The value of money lies in the way it is used.

Ford, the king of cars, is not a stingy man, but he seldom makes donations. He stubbornly believes that the value of money lies not in quantity, but in the way it is used. What worries him most is that donations often fall into the hands of people who are not good at using them. On one occasion, President Martha Betty of Georgia asked Ford to donate money to expand the school, and Ford refused her.

Betty said, please donate a bag of peanut seeds to me. So Ford bought her a bag of peanut seeds. Ford later forgot about it. Unexpectedly, a year later, Ms. Betty visited again and gave him 600 dollars. It turns out that the original bag of peanut seeds planted by the students is a year's harvest. Without saying anything, Ford immediately gave Betty $6 million.

Ford's worries are by no means superfluous. If the recipients get the money too easily, it is often difficult to feel the bitterness and wisdom hidden behind the money. I admire Betty's great respect for every bit. What she leads the children to sow is actually enough to prove their ability to accept the kindness of others.

The confusion of the British government

-Great way to save lives

/kloc-At the end of 0/8th century, the British government decided to send all criminals from Britain to Australia.

Some private ship owners have signed contracts to transport prisoners from Britain to Australia on a large scale. The method implemented by the British government is to pay the shipowner's fees according to the number of prisoners on board. At that time, most of the ships transporting prisoners were converted from junk ships, with poor equipment, no medical drugs and no doctors. In order to make huge profits, ship owners want to load as many people as possible, which makes the conditions on board very bad. Once the ship leaves the shore, the owner gets the government's money according to the number of people, regardless of whether these people can cross the ocean to reach Australia alive. Some ship owners even deliberately cut off water and grain in order to reduce costs. Three years later, the British government found that the death rate of prisoners shipped to Australia reached 12%, of which 424 prisoners died on the worst ship, with a death rate of 37%. The British government spent a lot of money, but failed to achieve the goal of large-scale immigration.

The British government has thought of many ways. Every ship is supervised by a government official, and then a doctor is assigned to take care of the prisoners' medical care. At the same time, the living standards of the prisoners on board are also bitter and fast. However, not only did the death rate not come down, but also some supervisory officials and doctors on board died inexplicably. It turns out that some ship owners bribe officials for huge profits. If officials don't agree, they throw them into the sea to feed the fish. The government paid the supervision fee, but died as usual.

The government has also adopted a new approach, calling shipowners for education and training, educating them to cherish life, and understanding that going to Australia is for the long-term plan of Britain, and money should not be more important than life. However, the situation has not improved and the mortality rate is still high.

A British parliamentarian thinks that private shipowners have taken advantage of the system, and the defect of the system is that the government pays shipowners according to the number of ships. He suggested starting with changing the system: the government should calculate the reward according to the number of people who landed in Australia. No matter how many people you board the plane in England, you should count the number when you land in Australia.

Problem solved. The shipowner took the initiative to ask the doctor to accompany the ship, prepare medicine on board, improve life, and let everyone on board arrive in Australia as healthily as possible. A person means an income.

Since the implementation of the landing counting method, the mortality rate on board has dropped below 1%. Some ships carrying hundreds of people have been sailing for months, and no one has died.

Hoover is trapped.

-communication also needs methods.

Herbert hoover, the third president of the United States, seldom expressed his political views in public. He hated the endless pestering of journalists. Before Hoover became president, when he went out for inspection by train, he shared a carriage with the accompanying reporters. A reporter wants to explore Hoover's political views. He tried many ways, but the future president said nothing. Disappointment and depression hung over the reporter who specialized in spying on politicians.

At this time, a newly reclaimed land appeared outside the train window of Mercedes-Benz. The reporter had a brainwave and deliberately said to himself, "I didn't expect to use hoes to fill the sea here!" " "

"Nonsense!" Hoover sat there in terrible silence and finally spoke. "Modern methods have long been used here instead of indiscriminate reclamation!" "Then I'll talk about reclamation.

In this way, the reporter finally got his wish and returned home with a full load. Soon, Hoover's news about American farming farms appeared in newspapers.

Ice oil pipeline

-Smart solutions to difficult problems

The Japanese Antarctic expedition team prepared to spend the winter in Antarctica for the first time, so it tried to transport gasoline to the wintering base by transport ship. Due to insufficient preparation, it was found that the length of oil pipeline was not enough in field work. I can't find another spare and replaceable pipeline right away. It will take nearly two months to ship it from Japan. What shall we do? Now all the players are stumped.

At this moment, the captain suddenly came up with a very strange idea. He said, "Let's use ice as a pipe. Ice is the most abundant thing in Antarctica, but how to make ice into pipes? Many people are still confused. The captain said again, don't we have medical bandages? Just wrap it around the existing iron pipe, pour water on it to turn it into ice, and then pull out the iron pipe. Isn't this an ice pipe? Then connect them piece by piece, if you like. "

The captain's cleverness lies in combining many irrelevant elements with so-called reference objects and then making new objects.

Edison measured the light bulb.

The simplest method is often the most effective method.

Aptom is a high flyers who graduated from the mathematics department of Princeton University in the United States. He looked down on Edison who took him to work without a college degree. Once, Edison asked him to measure the volume of a pear-shaped light bulb. So he picked up the light bulb, measured its diameter and height, and then calculated it. But the light bulb has no regular shape, it is like a sphere, and it is not completely spherical; Like a cylinder, but not completely a cylinder, the calculation is very complicated, even if it is approximate processing, it is also very cumbersome. Aptom drew a sketch, and several sheets of white paper were full of data and formulas, which were not worked out. Edison, who was busy with the experiment, waited for a long time, but he didn't see Aptom's report. He came to have a look and couldn't help laughing. "You'd better do it another way!" See Edison just a meditation, quickly took a big glass of water, gently to Aptom just filled with water in the light bulb repeatedly measured, and then pour the water into the measuring cylinder, a few seconds to measure the volume of water, of course, that is, to calculate the volume of glass bulbs. At this time, Aptom blushed and just stood by, eager to find a rift to drill down.

Where is AF?

-The correct way to crack the code

1942, at the height of the Pacific War, the U.S. Navy often found the letter "AF" in intercepted Japanese coded telegrams. Obviously, "AF" is the next target of Japanese attack. But where does "AF" refer to? The US Pacific Fleet Intelligence Agency and Washington office of naval intelligence have different understandings. The former thinks it is midway island, while the latter thinks it is Hawaii or the west coast of the United States. Suddenly, the director of the US Pacific Intelligence Agency came up with a brilliant idea and sent a telegram in plain code, saying that the water tower on Midway Island was broken. The plan takes effect immediately. Within 24 hours, the US military intercepted a Japanese secret message, "AF lacks fresh water". As a result, the US military confirmed that "AF" is a midway island. As the US military grasped the strategic intention of the Japanese army, as a result, the US Navy lost only one aircraft carrier, one cruiser and 147 aircraft in the midway naval battle, while four aircraft carriers, one cruiser, 280 aircraft, more than 2,000 sailors and a large number of experienced pilots of the Japan-Isoroku Yamamoto joint fleet were buried in the belly of fish, and the Japanese Navy never recovered.

Fried chestnuts

-there are laws to govern the country.

Emperor Shengzong of Liao was a generation of Ming Di in Liao country. After he ascended the throne, he traveled around the world. In one place, he found a courtier named Xiao Pu, who managed his territory well, so he called him and asked him about his administrative experience. But Xiao Pu said modestly, "Where do I have any experience? I just learned to fry chestnuts after I came. When I first came here, I found a lot of hairy chestnuts, which were fried in the same pot, but I found a problem: the small ones were cooked, the big ones were still alive, the big ones were cooked, and the small ones were fried again. Later, the minister fried the big one and the small one separately. As long as the heat is well mastered, chestnuts of all sizes can be fried as sweet and delicious. Therefore, I do everything, just like frying chestnuts, paying attention to both level and heat. In addition, the minister has no other ability. " Hearing this, Emperor Sheng Zong of Liao laughed and said, "What chestnuts are you frying? You are obviously teaching me how to govern the country! " Later, Emperor Shengzong of Liao transferred Xiao Pu to his side and found that he handled things properly, regardless of size, and soon promoted him to the position of prime minister.

Schopp's metaphor is like a shining lamp of wisdom. On the surface, he said that he only learned to stir-fry chestnuts, but in the philosophy of "stir-frying chestnuts", the true meaning of governing the country is deeply hidden. With such a wise man, how can we not let ambitious Liao Shengzong see hope?

Lao She's "Prescription"

-there are ways to read.

Mr. Lao She, a writer in China, said: "I had a big problem when I was young, that is, I read a lot of books, but my mind was still empty ... It turned out that when I was reading, I just turned over the pages and didn't absorb the nutrients I deserved, just like washing food with cold boiled water without chewing it carefully."

After finding the reason, Lao She gave himself a "prescription":

1. Use reading to make reading notes;

2. After reading a literary work, you should find some critical articles about this work to read and read the biography of this writer.

Under the "prescription", Lao She added a note: Reading and taking notes can not only help you remember, but also test yourself to see what you have learned. Whether your understanding is completely correct or not, you will be deeply impressed after writing down your notes; Reading a work together with literary criticism and author's biography can help us understand the work more deeply, reduce prejudice, absorb nutrition, eliminate dross and gradually improve our literary level. ...

Since then, Lao She has studied according to the "prescription" and achieved great results.

Tian Ji horse racing

-if the method is proper, turn defeat into victory.

Decision-making maintains the success or failure of the cause, and decision-making has become a hot science today. China's achievements in ancient decision-making are rich. Classic works such as Sun Tzu's Art of War, Warring States Policy and History as a Mirror all show the wisdom of our ancestors' decision-making, and the horse racing story in Tianji is one of them.

Tian Ji has three horses. Compared with the opponent's three horses, they are all half lower and have obvious disadvantages. If we want to win two out of three games, only Tian Ji's decision of "winning one game and winning one game" is correct, that is, using the inferior to control the superior, using the superior to control the inferior. The result is one lose and two win.

Zhu's academic studies

-laying a solid foundation is the right way.

Zhu once said: "The method of reading means that the book fee for the first day is very hard, the latter is 89 points, the latter is 67 points, and the latter is 45 points!" After overcoming several difficulties, it will be "like a broken bamboo" in the future. He thinks studying is like sailing a boat. At first, it was like being stranded, but later he could sail in the waves. He described it this way: "There was spring water by the river last night, and the ship was light. It has always been a waste of time. Today is Freedom Day. " It can be described as profound. This tells us that we should make great efforts to lay a solid basic skill step by step.