第8章 做个心慈手软的人,还是冷酷无情的人?

在商场中,胸怀仁慈是否是个不利的因素?

或许,你会听到一个商人这样评价另一个商人:“他不错,可惜有点妇人之仁。”有时很多小主管也会这样说。可是,我在脑海里思索那些最成功的领导者时,发现他们之中的很多人,都会被归纳为“心慈手软的人”,而并不是“冷酷无情的人”。当然,一些大型企业的领导者往往是严格的、顽固的,甚至是有些专横。可余下的,还是会有其他类型的领导者(我并不清楚,这些人是否和前者数目相当),这些人宽容、热忱、慷慨、无私、民主且不专制。亲切是他们的魅力,让他们拥有许多朋友,他们异常宽容,甚至有些时候会过度慷慨。

从某个角度来讲,仁慈并非有利因素。可从整体上分析,大家更容易接受一颗仁慈的心,而不是一颗冷酷的心。无情、严格且专横的领导者,可能会获得更多的成功、财富。可相对于那些感性的人,他们无法在生活中获得更多的乐趣。而绝大多数的罢工,都是来源于那些无情的老板,而不是那些仁慈的老板。

告别冷酷吧,培养一颗温暖的心灵。

Forbes Epigrams:

The eight-hour-day self-made millionaire has yet to be born.

You can leave a will directing how to handle your money but not your reputation.The public will attend to that.

Don't talk about your abilities.Demonstrate them.

The man who becomes so big and so “successful”that he has no time for a kind word or a helpful deed is not successful at all.His life is a failure.

It isn't a big success if there wasn't big effort.

The happiness that comes from getting isn't one-two-three with that which comes from giving.If you haven't found it so,overhaul yourself.