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In the 30th letter of Rockefeller's 38 letters to his son, Rockefeller shared his philosophy of achieving his career: be loyal to his own nature, do what he wants and likes, devote himself wholeheartedly to what he likes and give full play to his advantages.
As a leader, we should do well what leaders should do and adopt a more grand and effective leadership style: give employees the opportunity to be loyal to themselves, make use of everyone's strengths, induce them to work enthusiastically, and let employees' talents play to the extreme, so as to gain wealth and achievements from them.
This letter reflects Rockefeller's superb controller skills: identifying with employees, respecting employees, and being good at discovering the bright spots of employees. For employees, he knows people well, fully trusts them, gives full play to their strengths, and does not stick to their shortcomings.
Rockefeller chose talents not based on his own likes and dislikes, but on the ability of employees and the efficiency brought by their abilities.
Rockefeller, who didn't drink, entrusted the heavy responsibility to archibald, who was a heavy drinker, because archibald had the talent of leadership, outstanding eloquence and bold personality. Archie also proved himself to be a talented leader with facts.
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Rockefeller's philosophy of doing things helped him to gather employees with various abilities. They are willing to work and contribute, and their careers are getting bigger and bigger.
Rockefeller knows exactly where he is, what he has and what he wants to do. So respect employees and affirm the strength of the collective, and he also enjoys the success brought by the collective. "Everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high." People who care about the world will win the world.
No achievement can be achieved alone. Everyone's success is inspired by people or things around him in various ways, good or bad.
The knife cuts bread and fingers. If you want your ship to break the waves, you must be a commander in chief. We should make good use of the advantages of the captain, crew and passengers to stimulate everyone's talents and let this ship sail together!
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The success of Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Hong Kong, is also his success in understanding people and accepting talents. Li Ka-shing treats people sincerely, treats his subordinates well, and makes the advantages of subordinates shine the brightest light, so his subordinates are loyal to him.
Li Ka-shing believes that everyone has strengths and weaknesses, just like an elephant eating from a bucket, but a spoonful of ants is enough. They all try their best to get what they need.
Just like a machine, if the main components need 500 horsepower to start, one of them only needs half horsepower to start. Although half horsepower is small compared with 500 horsepower, it can also play a role.
Xunzi, an ancient thinker, snared talents in the world and treated each other honestly. He once said a wise saying: "Anyone can actually become Dayu." Li Ka-shing successfully verified this famous saying with his thoughts and actions.
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As a teacher, in the usual teaching work, we should respect students, be good at finding the bright spots in each student, and don't be obsessed with students' shortcomings.
Full of expectations for students, I believe that every student can become a talent, but every student's bright spot is different.
Remember that students are growing people, a jade that needs carving, a sword that needs sharpening, and a tree that needs rain, dew and sunshine to moisten.
Because of practical reasons, it is difficult to teach students in accordance with their aptitude, but we should always remind ourselves that we must have a pair of eyes that are good at discovering, so that students can be confident because of their own bright spots and strive to shine the brightest light!