A few slightly philosophical stories, preferably novel.

1. The way of employing people

Everyone who has been to a temple knows that as soon as you enter the temple door, the first thing you see is Amitabha Buddha, with a smiling face to welcome guests, and to the north of him, there is a black Buddha. Wei Tuo, who has a bad mouth and a bad face. But according to legend, a long time ago, they were not in the same temple, but were in charge of different temples.

Maile Buddha is enthusiastic and happy, so many people come, but he doesn’t care about anything, he is careless, and does not manage the accounts well, so he still cannot make ends meet. Although Wei Tuo was a good accountant, he had a gloomy face and was too serious all day long, which led to fewer and fewer people, and finally the incense was cut off.

The Buddha discovered this problem when he was checking the incense, so he put them both in the same temple. Maitreya Buddha was responsible for public relations and welcomed guests from all directions with a smile, so the incense flourished. However, Wei Tuo was selfless and meticulous, so he was asked to be responsible for the finances and strictly control them. Through the division of labor and cooperation between the two,

the temple was prosperous.

In fact, in the eyes of a master employer, there is no useless person. Just like a master of martial arts, he can hurt people by picking flowers and flying leaves without a precious sword. The key is how to use it.

2. Parrot

A man went to buy a parrot and saw a sign on the front of a parrot: This parrot can speak two languages ??and the price is two hundred yuan.

Another parrot has a sign in front of it: This parrot can speak four languages ??and sells for 400 yuan.

Which one should I buy? Both have bright coats and are very flexible and cute. The person can not make up his mind.

As a result, I suddenly found an old and toothless parrot with dull and messy fur, priced at 800 yuan.

The man quickly called the boss: Can this parrot speak eight languages?

The shopkeeper said: No.

This man was surprised: Then why is he old, ugly, and incompetent worth this amount?

The shop owner replied: Because the other two parrots called this parrot Boss.

This story tells us that a true leader does not necessarily have how strong his own abilities are. As long as he knows how to trust, how to delegate power, and how to cherish, he can unite forces stronger than himself, thereby improving his own worth. .

On the contrary, many very capable people are too perfectionistic and have to do everything by themselves, and no one is as good as themselves. In the end, they can only be the best researchers and sales representatives, and cannot become excellent leaders.

3. Kangaroo and cage

One day the zookeeper found that the kangaroo ran out of the cage, so they held a meeting to discuss and agreed that the height of the cage was too low. So they decided to increase the height of the cage from the original 10 meters to 20 meters. As a result, the next day they found that the kangaroo still ran outside, so they decided to increase the height to 30 meters.

Unexpectedly, the next day they saw all the kangaroos running outside, so the administrators were very nervous and decided to increase the height of the cage to 100 meters.

One day the giraffe was chatting with a few kangaroos, "Do you think these people will continue to raise your cages?" the giraffe asked. "It's hard to say." The kangaroo said: "If they continue to forget to close the door!"

Management experience: There are "basics", "priorities" and "priorities". Closing the door is the root, and heightening the cage is the root. If you abandon the basics and pursue the weak points, you will of course miss the point. What is management? Management is to first analyze the main contradictions and secondary contradictions of the matter, understand the "root and cause", "severity" and "priority" of the matter, and then start from the important aspects.

4. Bian Que’s medical skills King Wen of Wei asked the famous doctor Bian Que: "You have three brothers who are all good at medicine. Which one is the best?"

Bian Que Bian Que replied: "The eldest brother is the best, the middle brother is second, and I am the worst."

King Wen asked again: "Then why are you the most famous?"

Bian Que replied: "The eldest brother treats diseases before the onset of the disease. Since most people do not know that he can eradicate the cause of the disease in advance, his reputation cannot be spread; the middle brother treats the disease at the beginning of the disease. Most people think that he only I can treat minor ailments, so he is only famous in his hometown. But I treat serious illnesses, and most people see me performing major operations such as inserting needles into the meridians and applying medicine to the skin. His medical skills are famous throughout the country. "Management experience: Control after the event is worse than control during the event, and control during the event is not as good as control beforehand. Unfortunately, most business operators fail to realize this, and wait until wrong decisions cause major consequences. seek to make up for the losses. And often even if the famous "airborne troops" are invited, the result is of no avail.

5. Apples by the River

An old monk, surrounded by a group of devout disciples. On this day, he asked his disciples to go back to Nanshan to collect a load of firewood. The disciples hurried to the river not far from the mountain, and everyone was stunned. I saw the flood rushing down the mountain, and there was no way I could cross the river to collect firewood. After returning without success, the disciples were a little downcast. Only a young monk faced the master calmly. The master asked why. The young monk took out an apple from his arms and handed it to the master. He said that he could not cross the river and could not collect firewood. I saw an apple tree by the river, so I picked the only apple on the tree. Later, the young monk became the successor of the master.

There are endless roads in the world, and there are also rivers that cannot be crossed. Turning back from a river that cannot be crossed is also a kind of wisdom.

But true wisdom also needs to do one thing by the river: fly the kite of thought and pick an "apple". After looking at the past and present, people who hold on to such a belief in life have finally achieved breakthroughs and transcendence in life.