Appreciate, understand and tolerate your opponent, and underestimate the gains and losses of the result, then your heart will be full of peace and tolerance because of this peace. In this way, in the face of competitors, you can also face the challenges with a smile: victory, glory; Failure can also make you learn a lot.
Wang Tao once applied for a job in a famous advertising company and successfully passed the first round of tests, becoming one of the nine finalists. The content of the second round of the test is simple: let each finalist design a work as required, show it to eight other people in public, and write relevant comments.
When Wang Tao scored, he praised the works of three of them, gave high marks with mixed feelings, and wrote praises. To his surprise, he was chosen! To his surprise, only one of the three people he admired was selected! He doesn't understand why.
The words of the president of the advertising company awakened him. The president said: "The nine finalists are outstanding and have a high professional level, which is of course an important aspect. But the company is more concerned about whether the finalists can appreciate each other in mutual evaluation. Because mediocrity is self-righteous and can't see the advantages of others. It is too narrow-minded to turn a blind eye to each other. It's not strictly a gift. Although the professional level of those hired is good, it is a pity that they lack the vision to appreciate their opponents, which is actually more important than the professional level. "
The competition in today's society is very fierce. Whether you appreciate others' vision and accept others' mind is the key factor to determine a person's competitiveness. Only by appreciating the opponent's eyes can we learn from each other's strong points, unite and cooperate and make progress together. This is also one of the essential qualities of highly effective people.
Michael Jordan is not only a famous star with superb skills, but also a broad-minded person. He appreciates his opponents and is good at learning from them. In an NBA final many years ago, Pippen, another rookie in the NBA, scored 33 points, surpassing Jordan by 3 points, thus becoming the first player of the Bulls to score more than Jordan. After the game, Jordan and Pippen embraced and wept for you.
At first, because Pippen is the most promising rookie in the Bulls to surpass Jordan, he often shows a disdainful expression to Jordan, often saying that Jordan is not as good as himself in some aspects, and he will definitely overthrow Jordan's chief position in the Bulls. But Jordan did not exclude Pippen from the potential threat, but encouraged Pippen everywhere with appreciation.
On one occasion, Jordan said to Pippen, "Which of us is a good three-pointer?" Pippen a little absently replied, "what do you know? Of course it's you. " Because at that time, Jordan's three-point success rate was 28.6%, while Pippen was 26.4%. But Jordan smiled and corrected: "No, it's you! Your action of shooting three-pointers is standardized, natural and talented, and you will definitely shoot better in the future, and I still have many weaknesses in shooting three-pointers. " He said to him, "I dunk with my right hand, I am used to helping with my left hand, and you can use any way." Pippen doesn't even know this detail. He was deeply moved by Jordan's selflessness.
From then on, Pippen no longer regarded Jordan as an opponent, and they appreciated each other and became best friends.
Jordan not only won the support and respect of everyone, including his opponents, with his skill, but also with his broad and selfless mind.