Today I will tell you a story, saying that there is an old man named Xilin, who gave birth to five sons, one is simple and honest, one is smart and smart, one is blind, one is hunchbacked, and the other is lame. The simple and honest son and the smart and clever son were better arranged, and he let the simple and honest son go to the field to be a farmer, and the smart and clever son went to business and became a businessman.
So, what about the three disabled sons? The old man in the west believes that "I am born to be useful", and the key is to develop my strengths and avoid weaknesses. The blind son has a strong memory, let him learn to tell fortunes and become a fortune teller; hunchback, let him learn a craft, to rub the hemp rope, so that the hunchback is not tired; If you are lame, let him spin the thread, and he will not have to walk all the time. In this way, according to his different circumstances, he arranged different jobs, and the five sons not only played to their strengths, but also avoided their weaknesses, and the five sons had their own place, and they did not have to worry about being cold and starving.
For this reason, the poet Zhang Feng wrote a poem praising the western neighbor: "Where to find the perfect people since ancient times? Use your talents to the west. Persuade the gentleman to understand the short and long reason, and his own talents are pouring like clouds. Meaning: Since ancient times, how to find and use talents? You might as well learn from the practice of the old people in the west neighborhoods to raise five sons. To make good use of talents is to be good at developing strengths and avoiding weaknesses, so that talents will emerge. Zhang Feng's poem praises the way of employing people in the west, and talks about the truth of knowing people and being good at their duties.
To make good use of living talents, we must be good at promoting our strengths and avoiding our weaknesses, so that we do not give up our talents with appearances, do not cover up our talents with small flaws, do not slander our talents with jealousy, do not abandon our talents with likes and dislikes, and do not despise our talents with humility, and truly achieve what Li Shimin said in his book "Emperor Fan": "The wise use their strategies, the fools use their strength, the brave use their strength, and the cowardly use their prudence."
Our current entrepreneurs and managers must adhere to the correct method of selecting and employing people, with a higher position, a wider field of vision, and greater courage, to discover talents, use talents, and allocate talents, in line with the principle of making the best use of their talents and promoting their strengths and avoiding weaknesses, so as to select and appoint talents, use them at the right time, and match people and posts, so that everyone's expertise and advantages can be maximized.
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