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Top 10 Values of Chinese Culture

Top 10 Values of Chinese Culture 1. Considerate Behaviour : Respectful and consider others before you act 2. Filia Piety : Respect parents and do your best for your family 3. Integrity : Act with honesty and uprightness 4. Kindness : Put the needs of others before your own, never be selfish 5. Loyalty : Keep your promise and act out of duty 6. Love : Care for fellow human beings and living things in general 7. Perseverance : Don't give up easily 8. Righteousness : Stand for what is right 9. Sense of Shame : Avoid wrongdoing and unprincipled action 10. Thrift : Refrain from extravagance and unnecessary waste

Get Young People to Work Hard without Telling them Hard

Ask any bosses and they will lament that nowadays young people don't work as hard as the previous employees.  In fact, many of these youngsters talk about work life balance before talking about work deadlines.  We cannot help but wonder: have our society's values degenerated so much that working hard is no longer a virtue? Truth be told, young people are not lazy .  They too want to work hard.  The reason they don't work hard is not because they don't want to work hard, but because they worked hard before and did not get a good experience from working hard.  Many of them also don't know how to work hard.  Some of them think that working longer hours is work hard. For the top 10 myths and truths of working hard, read here  and explore at here too.  Here are 5 ways that you as a manager or leader can get your people to work hard easily: First, recognize that they have their own ideals and dreams.   Talk to their dreams, and get inspire...

Don't Overvalue the Low Values and Undervalue the High Values

You have all heard about people making headlines in winning awards, making the most money, achieve highest sales and being the first and the largest . We seldom heard of people winning awards for things such as help the most people, being the most honest guy and making the most sacrifice for others. Yes, our world overvalue things such as make the most money, be the first, win titles, aim for bigger things and go for fame and recognition.  But unknown to many, such things are actually of low value.  This is because it is extremely easy to achieve such things.  All you need to do is to put in lots of efforts to achieve them.  But it is very difficult to achieve the higher noble things in life : build character, make a difference, care for people, teach people and understand people with compassion.  Such noble things are often undervalued.  That's why no awards in this world are created for them. If you were to look back to your school days, you will...