"What is the war good for"

It's a brutal ground for survival training and reflection point to analyze our own position.

 

Let's us realize standing still will render you become a target for others to shoot.

人生一盘棋

有人拿围棋来比喻人生。确实有许多可以借鉴之处。生搬硬套，就会弄巧成拙。

 

一时职场迷惑，有人说，吴清源说：不会下，就脱先。

 

现实和围棋毕竟不同。围棋是脱先后，棋子还在，想明白后还可以接着下。而人生棋盘上的棋子不停地变化，有的消失，有的移位，脱先后，想明白了，再回来时，盘面已非。

宿醉

晚间，忽然有宿醉般的感觉，一下子晕乎乎的。难道是因为下午的两小瓶啤酒？看来真的要戒酒了！

散句

学习是知识的积累也是闲置智力的消遣。

 

有用的知识是简单的、方便的，就像好的衣服一样。

 

能以挫折为动力的人，才能不断前行，至人所不能至。

 

有目标并锲而不舍的人，才能成人所不能成之事。

 

智力只有配合意志力，才能发挥其作用。

杂句

细雨微风中炊烟般消散

希望在自暴自弃

庸常无言地滋长

过冬的大雁还会回来吗

 

冬天过后春天就来

衰老后青春还来吗

饱食的乌鸦成群地飞过

野鹤也做出欲飞的姿势

 

听惯了天气预报

照例是有风有雨

出行又要推迟吗

 

披蓑衣的行者

在不远的山顶上

看到了美丽的霞光

 

Some Quotations about leadership

If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him. --by Seneca

 

One of the tests of leadership is to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. -- by Arnold Glasow

 

A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see. -- by Leroy Eimes

 

Leaders are dealers in hope. -- by Napoleon

 

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. -- by Karl Popper

 

The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. -- by Erica Jong

 

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. -- by Thomas Jefferson

 

Most companies don't die because they are wrong; most die because they don't commit themselves...You have to have a strong leader setting a direction. And it doesn't even have to be the best direction--just a strong, clear one. -- by Andy Grove

 

 

职业信任

因“腰椎出现轻度滑脱”，本来是一个所谓的小手术，几天之后就可以下床正常生活，结果由于术后措施不当，北京大学教授熊卓为女士因脊柱移位于2006年1月23日中午入住北大医院，在没有进行必要的身体状况检查和观察的情况下，第二天早晨八点多即进行手术，术后第二天开始患者即感小腿胀痛及各种血栓形成症状，医生没有做任何检测，监控和采取治疗手段，到术后第6天即1月30日22点10分突发肺栓塞，经抢救无效于1月31日凌晨4时50分死亡。

 

术后治疗的其实是一群没有经验的实习生。无疑，这些人是失职的，对熊女士的死是有责任的。熊女士自己就是北大医学院的教授，丈夫也是北大光华管理学院的教授。也许因为是小手术，也因为北大医院的声誉，并没有把这个手术太当回事。于是，轻易地把个人的生命交到了一群没有能力的人的手里。

 

轻信所谓的专家，无论是真专家还是假专家，真专家也有犯错误的时候，是我们生活在现代社会中的通病。专业知识的细化使我们对个人的知识能力高度地不自信，于是，找可以信赖的专家成了每个人关键时刻的唯一法宝。其实，知识的通则并没有改变，专业知识也有脉络可循。如果熊女士和她的丈夫，在手术前做足功课，完全有可能指出术后治疗中的错误，及早发现问题而不致最后求医致死。他们完全有这个知识能力和知识水平，有充分的条件获取相关的信息。相反地，绝大多数人，都会像他们一样，轻易地把自己的性命交到不知能否胜任的人的手里，幸或不幸，让自己成为统计数字后的被动个体。

 

死生之事，人生之至重者，能不慎乎！

罗永浩的风格

在网上看了罗永浩的“我的奋斗”的演讲，也顺便翻了几篇他的博文，可以算是完整地体会了一下罗永浩风格。

1. 夸张，对事情做综合性、典型性和夸张性的处理，制造出了膨胀的真实。

2. 直率，不留情面的对他人的批评和不加虚饰的自我吹嘘，真实而不矫情。

3. 低调的亢奋与亢奋的低调结合，自然地带来了反差和张力。小处张扬、大处收敛。

4. 在他的演讲过程中，经常出现不必要的中断词和语气词，消解了一种对完美的期待，以及要延续完美的期待而带来的紧张。也是不完美的叙述，缓解了紧张。这也是马三立相声的特点之一。

5. 理想主义的底蕴。

 

总之，听者的情绪大多停留在亢奋而不紧张、认真而不较真的状态。

 

不过，作为励志材料，他的个人经历也算不上精彩；只是，他能节选出一些段落，把他们有趣地讲述出来。

When number speaks

When number speaks for itself, it is hard to argue against it, given its reliability and accuracy. The culture of judging performance by numbers is effective and accountable. It will instill a sense of fairness and transparency into the organization.

But we need to first make sure we are looking at the right numbers, and understand which part are within our control and which part are out of our control and how we should respond to different situations.

Numbers are the basis. Without them, there are few things we can really speak with confidence, especially if our goal is to judge the benefits/performance of the certain measures.

Stay up late waiting

What really worth staying up late waiting for? A game result has no bearing on anything remotely connected to daily life? An episode of a show that can teach you nothing about life.

 

This is just one more example that once you start paying attention to something that related to uncertainty, whether is about a win/lose situation or fate of a fictional character. You can always find reasons to justify why you pay attention. And most times it is a subconscious decision as well.

 

Next time, when you stay up late waiting, you need make sure what you are waiting for does matter to you in a meaningful way.