The water is too little, so there is no way
to raise fish here(牛蹄之涔)
In the Han Dynasty of China, there was a
royal nobleman named Liu An. He edited a book called (Huainanzi).
This book summarizes the academic thoughts
of various schools at that time and is an important and famous classic in
history.
There is a paragraph in this book as
follows.
Why are many organizations unable to retain
good talents?
I think the reason is that the leader of
this organization, when evaluating his subordinates, does not look at the main
merits of this subordinate, but focuses on the minor faults of this
subordinate.
If a person has good morals, this person
will also make some minor mistakes.
No matter how good a person’s reputation
is, this person will never be perfect enough to have no shortcomings.
A dent stepped by a cow's hoof, even if the
dent is full of water, you cannot raise fish in the dent.
It is impossible for a swan to live in a
small beehive.
A good leader should remember these two metaphors
and remind himself at any time that it is impossible to accommodate huge
objects in a small space.
Everyone has their own strengths and
weaknesses. This is normal.
A good leader should objectively evaluate
the strengths and weaknesses of the person from the standpoint of the entire
organization.
If we are a leader, the superior ability of
one of our subordinates is very important to the development of the
organization. Even if this person offends us, we still have to reuse him.
If we are a leader, one of our subordinates
cannot help the development of the organization because of lack of superior
capabilities. Even if this person has a good relationship with us, we can't
reuse him.
The meaning of this idiom is to describe a
person in a position where he cannot perform his abilities.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Do you agree with his point of view? What
do you think can be done to evaluate a person objectively?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
牛蹄之涔(The water is too little, so there is
no way to raise fish here)
中國的漢代，有一個皇室的貴族名字叫做劉安。他主編過一本書，這本書名叫(淮南子)。
這本書中彙整了當時各派的學術思想，是歷史上重要的著名典籍。
這本書中有一段文字如下。
為何現在有很多組織不能夠留住好的人才呢。
我認為原因是這個組織的領導者，在評價他的部屬時，不看這個部屬主要的優點，而把焦點放在這個部屬微小的過失上。
如果一個人的道德敦厚，但這個人也會犯一些很小的過失。
就算一個人的聲譽再好，但這個人也會不可能完美到都沒有缺點。
一個牛蹄踩出來的凹洞，就算這個凹洞中積滿了水，你也不可能在這個凹洞裡面養魚。
一隻天鵝不可能住在一個小小的蜂巢裡面。
一個好的領導者應該記得這兩個比喻必且隨時提醒自已，一個微小的空間是不可能容納巨大的物品。
每個人都有各自的長處，也會是各自的短處，這是很正常的事情。
一個好的領導者應該站在整個組織的立場去客觀的評價這個人的優點與缺點。
如果我們是一個領導者，我們底下的一個部屬的優勢能力對組織的發展很重要。那就算這個人冒犯我們，我們還是要重用他。
如果我們是一個頂導者，我們底下的一個部屬因為缺乏優勢能力無法幫助組織發展。那就算這個人與我們的感情很好，我們也不能重用他。
這一句成語的意思是形容一個人處在一個無法發揮自己能力的位置上。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你認同他的觀點嗎?你認為要如何做才能客觀的評價一個人呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
原文出處-淮南子-氾論訓