1, [thinking]
Honesty is the most basic quality of people, and it is also the basis of all other virtues.
Honesty is also a kind of capital and a guarantee to improve the competitiveness of enterprises.
Breaking promises in business will be punished economically, and breaking promises in life will also be punished.
There is no shortage of deception on the battlefield, and we should also pay attention to strategy in commercial warfare. Sometimes white lies are needed in life, and dishonesty is not excessive in some special circumstances.
2. [Famous sayings]
Don't cherish gold and jade, but loyalty is precious. -Book of Rites
Keep your word. -Mozi
Small trust is big faith. -"Everything is ready"
People's help lies in faith, and faith lies in sincerity. -"New Tang Book"? Lu zhizhuan
Push sincerity without bullying, keep promise without doubt. [Song] Lin Bu
I would rather be attacked by 100 sincere enemies than praised by 10 hypocritical friends. -[Hungary] Fedofi
Credit is property. With credit, everything is there. -[North Korea] Zheng Zhouyong
Credit is rare and unstable. It takes ten years to accumulate [de] credit, but it is often lost because of one thing [de]. -[Japan] Daisaku Ikeda
3.[ Classic Material]
Honesty is the foundation of being a man [virtue] (a promise is as good as a thousand dollars)
Ji Bu was a native of Chu State in the late Qin Dynasty. When I was young, Germany liked to make friends very much, and was very loyal and trustworthy. When he promises others, he will try his best to do it. Lu Bu's quality of keeping his word won him a reputation among his peers. Later, his reputation spread far and wide, even many northern rangers knew it, so that there was a folk proverb: "A promise of a thousand dollars is better than a promise of a thousand dollars."
Politics should win the trust of the people.
Shang Yang is the phase of Qin Xiaogong and wants to be a new law. Qin Xiaogong was worried and hesitant. Shang Yang finally persuaded Qin Xiaogong to carry out political reform and promulgated a new [de] law. In order to win the trust of the people, Shang Yang set up a three-pillar tree at the south gate of the country, recruited some people to move the tree to the north gate [Germany] and gave 10 gold. People are surprised at this practice and dare not move this piece of wood [Germany] Then, Shang Yang informed the people that whoever could move would be given 50 gold. A bold [Germany] finally moved this piece of wood, and Shang Yang immediately gave him 50 gold to show his integrity. This fact of winning the trust of the people [de] finally convinced the people that the new law was credible [de], thus implementing the new law.
The essence of honesty [virtue] is not against one's will (Ji Zha's "Hanging the Sword and Grave Tree")
Ji Zha was the younger brother of Zhu Fan, an aristocrat of the State of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period. In 544 BC, he was ordered to send envoys to Xu, Lu, Qi, Zheng, Wei and Jin. When he passed Xu for the first time, Xu Jun admired the sword, but he couldn't say it. Ji Zha understands Xu Jun [Germany], but he is going to other countries [Germany], so the sword can't be given to Xu Jun for the time being. He intends to give it to Xu Jun after going to other countries. Unexpectedly, when he went to other countries and returned home by way of Xu, Xu Yun was already dead. Ji Zha felt very sorry, thinking that he had intended to give the sword to Xu Jun, he took it off and hung it on the [German] tree in front of Xu Jun's grave.
No one knows that [Germany] promises a sword [Germany] except himself, and Ji Zha is not careless, nor does he do anything that goes against his inner [Germany], which shows that his ideological realm of keeping promises [Germany] is purer and higher!
Losing integrity may even lead to national subjugation (the king of the world dies of breaking his promise)
Zhou Youwang was the last king of the Western Zhou Dynasty. One year, in order to please, the praise country gave the beauty praise to You Wang, who liked it very much. Soon, Cong You gave birth to a son named Bofu. Zhou Youwang abolished Shen Hou and Prince Yi, praised him again, and then he became a prince. Praise has won the favor of Zhou Youwang. She is a queen, but she never smiles. Zhou Youwang tried every means to make her laugh, but in vain. In order to win the beauty's smile, Zhou Youwang came up with a way to hold a bonfire party. At that time, bonfires were set up at the border to protect national security, which was equivalent to the current alarm equipment. If the enemy invades at night, light firewood at the beacon tower; If the enemy attacks during the day, they will ignite the dried wolf dung and emit smoke, one by one, until they are far away. When the princes see the fireworks, they will come to the rescue immediately. On this day, Zhou Youwang resigned from Mount Li with praise and ordered the bonfire to be lit. Seeing the fireworks, the governors of all walks of life immediately led the troops in a hurry. Zance smiled happily when he saw hordes coming from all directions. Zan smiled, and the vassal made a trip in vain and returned home disgruntled. In order to appreciate the flattery of praise and laughter, Wang You lit bonfires many times, but the princes were fooled many times and never came again. At this time, the enemy really invaded. It was Shen Hou's father, Shen Hou, who hated the queen and the prince, and then launched an army to attack the king. The king was alone and had no soldiers to help him. He was killed at the foot of Mount Li, and the Western Zhou Dynasty ended.
Honesty is a kind of (burned painting in Li Kuchan)
Li Kuchan is a contemporary painter in China. He is very straightforward. He never breaks his promise to paint for others.
Once, an old friend asked him to draw a picture, and Li Kuchan readily agreed. Helpless, Li Kuchan failed to finish the painting in time for some reasons. Soon after, he received the obituary of his deceased friend and felt ashamed. He rushed to draw a picture, drew a "Lotus", solemnly wrote the name of the deceased, stamped it, immediately took it to the backyard, stood still and burned it. Afterwards, Li Kuchan also said to his son: "If there are old friends who want to paint in the future, please hurry me in time and don't break your word!"
The consequences of breaking a promise will be very serious (the lesson of "wolf comes, wolf comes")
There is a folk story that [Germany] is a child herding sheep on the mountain. Probably out of curiosity, one day he suddenly shouted: "The wolf is coming, the wolf is coming!" The adults at the foot of the mountain heard the sound and realized that it was a joke. Then he did it again and again, and people got a little angry. One day, the wolf really came, and the child shouted desperately: "The wolf is coming, the wolf is coming! ..... "But this time no one came and the child was eaten by the wolf.
Honesty is the guarantee of enterprise success (the secret of selling whole wheat bread [Germany])
American Brown Berry Oven Company is a company that produces whole wheat bread. In recent years, "whole wheat bread" has been selling well in the American market. The reason is to win customers by word of mouth. First, the price is reasonable, neither expensive nor cheap. In order to prevent dealers from changing prices at will, the company marked the cost and profit on the packaging paper, so that dealers could not change prices at will. The second is to ensure quality. The company makes it clear that bread that is more than three days old will never be sold, and expired bread will be taken back by the company. At the beginning of this commitment, we did encounter many difficulties. On the one hand, dealing with expired bread will increase costs and reduce profits. On the other hand, most dealers are afraid of trouble and are unwilling to check every day and exchange goods. In order to realize this promise, the company specially sent someone to send the freshly made bread to the dealership by car. If it is out of stock, a phone call will be delivered to your door immediately.
"Brown Berry Oven" keeps its promise, practices it with its own practical actions, and wins customers, interests and markets with its reputation.
Honesty wins a good reputation (a large airliner with only one passenger)
A Boeing 747 plane from Tokyo to London has 353 seats and 20 crew members. However, on one voyage, the plane only carried one female passenger. Why does British Airways, the owner of this plane, have to pay so much money? It turned out that the plane was delayed for 20 hours because of technical problems. At that time, almost all the passengers changed their plans and transferred to other passenger planes, only Riko Yamamoto stayed. According to the practice of civil aviation, British Airways would rather lose huge costs and expenses, but also win the credibility for this passenger and let him fly as usual.