The fundamental difference between entrepreneurs and businessmen

Business owners can be divided into at least two categories: merchants, who are good at trading, and pay more attention to recent interests; entrepreneurs, not only focus on recent interests, but also on long-term interests, can find a moderate balance between the two. All business operators have to start from the merchants, without the ability to do business, the company can not survive the survival, and naturally can not enter the long-term development of the company. However, some people are difficult to surpass themselves because of their lack of literacy, heart, desire, values, talents, knowledge structure, etc. Therefore, even if they achieve a certain scale, they can only be a savvy businessman. Those who constantly surpass themselves can become entrepreneurs. Later, in the long-term business practice, such people can often form a unique business philosophy closely related to their own growth experience and industry characteristics, which is to support his sustainable development. The inner spiritual element.

In the consultation, I often come into contact with these two types of people. If it is found to be the former, most of them are short-term cooperation, while the latter can basically establish long-term cooperative relationships, and we grow together. The reason why such people can lead the company to develop continuously is that they are more strategic, and they see problems more comprehensively, deeply, and longer than businessmen. They have the talent instinct of businessmen to grasp business opportunities, and they can see the essence through the appearance of things, and have the ability to see the future from now. This kind of thinking character plays a key role in their great achievements.

To put it another way, if a business operator does not have this kind of thinking quality, then he must work hard to cultivate. Today, the training courses for various presidential classes offered to companies are dazzling, but there is no philosophy class. And this course can tell the operators how to find the law from a wide variety of things, identify the essence from the appearance, and see the future from now. The specific discipline we accept always breaks things apart and teaches you how to get in and understand. Just like learning to draw, you must first learn to observe the relationship between light and objects. Under different climatic conditions, how objects change under the influence of light. The result of this way of thinking is that your eyes can't be opened, only trees, and no forests. Only philosophy can liberate you from this narrow way of thinking, making you more sturdy and more strategic. Therefore, philosophy is well-deservedly called "scientific knowledge", "scientific science."

Looking up, today's entrepreneurs who are active in the Chinese market are all "philosophers": Liu Chuanzhi, Zhang Ruimin, Wang Shi, Feng Lun, Ma Yun... You can clearly feel their philosophical wisdom when reading their works. This kind of wisdom helps them discover the law, grasp the future, and realize the sustainable development of the company. Therefore, if you want your company to continue to develop, you must establish philosophical thinking, and must strive to explore some regular understanding of the development of the industry, which is the basis of your thinking to build a century-old cause.