A leader is a leader, if the subordinates around him are smarter than himself, then who else can he lead? Not every boss is so open-minded, and there are many people who are jealous of the virtuous and capable. If you want to keep your job by the side of such a leader, then you must learn to preserve your strength.

No one in this world wants to accept the reality that they are not as smart as others. Otherwise, Zhou Yu in the Three Kingdoms period would not have been angry to death. Therefore, as a professional person, we must pay attention when facing our boss, although you are very capable, smart and witty, you must not act more clever than your boss. Otherwise, what awaits you must not be a good result.

Generally speaking, a shrewd leader will like those subordinates who have a little bit of responsibility, because a leader wants to maintain his own achievements and status, and does not want his subordinates to surpass or even replace him. In life, we often see that in personnel transfers, if a leader is assigned a powerful subordinate, he will be worried, worried that the other party will rob his position, so he will make things difficult for his subordinates in many things; If he gets a mediocre one, he will be happy to point out and help the other person, because he knows that the mediocre subordinate poses no threat to him.

Most people don't bother to be surpassed in terms of luck, character, and temperament, but no one (especially leaders) wants to be surpassed in IQ. Because IQ is a characteristic of a person's personality, offending it is tantamount to committing a mortal sin. To be a leader is always to show that you are better than others in some important things. He likes to be assisted, but he doesn't like to be overtaken. If you want to give advice to someone, you should appear as if you are merely reminding him of something he already knows but has forgotten by chance, rather than something that you have to solve puzzles to understand, and the mystery can also be learned from the situation of the stars in the sky: although the stars are bright, they dare not shine brighter than the sun. During the Three Kingdoms period, Yang Xiu served as the chief bookkeeper of the march in Cao's camp, with quick thinking and a great reputation. Once built a garden in the Prime Minister's Mansion to build the structure of the gate, after Cao Cao came to inspect it, he did not say a word, only picked up a pen and wrote a "live" word on the door and left. The subordinates didn't understand what it meant, and Yang Xiu said: "The word 'live' is added to the 'door', and the word 'wide' is also." The prime minister thinks that the garden gate is broad-eared. So he built another wall, and after the renovation was completed, he invited Cao Cao to watch. Cao Cao was overjoyed, and asked who explained this, and replied that it was Yang Xiu, although Cao Cao praised a few words, he was very uncomfortable in his heart. Another time, Saibei sent a box of crisps, and Cao Cao wrote the words "a box of crisps" on the box. It happened that Yang Xiu came in, read the words on the box, and didn't wait for Cao Cao to speak. Cao Cao asked why, Yang Xiu said: "The book on the box is a mouthful of crisp, how dare you disobey the prime minister's order?" Cao Cao listened, although he smiled, but he was very disgusted.

Yang Xiu's biggest problem is that he doesn't look at the occasion, doesn't analyze the likes and dislikes of others, and just shows off his own cleverness. Of course, if the matter only ends here, there will not be too many problems, who would have thought that Yang Xiu would gradually get involved in Cao Cao's family affairs later, which would be Cao Cao's taboo.

Once, Cao Cao asked Cao Pi and Cao Zhi to leave the gate of Yecheng, but secretly told the gate official not to let them out. Cao Pi was the first to touch the nail, so he had to go back obediently. After Cao Zhi heard about it, he asked his think tank Yang Xiu for advice. Yang Xiu told him very simply: "You are out of the city on the orders of the King of Wei, whoever dares to stop it, just kill it." Cao Zhi led the plan and left, and sure enough, he killed the doorman and went out of the city. When Cao Cao found out, he was surprised at first, and then when he learned the truth of the matter, he became more and more angry.

Cao Cao was suspicious, fearing that someone would secretly murder him, lying that he was good at killing people in his dreams, and warned his attendants not to approach him while he was asleep, and thus deliberately killed an attendant who was picking up a quilt for him. But when the waiter was buried, Yang Xiu sighed: "The prime minister is not in a dream, Jun is in a dream!" After Cao Cao heard this, he became more and more disgusted with Yang Xiu, so he began to look for a ballast to get rid of this uninteresting person.

Soon, the opportunity finally came! In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219 AD), Liu Bei marched to Dingjun Mountain, and the veteran Huang Zhong killed Cao Cao's confidant Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Cao personally led a large army to meet Liu Bei in Hanzhong. Who knew that the war was not going well, and the two sides formed a state of confrontation in the Hanshui area, which made Cao Cao in a dilemma, he was afraid of Liu Bei if he wanted to advance, and he was afraid of being ridiculed if he wanted to retreat. One night, Cao Cao, who was in a depressed mood, was thinking about his thoughts in the big tent, when the cook brought a bowl of chicken soup, Cao Cao saw that there was a chicken rib in the bowl, and his heart was full of emotion. At this time, Xiahoudun entered the account to ask for a night order, and Cao Cao said casually: "Chicken ribs! Chicken! So the people took it as a commandment. Yang Xiu, the chief bookkeeper of the march, immediately ordered the army to pack up and prepare for the return journey. When Xiahou saw this, he was terrified and called Yang Xiu to the tent to ask for details. Yang Xiu explained: "Chicken ribs and chicken ribs, it is a pity to abandon them, and the food is tasteless. If you can't win today, you can't win now, and you are afraid of people laughing, what good is it here? In the coming days, the king of Wei must be a teacher. When Xiahoudun heard this, he admired what he said very much, and all the soldiers in the camp packed up. When Cao Cao learned of this situation, he was almost angry, and said angrily: "How dare you spread rumors and disturb the hearts of our army!" So, he ordered the knife and axe hand, pushed Yang Xiu out and beheaded, and hung the head outside the gate, thinking that those who did not obey the military order were prescribed. Cao Cao's "chicken ribs", "a box of crisps" and the word "live" in the door are all ordinary intelligence tests and a kind of word play. His starting point is not really to give everyone a test, but to show off his superhuman intelligence, so he subjectively doesn't want anyone to be able to break it, he just wants someone to ask for advice. In this case, even if you guess, you can only imply it. However, Yang Xiu did not hide that he repeatedly broke Cao Cao's puzzle. That's why he ended up like this.

Today, although there will no longer be a "tyrant" in history who carelessly cares about people's lives, there are many people who are stubborn and self-serving, jealous and jealous. Some people are worried all day long, or they are afraid that others are better than them, or that others are lucky to be better than them. Even if you think your boss won't be so petty, who can guarantee that he will always be open-minded, just, and fair? As a professional person, when facing your boss, in addition to respect, you must also learn to properly cover up your wisdom, which is a good way to protect yourself. It is a wise act to preserve one's strength at the right time, otherwise you will end up being eliminated like Yang Xiu.

More often than not, the boss will promote subordinates who are loyal and reliable, but may not perform so well, because they think it is better for their career. There is an old Chinese fable called "the opposite of the south", which means that the destination is in the south, but the direction of the car is directed to the north, and the faster you run, the farther away from the goal. In the same way, if the boss uses an unloyal subordinate, and the subordinate is working against him or "being in Cao Ying's heart in Han", then the more fully the subordinate's ability is exerted, the greater the damage to the boss's interests and thus the more detrimental to his own future.

Therefore, a person who is good at dealing with the world often deliberately leaves a little flaw in the obvious place, so that people can see at a glance that he "even made a mistake in such a simple matter". In this way, even if you get ahead and show off in the forest, others will not stay away from you, and once he finds out that "you are also at fault", he will shorten the distance between him and you.

In fact, if you place yourself a little lower, you will be able to elevate others a lot. When they are lifted up, who has the hostility that they can't let go? You know, it is only when he is earnest to others that his self-esteem and prestige can be properly displayed, and his vanity can be satisfied.

As the saying goes, a companion is like a tiger. In front of the boss, the most mature way for people in the workplace to behave is to behave when they should behave and be appropriately stupid when they shouldn't. All in all, make your boss feel his own authority and skill.