Learn to be a person and handle matters from Mao Zedong

Author: Chen Guanren
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: Mao Zedong's way of handling affairs, his reasoning based on emotions and logic, clear boundaries between feelings and principles, and a blend of strictness and kindness. Studying Mao Zedong's approach to dealing with people and matters can help us build better interpersonal relationships, manage various interpersonal dynamics, enhance our character, and make our actions more skillful. Mao Zedong was a success unprecedented in history and the most outstanding leader of the Chinese people. His success stemmed not only from his firm belief in Marxism-Leninism and exceptional way of thinking but, more importantly, from the outstanding and excellent individuals who gathered around him, forming the most powerful force of the Chinese revolution. Ultimately, Mao Zedong's success could not be separated from his success in interpersonal art. As a leader, Mao Zedong's demeanor was grand and magnanimous. He was both principled, demonstrating the grace of a leader, and caring, warm, and genuinely compassionate, touching people's hearts deeply, earning their admiration and respect. Mao Zedong's character was marked by extreme political strictness, and his approach to handling matters profoundly reflected this. Whether dealing with subordinates or the masses, political opponents or allies, in personal capacity or on behalf of the organization, with family or teachers, he always maintained a balance between emotions and principles, blending strictness with kindness, with compassion infused in his sternness. Politically, he upheld the belief of working for the benefit and happiness of the majority, while in his personal and professional dealings, he had already achieved the ideal state of earning the support and love of most people.