Since ancient times, all heroes are lustful, and if they are not lustful, they are not heroes.Even heroes are conquered by beauties and fall for them, which shows how powerful beauty is and how endearing it is.

Therefore, the use of beauty to deal with others, to seek benefits, or to achieve wishes has emerged endlessly, and various lively beauty tricks have been deduced.

Whether in daily life or in business activities, not being close to women has become a measure of a person's noble personality.In China, there are two things that are most likely to make people make mistakes and even commit crimes: money and sex.As a boss, if you can resist the temptation of the two, you can behave and do things in an upright manner, and be respected by your colleagues.

Mr. Zhang, the boss of a limited company, is a shrewd and capable entrepreneur in his early 40s.Once the company and a certain merchant reached a development cooperation intention. Entrusted by the company, Mr. Zhang negotiated with the other party on the specific issues of contract signing. The two sides refused to give in to each other in terms of profit sharing, and the negotiation fell into a stalemate for a while.

After a negotiation, Mr. Zhang returned to the hotel and was about to rest.A young and beautiful lady walked into his room twisting her waist and said, "Mr. Zhang, isn't it lonely to be alone at night? Boss Li asked me to accompany you."

Mr. Zhang understood that this was sent by the partner, and it was a "beauty bomb" shot at him.After knowing the purpose of the lady's visit, he didn't say a word, grabbed the phone and asked the negotiator of the partner to come to his room immediately.

The outcome of the matter is not difficult to predict.With the efforts of Mr. Zhang, the merchant finally agreed to the company's conditions and signed the contract.

If Mr. Zhang couldn't resist the temptation of women, and negotiated with the other party's conditions, it would cause huge losses to the company.

As a boss, you often come out to socialize, which is inevitable when interacting with the opposite sex, but you must grasp a scale and never be ambiguous on issues of principle.Only when you are upright, you are not afraid of crooked shadows.Therefore, you should pay attention to the following points in life:

(1) Strictly demand yourself, and try to have as little contact with female colleagues or clients as possible outside of working hours.

(2) Try not to go to entertainment places alone, work can be solved in the office, and karaoke halls and bars are not suitable for office work.

(3) If the other party is found to have unruly attempts or behaviors, they should be strictly stopped and reprimanded.

893. Don’t Get Too Intimate with the Opposite Sex
There is a boss whose home is very close to a female subordinate's home.For work matters, he often goes directly to this subordinate's home to discuss work, because the talks are all related to work, and the two firmly believe that "the body is not afraid of the shadow slanting", so the distance between each other is not too much. consider.However, as time passed, the boss's wife became suspicious, suspecting that there was some ulterior secret between them, so she quarreled with her husband.For a while, the city was full of wind and rain.Many people think that "there are no waves without wind", and various rumors arose.Colleagues are also skeptical and even contemptuous. The situation of this female colleague in the unit is quite difficult.At the same time, her family relationship was also quite tense due to gossip.

Intercourse with the opposite sex is an art, and there are many taboos and places that should be paid attention to, especially between superiors and subordinates.If you can't grasp the appropriate social distance, even if you are upright, you will still be attacked by gossip, and your prestige among subordinate employees will be greatly reduced.

As a boss, in order to avoid unnecessary troubles, in normal work, if you interact with the opposite sex, you should keep a moderate distance.Generally speaking, leaders should not easily go to the homes of subordinates of the opposite sex.On the one hand, because it exceeds the work authority, it is easy for subordinates to misunderstand that you are approaching her intentionally; on the other hand, it will create opportunities for unscrupulous subordinates to realize their bad intentions and cause various problems.The most important thing is that this kind of private approach will cause bad public opinion and affect each other's normal life order.

When getting along with the opposite sex, you must be open and generous, and try to keep the relationship between the two parties under the supervision of everyone.

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