wolf road

Chapter 23 Wolf Principle (2)
In order to find out how ants live every day, French entomologist Fabre once lay on the wet and dirty ground for several hours, using a magnifying glass to observe the activities of ants carrying dead flies.Many people commented on him when they saw him like this, but he didn't pay any attention to it, and just concentrated on watching the ants.

Why do these things happen to these accomplished figures?it's actually really easy.Because they focus on the problems they focus on and respond clearly to the problems they think about, but they don't think about or pay attention to things other than these problems, so they make a lot of jokes like this.

From this, it is not difficult to see that successful people are generally focused people, and concentration is a common feature of successful people.Only by gathering one's essence and mastering one's spirit can one achieve success.The secret of success is actually very simple, that is focus.

So, how is the spirit of concentration cultivated?Let's take a look at Bill Gates' road to success.

Once the world's richest man for many years, Bill Gates, one of the founders of Microsoft, was born in Seattle, in the northwest corner of the United States.He has studied at Ridgeview Elementary School and Lakeside Middle School in Seattle.

When he was a child, Bill was very energetic and thoughtful. Once he was fascinated by something, he would devote himself wholeheartedly to it without being influenced by the outside world.From his grandmother's persuasive enlightenment education to his parents' tireless efforts to find clubs and schools suitable for Bill Gates' talent development, all provided fertile soil and fresh air for the development of his talent.Grandma especially likes to play games with the clever little Bill, especially some games that help intellectual development.She taught young Bill to play checkers, play chips, and play bridge and other things she liked to play.When playing games, my grandmother always said to Little Bill: Think hard!Think hard!When Bill made a good move or played a good card, she always applauded and cheered him up.Sometimes the grandparents and grandchildren went for a walk in the park, and the grandmother would often exchange chess-playing techniques with Bill Gates or read a certain masterpiece, allowing Bill to find newer chess-playing methods through his own thinking, and express his unique, incisive and distinctive insights .Grandma often let Bill Gates read and tell him stories, and Bill Gates benefited a lot from it.With the help and guidance of his grandmother, he read many kinds of books extensively.

For the growth of Bill Gates, his parents have always been very concerned.In their simple way of life, they care more about their children's growth and education. In their spare time at work, his parents always try to stay with their son as much as possible.The family is constantly engaged in a variety of games, from board games to jigsaw puzzles, pretty much every kind of puzzle game.As the son grows older, the environment in the family can no longer satisfy the further development of Bill Gates' talent.Little Bill sometimes even blamed his mother for her lack of intelligence.

Therefore, the parents turned their attention to the society, and wanted to find a place for Bill that was more suitable for him and had more room for development.

In the end, the whole family chose Lakeside Middle School.At Lakeside Middle School, Bill became obsessed with computers, which made him devote his entire life.When Bill Gates was studying in Lakeside Middle School, he often arranged his studies according to his hobbies.In the subjects he likes, Bill Gates is willing to work hard and often learns very well, such as mathematics and reading.Every time the parents saw the report card that Bill brought back, even though they knew that Bill would learn better in some subjects, they didn't blame him, but respected his son's behavior.

After Bill Gates graduated from middle school, he wanted to study at Harvard University, which happened to be his parents' greatest wish.The parents originally wanted their son to be a lawyer, but after calm thinking, the parents decided to let Bill Gates develop freely in the university field.This helped Bill Gates a lot.But a year later, Bill Gates' parents had to face a bigger problem: Bill Gates was leaving Harvard, giving up his studies, and starting a computer company with others!In many conversations with his parents, Bill expressed his thoughts calmly.Parents understand their son's nature and aspirations. Although they don't agree [-]%, they still respect his son's wishes. Perhaps his talent and computer career are the best fit!Bill Gates resolutely left Harvard University, which hundreds of millions of students yearned for, and began his struggle in the field of computer software.

The relaxed environment of the family and the tolerant care of the family enable Bill Gates to give full play to his talent of concentrating on a certain thing. In 1975, Bill officially founded Microsoft Corporation. More than 20 years later, he became the world's top richest man, with personal assets of nearly 200 billion US dollars!Obviously, Bill Gates' success is the result of the combination of personal talent and family education.Bill's case tells us that it is very important to cultivate children's concentration ability, and concentration from an early age is the cornerstone of future success.

Everyone hopes that they can make a difference in their life, and concentration is a necessary condition for success in learning.A person's energy is limited, and only when he concentrates on something will he achieve results in it.From a business point of view, only by focusing can we gain the market.

We all know that some well-known companies in the world, such as Intel, only produce processors, Coca-Cola only produces beverages, and IBM only produces computer hardware.On the contrary, some enterprises are blooming everywhere, wanting to get involved in any industry, but lost their specialties and quickly declined.Just like the once-popular Apple computer, it has both hardware and software, and it did a good job at the time, but later, when Microsoft launched Windows software with better performance than Apple, people began to abandon Apple software and use Microsoft’s, Apple’s. Not only the software of the computer cannot be sold, but there is also no market for the hardware.

Focus can make up for some deficiencies in technology.When Taiwan Integrated Circuit Company made the decision to abandon other production lines and only do processing with supplied materials, it encountered strong opposition and resistance from internal management personnel.

But it turns out that this is the right way to go.Almost all of the top ten design companies in the United States are customers of Taiwan IC Corporation.

Focus can enhance the company's competitiveness.Porter, a strategist at Harvard University, pointed out that in the face of fierce economic competition in the future, only by being different from peers in terms of strategies and products and services can we maintain our long-term competitive advantage in the industry.This requires enterprise managers to focus on their own strengths, avoid their own defects, and enhance their competitive advantages in professional production.The four-way typewriter was all the rage in the early 20s, but few people use it now.Duan Yongji, chairman of Stone, thought that Stone, like most domestic enterprises, made a big and comprehensive mistake. When foreign enterprises are carrying out fine division of labor and cooperation, domestic enterprises are If a product is overwhelmed by a large and complete product, all components are produced by the company itself, which will inevitably reduce the company's innovation ability and innovation speed, because a company's energy is always limited, and it is impossible to cover everything.

Focus can win big with little.At present, some enterprises like to infiltrate into other industries after they grow bigger. For example, Suning, which has achieved certain achievements in the retail field in the past, is now infiltrating into the production field.Some experts believe that such vertical penetration is not successful.There are also some enterprises that like to infiltrate horizontally. For example, some large home appliance companies in China are penetrating into the small home appliance industry.Although these enterprises have abundant funds and strong brands, their success rate in the field of small household appliances is very low.Experts believe that the highly specialized manufacturing level and sales methods of small home appliances are a solid barrier that is difficult for large home appliance companies to overcome.

Only those who are dedicated can achieve a win-win situation with their partners in the competition.One of the fundamental reasons why some enterprises want to be large and comprehensive now is that they are not united and cooperative enough. They are worried that supporting enterprises cannot cooperate with production, or think that it is a waste of money to let other enterprises process parts that they can make.This kind of thinking leads to the expansion of the company's stalls, and finally reduces the original market competitiveness of superior products because there are too many to take care of.

There are too many companies in the commercial society that have achieved success because of their focus, and BEA is one of them. Let's take a look at BEA's focus.

In 2005, coincided with the ten-year celebration of BEA.

The sudden emergence of BEA can be said to have created a miracle in the global software industry. Founded in 1995, it went public two years later, had more than 2 users six years later, and had a turnover of more than US$6 billion BEA eight years later, shaping a business model for rapid success of software companies.Behind its growth, in addition to imprinting the imprint of mergers and acquisitions, there are more innovative technologies such as middleware, basic software, Web services, SOA, and a series of industry open standards... Today, ten years have passed Afterwards, BEA, like many companies, has a business model of continuous acquisitions to meet the needs of its business development.But the difference is that BEA has very accurate forecasting ability and focus on the market, so that every step of BEA's growth can lead the market to grow together.

In today's highly competitive market, various concepts are flying all over the sky. It is the practice of many enterprises to expand their frontiers, because they don't know which cloud will rain.However, BEA's corporate positioning has not wavered in the past ten years: a product company.In BEA's view, only by focusing can one be profound; only by focusing can one be successful. Therefore, concentration has been their constant theme for many years.

In the IT industry, the growth path of many companies is similar to BEA, such as: BMC, Symantec, Borland, Interwoven, BO... Because most of them have a common feature, that is: a single product, and in a certain field With extraordinary moves, it has become a very ideal target for mergers and acquisitions when the tide of mergers and acquisitions is approaching.Therefore, when they acquire other manufacturers, they are always in danger of being acquired. BEA is a typical example.There have been rumors in the industry for some time that HP, Oracle and even Microsoft may acquire BEA.Mergers and acquisitions are just one of the ways to increase technical capabilities and expand market share, while BEA tends to provide innovative technologies to maintain market advantages. Zhuang Sihao, the founder, chairman and CEO of BEA, has a different perspective on M&A decisions: continuous technological innovation will be the main way for BEA to maintain continuous revenue growth.The integration work after acquiring the technology, including personnel and technology, is the decisive point for the success of the M&A policy.Therefore, although BEA has had many mergers and acquisitions during the ten-year period, BEA still sticks to one goal—to strengthen its leading position in middleware and play its own unique advantages.

focus requires calm

The concentration and patience shown by the wolves when hunting their prey is amazing to humans. In fact, the calmness and calmness of the wolves is the key to their victory.But only calmness can concentrate, concentration requires calmness, concentration and calmness are inseparable.

Do you sometimes feel like your head is spinning but you can't focus, you can't think things through properly, you feel out of control, confused and restless?Are you scared or worried about something?If you need clear thinking to help you achieve the results you expect, you can choose to calm your mind, focus your attention on one thing, and learn to think in an orderly way every day.

Only when we are calm can we think quickly, have a clear mind, and concentrate on the work at hand.

Haier, made in China, this familiar saying is the pride of China's national industry. Haier is one of the top 500 Chinese manufacturers in the world.

Zhang Ruimin, known by the western media as the most honest entrepreneur and an outstanding representative of Chinese entrepreneurs who have been on the Harvard forum.

Haier products are the first to achieve internationalization. Haier pursues a development strategy that highlights the East and the West and has achieved initial results...

Too many honors, too much applause, Haier has been calmly faced, especially the calmness of its core figure Zhang Ruimin himself, which has become the key to Haier's success.

Without Zhang Ruimin's calmness, Haier would not be able to focus on a big goal for development; without Zhang Ruimin's calmness, we would not see a Haier like it is today.

Therefore, the success of an enterprise is inseparable from calm thinking and the spirit of concentration.

Create business opportunities calmly, let us be more focused.

Dr. Wang, who is over 60 years old, is the Director of Urology Department, Chief Physician and Professor of a certain hospital. He has won many national and military scientific and technological progress awards and enjoys special government allowances.

Although everyone desires to succeed, not everyone can stand the test of success.But Dr. Wang is a real winner who can stand the test of success.Over the past 40 years of practicing medicine, he has achieved countless medical technology successes.But he always faces each success with a calm mind, and insists on demanding himself with higher standards. After the success, he will also think about which areas are worthy of further improvement, strive for excellence, and strive to achieve greater success next time. success.

When he first started practicing medicine, Dr. Wang once encountered such a thing. During a trainee, an old doctor performed a splenectomy on a patient.The entire operation went smoothly, but the patient died suddenly that afternoon due to massive bleeding.This incident made young Dr. Wang strongly aware of the great responsibility of a doctor.Since then, he has always reminded himself: human life is at stake, and even a slight difference may lead to irreparable and serious consequences.Keeping this in mind, in the following decades of medical practice, Dr. Wang gradually formed his own concept of success in medical technology.He believes that the success of medical technology is not absolute, but relative.After a successful operation, as long as we carefully study the details of the operation and observe the patient's condition carefully, we may find areas for further improvement.It is precisely because of such a view of success that Dr. Wang usually keeps asking the medical staff around him after every operation: Do you think there is any problem with this operation?Is there any way to make the operation more successful?Dr. Wang has successfully completed the controlled ileal bladder surgery, which is a significant improvement over the traditional ileal bladder surgery that requires 24 hours of continuous urine leakage from the abdominal wall.Amid the congratulations and praises, Dr. Wang was not satisfied with the success he had achieved. He said very frankly: there are still obvious problems in this operation, such as regular intubation for urination, which brings great inconvenience to the patient. .In order to overcome this problem, Dr. Wang checked the information repeatedly, conducted experiments over and over again, and finally completed the controllable ileal bladder surgery using the appendix as the output tract, which made the abdominal wall stoma smaller and did not drip. peed.However, he still felt that there was room for improvement, and he continued to think about whether it was possible to avoid intubation and stop the abdominal wall stoma.After careful research, Dr. Wang once again successfully completed the artificial bladder replacement operation, enabling the patient to urinate through the urethra like a normal person.It is in this relentless pursuit of repeatedly examining success and striving for greater success that Dr. Wang has achieved a lot of admirable clinical technology and scientific research achievements, and made breakthroughs and successes one after another in medicine.

Someone once said to Dr. Wang that with his superb skills, he can easily perform many major operations, and there is no need to compete with himself.Dr. Wang said that there is no limit to medical skills, and doctors can never treat people based on old experience.In this sense, it is difficult to make new progress and new success if we blindly rely on our old foundations and do not make new researches, or even fail to keep up with the rapid development of medical technology and become a laggard in this industry.

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