dancer on the knife

When a crisis comes, there is actually an early warning, but we can't see it, or pretend not to see it, thinking that if we wait a little longer, the crisis will disappear. It's a kind of self-deceiving self-hypnosis.

After the project of Company C was completed, there was still a final payment of more than [-] yuan that was not paid in time.At the beginning, I was able to sit and live. After more than a month, I still haven't received it, so I was a little anxious, because the project team often asked me about the payment.The most worrying thing is that the other party will not pay, so I learned through internal channels that the loan has not yet been approved, and the payment from other suppliers has not been paid.After learning the news, I was relieved. It is better to delay payment than not to pay.When doing consulting projects, the most fearful thing is that you will not receive the final payment, because it is difficult to determine the effect of a consulting project, and the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise see the wisdom. This is also a fundamental reason why many consultants prefer to do training rather than consulting.

As the days passed, members of the project team often urged me to ask for project funds, explained again and again, contacted the boss of Party A again and again, and failed again and again.Every time I see the phone ringing, my heart trembles involuntarily.In this way, I encountered the most challenging experience since starting a business.It's like walking on a cliff with heavy stones on your head, shoulders, and hands. Pressure from all directions comes at the same time. As long as you dodge, you will fall into the abyss.Relatives, friends, classmates, business partners, etc. constantly put me under an invisible pressure. Under such a high load of pressure, it is enough to make a person collapse, so what is the so-called ideal?Even a person's world outlook and values ​​may be rewritten. I feel like I am in the sky, unable to go up or down, and continue to wait alone.

Wait, wait for the sunshine at the corner; wait, wait for the rainbow after the rain; wait, wait for the crystal rain.At that time, I didn't want to use any communication tools, and even thought about going to a place to live quietly for a while, but it was difficult for me to walk away in this place, and since then, my mobile phone has been habitually set to mute state.His whole body was browned by the oil in the pan, but his mind became calmer.So, after a partner disappears for too long, I remain in a state of trust, waiting for it to show up.I got in touch afterwards, and I kept the old greetings like a friend I haven’t seen for a long time, because I have experienced too many difficulties myself, so I understand, and I have truly interpreted the ancient saying of forgiving and forgiving with actions.

Mr. L from the project party told me: Our boss is really big-hearted, otherwise how could he stand up to such great pressure.I was also thinking at the time, why doesn’t the boss want to have a normal heart, but when faced with many problems, how can he face them like ordinary people?Therefore, I express my understanding to the bosses, after all, I care about them.During such a period of time, I kept reminding myself: Hold on, hold on.I remember a friend said to me: If you don’t stop writing, there will always be unexpected gains on the way of growth.Therefore, I have to learn to better uphold and adhere to such a concept, and learn to face a state of life more calmly: suffering.

Knock out teeth and swallow blood.I am used to this kind of life, although sometimes I am not human inside and out, but in order to let more people show the brilliance of human nature, sometimes I have to bear too much.Everything cannot be said easily, this is a principle.Therefore, I will not easily reflect it in words, nor will I talk about it casually.If you choose such a life, you are doomed to bear such a test.As the saying goes, if a man is assigned a great mission from heaven, he must first suffer from his will, work his ribs, and starve his body...

While waiting again and again, some members of the project team lost confidence and were no longer willing to listen to my explanations, and wanted to sue me to the competent authority.Thinking that the project payment has not been settled, the industry rule is to pay after the payment is settled. The more important point is that I have a clear conscience. Wan Yizhen will not go back even if the company does not open.Fortunately, the payment from Party A was finally in place, and I paid all the expenses immediately.After paying the payment, I felt relieved and apologized to the project team one by one.Only through this time, let myself recognize some things and see through some people, and will not take the initiative to contact them for many years in the future.Even if some people are together every day, it is difficult to enter the hearts of others. This may be the so-called incompatibility.

After going through the most difficult years, it is typical to heal the scars and forget the pain, and start blindly developing projects and recruiting people, all of which directly lead to the rapid increase of the company's costs.A trainer I often work with once told me:

"Is it necessary to rent such a large office? Why hire so many people? The cost is too high, and all the money earned pays for these costs. Unnecessary expenses need to be cut."

I agreed, and felt that what I said made sense, but making sense didn't mean I could do it right away.When the company had another financial crisis, I found that my daily state was not as good as before, which greatly affected my work.When a person is trapped by funds all day long, how much energy does he have for the company's operation and management?I think many people who have had this kind of experience with me should be able to understand the bitterness of it.

The problem still needs to be solved. When the funds were not raised everywhere, the desperate financing began.It was also because of such a step that he brought himself to the point where he could never recover.Like many people in financing, we always believe that the money we earn can fully pay the interest, but it is because of such blindly optimistic behavior that we become interest slaves and bear too much pressure. In the end, the result is to pay Various costs and interests.

Even under such circumstances, building a house was started again, which was also a huge expense.The pressure of business, the pressure of debt, the pressure of building a house, and the pressure of life are like four mountains. It makes people feel that daily life is like dancing on the tip of a knife. If you are not careful, you will pay the blood price.In the eyes of outsiders, the career is booming, but I know that it is a false picture.At this point in starting a business, it is completely possible to come to an end, but the energy of not admitting defeat has kept me going.

Everything has its own rules, and when the stage is suitable, do what should be done at this stage, such as falling leaves in autumn and blooming flowers in spring, then the company’s operation is unfavorable, when the development is limited, and when it cannot sustain itself, bankruptcy is the best destination.Unable to accept such a failure, I continue to choose to persevere, continue to raise funds, and continue to take on higher and higher debts.Everyday life is like walking on eggshells. At this time, I think of the suggestions given by the cooperative training teacher to reduce operating costs, and I am really willing to face this reality.You know, the trainer gave me such earnest advice because she really didn't want me to get deeper and deeper, and it was also a bloody lesson she learned from her own failure in starting a business.

After a period of life-and-death hardships, I made a big decision and began to rectify the company, dismissing all those who can’t bring high-quality performance and those who want or don’t want to, stop the public class projects that don’t make money, and put Change the office to a more cost-effective place, and stop financing.Start to really focus on making money instead of face, and start really getting down to work.Because of such a timely stop loss, the company's closure was avoided.The seemingly simple approach has also experienced a great ideological struggle.Especially for those of us who are paranoid, it is really difficult to be subdued by reality. Only with a broken head can we stop and think about whether we are on the right path and doing the right thing.

Suggestions, good words, have to hurt a person many times before they can be truly accepted by action.Verbal acceptance is completely useless, only a change in action can truly be accepted.Blows and tribulations are the inseparable friends of entrepreneurs. Although they don't like it, they have to accept it.Tempering again and again makes the flesh and blood body become like a diamond body.It is not that entrepreneurs are strong, but that there is no other choice but to be strong.In the life pictures of countless small, medium and micro business owners, how many people are not like dancers on the tip of the knife?Since you choose, you are doomed to suffer; if you choose, you are doomed to be accompanied by suffering; if you choose, you are doomed to spend an extraordinary period of time.