The pattern determines the layout, and the layout determines the outcome! Zeng Guofan: He who seeks great things puts the pattern first.

Zeng Guofan believes that "those who seek great things should focus on the pattern first". But what is the pattern?

We can understand it from two dimensions, one is time, and the other is space. From a human point of view, we can also talk about it with vision, ambition and mind.

For example, Zeng Guofan told his family that to make friends, you must make friends with people with great interests. What he means is the size of people's pattern. Narrow-minded people are trivial in their eyes and hearts. It's hard to avoid being vulgar to be friends with people who are close to Zhu Zhechi.

A man with a pattern must have an ambition beyond the ordinary. He is also a long-term person. He will not sit on the sidelines and confine himself to the present.

I have a friend who started a business, and his company has also made a lot of money, but he has always rented a house and his car is very ordinary, even though he can afford a Mercedes-Benz BMW.

When someone asked him why he didn't buy a car or a house, did he flaunt that he didn't love money? He said that he certainly liked money, otherwise he wouldn't start a business, but he didn't care about "small money"-yes, he thought that all he earned at present was small money.

What's more, his future plan is to set up branches in several big cities, so there is no need to buy a house locally, even though people who bought a house before have made a lot of money because of the appreciation of their houses. But he dismissed this: starting a business is for career achievement, not to be a rich man.

I think this is a man with a pattern.

Zhang Yong, CEO of Alibaba, has been in Hangzhou for many years, staying in hotels and never buying a house. What he values is career growth, not a little financial return on real estate, and he doesn't want to waste time and energy on such things.

There was a famous general in modern times. He used to fight with big bosses. He saved each other's lives. It is said that the future is bright and wealth is within reach. However, this general resolutely left him. Why? Because this big shot didn't forget to listen to the broadcast of stock trading during the war, he was worried about whether his little Qian Qian would make a profit or lose-that is, the pattern was too small.

what is the pattern? Ma Yun has a saying: grid is time, and we should look at today from 3 years later. The situation is the degree of space, and we should look at the present from the scope of the world.

People who don't have a pattern have no strategic foresight. For example, Ma Yun's insistence on being Alibaba Cloud in the face of opposition and ridicule inside and outside Alibaba is actually a manifestation of a strategic pattern.

People with no pattern and small pattern only care about a little things in front of them, and their vision is very narrow. He doesn't even care about his own future and future, and naturally he won't care about others.

So the bigger the ego, the more selfish it is, and the smaller the pattern. People with small patterns are often short-sighted, selfish, and only care about immediate comfort, even if the flood is terrible in the future.

the pattern determines the layout, and the layout determines the outcome. Whether it is the success or failure of an individual's life or career, it is basically the gene injected from the beginning. People without lofty aspirations often lack long-term motivation and persistence, so their achievements will not be great.

if the pattern of people who do business is not enough, then they are just a little rich, dabbling in it, or can't stand the slightest setback. And indomitable people like Zeng Guofan and Ren Zhengfei are the big picture. Imagine, if Ren Zhengfei is not grand, and Huawei has insisted on the main channel for decades, how can we talk about planning ahead for the future?

The embodiment of a person's pattern is that his mind can accommodate people. For example, the boss can't choose people according to his own preferences, and some "crooked melons and cracked dates" may be the pillars. If you stand in the position of the boss, you must be able to let your brothers give full play to their talents and develop their strengths.

only with the pattern can you see the overall situation, and then you can make use of the situation according to the changes in the situation and plan for victory.

Ma Yun put it well, "Today's world was decided not today, but 3 years ago, so today's actions can determine the actions after 3 years". Ma Yun's strategic vision is valued by the world for a reason.

As an entrepreneur, it's nothing to just solve the immediate problems. Real masters are actively responding to future challenges. Too many people don't realize this, so their success is often fragile now.

around us, people with big patterns are not easy to identify. But people with small patterns are everywhere. For example, those who "hate people and laugh at people without them" only like to win by themselves, and they can't hide others' kindness. They think that it is best for everyone else to have a bad time, and only he is the best ...

This is the heart of a villain.

For people like Zeng Guofan, what he likes to do most is to be kind to others and be beautiful as an adult. For example, Zuo Zongtang didn't deal with him, and Li Hongzhang also reported him. Both of them had worked for him. If someone else had changed, they would have taken revenge on Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang.

However, Zeng Guofan gave in and praised him, publicly saying that he was not as good as Zuo Zongtang, and Li Hongzhang was more talented than him. This is the tolerance in the pattern and realm. If you want to learn from Zeng Guofan, it's not easy. You should know that Zeng Guofan's pattern is not only reflected in humility, but also in his three immortals of "virtue, speech and meritorious service"-he has been giving in, but he is always in an invincible position, and his achievements are also the greatest.

if you understand this point thoroughly, you may be able to understand what pattern transcendence is.