The cup before filling is empty, and the cup after drinking is still empty. Empty is completion, empty is expectation, empty is a short rest between two fills, one end is connected with the aftertaste of the past, and the other end is connected with the hope of the future. The accommodation of the mainstay, looking forward and looking back, is hesitation, hesitation, a gradually filling bow, ready to go with infinite awe. Old tea can't go away, and new tea can't be injected. This is the free and easy of Zen; Old tea once existed, how can it be forgotten? This is the persistence of mortals. An empty cup is a gesture, a gesture ready to bear with open arms. An empty cup is a wave of farewell and a hug that has not yet begun. The future is like the Yangtze River rolling in, and the things that used to be full of cups, including those that were abandoned and rejected, make our present taste indescribable. Life is alive-I thought I didn't know anything when I was young, I thought I knew everything when I was in college, I thought I knew everything when I graduated, I thought I knew everything when I was in middle age, and I didn't realize I didn't know anything until later in life. "-Lin Yutang In ancient times, a man with profound Buddhist attainments heard that there was a venerable old Zen master in a temple and went to visit him. When the disciples of the old Zen master received him, they were arrogant and thought, I am a person with profound Buddhist attainments. Who are you? Later, the old Zen master received him respectfully and made tea for him. But when the water was poured, it was clear that the glass was full, and the old Zen master kept pouring. He asked inexplicably, "Master, why do you pour the cup into it when it is full?" "The master said," Yes, since it is full, why pour it? "Zen master means, since you are already very knowledgeable, why do you come to me for advice? The new couple quickly kowtowed and repented. It is said that this is the origin of the "empty cup mentality". What is the empty cup mentality? If everyone wants to cope with the changes of the times and environment, they must adapt to the needs. In order to change the tension, we are required to have an empty cup mentality. The premise of doing things is to have a good attitude. If you want to learn more knowledge and improve your professional ability, you should first imagine yourself as an "empty cup" instead of being complacent. 1. Empty cup mentality is an insatiable challenge to self. The empty cup mentality is to reorganize your knowledge and ability at any time, empty out the outdated ones, leave room for new knowledge and ability, and ensure that your knowledge and ability are always up to date; Is never complacent, always learn, always make progress, and always keep the vitality of body and mind. For example, hongta group's corporate philosophy of "the mountain is the peak" contains the empty cup mentality of Hongta people constantly "looking for a higher peak". In the eyes of climbers, the next peak is the most attractive. The process of climbing is the most intoxicating, because it is full of novelty and challenges, and an empty cup mentality will gradually make your life better. 2. The empty cup mentality is the constant sublation of self and the negation of the development of things, which is realized through negation. The movement, change and development of things are the result of the synergy of "external negation" and "internal negation", and it is the movement process of self-improvement and self-development of things. The complexity of objective things and the limitation of human cognitive ability determine that human practice can only be a process close to truth. What was correct yesterday may not be correct today; The last successful path and method may be the reason for this failure. Whether it is an organization or an individual, it is a good wish not to make mistakes, and making mistakes is an objective reality. It is already difficult for human beings to know themselves, and it is even more difficult to constantly deny themselves. Self-denial requires an open mind, frankness, boldness and a real empty cup mentality. An empty cup mentality is to forget success. When you are criticized for your changes in your studies, you should be alert and alert, and when you are praised, you should be more alert and alert. In front of flowers and applause, see the gap; Do not lose heart in the face of difficulties and setbacks. This is maturity and progress, and this is an empty cup mentality. An empty cup is to treat yourself as a person. No one is perfect, everyone has his own defects and relative weaknesses. Maybe you are proficient and successful in a certain industry, maybe you have rich skills, but you still have nothing special about the new environment, new policies and new competitors. You need to rearrange your wisdom with an empty cup mentality and absorb the present, others', correct and excellent ones. If you don't understand, feel and learn, and rest easy on your past successful experience, it will be a terrible ending. 4. An empty cup mentality is to constantly clean your brain and mind, and an empty cup is to bathe your mind at all times. King Shang Tang, who is skilled in martial arts, wrote nine words on his bathtub-"Fresh, Fresh, Fresh". When he takes a shower, his body is washed outside and his heart is washed inside, so he is "comfortable" after taking a shower. We take a bath now, only to wash our bodies, not our hearts. In the shower, I still hate this and that. A real bath should be to wash your body outside and your heart inside, to wash away all external and internal outdated things, to wash away weeds in your mind, to wash away garbage in your brain and so on. , so that the body and mind are clean and refreshing. 5. The empty cup mentality is to keep learning and keep pace with the times. Enterprises spend money to train employees. Some employees have learned something, and some employees complain that they have not learned it. In fact, the key for some students to learn is whether they want to learn or not, and whether they have an "empty cup mentality". Others study utilitarian purposes, and learning is a mixed diploma; Mix a diploma and a title; Evaluate professional titles and climb up. Learning has become a tool and means, not to mention the "empty cup mentality", even without the basic learning mentality, can you learn real knowledge and ability? In fact, the people who can really stand the storm in the workplace are those who have real talents and practical knowledge, and those who have an "empty cup mentality". We sometimes feel that we have worked in a certain industry for many years and that we are experts in this industry. There is nothing I don't understand. So others are amateurs in their own eyes and don't listen to what others say. You must know that "there are days outside, there are people outside!" In the era of knowledge economy, science and technology are developing rapidly and knowledge updating is accelerated. If you don't learn new knowledge and methods with an open mind, even if your original professional knowledge is solid, it will be eliminated by the progressive trend of society, so it's never too old to learn! 6. Learning is an important investment. Many people spend hundreds of dollars to buy a high-end dress, but it is not expensive to take out dozens of dollars from their wallets to buy a good book. Romain rolland said a long time ago: "The biggest reason why adults are slowly eliminated by the times is not the growth of age, but the decline of learning enthusiasm." If you can't keep your enthusiasm for learning, you can't continue your study and lifelong study after leaving school. This will not only fail, but will be eliminated by the times. Franklin said: "Spending money on education is a profitable investment. If anyone pours all the money into his head, no one can take it away! " "It can be seen that learning is the most cost-effective, effective and safest investment that accompanies life. No investment can compare with this. The ancients still knew that "fertile land is not as good as thin skills." As a modern professional, how to deal with it?