Tao Te Ching and Wuwei Management

Chapter 70 2 "A good builder never pulls up", beliefs often have amazing explosive power

Faith is invisible but powerful, and there is a dream in the heart, although there are thousands of people, I will go.

Those who are good at building will never get rid of them - "Tao Te Ching" Chapter 54
People who are good at cultivating morality will not give up moral cultivation due to external influences.The "morality" mentioned by Laozi refers to the "virtue" that follows the Tao, and it is a person's lifelong belief, not just secular morality.If a person has faith in his heart, he will not look left and right, look forward and backward, and he will concentrate his life's energy on one goal, thus bursting out amazing energy.

People who stick to their beliefs, facing an uncertain future, sometimes "do what they know they can't do", and sometimes even do a lot of "stupid things".Because the beliefs of those who have achieved great things are only their own moral standards, which are different from the social moral standards at that time.Their behavior is unusual in the eyes of ordinary people, and they are even regarded as "paranoia", but this is a world where only paranoia can succeed.

At the beginning of his business, Yu Minhong admitted that he was a "timid and tender Peking University scholar" who didn't understand those things in the society.Later, in order to keep the "single seedling" of New Oriental, he used his frail body to shield it from the wind and rain, and fought against all kinds of turbulent waves. Today, he has grown step by step into a resolute, experienced and mature chairman, and has become brave. In the face of any difficulties and challenges, he is able to strategize and deal with various complex situations with ease.

Looking back on his growth history, Yu Minhong said: "How does a man's will to live grow? At first, when he was young, a man was like a pile of flour, white, pure, and beautiful, but without stickiness, toughness, and weight. A gust of wind can blow you away. Later, inside and outside the company, all parties in society, black and white, good and evil, elegant and vulgar, blunt, all kinds of gods and all kinds of forces joined in, just like adding water to a pile of flour and exerting force. Stirring, kneading, and repeating this, the pure flour is slowly kneaded into dough. At this time, it begins to have tenacity, elasticity, tension and weight. Continue to knead, and it will become ramen noodles. Once it is formed If you have ramen, then it is not easy to boil it in boiling water. A man's growth, from flour to dough and finally to ramen, is nothing more than that!"

Lao Yu was constantly rubbed by all kinds of sufferings in the society. In the end, the result was that he became more and more resilient and grew into a real man.

When New Oriental developed to 2000, it faced a transformation problem, because everyone realized that the company must operate in accordance with the formal company articles of association, and can no longer be like New Oriental in the "reckless" stage. You do what you do, and I do mine.

In May 2000, the corporate transformation of New Oriental was officially launched, and the "Oriental Science and Technology Development Corporation" composed of 5 shareholders, including the principal, vice-principal and some famous teachers, was registered.

After the establishment of the company, great changes have taken place in both the internal structure and the distribution of benefits.For example, the real site that everyone used to occupy has now become an abstract company equity; New Oriental School is legally regulated as "private and public", that is to say, shareholders only have the right to use, not ownership; according to the company's equity According to the design, Yu Minhong occupies an absolute controlling position, and the remaining 10 shareholders can only share the remaining shares. Yu Minhong has become a "dictator" and the owner of New Oriental, while the rest have become Yu Minhong's "hired workers".

This result made the veterans of New Oriental very dissatisfied, so conflicts began to appear frequently.Except for Yu Minhong, other minority shareholders elected Wang Qiang as the CEO of New Oriental in order to prevent Yu Minhong from gaining too much power. In fact, Wang Qiang could not read the financial statements, and elected a board of directors headed by Wang Qiang to form a "CEO Contact Meeting" to exclude Yu Minhong. Outside the meeting; Xu Xiaoping, who used to have a good relationship with Yu Minhong, who is also a teacher and friend, has not spoken to Yu Minhong for 3 months...

This made Yu Minhong, who valued friendship and friends, feel unprecedented pressure. During that period of quarreling and arguing with each other, Yu Minhong couldn't eat and sleep well all day long.Under the attack of friendship and conflicts of interest, Yu Minhong faced desperate situations several times. When he recalled this experience now, he used "nearly collapsed many times" to describe his painful and complicated state of mind at that time.

Under such circumstances, Yu Minhong realized the importance of the modern system. He thought that if the conflicts were handled well this time, New Oriental might be able to obtain a clearer and more powerful development model and move towards a healthier future. ; Once it is not handled properly, New Oriental may face the end of prosperity and decline, and it will fall apart in an instant.

Therefore, at the time when he couldn't even tell the difference between a "limited company" and an "unlimited company", Yu Minhong studied dozens of books on business management and consulted experts and scholars everywhere, in order to find a way to break the deadlock. good idea.

Under tremendous pressure, Yu Minhong not only found a good way to break the deadlock in restructuring, but also showed superhuman courage.

With all the elders "can't figure it out", Yu Minhong regained control of New Oriental, and ended the internal struggle with his boldness that impressed everyone.He reorganized the power structure of New Oriental, repositioned the development direction of New Oriental, and quickly established a new salary system and organizational structure with the measure of "breaking everything and starting over". It was brought back to the "central government", established the option system, and passed the "shareholder agreement" for year-end dividends, which untied the interests of small shareholders, thereby stabilizing the morale of the army, turning the tide, and pulling New Oriental back from life and death.

Yu Minhong recalled his feelings at that time, and said sincerely: "When the despair reached the bottom, I went all out. I gritted my teeth anyway, and in this field, there is nothing I can't do!"

A philosopher once said: A truly great person or company must first have a strong heart. When the heart is strong, nothing can stop it.The inner strength may be understood as a kind of self-confidence, but what is more important, or more difficult to achieve, is actually to be able to fight repeatedly after repeated defeats.In fact, what we need is Yu Minhong's strong mentality that is not afraid of torture.

Wang Mingfu, director of the Financial Research Institute of Renmin University, once used the word "weeping blood" to describe the difficulty of New Oriental's transformation, and Yu Minhong, who survived the pain of transformation, said with deep emotion: "If you work hard on one thing, but there is no Life doesn't get any worse if you succeed; if it's possible, why not go for it?"

The beliefs of great men may not conform to the fashion of the world, but they contain a desire to serve the public.Therefore, their beliefs will eventually become the core values ​​of the team, and their good wishes will eventually become the common goal pursued by everyone.As long as you believe in yourself and keep your faith, it is possible to realize dreams that are impossible for others.

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