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Chapter 16 "Is it true that nothing is plain"?

Any form of "conventionalism" and "incompetence" is fatal to an enterprise.We can often hear such arguments: employing people does not need those who have too many "ideas", just do their duties; the system does not need to "innovate" every day, just "maintain the status quo"-"Ordinary is the real thing" "Well!Is this argument right?correct.But there are prerequisites.These days, the world is changing so fast that it can really be described as "changing with each passing day".It can be said that there are fewer and fewer jobs that can be done well without "using your brain" and "obediently obeying orders".Of course, having "ideas" does not mean "high-sightedness but low-handedness" or "talking without practice".No matter how good an "idea" is, it must be implemented through down-to-earth "actions".Therefore, the "ideas" mentioned here are completely different from "can't be down-to-earth" and "this mountain looks at the height of the mountain", so don't confuse them (on the contrary, people who really have "ideas" are often able to " down-to-earth" people.

Because he has "acted" down-to-earth, he will feel a lot from his own practice, and he will have a strong "impulse" to transform his own practice or the surrounding environment, so he can truly become a person with "ideas"; Conversely, a person who cannot be "down-to-earth" but has a lot of "ideas" can only be regarded as a "brain-slapping" doctrine at best, or a person with "feet floating in the air" who likes to "daydream" people).On the contrary, the system does not need to innovate every day.A thing that has been tested and proven to be good in practice must have a certain "freshness period", and it will make people feel overwhelmed and unintelligible if it changes every day, and it will be confused and lose direction.However, even a thing that has been tested by reality and proved to be correct may become "outdated" with changes in time, place, person, and environment, that is to say, the "shelf life" will expire. Be bold and innovative without hesitation, otherwise it is often a dead end.But unfortunately, the vast majority of our companies, even though the "shelf life" of a certain system has passed, they often stubbornly "hold on to the incomplete" and refuse to change under the pretext of "stability over everything else" and "maintaining the status quo is progress". and innovation.

Here is an interesting multiple-choice question for everyone to think about: Which of the three possible outcomes do you think "maintaining the status quo" may bring is the most likely? . Gradually go uphill. . The "status quo" can always be maintained (that is, the so-called "flat"). . Gradually went downhill.Regardless of what you choose, my answer is that status quo = the beginning of the "downhill".In real life, there are probably very few who can really maintain the "status quo".Mr. Lu Xun once said, "Silence, silence, if you don't break out in silence, you will perish in silence."The reality is that very few people "broke out" in the "silence", and the vast majority "perished" in the "silence".This is the principle of "if you don't advance, you will retreat".

The mentality of wanting to be "balanced" seems extremely "reasonable", but in fact it is extremely naive and naive.The reason is also very simple - people are not "machines", they need passion, freshness, and a sense of accomplishment, and the starting point of the idea of ​​"equality" is to hope that "people" can "do their part", and don't have so many "weird" ideas , Just do your job well in a down-to-earth manner.This is tantamount to asking people to be like a machine, to live a cycle of simple and repetitive days, and not to complain, to be "accurate" like a clock-this is really too difficult for us "humans".Because we are human, it is impossible for us to endure "simple repetition" for a long time. We will be "tired", "annoyed" and "numb". "Precise and accurate".What happens when we get "tired", "bored" and "numb"?

The answer is very simple, start to go downhill, keep slipping down.Therefore, this is the reason why "flat" will inevitably lead to the result of "sliding down".Conversely, even if we only want the result of "balance", we actually need to keep "innovating". "Innovation" is like air, people will die without air, and companies without "innovation" will perish.Therefore, any thoughts about "equality" can only be "wishful thinking" and "unrequited love", and it is impossible for good things to come true.Because as long as it is a "person", there will be "inertia" and "inertia", and the existence of inertia and inertia is like "the gravity of the earth", which will naturally "drag" people down, and people will unconsciously "Slip out" down.Therefore, if people want to keep from slipping down, they can only keep "lifting" themselves up through "innovation".Therefore, even if you just want to be "balanced", you must fight against the "gravity of the earth", that is to say, you must continue to work hard through "innovation" in order to finally get the result of "balanced". "Gravity" is a law of nature, and no one can resist it.So we can see that many companies seem to be operating step by step and running normally, but there is an indescribable and suffocating sense of "hypoxia".

This kind of enterprise should not be far from "death" (although it is also "flat", but it does not make people feel "true").Therefore, I like companies and managers who are constantly "debating" and constantly making "moths".Perhaps such "death" and "yao moth" will also bring some troubles to employees from time to time, but as long as the starting point is good, the atmosphere is democratic, and it truly serves the win-win relationship between the interests of employees and the company, then It is worthy of encouragement and appreciation!It doesn't matter if you encounter some setbacks. There is no such thing as "all wishes come true" in the world.Any kind of thing in the heart will encounter setbacks of one kind or another when it is implemented.But don't be discouraged, don't give up because of choking, as long as we grit our teeth and persevere, when we overcome these setbacks one by one, there will always be a "perfect ending" waiting for us at the end!Putting aside your worries, don't be afraid to poke someone, because there are few things in the world that can be accomplished without going through the process of "stabbing", or simply go out and "stab" a few of them, and boldly "get ridiculed" "Let's get a few "moths" out of him!Because when you do that, there's something really hot in your chest—people call it "passion."

(End of this chapter)