The rich tell stories, the poor tell the truth
Recently, there is a question and answer that has become popular, saying why people with low education like to tell big truths, the answers are varied, but at the end, one person's comments summed up well: the rich tell stories, the poor tell the truth.
Jack Ma's Story - The Great Reversal of KFC
"It took me 7 years to finish middle school, and it took me 5 years; I wanted to enter a key junior high school, but all the key high schools failed, and I failed the university entrance exam 3 times; then I failed almost 30 times to apply for a job, and I wanted to graduate from high school that year. Looking for a job in KFC, 24 people went, 23 people were accepted, I was the only one who was not hired; I tried to take the police exam, 5 classmates went, 4 were accepted, and I was the one who was not accepted ; When I started Alibaba, I met more than 30 investors, and none of them were willing to vote for us.”
The rich tell stories, the poor tell the truth
In September last year, the story took a dramatic turn. After Parkson Catering Group was unsuccessful in seeking a solo business in China, it then joined forces with Primavera Capital Group (hereinafter referred to as "Primal China Capital") and Ant Financial Services Group (hereinafter referred to as "Ant Gold"). Services”) reached an agreement to jointly invest US$460 million in Yum China, which will coincide with the spin-off of Yum! Brands and Yum China. Yum China will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange as an independent company on November 1, 2016 under the symbol "YUMC".
Jack Ma tells this story to illustrate a truth. He feels that making mistakes is not terrible. Every failure and rejection is regarded as a training. It is mistakes that make him different.
The God of Management - Wang Yongqing
The founder of Formosa Plastics Group, Wang Yongqing, was poor in his early years. When he was 16 years old, Wang Yongqing came to Chiayi from his hometown to open a rice shop. At that time in Taiwan, farmers were still in a state of manual work. Due to the backward technology of rice harvesting and processing, many small stones and other sundries were easily mixed into the rice. Before cooking, people have to wash rice several times, which is very inconvenient. But everyone has come to see it and become accustomed to it.
The rich tell stories, the poor tell the truth
Wang Yongqing found an entry point from this commonplace. He and his two younger brothers worked together, picking out the chaff, sand and other debris mixed in the rice bit by bit, and then selling them. For a time, the housewives in the town said that the rice sold by Wang Yongqing was of good quality, saving the trouble of washing rice. In this way, the business of the rice shop has become increasingly prosperous.
Wang Yongqing was not satisfied with this. He also has to work hard on rice. At that time, customers came to buy rice and shipped it home by themselves. This is nothing for young people, but for some older people, it is a big inconvenience. And young people have no time to take care of housework, and most of the customers who buy rice are the elderly. Wang Yongqing noticed this detail, so he took the initiative to send rice to the door. This customer-friendly service measure is also very popular. There was no such thing as "home delivery" at that time, and adding this service was a pioneering endeavor.
Wang Yongqing did not deliver the rice to the customer's door, but also poured the rice into the rice jar. If there is still old rice in the rice jar, he pours out the old rice, wipes the rice jar clean, pours the new rice in, and puts the old rice back on the upper layer, so that the old rice will not deteriorate due to storage for too long. . Wang Yongqing's meticulous service deeply moved customers and won many customers.
If giving rice to a new customer, Wang Yongqing will carefully record the capacity of the family's rice jar, and ask how many people in the family eat, how many adults, how many children, and how much each person eats. Based on this, he estimates the family's next time. The approximate time of buying rice is recorded in the notebook. At that time, without waiting for the customer to come to the door, he will take the initiative to deliver the corresponding amount of rice to the customer's home.
In this way, Wang Yongqing started his career as the richest man in Taiwan from a small rice shop business.
Why do poor people like to reason, and rich people like to tell stories?
You may also meet a lot of people with low education or relatively poor people. When they see people, they will start to reason with you, making you very tired. For example, when a couple quarrels, a person who persuades may come to tell you a lot. Reason, the ultimate goal is to let you not quarrel. But this is not the case, but the louder and more fierce. If you meet a storyteller, he will tell you what bad things happened because of the quarrel, etc. He will tell you some stories, so that you can fully understand from your heart that quarrels will have so many bad consequences, etc., so , you won't fight anymore.
The rich tell stories, the poor tell the truth
Why does this happen?
The answer is very simple. As a normal person, no one is willing to listen to other people's great truths, and all are willing to listen to others' stories.
Anyone who has read "Partners in China" knows that at the beginning of New Oriental's founding, Yu Minhong's class was extremely boring, and students were unwilling to listen to it. Later, after he became a joker, he skillfully integrated the words, methods and tools of English learning into the classroom. In this case, it quickly attracted students to listen to the class, so that now the teachers of New Oriental are first and foremost Duanzi hands, and the famous one includes Luo Yonghao, the founder of Hammer Mobile.
The reason why the poor are poor is that they do not know the mystery of poverty and lack the ability to solve problems, so they will explain many things under the guise of various big truths. to cover up its own shortcomings.
commonality of the poor
A friend of mine (Lachel) mentioned this issue before, and the point of view is very accurate. Here are some opinions. The editor thinks it is very reasonable and the summary is in place.
The rich tell stories, the poor tell the truth
Many times, we think that the poor have some commonalities, such as being too eager for quick success, superstitious interpersonal relationships, blind impulses, etc. In fact, in essence, they are all due to the combined effect of two mentalities: one is the "insecurity" about the status quo; The second is the "uncertainty" of future expectations. The combination of these two causes the poor to place too much emphasis on immediate, attainable benefits, and be wary of long-term, abstract, and costly benefits.
In fact, the editor thinks that these are actually the reasons for uncertainty. The so-called uncertainty is not knowing what the future will be like, and how to eliminate the uncertainty? The higher the expectation, the greater the disappointment, and the risk is uncertain. How to succeed and do not know how to start.
This has led to the lack of confidence of the poor, coupled with the reluctance to let go of the usual comfort zone boundaries, so it has been impossible to get rid of poverty.
The worst case, the most terrifying thing, is that you don't even know how to get out of this state, and you don't even know that "you still have a chance to get out of this state."