Charles III (Richard III) fell off his horse and died.
1485, King Richard of England and Count Henry fought a decisive battle in Bosworth. This battle will decide the new winner of the British throne. Before the war, the groom prepared horseshoe nails for the king. The blacksmith is busy hammering nails into Wang Jun's horse these days, and all the iron pieces are used up. Ask for it.
The groom impatiently urged, "Your Majesty should take the lead and can't wait!" The blacksmith must cut an iron bar into four parts and then process it into a horseshoe. When nailing the third horseshoe, the blacksmith found that there were not enough nails. Ask for a nail. The groom said, "God, I heard the bugle call. I can't wait. "
The blacksmith said, "Without nails, it is unstable." "Let it be, or the king will blame me." As a result, a nail was missing from the fourth paw of the king's war horse.
At the beginning of the battle, the king led the army to the front. In the battle, an unexpected misfortune happened. His horse suddenly lost a horseshoe, and the king fell to the ground, and the frightened horse ran away. The king's misfortune demoralized the soldiers, who turned around and ran away. The count's army surrounded the king. In despair, the king waved his sword and sighed, "Oh, my God, my country was destroyed on this horse!" " "
After the war, there was a folk song: a nail was missing and a horseshoe was lost. I lost a horseshoe and a horse. Lost a war horse and lost a battle. Losing a battle ruined a dynasty.
3. The girl who washes the toilet
A young girl went to Tokyo Imperial Hotel as a waitress, which was her first job when she got wet. But she never imagined that the boss would arrange for her to clean the toilet! The boss demands very high quality of her work: the toilet must be cleaned as new! What shall we do? Just accept the job. Or find another job?
An ancestor saw her hesitant attitude and quietly demonstrated it for her. When he washed the toilet as clean as new, he actually scooped up a bowl of water from it and drank it! The attitude of the ancestors towards work made her understand what work is and what responsibility is. From then on, she took the first step of her career beautifully and embarked on the road to success.
Since then, in order to test her self-confidence, prove the quality of her work and strengthen her professionalism, Noda Seiko has repeatedly drunk the water from the toilet she scrubbed. 1987, Seiko Noda was elected as a member of gifu county, the youngest member of the county at that time. 1In July 1998, he served as the first cabinet post minister of Keizo Obuchi, and was the youngest cabinet member in Japan.
4, Zhang Ruimin-take small things as big things to do.
Haier, led by Zhang Ruimin, is now famous, but its management was a mess. After Zhang Ruimin entered Haier, the first rule was "No defecation anywhere", which shows Haier's past situation.
1985, Haier started internal management, and compiled a 654.38 million-word quality assurance manual for this purpose, and formulated 12 1 management standard, 49 working standards and 1008 technical standard. Zhang Ruimin set out to sort out the interior of the enterprise. He was willing to make great efforts and spend a lot of money to make small things into big things, which led to today's achievements.
5. archibald-four dollars a barrel
Once upon a time, in the American Standard Oil Company, there was a clerk named Akibot. When he stays in a hotel on a long trip, he always writes down the words "four dollars a barrel of standard oil" under his signature, and signs his name on letters and receipts. You must write these words down. So he was called "four dollars a barrel" by his colleagues, but his real name was not called out.
Rockefeller, the chairman of the company, said after learning about the incident, "I want to meet the employees who have worked so hard to promote the company's reputation." So I invited archibald to dinner.
Later, Rockefeller stepped down and archibald became the second chairman. This is something anyone can do, but only archibald has done it, and he is determined to enjoy it. There must be many people who laughed at him who were more talented and capable than him, but in the end, only he became the chairman.