Details determine success or failure 1

There is a village near the bank of the Yellow River. In order to prevent flooding, farmers built a towering embankment. One day, an old farmer accidentally discovered that the ant nest suddenly increased in size. The old farmer thought to himself: Will these ant nests affect the safety of the long embankment? He was going back to the village to report, and met his son on the way. After hearing this, the old farmer's son said disapprovingly: With such a strong long embankment, are you still afraid of a few small ants? Then he took the old farmer and went to the fields together. That night it was windy and rainy, and the water in the Yellow River surged. The roaring river water seeped from the ant nest, then sprayed, and finally broke through the long embankment, flooding large villages and fields along the coast.

This is the origin of the idiom "A embankment of a thousand miles collapses in an ant nest".

For a long time, I have always thought that this idiom is just a cautionary motto to guard against the unexpected. There is no such example in real life, but now I know that "a long embankment that is thousands of miles long breaks in an ant nest" is It does exist.

Since the 1970s, 13 dykes and 9 dams have collapsed in Qingyuan, Guangdong. It was confirmed that 9 dykes and 5 dams were damaged by termites; in July 1986, Meizhou City, Guangdong Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, major floods have occurred. 62 embankments of the Meijiang River have burst, 55 of which were caused by termites. In September 1981, 18 gaps appeared in the Moyang embankment section in Yangjiang City, Guangdong, of which 6 were confirmed to be caused by termites. To.

From this point of view, termites can indeed cause the consequences of the embankment bursting. Scientific and detailed observation and research must be carried out to prevent problems before they occur. Any paralysis and neglect of details will cause unimaginable consequences. consequences.

Inequalities about details: 100-1≠99 100-1=0? Fall short of success, 1% error will lead to 100% failure

Details determine success or failure 2

There is a ballad that goes like this: If a nail is lost, a shoe is broken; if a shoe is broken, a horse is broken; if a horse is broken, a knight is injured; a knight is injured. A knight loses a battle; loses a battle and an empire dies.

From this ballad we can see that a small detail plays an important role in the success or failure of something. In addition, there are many cases where the details of the response determine success or failure. For example:

On a cloudy afternoon, due to a sudden downpour, pedestrians entered the nearby shops to take shelter from the rain. An old woman also staggered into a Philadelphia department store to take shelter from the rain. Faced with her slightly embarrassed appearance and simple makeup, all the salespersons were distracted and turned a blind eye to her.

At this time, a young man came over to her sincerely and said: "Madam, what can I do for you?" The old woman smiled slightly: "No, I will hide here for a while. Rain, leave now." The old woman then became uneasy again. It seemed unreasonable to use someone else's roof to hide from the rain instead of buying anything from them, so she started to wander around the department store, even if she wanted to buy a hair. The small accessories on it can also be considered as a peaceful reason for hiding from the rain.

Just when she was hesitant and lingering, the young man came over and said, "Madam, you don't have to be embarrassed. I brought you a chair and put it at the door. You can just sit and rest." Two people. An hour later, when the rain cleared and the sky cleared, the old woman thanked the young man, asked him for a business card, and walked out of the store tremblingly.

A few months later, James, the general manager of a Philadelphia department store, received a letter requesting that the young man be sent to Scotland to receive an order to decorate the entire castle and let him contract himself. Several large companies owned by the family have purchased purchase orders for office supplies for the next quarter. James was pleasantly surprised. After a quick calculation, he found that the benefits brought by this letter were equivalent to the total profits of their company in two years!

After he quickly contacted the letter writer, he learned that the letter was written by an old woman, and this old woman was the American billionaire "Steel King" Ka Negi's mother.

James immediately recommended this young man named Philly to the company's board of directors. There is no doubt that by the time Philly packed his bags and flew to Scotland, he was already a partner in the department store. That year, Philly was 22 years old.

In the following years, with his consistent loyalty and sincerity, Philly became the right-hand man of "Steel King" Carnegie. His career soared and he became the leader in the U.S. steel industry after Carnegie. A heavyweight who is extremely wealthy.

With just a chair, Philly easily stood shoulder to shoulder with "Steel King" Carnegie, and has since embarked on the coveted road to success.

This is really "don't do good deeds because they are small". After hearing this, I believe you have a new understanding of details. So what is the difference between paying attention to details and ignoring details? I have another example here.