There is only one driving force to mobilize people's enthusiasm, that is, fairness and selflessness. The so-called selflessness means that there is no intention to pursue one's own selfish interests, and one does not make judgments based on one's own personal likes and dislikes or personal feelings. —Kazuo Inamori Kazuku.
Get rid of selfishness,That's the secret of doing business
For business operators, paying taxes is like cutting meat on their bodies.
A considerable part of the profits obtained by working hard are not cash, and are still in a state of receivables or non-cash.
But more than half of the profits are paid immediately in cash. Taxes are harsh and unforgiving.
This is a sentiment that only the operator can experience. Because it is the company's money, it may not be trivial to the employees.
However, the operators feel as if their money has been robbed by others, and in order to avoid taxes, some operators will play all kinds of tricks.
This is certainly not true. The profits of the company do not belong to the individual operator. At the same time, taxes are used in all aspects of society. So "being snatched away" is nothing more than a mistaken emotion mixed with selfishness.
In order not to fall into such an illusion, I regard management as a game, and not as money, but as points, so that I can look down on profits from the standpoint of a third party and avoid making wrong judgments.
Get rid of selfishness, this is the secret of business.
2. If the leader has a selfless heartThe subordinates will follow
There is only one driving force that mobilizes people's enthusiasm, and that is fairness and selflessness.
The so-called selflessness means that there is no intention to pursue one's own selfish interests, and one does not make judgments based on one's own personal likes and dislikes or personal feelings.
If the leader is selfless, his subordinates will follow. Conversely, a self-centered, sometimes selfish leader is disliked and his subordinates will not follow.
A directive from a leader can make his subordinates morale high, but it can also make them miserable.
No one wants to follow a leader who gives instructions, makes decisions, or is emotionally motivated by his own interests.
As a leader, you must first clearly put yourself in the right position. Then abandon self-interest and establish your own coordinate axis under the general righteousness of your own team.
3. People in leadership positionsIt should not be mixed with the slightest selfish distraction of "loving oneself".
Xixiang's "Nanzhou Weng's Last Words" begins with a clear meaning, pointing out the essence of appointing talents.
It dawned on me that leaders must have this awareness and mindset, whether they are the owners of small or medium-sized enterprises or smaller organizations.
People in leadership positions are doing the way of heaven, so they should not be mixed with the slightest selfish distraction of "loving themselves". Reading this, I couldn't help but tremble slightly with excitement.
At that time, Kyocera was growing and becoming famous, but I felt extremely uneasy about the company's bankruptcy and the displacement of its employees, so I worked hard and devoted myself to the construction of the company, even if it was at the expense of all my personal time.
Whether it is a business or a non-profit organization, no matter what group or organization, it is originally an inanimate entity without autonomous consciousness and thought.
However, when the person in the leadership position of the organization gives the organization consciousness, that is, breathes life into the organization, the organization begins to move like a living organism.
For example, when I was the president of Kyocera and I was thinking about Kyocera 24 hours a day, Kyocera as an organization began to come alive and became conscious.
But once I came home from work and regained my identity, the company's brain tissue fell into a deep sleep, and Kyocera lost consciousness.
If the business manager does not think about the business 24 hours a day, the business will start to lose its function, so the business manager will not be able to take care of personal affairs at all.
However, this was too harsh on an individual basis, and I was constantly distressed and asked myself questions over and over again. If a person does not have personal time, he cannot talk about his personal life.
But I still realize that as a leader in many people, I should compress my personal time as much as possible and dedicate more time to others.
In other words, even if you sacrifice yourself, you have to put all your energy into the business – and after a deep depression, I began to realize that this is my duty as a leader.
When a person in a position of leadership starts to think about his or her personal position, the organization begins to decline.
Saigo Nanzhou tells us a truth: if a person can't always think about the organization and can't sacrifice himself, he can't become a leader.
4. Dedicate yourself to the life of the cause of "great love".is a happy life
A leader must be an altruistic person who can put himself aside and make rational judgments about things. Selfless action means "great love", and if you want to achieve great things, you need to pay the corresponding self-sacrifice.
I even believe that one can never be a leader without the courage to sacrifice oneself. The so-called leader must be a selfless person who can put himself out of the way and make rational judgments about things.
James Allen has the following to say about self-sacrifice:
To succeed, you have to sacrifice yourself accordingly. If you want great success, you have to pay great self-sacrifice, and if you want the greatest success, you have to pay the greatest self-sacrifice. ”
If you want to achieve a great career, you must have the courage to make the self-sacrifice that goes with it.
Speaking of which, I am reminded of such an incident. I hosted "Moriwa Juku", which helps small and medium-sized business managers learn about business management on a voluntary basis.
At Moriwa Juku, a juku student once asked me such a question.
You taught us: 'Managers have to sacrifice themselves. 'When I run a business, I often have to worry about not being able to balance work and family. The head of the school devoted himself to Kyocera's management and had no time to take care of his family. How do you balance work and family? ”
Another student asked me, "Because I was overly engaged in work, there was a rift in my relationship with my wife, and now the family is about to break up." Have you ever had such an experience? "I was confused because I had never had experience with a family breakdown crisis.
Even though I sometimes come home late, I always tell my wife, "This and that happened in the company today." ”
My wife doesn't go out to work, she takes care of the family full-time, and she doesn't know what her husband is doing every day, so she is prone to a sense of alienation.
If she feels that even if she doesn't go to the company, she can feel a sense of unity and connection with her husband, and her wife will not be dissatisfied.
That's what I thought, so no matter how late I got home, I would tell my wife what had happened that day. Even if the time to tell is sometimes short, I stick to it every day.
However, there are times when you overdo it.
It was when the kids were in the lower grades of elementary school, and one day I came home late at night and called everyone up and said, "It's a very difficult company." I tried my best, but I didn't know when the company might go out of business. If the company fails, because I have made a personal guarantee to the bank, the bank will come and confiscate all the property, maybe only a few pots and pans, and the rest will be taken away by the bank. That's why I work so hard to keep that from happening. ”
When my father doesn't participate in the school's classroom observation activities, doesn't participate in the school's sports day, and doesn't take them out to play, I think my children are quite pitiful.
But what I want to tell them is that I'm working hard because I'm taking on all the responsibilities of the company, and I'm also working for the family.
However, when the children grew up, they said to me, "At that time, we thought that my father was too much. "In front of the young children, I described the collapse of the company: the family was ruined, leaving only pots and pans.
The children were terrified and felt terrible.
The original meaning of my speech was: "I'm working hard for this family, so I don't have time to take you to play, I'm sorry!" However, they told me, "It's not like that at all, none of us thought about it, we just thought my father was going too far." ”
Although I had such misunderstandings, I felt that I had to build a sense of oneness with my family so that they could empathize with me.
That's why I often tell my family about the company. As a result, there has never been a family crisis.
In response to the student's question, I answered the above question.
That being said, I'm actually still very entangled in my heart. Because when the children grow up, they say, "I think my father is too much!" "The parents of the children next door attend the school's classroom activities, sports days and other school activities, but my father has never been to school from kindergarten to college.
I think the kids must have been very disappointed.
However, after that, I read the words of James Allen, who I just introduced to you: "If you want to be very successful, you have to sacrifice yourself a lot." ”
These words made me feel saved. In order to protect the company and its employees, and to protect my family, I feel that I have done nothing wrong, although I have even made sacrifices for my own family.
On the contrary, I feel that self-sacrifice and desperate efforts to protect employees and the company, and thus contribute to the development of society, are irreplaceable by anything else.
My family will definitely understand me.
This is not a "small love" that only protects oneself or one's family, but a "big love" that protects employees and contributes to the progress and development of society in order to realize their happiness.
I believe that a life dedicated to such a cause of "great love" is a happy life.