Every business is a closed, integrated system with a set of distinct but interrelated parts. Great managers understand how each part works on its own and in relation to all thethe others.
每个企业都是一个封闭的集成系统,内部各个组成部分性能独特却又相互关联。优秀的管理者既洞悉每个部分如何独立运行,也熟知各部分之间如何相互协作。
人是会讨价还价的动物:没有其他动物会这样做——没有狗会与另一只狗交换骨头。
There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.
The world is full of signs and wonders that come, and go, and if you are lucky you might catch the tail of one.