Why is it fatal for smart people to make mistakes? I'm not talking about the smart kind.

The smarter people are, the more likely they are to make these two fatal mistakes.

Zeng Guofan has a classic saying: "All talented people in ancient and modern times are defeated by pride", which means that all talented people in ancient and modern times are ultimately defeated by pride and complacency. The smarter people are, the more conceited they are. Finally, when you are full, you lose, when you are full, you fall down, and disaster happens.

Xiang Yu, the overlord of the place of Chu, was quickly defeated because of his arrogant personality. Han Xin, the incomparable god of war, also attracted himself to death because of pride; Guan Yu, who was brave and good at fighting, was still arrogant and careless, lost Jingzhou and was eventually defeated and killed. Therefore, talented people are easy to succeed and do bad things.

The more capable people are, the easier they are to be conceited, unpretentious, calm and low-key, and then there will be deviations in doing things. Therefore, the Book of Changes warns everyone that "Kang Long has regrets" and never fail because of pride and regret. The following two kinds of smart people, no matter how capable they are, are hard to succeed. Let's take a look!

0 1 a perfectionist

Stupid people have self-knowledge, know their own weight and dare not expect too much. Being a man and doing things is more pragmatic. However, smart people are very capable. The more they know, the more their desires expand. They also like to pursue perfection blindly, hoping to realize the value of life and stand at the peak of their lives.

However, smart people are easily carried away by victory, easily blinded by the illusion in front of them, and turn a blind eye to the natural truth of "extremes meet, outstanding people are outstanding." When the water is full, it will overflow, when the moon is full, it will lose money, when the day reaches its limit, everything will develop in the opposite direction.

Moreover, the higher a person climbs, the more perfect he pursues, and the more painful he finally falls, the greater the disaster he suffers. As the host Bai said: "There is no perfection in this world! The best way to ruin a person is to let him pursue perfection and achieve the ultimate! "

It is precisely because the opposite of the pursuit of perfection is extremely imperfect that we should be extra careful of those who look perfect, because there is often great evil hidden under their perfect appearance. Just like a classic line of Zhang in the TV series "Jong Shuai": "There is something wrong with people, and the problem lies in people. People who have no problems show that they are not true feelings. How can people who have no true feelings do it? "

One of the criteria for entrepreneurs to let Zheng Fei use talents is that "perfect people are not needed". His explanation is: "A perfect person is a useless person. In the company, we never need to be perfect. As soon as we saw this man always pursuing perfection, we knew that he had no hope. This man has shortcomings, many shortcomings. Take a good look and see where he can be reused. "

It is human nature to make mistakes. Everyone has advantages and disadvantages. If there are only advantages or disadvantages, it is a bad omen. A person who has both advantages and disadvantages is more flesh and blood and more trustworthy.

To be a man, we should be like Zeng Guofan's "looking for a lack of happiness", as written in his family book: "On weekdays, the ancients said that' the flowers are not in full bloom, and the moon is not round', thinking that the way to cherish happiness and protect Thailand is nothing more than this!"

Flowers are best when they are not in full bloom, and when the moon is not full. As soon as the flowers are in full bloom, they are close to falling flowers. As soon as the moon is round, it is close to becoming a waning moon. Defects are an important part of perfection! To be a man, you must have shortcomings to be more perfect!

A video on the Internet: A poisonous snake was sawed off by a saw, so it flew into a rage and bit the saw with its mouth, and its mouth was scratched; The poisonous snake never gave up and wrapped its whole body around the saw. The result was cut into several sections and dying. Therefore, people who blindly pursue perfection like to delve into dead ends, and in the end they will be smarter than themselves and will only suffer the consequences. The greater their ability, the greater their disaster.

People who don't concentrate on their work

Smart people are overconfident, often overestimate their abilities, think that they can be half-hearted and like to deal with multiple problems at the same time. Because they are sitting on this mountain, looking at that mountain, eating the things in the bowl and looking at the things in the pot, they are absent-minded. They want to do everything well, but in the end they can't do anything well.

Everyone's time and energy are limited, and where our energy is spent, our achievements are there. If you distract too much energy to do many things, you will not be able to concentrate your thoughts and wisdom, and the efficiency of solving problems will be greatly reduced, and ultimately nothing will be achieved.

Just like Guiguzi said, "Absent-minded, absent-minded, frustrated, you will think badly, and if you think badly, you will accomplish nothing." When you are distracted, your attention is not focused enough, your ambition is not firm enough, and it is difficult to do things in the end.

Zeng Guofan gave a vivid example to illustrate that you should concentrate on your work. He said: hard work is like digging a well to get water. Instead of digging several wells at the same time, but you can't dig the spring water, you might as well keep only one well and dig down, and you will be able to dig the spring water with all your strength. Therefore, Zeng Guofan has a habit of reading: he is not good at reading, and he will not read his books until he has finished reading them.

No matter what we do, we must concentrate and persevere in order to achieve something. If you don't have a single goal in mind, you will be dazzled and look at things differently. In the end, you will accomplish nothing, nothing.

As Zeng Guofan famously said: "When a mortal does something, he must concentrate on it. He must persevere from beginning to end and never change his mind. If he did, he would sit on this mountain and look at that mountain. People are not constant, and nothing can be achieved in life. "

In life, some people like to be half-hearted, fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, without perseverance and perseverance. They do this today, do that tomorrow, change a lot of jobs, change a lot of units, and finally learn nothing but a little, wasting a wonderful time, and it is difficult to succeed.

This kind of person is like a "monkey going down the mountain". When he sees corn, he breaks it off. See peaches, lose corn, pick peaches; See watermelon, lose peach, pick watermelon; See the rabbit, throw down the watermelon and chase the rabbit; Finally, the little monkey had to go home empty-handed.

As the old saying goes, "it's easy to change your mind." People do things without perseverance, always changing, seemingly improvising, but it is actually a selfish behavior, and the final result will not be good.

For example, Lu Bu, the first warrior in the Three Kingdoms, is not single-minded enough to treat others. At first, it was the Ministry of Ding Yuan, then killed Ding Yuan, joined Dong Zhuo, and then killed Dong Zhuo to collude with Stuart Wang Yun. Lu Bu was later defeated by Dong Zhuo's old staff, Li Jue, and attached himself to Yuan Shao, JASON ZHANG and Liu Bei.

Although Lu Bu is very capable, he is unfaithful and always betrays his leader, so Zhang Fei calls him a "three surnames slave". In the end, Lu Bu was defeated by Cao Cao, captured, strangled and beheaded.

Therefore, fickle people often end up with no good results. As Zeng Guofan summed up in his diary: "Heaven is evil", God will punish those who are half-hearted.

Conclusion:

A really smart person is a wise man who is stupid, humble, low-key, knows how to restrain himself, has a sharp edge, sneaks in at any cost and finally wins. Those who are smart and exposed have low morality, and those who are too rich in words are shallow in happiness. The smarter people are, the more likely they are to be conceited, which eventually leads to shallowness of morality and happiness.

These two kinds of smart people-those who blindly pursue perfection and those who don't concentrate on their work, no matter how good their skills are, they can't achieve great things. The smarter you are, the more likely you are to make these two fatal mistakes-pursuing perfection and being half-hearted. We might as well check ourselves to see if we are such smart people, and if so, we will encourage them!

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