Once upon a time, there was a famous Zen master named Yin Nan. One day, a local celebrity came to meditate with him. The celebrity kept talking, but Yin Nan kept silent and just served him tea. He poured tea into the guest's cup. I didn't stop when it was full. I continued to pour it in and watched the tea overflow from the cup. The celebrity said anxiously that it was full. Don't pour it again. Yin Nan said: You are like this cup, which is full of your own opinions and ideas. How can I tell you Zen if you don't empty your cup?
This story is about the empty cup mentality, and its most direct significance: a cup full of water is difficult to accept new things, so it is necessary to put psychology? Cup? Empty your mind, you must completely empty your mind of many things you value and care about, as well as the glorious past. Only by emptying your heart can you put it down externally, achieve greater success and have the whole world. People are often like this. How can you listen to other people's words and suggestions when your own thoughts are all over your brain? No matter whether the other person is right or wrong, you should empty the glass first and listen to the other person's thoughts. Is it useful? Heart? To experience, use? Heart? To feel.
Whether a person can succeed or not basically depends on his mentality. Different mentality will lead to different results in handling things. When a person is modest and prudent in everything, seeking truth from facts and willing to learn from past experiences and lessons. Then he can face the problem calmly and persevere in the face of difficulties. On the contrary, if a person deals with problems with an inflated mentality, he will be arrogant, go his own way, and finally repeat the same mistakes. In fact, there are many factors that lead to psychological expansion. For example, once highly educated, profound knowledge, rich life experience, rich work experience and so on. Will cause people's hearts to swell. How can we give up these psychological factors and reach the realm of empty cups? It's really not easy to do, so I need to let go of my excellent past. Listen to others' opinions and suggestions. Only by learning from each other's strengths can we integrate more advantages.
It is also very important to apply the empty cup mentality to the management of modern enterprises. Employees may be highly educated. But when he just graduated from school and entered the society, everything was strange. If he doesn't go to work and study with an empty cup mentality, he only thinks about how excellent his grades are after graduating from a famous university, and all kinds of glory in the past may become obstacles to his mentality. This will lead to mistakes such as arrogance and lack of practical work experience, instead of learning with an open mind, which will also become a stumbling block to his progress, so people who come to work for the first time need an empty cup mentality.
When a person has been working in an enterprise for a period of time, and has performed well, and has been approved by his superiors to be promoted to a higher rank, he still needs an empty cup mentality to face his future challenges. Any conceit about his previous job will affect his future development. He wants to learn and progress with an empty cup mentality. Because there is always? For what? Only then? Bit? .
When a person reaches the highest level in a certain field, the empty cup mentality must accompany him, because the higher you stand, the more you hate falling, and people will not be cold at the top.
When this person retires from this field these years, if he doesn't have an empty cup mentality, he will feel doubly lost and can't face the gap in life. In fact, the waves behind the Yangtze River push forward the waves, and the development of the times has also created a group of outstanding talents. No one will always be at the highest point. At this moment, we must face and live with an empty cup mentality.
The essence of the empty cup mentality is to let go, and the external letting go comes from the inner giving up. Only by giving up the past from the mentality can we have less future, see things clearly around us and live a better life!
Five-minute speech with empty cup mentality Part II Dear judges, teachers and guests, dear students,
Good evening, everyone!
The topic of my speech today is empty cup mentality.
When you hear this topic, you will definitely ask, what is the empty cup mentality?
Speaking of empty cup mentality, there is a meaningful story. In ancient times, there was a man with profound Buddhist attainments. He heard that there was a monk in a temple, so he went to visit. He was received by a little apprentice, and the visitors looked very arrogant. He thought to himself, I am a person with profound Buddhist attainments. Who are you, a little apprentice? The old Zen master saw him and poured him tea after seeing him. The water is full and still flowing downwards. The visitor asked inexplicably, Master, the water is full. Why did you pour it? Yes, the water is full. Why did you pour it? The implication is that since visitors already think they have a deep understanding of Buddhism, why do they come to visit?
This is the origin of the empty cup mentality. Empty cup mentality is a kind of modesty and atmosphere, isn't it? Never too old to learn? A positive attitude towards life.
When you change your working environment and start a new life, your past achievements and honors will be zero.
Because how much water is added to a cup of muddy water is chaotic, but after it is poured out, no matter how much water is added, even a drop will be crystal clear.
Some people can't help but ask, return to zero, isn't there nothing? You can't let your efforts go to waste!
However, I want to say that the empty cup mentality is to let you stand at a new height, re-examine yourself and plan yourself from a new angle.
Pele, the king of world football, galloped 1000 times on the court and scored countless goals. When he scored the1000th goal, a reporter asked him, which do you think is the best? He said without hesitation, next! His answer is implicit, humorous and intriguing. On the road to success, whenever you achieve a short-term goal, you should not be complacent, but take your previous success as your new starting point. There should be a zero mentality, so that we can constantly surpass ourselves and sublimate our shining youth. Everyone is born with an empty cup, either a small glass or a goblet. According to your own ability, constantly thicken the bottom of the cup and raise the cup body. Cast your own heavy cup bottom with mineral elements in water and start your successful journey at a new height step by step! At the same time, use your own ability to increase the cup, let yourself inject more water, so as to master more skills.
Empty cup mentality is an improvement of inner knowledge, taking your most precious experience as the bottom of the cup. Keep pouring water into your cup, and at the same time, before the next time, pour out your turbidity to make room and thicken the bottom of the cup with your real accumulation. Don't forget to improve the cup with your own ability!
In the future, I will adjust myself and motivate myself with an empty cup mentality. What about you?
Since ancient times, people have divided the learning experience into three processes to motivate themselves or others. Among them, Wang Guowei cited three ancient sayings in Qing Dynasty to describe the three realms of scholars. What is the first realm? Last night, the west wind withered the green trees, climbed the tall building alone and looked at the horizon? ; What is the second realm? I don't regret that my belt is getting wider and thinner for Iraq. ; What is the third realm? Looking for him in the crowd, suddenly looking back, that person is in the dim light? .
Among the three realms summarized by Wang Guowei, the first realm is the realm of learning and being an official. What is this? Do you know? Great realm. What is the second realm? Okay？ The realm of perseverance in realizing lofty ideals. What is the third realm? Have to? The realm of success will naturally come.
Then someone followed suit? Three realms? Division method, and summed up a lot? Three realms? The past is listed as follows: some people have studied Confucius' exposition on learning and found that there are three realms of learning: what is the first realm? Do you know? ; What is the second realm? Okay？ ; What is the third realm? Are you happy? .
Others summarize the three realms of reading into three realms: knowing, being for yourself and being a person.
Someone explained in Zen: What is the first realm? See the mountain is the mountain, see the water is the water? ; What is the second realm? See the mountain is not a mountain, see the water is not water? ; What is the third realm? Mountain or mountain, water or water? .
Some scholars have also summarized three realms of reading, such as Peach Blossom Garden? It was very narrow at first, so it was easy to understand people. 、? How many steps? 、? Suddenly enlightened? . As an entrepreneur, there are also three realms: what is the first realm? Great wisdom? ; What is the second realm? Ambition? ; What is the third realm? Make big money? .
When people read Chairman Mao's poems, they can be divided into three realms: What is the first realm? Where is this trip, the Ganjiang River is full of snow and wind? Yesterday, the order was issued, and 100,000 workers and peasants marched to Ji 'an. ; What is the second realm? The four seas are turbulent and angry, and the five continents are shocked. Sweep away all pests and be invincible? ; What is the third realm? Over the past 1000 years, Wei Wu's whip has left a legacy in the East. The bleak autumn wind is coming again, on earth? .
Obscurely speaking, there are three realms that tell people: first, we must be firm and establish our goals in life; Second, we must work tirelessly to achieve our goals; The third one is that many things happen, and he will eventually succeed.
2. Never be complacent.
Pele, the world soccer king, has participated in 1364 games and scored 1282 goals in his football career for more than 20 years. And set a record for a player to score 8 goals in a game. His extraordinary skills not only fascinated thousands of spectators, but also often made opponents applaud on the court. He is not only superb in ball skills, but also excellent in speech. When his personal goal record exceeded 1000, someone asked him:? Which ball are you best at? Bailey smiled and said meaningfully, next. ? His answer is subtle, humorous and intriguing, as wonderful as his skill.
3. The feeling of trying to return to zero.
When the president of Harvard University visited Peking University, he told a personal experience. One year, the headmaster asked the school for three months' leave, and then told his family not to ask me where I was going. I will call home every week to report my safety.
The headmaster went to the countryside in the southern United States alone to try a new life. In the countryside, he went to work on the farm and washed dishes in restaurants. When working in the field, smoking a cigarette behind the boss's back or secretly saying a few words to his workmates gives him an unprecedented pleasure. The most interesting thing is that he finally got a job washing dishes in a restaurant. After working for four hours, the boss called him and settled accounts with him. The boss said to him, poor old man, you are too slow to wash dishes. You're fired.
The poor old man returned to Harvard and his familiar working environment, but he felt that everything he knew in the past was fresh and interesting. Work becomes a brand-new enjoyment.
The experience of these three months is like a naughty boy playing a prank. Fresh and interesting. More importantly, after returning to a primitive state, just like the world in children's eyes, everything is so interesting that they unconsciously clean up the garbage accumulated in their hearts for many years.
This story tells us that if we can reset ourselves to zero regularly and remove the pollution in our hearts, we can enjoy our work and life better.
4. Continue to dump the muddy water in your head.
We all know this phenomenon: if there is muddy water in a cup, no matter how much water is added, it is still turbid; But an empty cup is always clear, no matter how much water is poured.
In practical work, once many of us have worked in a post for a period of time, we will feel that our work is already very skilled and we don't need to accept new learning. I always feel that I have almost learned some theories of leadership, management and marketing, and my business knowledge is constantly being applied in my daily work. Although we also want to continue to learn something and constantly enrich ourselves, because we have old knowledge, what is it? Mud water in the cup? What you have learned can't be used well in practical work, and then it gradually becomes? Eat old money? . As we all know, society is progressing all the time, and the surrounding environment is constantly changing! What if there is? Empty cup mentality? We all regard ourselves as freshmen and learn from colleagues, peers and customers with an open mind, so as to better adapt to the requirements of the current competitive society.
? People must have an empty cup mentality and a sponge mentality in order to move forward from the apprentice mentality? . If you keep your half bucket of water dangling all the time, you will have a corresponding sense of accomplishment-thinking? So much? . On the one hand, the sense of accomplishment generated at this time helps us to enhance our confidence in learning new things, but on the other hand, it is worth noting that our impetuous mentality and proud mentality also grow together with the enhancement of confidence. In this way, the thirst for knowledge is reduced, the sense of arrogance is strengthened, and the motivation for learning disappears, so half a glass of water and half a bucket of water can no longer melt into more knowledge.
The only way to keep an empty cup is to pour out the raw water in it. The human brain is like a computer. Only by constantly deleting outdated knowledge and experience can we constantly accept new things. Otherwise, your brain and mind will be filled with some useless rubbish and collapse.
5. Success is the mother of failure.
A good horse won the forest sports meeting? Marathon? The champion of the competition, but since then lost a quiet and comfortable life. He is no less entertaining than the Olympic champion, and everyone gives him the best courtesy and praise.
The monkey tycoon gave him golden horseshoes, big and thick, each weighing one catty. After wearing it, every step can make moving music. Governor Fox put on a gorgeous saddle, made of pearls and gold thread, shining on his back. He himself felt that he was no longer an ordinary horse. He found a blacksmith to make a round iron box to hold medals and hung it around his neck with colorful brocade ropes! It is such a beautiful scene on various grand occasions.
Soon, a year later, the Forest Games started again. Ambitious, he took part in the competition again, but before long, he was panting. The saddle on his body, the golden horse palm on his feet, and the iron box around his neck made him unable to run, and he was only surrounded by galloping horses.
In the early days of liberation, Mao Zedong talked with Zhou Gucheng, and Mao Zedong said? Failure is the mother of success. ? Zhou Gucheng replied? Success is also the mother of failure. ? Mao Zedong thought for a moment and said? You speak very well. ?
Indeed, people are familiar with the saying that failure is the mother of success, and the truth is recognized and accepted by most people. However, Zhou Gucheng turned out new ideas in front of the leaders and was affirmed by Comrade Mao Zedong, which shows that success is the mother of failure, which is very reasonable. Failure is the mother of success. People focus on failure, which can enlighten people, be targeted in future practice, avoid repeating the same mistakes and usher in success. In this sense, people who have failed are more likely to succeed, and failure is the mother of success, which is very correct. But when people are successful, they will relax their vigilance and give up their enterprising spirit if they are full of ambition and high spirits. Once used by opponents, failure will come soon. In this sense, is success not the mother of failure?
Growing up, we've been suffering? Failure is the mother of success? Education. A typical example is the revolution led by Sun Yat-sen to overthrow the feudal dynasty of the Qing Dynasty. Six armed uprisings failed without being discouraged, and finally won the Revolution of 1911. The model of scientific and technological development is Edison. In order to find a suitable filament, the experiment failed 1000 times, and finally the tungsten filament bulb was invented with perseverance. In the process of exploring scientific principles and engaging in major technological breakthroughs, there are always risks. Failure is the mother of success? This wise saying can inspire us to persevere, overcome all difficulties and win the final victory. However, in the globalization, networking and fierce competition? Ten times the speed change? In the new era, anyone who is intoxicated with the flowers and applause of success and tries to copy the successful experience of the past will inevitably fail.
Who is the founder of Ford Motor Company, Ford I? Success is the mother of failure? For example, he/Kloc-broke through the world at the age of 0/6, relying on outstanding management experts and mechanical experts to make Ford the largest automobile company in the world. However, after his success, old Ford was carried away by honor, thinking that everything was his own credit, and gradually refused to listen to other people's opinions. A group of talents left one after another, which made the company go from bad to worse and was on the verge of bankruptcy. 1945, Ford II took office and took over the mess of the old Ford. Corporal Li Xian made great efforts to manage the country, hired a group of management elites, rallied and came back to life, reaching a new peak. However, little Ford made the same mistake again, acting arbitrarily, treating himself as the supreme emperor in the company, making everyone in the company feel insecure. In the early 1980s, Ford II had to hand over power and was removed from the company.
An explorer set out for the North Pole, but finally reached the South Pole. When someone asked him why, he said? I have a compass, but I can't find the North Pole. ? The questioner said:? Come on, isn't the North Pole opposite to the South Pole? Turn around. ? Bill Gates, president of Microsoft, said: For successful enterprises and entrepreneurs, the biggest threat to their careers is not from their competitors, but from themselves? . Wang Xuan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Founder (Hong Kong) Company, also warned that vigilance against success is the mother of failure. Many losers are not crushed by their opponents, but are carried away by their own success, so that they are defeated. This statement is very worthy of our deep thinking. There is no eternal glory in life. When the moon is full, it will lose money, and when the water is full, it will overflow. . The first thing a successful person should do is to be clear-headed and bright-eyed, as unchanging as Confucius? Three provinces? Forced to fall from an unreasonable height; For example, Emperor Taizong? Look at yourself in three mirrors? Constantly correct the beacon of life and think about doing things and being a man from a new angle and position; Like a calculator? Keyboard zeroing? Start a new program to design and calculate the latest and most beautiful pictures. Only by getting rid of the burden of success can we achieve greater success.
6. Constantly challenge yourself
Challenging yourself is not satisfied with an existing situation, pursuing an ideal realm and approaching perfection step by step. A writer once said: convincing yourself is the victory of reason; I was moved by myself, which is a kind of spiritual abundance; Conquering oneself is a kind of maturity in life. ? He who convinces himself, touches himself and conquers himself can conquer all setbacks, pains and misfortunes.
There are two 70-year-old ladies. One thought that this age could be regarded as the end of life, so she began to take care of the aftermath. There is also an idea that what a person can do is not his age, but his idea. So, at the age of 70, she began to learn to climb mountains, some of which are world-famous peaks. Finally, at the age of 95, she climbed Mount Fuji in Japan, breaking the record of the oldest person to climb this mountain. She is the famous Hu Da? Mrs. cruise.
It's a miracle that I didn't learn to climb mountains until I was 70 years old. But miracles are created by people. The first sign of a successful person is his way of thinking and the spirit of constantly challenging himself. Huda? Mrs. Cruise's feat just proves this point.
7. Create a future full of diamonds.
One night, a group of nomads were trying to camp and rest when they were suddenly covered by a bright light. They knew that God was coming. They are eagerly awaiting the important news from heaven.
Finally, the voice of God spoke: Try to collect pebbles. Put them in your saddle bag. Travel for another day, and you will feel happy and ashamed tomorrow night. ? After he left, these nomads felt disappointed and angry. What they expect is the revelation of the great universal truth, so that they can create wealth, health or other secular purposes. But instead, they were told to do this humble and meaningless thing. But in any case, the light of the visit made them pick up some pebbles and put them in the saddle bag, although they were not very happy.
They walked for another day. When night fell and they started camping, they found that every pebble in the saddle bag had turned into a diamond. They were very happy because they got diamonds, but they also regretted not collecting more pebbles. So I want to tell you that you can look forward to a future full of diamonds by collecting pebbles of knowledge and skills and preparing for your success.
So, how should professional managers prepare themselves? Pebble? And then what? Here are some simple methods and techniques:
1) Learn the success of yourself and others, and learn the failure of yourself and others. Read books, people, and things.
2) Keep studying for half an hour every day, and keep sitting and thinking for half an hour every day.
3) Browse three websites, read three magazines, read three newspapers and read as many books as possible every month.
4) Pay attention to learning and communication. Use Toastmasters, chat with friends and share your learning experience and ideas.
5) Make some friends or net friends in your study. Join a manager's club or manager's salon.
6) Pay attention to learning with the brain. Make a few high-level friends, such as successful people, industry experts, professors and scholars.
7) If possible, go abroad once a year, visit developed areas once, attend more than one senior leadership or management forum, attend industry summits or annual meetings, and attend special training courses on charging.
8) If you are interested, you can try to write some articles for publication or try to be a guest speaker.
People's greatest sorrow is that they always live in the past. People who live in memories can only choose endless complaints and complaints when facing the status quo.
If a person wants to learn and never forget the past, then he can't create the future.
We have only one best choice, let go of the past and face the real challenges and opportunities with an empty cup mentality.
Forget the past and leave one behind? Empty cup? For tomorrow.