Where the port is, there is hope

This is a small company with only a few hundred people, mainly rely on processing export trade, in the face of the sudden financial storm, seems to be a little caught off guard. For this company some middle level cadres complain, the staff is more people lax, work momentum is not as big as before, many people are ready to go home, as the company's boss, is also anxious, after all, it is their own struggle up the cause, can't give up so easily. So he decided to start from the cadre team, this day he held the whole company cadre meeting.

At the meeting, instead of talking about the grim situation and the current state of the company, he decided to tell a story, even though many people were very dismissive. The story goes that an old captain, being very old, gave the captaincy to a young seaman. As the young captain was getting ready to sail, the old captain grabbed him and handed him a note with a pen, saying: "You may encounter a black storm at sea, and at the critical moment of the storm, you are standing in the most dangerous part of the bow. You can open this note, read it aloud, and save the lives of the whole ship. But you cannot open this note now." The young man was very puzzled: Is this a curse?

The young captain set out with the orders of the old captain, and sailed for some time at sea. As expected, he encountered a storm. Some sailors said sadly, "This is the end of it." According to experience, in such a big storm, no one could survive. The whole fleet was in a panic, and everyone was thinking about how to escape. At this critical moment, a young captain, suddenly thought of the old captain's advice, with huge waves, risking their lives, to the fore, calmly stood on the ship's most dangerous place, take out a note, according to the content, even shouted, "don't panic, ports are ahead", the situation of panic, immediately on the case.

The boss here stopped, the whole conference room, filled with the voice of discussion, and some even muttered, what time there are still thoughts to tell stories, the ship must be overturned by the wind and waves...... Mister sipped his tea and continued the story.

The panic-stricken crew recovered their composure and went about their duties, under the unified command of the young captain, and never again thought of running for their lives, when all had but one thought of how to get out of the black storm. After more than an hour, the storm finally passed away, in the vast sea, here and there are broken planks, broken sails, the whole fleet of many boats are buried in the fish, but the young captain commanded the ship, but unscathed.

After the ship landed, the young captain went to the old captain to find the answer, why did that sentence have so much effect? The old captain smiled and said, "In fact, the black storm is not terrible. When disaster comes, as long as the OARS are pulled hard, the sails are adjusted in time, and the steering is carefully handled... Every crew in their own post, concerted efforts, not panic not despair, is completely can rush out of the storm."

After listening to the boss this story, the conference room was silent, the boss finally said: "At present our company is like the ship experiencing the black storm, if everyone is confused, panic consciousness, then our company will soon be overturned by the storm. Everyone should not panic, believe that hope and dawn is ahead, let us go hand in hand, together out of the financial storm." A long round of applause broke out in the conference room as soon as the boss's words fell away.

Later, the company no longer complained about the phenomenon of strange words, cadres set an example, staff dedicated due diligence, everyone stuck to their posts, the company's upper level is closely concerned about the change of the situation, and timely adjust the strategic direction, formulated some feasible targets, and finally successfully cope with the test of the storm.

A ship is not destroyed by a storm, but by the panic and chaos it brings. In the face of difficulties, terrible is not difficult, but the resulting loss of confidence, morale. Difficulties, setbacks, danger is not terrible, storm, haze, rough is not terrible, as long as the faith is still in, the spirit is still in, hope is in front, the port is in front.