Stay and talk.

Focus on the overall situation and start small; Shut up and live alone.

Focus on the overall situation and start small; Keeping his mouth shut and being immune to himself are not only Zeng Guofan's creed of doing things and being a man all his life, but also his classic quotations. Later generations learned a lot from these two sentences of Zeng Guofan.

Have overall interests or ultimate goals in mind, and start with specific problems; While working hard on the ground, we should see the overall goal.

Think big and start small. This is the height of a person's work. The bigger point is strategy, and the smaller point is tactics. Those who have achieved great things in ancient and modern times cannot go up or down, and they have both strategic vision and practical ability.

The ancients said: those who do not seek eternal life are not enough for a moment; He who does not seek the overall situation does not seek a domain. When thinking about problems, we must have a global awareness and must see the future. However, the big aspect must be coordinated with the small aspect. Lao Tzu said that drawing is more difficult than easy, because drawing is more detailed. No matter how big things are, we should start with small things, so as to avoid empty talk and vulgarity.

Shut up and live alone.

Live in groups without talking, and live alone without talking. Is the essence of being a man. There is a saying in the Book of Rites that "bad words don't come from your mouth, and bad words don't go against your body". What can a person achieve if he can't even pass the language barrier? Superficial cleverness is not cleverness, superficial wooden inner cleverness is great wisdom. It is not good for a person to talk big in front of others.

Keeping one's mouth shut and being immune is a high expression of one's self-cultivation. Pay attention to your own cultivation, only cultivation can measure others.

In the traditional culture of China, this cultivation is called "cautious independence", that is, "self-control". You will find that when we have self-control, we can achieve better results and life will be of great benefit. Since ancient times, anyone who has achieved great things must keep his mouth shut and be immune to it. This is what Confucius said: "A gentleman wants to be slow." It means that a gentleman should speak carefully and act quickly. This sentence tells us to speak slowly, think twice and don't make irresponsible remarks. We must be active, agile, resolute and decisive in doing things, and don't procrastinate. Otherwise, if you talk too much, you will lose, and the disaster will come from your mouth, but you don't know why and miss the big event; If you are indecisive, the opportunity will be delayed.

Zeng Guofan's two famous sayings: think big and start small; It is worthwhile for us to live in groups and keep our mouths shut, and it should also be our motto, always remember and guide us to do things in an invincible position.