There is a saying in the Tao Te Ching: "The best is like water." Water flows to the lower part, and people walk to the higher part. The same goes for being a human being. If you know how to give in appropriately, you can achieve great things. Giving back is not cowardice, but a k

There is a saying in the "Tao Te Ching": "The highest good is like water." Water flows to the lower part, and people walk to the higher part. The same goes for being a human being. If you know how to give in appropriately, you can achieve great things. Giving back is not cowardice, but a kind of wisdom. Only by learning to take a step back and plan for the overall situation can you realize the overall situation in life.

Zeng Guofan once said: "Don't compete with others for the shortcomings of interests, but only for the strengths of character."

People who choose to bow their heads and "admit their conscience" are never "not afraid". They have long-term plans, not win or lose in front of them.

• . Only when the strong retreat can they have a big picture
• "How can a real man bend and stretch, how can he be rich and not lust?" The words of the ancients implicitly the spiritual realm of a real man neither humble nor arrogant, allowing us to realize that a true strong man will never reveal his sharpness in front of others. The strong men from ancient times to the present have achieved success in taking a step back and planning the overall situation. When facing the weak, learn to take a step back and observe things from a higher position. This will make your vision broader and more transparent, and you will have a bigger picture.

As the saying goes, "If you take a step back, the world will be big; if you let go, you will stop worrying."

Really powerful people know how to advance and retreat, and know honor and disgrace. They seem to be very cowardly on the surface, but in fact they are stronger than anyone else's in their hearts.

People who compete for strength are prone to lose their inch and lose their situation; while those who know how to give in seem to compromise, but often win the lead.

People who dare to "give up" are actually never simple.

• . The wise man let go, don’t fight or grab, let others win
• " Think Tank Complete Collection " records that during the Zhou Youwang , someone presented a gift to Youwang . King You got the tip, but he didn't want to be taken first. He said, "I want your tip to be used to pretend to be a beauty." King You of Zhou wanted to take away all the things inside, but he didn't expect that he took out all the treasures in the tip. It’s a pity that King You of Zhou did not see the profound meaning contained in it, it was just a trap.

A true smart person never cares about temporary success or failure, temporary gain or loss.

They know that the advantages in front of them are not important, and the future ending is what they think.



• . The wisdom is hidden, and the knowledge is clear when you see the small one
• " The Warring States Policy " has a saying: "The sage hides in the public." Hiding is not about everything. When you are in darkness, you can see the essence of human nature; when you are in darkness, you can understand the weaknesses of human nature. Only in this way can you understand the essence and laws of things. Therefore, the great wise will never boast, they know how to create opportunities for themselves. They can see through the secrets in others' hearts and make judgments based on them. They are good at capturing the shadows of darkness and light in human nature, and discovering the essence and laws of their life and career from these shadows, so as to achieve "seeing the small and knowing the depth" rather than "knowing the truth but not knowing the reason."

In fact, how far a person goes is often irrelevant to ability. The key to victory or defeat lies in inner peace.

Recognize reality and it is a person's pattern, and choosing to leave requires a lifetime of courage.

Yu Qiuyu said: "A person's life pattern is big, he will not sink into trivial decorations."

When a person has seen all the prosperity and has seen the depth, he will not be entangled in existence or non-existence.

You should know that there will be further elegance; and giving in, there will be calmness to give in.



• . A step back is to better advance
• The "Warring States Policy" says: "The army will attack the plan." Cao Cao is a good example; Sun Quan is a wise ruler who is good at "advance and retreat". In order to fight for the stockholder, Sun Quan tried all kinds of ways to put himself in a disadvantaged position.Before he became emperor, Sun Quan made three suggestions to ask for the emperor, but Sun Quan did not agree.



Life is short, we don’t have to be obsessed with the right and wrong, keep humble and restrained, and do whatever we want, so that we can laugh to the end.

May you and I keep a calm mind when encountering things, don’t fight or grab, let it go, let it go, don’t regret the rest of my life, and never return to the old road.

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