“木桶理論”新解 New explanation of "barrel theory"

一直以來，我們接受的教育都是“木桶理論”：

一個水桶無論有多高，它盛水的高度都取決於其中最短的那塊木板。

於是，我們都在忙著“取長補短”，花大量的時間和精力，去治癒自己的某些“頑疾”。

然而，事實上，在這個分工越來越細的年代，木桶理論早就過時了。

現在流行的是“新木桶理論”，也就是長板原理：

當你把桶傾斜，你會發現，能裝多少水取決於你的長板，也就是你的核心競爭力。

當你有了一塊長板，你就能圍繞這塊長板展開佈局，謀求更多的利益。

華為招人就是這樣，任正非說：

“我們從來不招完美的人，完美的人就是沒有用的人。我一看這個人總是追求完美，就知道他沒有希望。”

什麼都想追求，往往意味著各項資質都很平庸。

而把一件事做到極致，勝過把千萬件事做得平庸。

原來，我們都被“木桶理論”給騙了，真正能讓你脫穎而出的，其實是“長板原理”。

決定你未來發展前景的，不是所謂的短板，而是你的長板。

All along， our education has been “barrel theory”：

No matter how high a bucket is， the height it holds water depends on the shortest piece of wood。

Therefore， we are all busy “learning from each other” and spend a lot of time and energy to cure some of our “stubborn diseases”。

However， in fact， in this era of more and more detailed division of labor， the barrel theory has long been out of date。

Now the “new barrel theory” is popular， that is， the long board principle：

When you tilt the bucket， you will find that how much water you can hold depends on your long board， that is， your core competitiveness。

When you have a long board， you can lay out the layout around this long board and seek more interests。

This is how Huawei recruits people。 Ren Zhengfei said：

“We never recruit perfect people。 Perfect people are useless people。 When I saw this person always pursuing perfection， I knew he had no hope。”

Wanting to pursue everything often means that all qualifications are mediocre。

It is better to do one thing to the extreme than to do thousands of things to mediocrity。

It turned out that we were all cheated by the “barrel theory”。 What really makes you stand out is the “long board principle”。

What determines your future development prospects is not the so-called short board， but your long board。