"Wooden Bucket Theory" is a concept in modern management science. Meaning: The water capacity of a barrel does not depend on the longest board in the barrel, but on the shortest board. The "barrel theory" is not only a concept of modern management science, but also contains an important philosophy of life: we should face up to our own shortcomings and avoid weaknesses when doing anything.

In management, if you are good at discovering the "shortcomings" in your own system, dare to expose the shortcomings, and be good at making up for the shortcomings, then you are an excellent manager. Similarly, in life, if you can face up to your own shortcomings and foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, then you are an excellent life manager.

Horse racing in Tian Ji, a well-known story. Through this story, people can't help admiring Tian Ji's cleverness, but how many people can think deeply: Why can Tian Ji's horse win the horse race when it is clearly at a disadvantage? Is it luck or fate that favors him? I think this is all because Tian Ji can face up to his shortcomings and know that every level of horses are at a disadvantage, so he can foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, and finally he can reap the fruits of victory.

If Tian Ji didn't face up to his shortcomings and avoid weaknesses before the horse race, I think the outcome of the horse race must be three wars and three defeats; If Tian Ji fails to face up to his shortcomings, foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, or even loses, then Tian Ji's achievements in horse racing are not rhetoric, but jokes.

Tian Ji's "Wooden Bucket Theory" tells the world that we should face up to our own shortcomings and foster strengths and avoid weaknesses.

Two applicants went to a big company to apply for a job. The manager asked them the same question: What do you think is your weakness? The former confidently replied: My shortcoming is that I have no shortcomings. The manager smiled and nodded. The latter also confidently said: I have too many shortcomings, but they are also my strengths, because from these shortcomings, I can correctly understand myself, foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, and improve myself. As a result, the latter was hired by the company. Maybe many people will be puzzled, which is too unrealistic. How can a company hire a candidate with many shortcomings and give up a candidate without shortcomings?

But the reality is often like this, because gold is not enough and no one is perfect. Only those who face up to their own shortcomings and foster strengths and avoid weaknesses can be based on society and be hired by this company. I don't believe you go to that company for verification. That company is called life. But no matter how you argue irrationally, you will argue irrationally in the end.

Therefore, if you want to be hired by the company of life, you must face up to the shortcomings, foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, recognize yourself and plan calmly.