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朱高炽的爱的智慧

身体很弱,却让大明变得更强

朱高炽的爱的智慧

历史上的强大皇帝,往往让人想到征战、扩张和丰功伟绩。

但明仁宗朱高炽很不一样。

他肥胖、体弱、行动不便,而且只当了不到一年的皇帝。

然而,就是这位看起来“不强”的皇帝,却帮助大明走向后来著名的**“仁宣之治”**。

他的父亲朱棣留下了许多辉煌成就:迁都北京、郑和下西洋、军事远征。

但辉煌,也需要百姓付出代价。

朱高炽上台后,开始改变方向。

他减少一些耗费巨大的项目,减轻赋税和徭役,赈济灾民,让流离失所的农民回乡,并重新重用有能力的文臣。

他的思维很简单:

国家强不强,不只是看皇帝做了多少大事,而是看老百姓过得好不好。

这让我想到今天河南的胖东来。

很多企业问:“怎样从员工和顾客身上得到更多?”

胖东来却反过来问:

“怎样让员工和顾客过得更好,同时把企业做好?”

两者相隔600多年,环境完全不同,却有一个共同点:

不要为了成就伟大,而把人榨干。

这就是我所理解的爱的智慧(LQ)。

关爱 Care——看见人民真正的需要。
勇气 Courage——敢于改变过去看似成功的做法。
连接 Connection——听取人才意见,让上下同心。

朱高炽在位时间很短,但他的儿子朱瞻基大体延续了这一方向,形成历史上著名的仁宣之治。

所以,朱高炽真正值得我们记住的,不是他的身体有多弱。

而是:弱的是身体,强的是仁心。

无论治理一个国家,还是经营一家企业,真正伟大的领导者,不一定是创造最大版图、最高销售额的人。

而是因为他的存在,让更多人过上更好的生活。

这,也许就是领导者最高境界的爱的智慧。

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