Tao Te Ching and Wuwei Management

Chapter 47 2 "Difficult things in the world must be done easily": excellence is a habit

It is not easy to do the easy things well.

Difficult things in the world must be done with ease.

—— "Tao Te Ching" Chapter 63
Difficult things in the world must start from the easy ones.Smart entrepreneurs are content with doing small things. They use their time and energy rationally, start from the easy place, choose small things to achieve great things, and strive for excellence in small things to achieve their life dreams.

Ou Yezi was a native of Yue during the Spring and Autumn Period, and was hailed as the originator of sword casting in ancient China by later generations.When Ou Yezi was born, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was in dispute among the states. Chu State successively annexed the small countries south of the Yangtze River, and Yue State became the vassal state of King Ling of Chu.

When he was a teenager, he learned metallurgy technology from his uncle and began to forge bronze swords, iron picks, iron axes and other production tools.He is willing to use his brain and has extraordinary wisdom; he is physically strong and can endure hardships and stand hard work.When he was young, his casting skills were already well-known in the country of Yue.

After the King of Chu heard of Ou Yezi's fame, he ordered Feng Huzi to go to Yuedi to find him and ask him to make swords.So Ou Yezi began to forge swords for the king of Chu.Although he forged good swords again and again, he always thought that the swords he forged were not good enough, his craftsmanship was not exquisite enough, and the swords he forged were not refined enough to be dedicated to the King of Chu.So, he worked day and night to recast the sword.

After two years, he finally forged three swords he was satisfied with: the first one was called "Longyuan", the second one was called "Tai'a", and the third one was called "Gongbu".As soon as the three swords were born, the world was shocked. The king of Chu couldn't put it down, and all the heroes in the world longed for it.Since then, Ou Yezi has become famous all over the world.

In order to be able to forge swords, Ou Yezi has been working hard, striving for perfection, and never lowering the requirements for his own skills. This has made him the originator of sword casting in ancient China.Whatever you do, you must face it with an attitude of excellence, whether it is a big event or a small matter, and be responsible for your own choices and bear the consequences of your choices.Entrepreneurs with a sense of mission will study and work harder than others in order to achieve great careers and achieve great achievements.

Jinku Game Company successfully developed and operated "New Demon World" independently, and put forward the concept of "video online game" for the first time.In a short period of time, it has created an astonishing achievement of 300 million registered users of online games and 18 simultaneous online users, and it has also been exported to Europe and the United States, becoming an upstart of domestic online game companies.

Later, in order to achieve greater achievements, Jinku Games developed "The Glory of God of War" on the basis of "New Demon World".On the basis of inheriting the original features of "New Demon World", the new "Glory of War God" has made subversive changes to the balance of the game and added many new contents.The realization of intelligent NPC, the adjustment of weapons and equipment and professional skills, the addition of new worlds and new copies, the addition of weekly serial tasks, NPC snatching battles, the appearance of supreme wings, and the PK field for all... All these have formed a great influence on the vast number of players. The great attraction and perfect balance have established a good reputation among players.

From the success of "New Demon World" to "Glory of God of War", we can see that the secret of Jinku Games' success lies in its constant pursuit of excellence in research and development.Dare to try and make breakthroughs and innovations in the game, and at the same time, pay great attention to the needs of players, solicit their opinions and make appropriate improvements... In the continuous improvement, "Glory of War God" has achieved great success both in terms of gameplay and popularity among players. greatly improved.

Whether it is an organization or an individual, only through continuous efforts and innovation can we achieve better results. Don't start to be complacent with a little achievement.While achieving achievements, we should remind ourselves: I have not done well, and I have not yet achieved the dream I want. I will continue to work hard and continue to explore, seek, develop, and create more perfection on the current basis. things.Keep improving, it is a sharp sword on the road to success for entrepreneurs, as long as you grasp it well, anyone can continuously improve themselves along the way, constantly overcome difficulties, and finally succeed.

In the National Flag Guard, recruit Xiao Yang put 5 thumbtacks in his pocket in order to stand up a better military posture.During training, there are 2 on the left collar, 2 on the right collar, and one on the collar behind the neck.These nails are nailed to the clothes in order to maintain a high-spirited posture with the head slightly tilted and looking straight ahead during training.Standing still, if you shake slightly, the nails will pierce the flesh.Xiao Yang said: "Not only does the body have no room to move, but the neck is also the same. In fact, only one nail on the left and right sides is enough. I want to stand more straight, so I added an extra nail."

Aristotle said that excellence is a habit; we say that excellence is an excellent habit.From Haier’s Zhang Ruimin smashing the refrigerator, how McDonald’s fried French fries, to how Coca-Cola turned chemical water into Coca-Cola, managers of these famous domestic and foreign brands have the habit of striving for excellence in everything.These examples tell us that as long as any simple thing is made into a high-quality product, it will have a world-class competitive advantage, and the pursuit of perfection will never end.If you want to keep improving, you must be good at doing every easy thing well, and get used to discovering shortcomings from success and creating success from them; be good at learning and be willing to learn, and learn from other people's experience for their success , to think, see, and research in an all-round way, so as to achieve the goal of continuous improvement and excellence.

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