Life is like brewing fine wine, there is a degree of wine and a degree of life, and those who have had experience in drinking know that if a person has a drinking experience earlier, the amount of alcohol will be large, then, relatively speaking, his adaptability to wine will also be enhanced. For life, we may not know what we will encounter in the future, which requires us to grasp the degree of doing things well, to have a sense of proportion, so that we can be as smooth as the clouds and fluent.

A teacher who was a middle school homeroom teacher once had a headache with a consistently naughty student in the class, and although he tried hard to educate him many times, it always did not work. At this time, the school undertook the task of rehearsing the parade in front of Tiananmen Square, and the school asked for a few of the best students to participate, and this student was very eager to participate. The head teacher had an idea, put the student on the rehearsal list, and talked to him, telling him that he was not qualified, but the teacher thought that he had great potential and that if he worked hard, he would be able to do a good job. The student felt the teacher's trust in him and immediately said that he would be able to take on this important responsibility. As a result, after months of hard training, this student performed very well, was praised by the school, and since then he has changed his past mistakes and changed his life, and later became the class president.

It can be seen that it is really important for a person to do things in a measured manner, and this method is especially important in the team and the enterprise. In a team, if the members can grasp their own scale, they will do their best to achieve good results. If you don't have a good sense of proportion, the team will tear each other down and put the blame on others, which will reduce everyone's confidence and determination, which will often make the work lifeless, and the result will be bad for everyone.

When everyone faces failure together, the most taboo thing is for someone to say: "I thought this method was not good, you should be responsible for that, I should be responsible for this." As a result, it is the way it is today, and if I had done what I said, it would never be the situation I am today. "Obviously, this kind of person is passing the buck or just showing his cleverness, but it won't work out well. It's pouring gasoline on a fire.

There are still many people who pay attention to proportions in our ancient history, such as: Liu Bang pacified the world after the reward of meritorious deeds, he thought that Xiao He had the greatest credit, so he named Xiao He as the Marquis of Zan, and there were 8,000 households. For this reason, some ministers raised objections, saying: "We have fought more than 100 battles in many battles, and dozens of battles in the few, attacking cities and occupying territory, and we have made military exploits in both large and small ways. Xiao He has never led soldiers to fight, and he is above us just by dancing and writing, and talking about it, why is this? After hearing this, Liu Bang asked, "Do you people know how to hunt?" They said, "I know." Liu Bang asked again: "Do you know the hounds?" They answered:

"Yes." Liu Bang said: "When hunting, it is the hunting dog that chases the wild beast, and it is the human who finds that the beast directs the hunting dog to chase the wild beast. You people are nothing more than hounds who have merit for hunting wild beasts. As for Xiao He, he is a hunter who can both find prey and guide hounds. Besides, you people are just single to follow me, and Xiao He is leading dozens of people in his family to follow me, can I forget his achievements? These words made the ministers speechless.

In Liu Bang's view, there are also three, six, nine and so on, just like hunters and hunting dogs, although they are busy getting prey, but the role of hunters is greater than that of hunting dogs, so it is beyond reproach to grasp the proportion and reuse the former.

There is also such a story:

During the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty recruited talents and used many talents exceptionally, which caused dissatisfaction among people. Ji Di was not convinced, so he said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty's appointment of ministers is like stacking firewood and grass, and the latter is piled on top. This means that the new people with shallow qualifications live above the old ministers with old qualifications. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Ji Di was not allowed to be reused because he was so outspoken, and he could not be promoted, and many people who were lower than him in official positions were promoted and surpassed him. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty replied that this was because he only paid attention to talent, not seniority.

It was precisely because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made good use of meritocracy, rather than burying talents, that there was a prosperous situation at that time.

Everyone in the world has their own abilities and things have their own uses, and it will be bad if they can't be strictly appointed according to their abilities with a big belly.

This is the embodiment of prudence and rigor, and it is the means of survival to do things rationally.