Two-color 50 life rules you can't afford to ignore

Author: Zhai Wenming
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Walk out of the Mushroom Law in one day, King Solomon said to a little girl by the wheat field, "You can do me a favor, and I will reward you with a valuable gift." The little girl asked, "What kind of favor?" King Solomon said, "Pick out the largest wheat ear in this field for me, and then bring it to me." The little girl said, "That's not difficult!" King Solomon said, "It's not difficult, but we have an agreement: you must keep moving forward, without stopping, turning back, or turning left or right. Remember, the larger the wheat ear you choose, the greater the gift I will give you." As a result, the little girl came out of the wheat field without receiving any gift because she kept complaining that the wheat ears she saw were too small along the way. Many young people in their early career make the same mistake. With high ambitions, they are not valued in the workplace and leave in anger, believing that better opportunities are waiting for them. In this way, they struggle for years, fail to find good jobs, while those who graduated with them have already been promoted from ordinary employees to managers. Such people can be said to have made methodological mistakes. Unaware that the more they try to escape the fate of a mushroom, the more they repeatedly face the same kind of treatment. To escape the fate of a mushroom is very simple—except for striving to complete the tasks assigned by your superiors to the best of your ability, there is no other choice. This is the most effective way to gain your superiors' trust. When a world-renowned management consulting company was asked why it gave a recent graduate, Zhang, three raises in half a year, they said, "Nothing, we just noticed that she sealed envelopes more beautifully than others, and the company people always thought of giving them to her when needed." Therefore, never underestimate yourself. Don’t start doubting whether you chose the right company after a few days of not meeting your goals. No one can become fat overnight; only by enduring solitude can you eventually achieve brilliance. Additionally, to quickly end your mushroom career, you must also have enough loyalty. The following fable is worth referencing for young people just starting their careers. In ancient times, birds and beasts fought a war. Bats didn’t participate on either side but hid and watched the battle. In the end, the birds won. The bats said to the birds, "Congratulations! Congratulations! You are truly heroes. I have wings and can fly, so I should be a friend of the birds." At this time, the birds needed the bats to join them to strengthen their ranks. Later, the battle broke out again, and the bats once again dared not show up, hiding and watching from the sidelines. This time, the beasts won. The bats then went to the beasts and said, "Congratulations! Congratulations! You are so great! I am a relative of the mice, so I also belong to the beasts." The beasts accepted the bats into their group. In subsequent battles, the bats became like a wallflower, aligning themselves with whichever side won. In the end, the war ended, and the beasts and birds made peace and became friends again, but neither side accepted the bats, leaving them to only dare to come out at night. The fate of the bats tells us that as employees, loyalty to the collective must come first. "Looking for a horse while riding another" or "sailing on two boats" may seem like the safest and most stable methods, but they become foolish because they lose basic loyalty, making it easier to become a fallen horseman or a drowned rat. Of course, escaping the Mushroom Law is not just about this; the following methods are also essential:
- Don’t forget to motivate yourself.
- Don’t worry that others will pay much attention to you.
- Show yourself off appropriately at the right time and place.
- Don’t be too flashy.
- Summarize your experiences and quickly mature yourself.
- Find your position.
- Don’t give up learning.
- Do more and complain less.
- Be proactive.