This is the Mara River in Africa. The grass on both sides of the valley is tender and fat, and herds of antelopes in the grass are eating there beautifully. There is an African leopard hidden in the grass in the distance, and its ears are turned around. It noticed the existence of nearby sheep, and then quietly, gently, lowered its head and slowly approached the sheep. It was getting closer and closer, and suddenly the antelope noticed it and began to spread out. African leopards, like 100-meter athletes, rushed to the antelope with the explosive force of instant time, like an arrow. Its eyes were fixed on an underage antelope and it went straight to it. Antelopes are fast, African leopards are faster. In the process of chasing and fleeing, the African leopard caught up with an antelope standing on the sidelines, but it didn't turn to chase these closer prey. It chased the underage antelope crazily. Antelopes are tired from running, and so are African leopards. In the tired contest, it is the final speed and persistence. Finally, the African leopard's front paws caught the antelope's ass, and the antelope tripped. The leopard's teeth bit the antelope's neck straight, motionless and panting.
It can be said that all carnivores know to hide themselves before attacking, and when choosing the target to pursue, they always choose those underage, weak or single prey. In the process of chasing, why did it run away instead of chasing other sheep that looked closer? Because it is very tired, and the other sheep are not. Once other sheep start, they also have the explosive power of sprinting for 100 meters. In an instant, they will leave the leopard that has run for hundreds of meters behind and distance themselves. If you leave the tired sheep behind and chase a sheep that is not tired, you will definitely not catch one in the end.
This common phenomenon in the animal world may be an instinct handed down from generation to generation. But it inspires human beings to follow suit, and we should learn this wisdom in all the processes of pursuing our goals. The goal is single-minded, persistent, and the drop of water wears through. Whether it's fighting, hunting, business, scientific research, drilling and physical training, we must have the strategy of chasing sheep with tigers. Choose a goal and pursue it. Don't Dongyi? ? A stick hit the head, a heart scattered, a long front, ten flies with ten fingers, nothing.
"Xunzi's Persuasion": "You can't jump ten steps; This is a great contribution to the success of Ma Xu. Perseverance, rotten wood can't be carved; Perseverance, the stone can be carved. Earthworms (earthworms) do not have the advantages of minions, and their bones and muscles are strong. They eat dirt on the top and drink yellow water on the bottom, with one heart. The crab kneels eight times and pinches twice. Not a snake's nest, no sustenance. It is also impetuous. " Earthworms don't have strong tendons and claws, but they can move freely in the soil, so they are specialized crabs with hard shells and sharp pliers, but they don't make holes. Can only be placed in the hole of the snake and the ring, because it is not specific.
Xunzi's "Persuasion" quoted a poem from The Book of Songs Cao Feng Corpse Dove: "A gentleman is a gentleman, and his manners are wonderful. He is clumsy and kind-hearted. " Gou Zi held out his hand and said, "So you married one."
Tiger chasing sheep is to follow a goal and accumulate the fatigue and tension of sheep until it collapses. The same is true for water drops and stones. Han Meicheng's biography: "Taishan dripping wears away the stone". Luo Dajing's "He Lin Yu Lu" Song Volume 4: "Drip wears away the stone." Being familiar with the tiger chasing sheep and staring at a chase, there is still experience accumulated here, just like driving a light car on a familiar road.
Han Yu's Preface to Sending Stone to Chu Shi in the Tang Dynasty: "If a horse is good, he will be familiar with the road, and Wang Liang and Zhao Fu will follow suit." Wang Liang and Zhao Fu were both good drivers in ancient times. If one of them is familiar with cars and the other is driving a heavy car, then they must be faster than the other. Brand-name products are innovated from generation to generation. Watching McDonald's in Beijing fill the venue one after another, every family's business is booming. A small fast food restaurant used to be very rich. I wonder why McDonald's doesn't produce clothes. Not making cars? After thinking about it, it turns out that they are also African leopards chasing sheep and staring at them. For McDonald's, the clothing, automobile and oil industries are like other standing antelopes. If you want to chase these sheep, I'm afraid it's beyond your power to get twice the result with half the effort.
An entrepreneur should also chase sheep with tigers and keep an eye on the strategy of chasing one after another.
Boeing Aircraft Company, from Boeing 707, 737, 747, 757 to 767, has been upgrading, focusing on a high-quality product, and has always maintained a leading position. If Boeing Aircraft Company got the 707 out, shifted its target, built a ship, or developed cosmetics, would it have achieved today? Boeing is not engaged in the fast food industry.
Jeans and trousers are popular all over the world, so I don't engage in other clothes and trousers, specializing in denim series and making a lot of money.
Bell telephone company, which has been staring at the telephone for innovation and transformation, is also making progress in technology, from wired telephone to program-controlled telephone and wireless telephone, dominating the telephone industry.
Those who engage in beverages specialize in beverages, those who engage in cosmetics specialize in cosmetics, McDonald's specializes in fast food, those who engage in automobiles stare at the transformation of automobiles, and those who engage in household appliances stare at the renovation of household appliances. Artists: Han Gan and Xu Beihong stared at the horse painting, Qi Baishi stared at the shrimp painting, Zheng Banqiao stared at the bamboo painting, and the tiger chased the sheep.
Master of micro-carving, master of pyrography, jade carving craftsman and ivory carving all specialize in reaching the peak.
Luban is the ancestor of carpenters, and Taishan is the ancestor of bamboo wares, specializing in one subject, which others can't compare with.
Composers Beethoven, Strauss and Mozart are not necessarily dancers. Dancers and Dai are not necessarily excellent composers.
Han Yu's "Teacher's Theory": "There is specialization in the art". This is the key to overcome difficulties.
Surprise the snake and expose the enemy to avoid being ambushed; Draw water to drive the fish into my cage.
Strictly speaking, the strategy of "startling the snake" comes from Sun Tzu's Art of War. See the introduction before this plan. The enemy is lurking, I don't know where it is. I must mow the grass to disturb the snake, so that I can find out where the enemy is and attack it.
Before the attack, in order to find out the enemy's firepower distribution, the scouts had no time to send spies to know the situation from the enemy. If you can't catch the enemy prisoners, send scouts to conduct fire reconnaissance. In a hidden place, make a noise and see where the enemy fires. Or our scouts fire a few shots to lure the enemy into fire, which is the most basic application of the startle plan in offensive warfare.
Militarily, in pursuit or March, whenever you encounter dangerous terrain such as canyons and mountains, you should be wary of enemy ambushes. Therefore, it is necessary to startle the snake and lead it out of the ambush.
Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi confronted each other in Qishan. One day, Zhuge Liang transferred his troops, but Sima Yi did not dare to chase them. Fear is Zhuge Liang's trick to lure the snake out of the hole. At this time, the former army pioneer asked for pursuit, and Sima Yi gave him five thousand cavalry. As a result, the pioneers were ambushed in the valley and all were killed. Sima Yi was glad that he had used the tactic of "spooking the snake", which made the pioneer make sacrifices and kept the main force from ambushing.
The negative example is in the mountains. Meng Yuanzheng was sent to Zheng, the prime minister and uncle of Qin, to remind Meng that if the defeated army retreated and passed Xiao Mountain, there would be an ambush. This is to remind Meng to test the enemy's ambush with the scheme of spooking him, but Meng proudly underestimated his enemy. Later, he was defeated and retreated. In Xiaoshan Valley, we entered the ambush circle of 8 Jin Army, and the whole army was wiped out.
Farmers fish in the river, install nets in narrow places of the river, or block the river, leaving only a small exit and installing bamboo fishing cages at the exit. Then use a bamboo pole to draw water from the upstream to disturb the fish to escape downstream and enter the fish cage from a small exit.
The following case of Yu Chenglong's broken wedding dress being stolen is the same reason for fishing in troubled waters.
In solving crimes and catching thieves, we can also use the scheme of alarming the snake. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, a family in gaoyou county, Jiangsu Province wanted to marry their daughter. But it was stolen at night and the dowry clothes were swept away. The government is unable to solve the case at present. At this time, the governor Yu Chenglong came, ordered all the gates to be closed, leaving only one gate in and out, and sent officials and soldiers to strictly investigate pedestrians at this gate. At the same time, notices were widely posted all over the city, announcing a city-wide search tomorrow. This is mowing grass. The robbers put on the stolen new wedding clothes and covered them with robes. They go in and out of the city gate several times a day. Yu Chenglong has ordered a strict investigation of anyone who sees several entrances and exits. Sure enough, I peeled off the coats of these people and found new clothes. They came up with such a way to transfer the stolen goods because they were afraid of a big search in the city tomorrow, and as a result, they fell into the plan of "startling the snake". Draw the snake out of the hole. Speaking of getting rid of my rebellious brother Uncle Duan, I told this story. Zheng Zhuanggong took the first step, playing hard to get, and at the request of his mother as his brother, Duan Shu was appointed to Beijing, and Duan Shu turned Beijing into a base for usurping the throne. Zhuang used the trick of luring the snake out of the hole and luring the tiger out of the mountain, pretending to go abroad to worship the Emperor of Zhou, and secretly sent people to set an ambush near the capital.
Duan Shu thought the opportunity to usurp the throne came, so he led all the troops to Zheng's capital. This is to lure the snake out of the hole, but also to expose the enemy's conspiracy and ambition, so that it is in an unkind and unfair position, so there is reason to punish him. If we don't lure the snake out of the hole, people will mistakenly think that their brother killed their younger brother. At the same time, * * * uncle Duan left the capital of the base area, like a tiger coming out of the mountain, a snake coming out of the hole, and Zhuang Gong's troops took advantage of it and occupied the capital. Uncle Duan had to flee to a foreign country and was forced to commit suicide.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yellow Scarf Army uprising broke out. The rebels occupied the original city. The Han army, led by Zhu and Du Tong, recaptured the original city. Zhu Xie adopted the tactics of introducing the East and the West, and failed. So Zhu Xie ordered the whole army to retreat.
The yellow turban insurrectionary army held on in the city for many days, and ran out of food and grass. Finally, it hoped that the enemy would retreat, so it wanted to take the opportunity to pursue and take the initiative. So the Yellow Scarf Army in the city went out to pursue the Han army. The Han army retreated while fighting, and gradually the two sides left the city for more than 20 miles. Suddenly, the commander-in-chief of the Han army gave an order, and the Han army turned around in advance to counter the insurgents. At the same time, another ambush Han army came from behind the insurgents. The rebels tried to break through from the side again, but there were ambushes on all sides. Finally, the yellow turban insurrectionary army was lured out of the hole and wiped out. Taboo: In order not to startle the snake, it began to be used as a taboo in the war of Water Margin. Twenty-ninth time: "I went to startle him when I was free, ate him and did something, but it didn't do any good." This idea is often used in war. For example, in anti-espionage activities, minor spies have been found, but we must not be impatient and take action too early so as not to disturb the main spies. If we retreat, we will not be able to catch them. Therefore, as a taboo, "just in case of surprise" is also the application of strategic thinking. In love, if a loved one has a rival in courtship, it will often lead to jealousy. If you get the love of the opposite sex, it will not be precious for a long time. At this time, if someone expresses love for the opposite sex, then you suddenly find that you may lose the opposite sex you love, and then you feel precious and hold on tight.
Therefore, creating a false rival in love is often a common trick in love.
The monarch of Zhongshan has two beloved princesses, Yin Ji and Jiang Ji, who both want to be queens. Sima Xi, the counselor of King Zhongshan, and Yin Ji's father planned a fake rival in love. Sima Xi wrote a letter to Zhongshan Wang, saying that there was a plan to weaken Zhao and strengthen his country, and asked to send a special envoy to Zhao.
In his spare time, he boasted to the prince of Zhao that Yin Ji was a peerless beauty and seduced him to say what he thought. Then he sent this statement back to the king of Zhongshan, and Yin Ji, the king of Zhongshan, was the queen, which achieved the established purpose.
Business panic: buying wave
In a society where materials are not abundant, once someone spreads the price increase of so-and-so items, there will be a rush to buy them immediately. Someone used a water tank to fill oil and bought several barrels of salt. Some bosses sometimes use this strategy to spread rumors that prices will rise or be out of stock, so as to warn customers to snap up and sell all the inventory backlog. Now in the stock market, there is often such a panic buying wind.
In the transaction, A bargained with the boss and hesitated whether to buy. At this time, if competitor B came, he said that it was difficult to buy this product elsewhere, and he was willing to pay a little higher price than A, so he alarmed A, preferring to increase the price on a first-come-first-served basis and ask for his own purchase. This trick is often used by some bosses, who organize several relatives and friends to pretend to buy their own goods, thus stimulating real customers to snap up. Such people are called "childcare".
Alert the snake when cheating.
Tracy, the heroine in sidney sheldon's novel If I Live to Tomorrow, bought a green Colombian gem from a jewelry store for $654.38 million+. The next day, she came to this jewelry store again and said that her husband liked it very much, and asked her to buy another identical emerald to make a pair of earrings. The boss said it was difficult to find the exact same one. Tracy said that the price may increase, up to $400,000. The boss thought, this is a net profit of 250 thousand yuan, so just look around! So he advertised for emeralds. All kinds of jade holders are here. But they are not exactly the same gems. Finally, I bought an identical emerald from a woman for $250,000. He wanted Tracy to pay $400,000 to buy it, which earned $65,438+5,000. However, Tracy has disappeared. In fact, the same emerald that Tracy bought for $654.38 million was actually sold back to the jewelry store for $250,000. In this way, Tracy really earned $654.38 +0.5 million.
In this example, the promise of $400,000 is to startle the snake and use people's greed to make the jewelry store buy the original gem of $6,543,800 at a high price of $250,000.