话说诸葛亮七擒孟获后就北伐曹魏，然而街亭失守导致前功尽弃，情不得已挥泪斩了马谡，且自贬三级。诸葛亮对先主刘备的遗嘱“马谡常常言过其实，不可大用”心不在焉，自是难逃其咎；然而马谡自以为“熟读兵书”就能破敌如破竹，面对挑衅不纳忠言轻率出征，结果一败涂地落得身首两处也是咎由自取。 　　马谡还是蛮有才华的，假以时日未必不是个上上之将。他的“攻心为上、攻城为下”见解就颇为战略家和军事家们推崇，而他献的离间计也一度去了司马懿的兵权。然而战争就是那么残忍，容不得丝毫失误。在“哀其不幸，怒其不争”之余，不由想起东吴大将、书生陆逊。当时，刘备因关公被害，愤怒之余发起举国之兵御驾亲征，旗开得胜渐有灭吴之意，而东吴人心惶惶，陆逊正是此时得孙权慧眼识英才一鸣惊人的。 　　当时，蜀军围城，披坚执锐身经百战的老将们纷纷禀告陆逊要予以还击，陆逊见蜀军士气高涨，而又占据有利地形，他审时度势地做出了坚壁清野、避其锋锐的策略，众将领因而都笑他儒。陆逊忍辱负重按兵未动有七八个月，在蜀军懈怠疲倦的时候，顺风放火烧营，一举成功。 　　马谡和陆逊一样，都是熟读兵书，都是敌军兵临城下拒不纳谏，为什么前者功败垂成身首异处而后者一击成功一举成名呢？这是因为马谡贪功好胜，锋芒毕露轻用其锋，而陆逊能忍辱负重，审时度势所致。 　　苏轼在《留侯论》里说：“古之所谓豪杰之士者，必有过人之节。人情有所不能忍者，匹夫见辱，拔剑而起，挺身而斗，此...[查看详细内容..]

黄仁宇说：“一只走兽，除非脱胎换骨，否则不能兼任飞禽。” 这句话无疑是给那些雄心勃勃的总裁们的一种警戒，他们希冀一蹴而就一步登天的宏愿，到头来恐怕是事与愿违。倘若您还有心存疑虑，不妨看看下面的描述： 面对竞争日益激烈的外在环境，已有越来越多的公司进行自我改造，高举着各色各样的旗帜：组织再造、ERP、CRM等不一而足，大刀阔斧地对部门进行改革。然而，老板和总裁们的远大抱负、良苦用心以及一腔热血，往往付之东流，除了少数变革成功了，其它的多数要么是无疾而终，要么是一败涂地。面对市场暴利的无限诱惑，已有越来越多的企业迅速扩大规模扩张，进行跨地区跨行业投资经营。然而，大量资金下后才发现市场晴转多云，人才和管理捉襟见肘，结果如夸父逐日一般，终不可及，成了各领风骚三五年的短命英雄。 以上种种不幸在当今，已经是经常见诸于报纸杂志而不称其新闻了，套用《安娜·卡列尼娜》那句著名的开场白来说，就是成功的企业都是一样，不幸的企业各有各的不幸，然而对于上述所列的不良症状，却归根结底是犯了儒家精神里所说的“过犹不及”的病，没有洞悉儒家中庸之道的精髓。深谙经商之道得华人首富李嘉诚先生曾说，过犹不及，知止不败。过度地夸张容易出毛病，过度地保守，就不容易跟人家竞争

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referring to the 19th century British historian’s warning that power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. “Too much power should not be in any one person’s hands, including the president of the United States.” he had thought deeply about the dark side of human nature. “I was under no illusions about people’s propensity to do the wrong thing,” he said.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27 — Acer, the Taiwan-based maker of personal computers, said Monday that it had reached an agreement to acquire Gateway for $710 million, a move that reorders the competitive landscape both here and abroad.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has finally done something important to advance the cause of justice. He has resigned. But his departure alone cannot remove the dark cloud that hangs over the Justice Department. President Bush needs to choose a new attorney general of unquestioned integrity who would work to make the department worthy of its name again — and provide the mandate to do it. Congress needs to continue to investigate the many scandals Mr. Gonzales leaves behind. When Mr. Gonzales was appointed, it seemed doubtful that he would be able to put aside his years as Mr. Bush’s personal lawyer, which stretched back to the Texas governor’s office, and represent the interests of the American people. He never did. “Democrats will not obstruct or impede a nominee who we are confident will put the rule of law above political considerations.” ...

It was about a year ago that Nadal realized that there was a ceiling — a vaulted one, certainly — to his style. Nadal had mastered tennis on clay. He wanted to master tennis on earth. And so began the transformation, at what seemed the near peak of his game, of Rafael Nadal.

“Basically half the factory was shut down and one dormitory was empty,” Ms. Gallagher said. In interviews, factory executives across the country complained of being forced to give double-digit raises in order to find and keep young workers at all skill levels. Three or four years ago, said Zhong Yi, vice general manager of a leather-jacket manufacturer in Hangzhou in east-central China, 800 to 1,100 yuan a month ($105 to $145) “was a good salary.” “Now,” he said, “1,500 is the bottom” ($198). Chinese officials are quick to say that there is no overall shortage of labor — rather, there is a shortage of young workers willing to accept the low wages that prevailed in the 1990s. Factories in cities like Guangzhou advertise heavily for young workers, even while employment offices consider it a success if someone over 40 can find any Plant owners’ refusal to hire blue-collar workers over 35 or 40 is colliding with the demographic reality of China’s one-child policy. The number of workers in the 20-to-24-year-old range is already shrinking as more of them go to universities instead of entering the work force after high school, and the International Labor Organization projec...[查看详细内容..]

“Basically half the factory was shut down and one dormitory was empty,” Ms. Gallagher said. In interviews, factory executives across the country complained of being forced to give double-digit raises in order to find and keep young workers at all skill levels. Three or four years ago, said Zhong Yi, vice general manager of a leather-jacket manufacturer in Hangzhou in east-central China, 800 to 1,100 yuan a month ($105 to $145) “was a good salary.” “Now,” he said, “1,500 is the bottom” ($198). Chinese officials are quick to say that there is no overall shortage of labor — rather, there is a shortage of young workers willing to accept the low wages that prevailed in the 1990s. Factories in cities like Guangzhou advertise heavily for young workers, even while employment offices consider it a success if someone over 40 can find any Plant owners’ refusal to hire blue-collar workers over 35 or 40 is colliding with the demographic reality of China’s one-child policy. The number of workers in the 20-to-24-year-old range is already shrinking as more of them go to universities instead of entering the work force after high school, and the International Labor Organization projec...[查看详细内容..]

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