The origin and significance of "a thief makes a fool of himself"

Lian Kuoru, a storyteller, mentioned that "a thief makes a fool of himself" in "A Talk in Rivers and Lakes", which gave people a lot of inspiration.

1. Stealing a razor

How to steal the shaving tool that the barber is using?

People who shave their heads usually put the tools for shaving their heads in the alley. One person goes to shave their heads, and when the barber washes his hair, another person comes over, gesticulates with his hand and says that he is his friend, and secretly takes his stool to show that he wants to play a prank, hiding in the alley with the stool and waiting for the joke. Sure enough, the man sat empty and was very angry, saying that he didn't have such a friend at all, and that the barber had been cheated because the man had stolen his stool. The barber hurried after him. Well, the man who was thrown took his time to get the rest of the shaving equipment and left.

The two of them were in a group, and together they stole a whole set of shaving equipment! Only a complete set of tools can be sold at a price.

2. Stealing straw hats

How to steal straw hats worn by others?

There are many people on the overpass in Beijing. People are wearing straw hats and squeezing in to watch the program. A thief wandered around wearing only a straw hat rope. After finding his prey, he squeezed into the prey, put the straw hat of the prey on his head with lightning speed, and then continued to watch the program. The man found that his straw hat was missing and looked around. He saw that the straw hat of the man next to him was the same as his own. He was about to speak when the thief spoke. "I lost my straw hat. It's easy to lose it here. I lost several straw hats myself. Look, I tied my straw hat with a rope."

what a clever thief! He broke through people's common sense of thinking, even the reverse operation, but it was reasonable step by step to achieve his goal.

the "lean management" initiated by Toyota also broke through the traditional management thinking mode. Traditional management focuses on 5% value-added parts, while lean management pays attention to 95% non-value-added parts, reduces WIP, and advocates small-batch and multi-batch production. As the saying goes, "it is also a chapter to rebound the pipa", and the idea of lean management is carried forward all over the world.

a thief makes a fool of himself, which is what our management needs.