Recently, He Risheng, an outstanding scholar in CAMLab of Harvard University College of Arts and Sciences and deputy executive director of Tzu Chi Charity Foundation, visited Zhenghe Island live broadcast room and launched a wonderful sharing with the theme of "The direction and method of ESG for enterprises in a good economic era".

Teacher He Risheng shared the experience of Taiwan Province Province where enterprises promote prosperity, the core advantages of Tzu Chi as the most influential charity organization in Taiwan Province Province and even in Asia, and his views on the international situation. In the sharing, Mr. He Risheng also recommended five economics books. "Although they are not direct business books, they will definitely improve your business wisdom and management wisdom." He Laoshi said.

First, "good economy"

This is teacher He Risheng's own work. In this book, He Laoshi combed western civilization and oriental thought in detail, from Soviet-American civilization, ancient Greek mythology, Jewish wisdom, Confucian philosophy to Buddhist teachings, looking for what is the powerful cultural thought behind the economy? The answer is kindness, which means altruism and harmony. The core idea of a good economy is to achieve good results through good motives and good methods; "Good economy" means engaging in economic activities from the perspective of altruism.

The book "Good Economy" also expounds that the purpose of entrepreneurs' production and creation is to "cherish material life" to improve human life and enhance human quality. Commercial consumption should be based on cherishing material life, empowering life and expanding the value of self-life; The advantage of finance is to invest capital to help economic development and solve social problems, not just to make money. "Good Economy" also discusses in detail the social enterprises and influence investment that are concerned in the field of public welfare at present.

It is reported that Good Economy not only won the first Swasti Humanities Award from Swasti Foundation, but also won several awards such as Jinding Award for Excellent Publications in Taiwan Province Province and Xiangguang Award in 2020-Special Award for Annual Research in Chinese mainland.

He Laoshi said, "I hope you can read my book Good Economy, because my book Good Economy does not teach you how to make money, but how to get wealth from a belief. The result is not only material wealth, but also spiritual wealth. "

Second, "From A to A+"

When recommending this book, He Laoshi said, "This book can tell you how to concentrate on one thing and achieve the best excellence. I think it is still good and worth reading. "

The author of this book is Professor Jim Collins, who once taught in stanford graduate school of business, USA. The well-known best-selling book "The Foundation is Evergreen" is his work. It is understood that "From A to A+" was led by Professor Jim Collins, which lasted for five years, 15000 hours, conducted numerous interviews and collected a lot of information. Through scientific comparison and demonstration, this paper explores how enterprises move from Excellence to Excellence.

The author believes that an enterprise must be excellent first if it wants to be excellent; But it is often difficult to excel because of its Excellence. This book is not written for a specific person. No matter what industry your company belongs to, no matter when you come into contact with this book, it will give you great inspiration and help. What causes "it is difficult to be excellent because it is excellent"? What this book wants to tell you is the crux of this. ?

From A to A+, once again, accurate analysis has opened up a new vision of management. After publication, it was selected as the best financial business management book of the year by Harvard Business Review, Business Weekly and Mei Sen Bookstore.

Third, "the fifth discipline"

The author of this book, Dr. Peter Shengji, is one of He Risheng's friends, and there have been many interactions between them. In He Laoshi's view, "the fifth discipline is very valuable to the leaders of the organization."

Peter Senge clearly pointed out that in the long run, the sustainable competitive advantage of your organization is the ability to learn better and faster than your competitors. Peter Shengji first put forward the concept of "learning organization" in his works, which set off a management upsurge in the business community. The fifth discipline describes how companies can eliminate "learning obstacles" that threaten organizational efficiency and career success by adopting strategies and action countermeasures of learning organizations. In the learning organization, a new and expanding thinking mode has been cultivated, and the collective desire has been released. Everyone is constantly learning how to create the achievements they really yearn for.

The Fifth Century is called one of the five most influential industrial and commercial masterpieces by the Financial Times. Peter. Dr Peter M. Senge is also one of the most innovative world-class management and leadership thinkers. He graduated from Stanford University majoring in engineering in his early years and received a master's degree in social system modeling and a doctorate in management from MIT. In addition to the fifth discipline, he also co-authored the fifth discipline practice, the dance of change, learning school, understanding the present and the necessary revolution.

Fourth, the art of love.

The Art of Love is the most famous work of Fromm, a German-American psychologist, philosopher and an important member of Frankfurt School. Since the publication of 1956, it has been translated into 32 languages and sold well all over the world. It is regarded as the most famous work in contemporary love art theory monograph.

"I'd rather you read Erich Fromm's The Art of Love. I think it is better to learn business wisdom from the heart, and you can also get a spiritual wealth and get the creation of corporate humanities. " He Laoshi recommended.

In this book, Fromm believes that love is not an emotion that has nothing to do with people's maturity, but only needs input. If you don't work hard to develop your whole personality and realize a creative tendency, then every attempt at love will fail. If you don't have the ability to love others, if you can't really love others with humility, courage, sincerity and self-discipline, then people will never be satisfied in their love life.

Fromm further pointed out that love is an art, and people who want to master this art need to have knowledge and make efforts. Here, love is not just a narrow love between men and women, nor can it be obtained by honing and improving skills. Love is the display of the whole personality. To develop the ability of love, we need to strive to develop our own personality and move towards beneficial goals.

Five, "Jing Yu Si"

Teacher Risheng finally recommended the book "Quiet in Sri Lanka" by Master Yan Zheng, the founder of Tzu Chi. He thinks this is "a better book about the philosophy of life." He Laoshi said: "Like the pattern of the Analects of Confucius, although it is not a business book, I think it will play a greater role in inspiring the wisdom of the whole enterprise."

Jing Yusi is a famous saying of Master Yan Zheng, the founder of Tzu Chi Foundation. Because its language is natural, plain, subtle and mellow, it is widely loved by the people and is often cited as the motto of self-cultivation. "Even a good temper is not a good person." "Only if you have confidence in yourself can you achieve all merits." "Don't underestimate yourself, because people have unlimited possibilities." And so on, this proverb can help individuals to be stable and comfortable in their own lives; For the whole society, it is also of great significance to correct the confusion of values in modern society.

As the master said in the preface to the publication "Good Morning Stone": "Suzhou's famous poems are old, and Yuefu is full of wonderful words; This seems to be the most extraordinary, but it is easy, but it is difficult to achieve. " The truth is not in the language of flattery. As long as you understand it with your heart, every sentence contains a strange rise and floats with the Buddha's nature. As usual, looking out of the window and at the moon, plum blossoms are different. "Meditation" means thinking quietly. Only by focusing on self-reflection can we adjust our body and mind and act in unison. Even the simplest words can exert unparalleled power.

Yes, Jing Yusi explained the truth of life in the simplest and most understandable language, with only one purpose, that is, I hope everyone who reads this book can get spiritual freedom. I hope everyone has a book "The Language of Meditation" at hand to meditate on life and bloom happily.