【Haichuan Workplace Night Talk】Being able to do things you’re not good at is a skill

I remember once, when artists presented their works to celebrate the New Year, a friend asked the painter to draw a rat. (Because next year is the Year of the Rat) This painter has painted chickens, cats, and tigers, but has never painted a rat. But he still took his time to draw a picture of mice crossing, just as he had imagined. After completing the painting, the artist himself thought it wasn’t very good. Fortunately, he had excellent skills in calligraphy and a decent level of proficiency in writing poetry; he added a long poem as an inscription, which added a lot to the value of the painting… Unfortunately, I can’t remember the content of that poem. It basically meant that he had never painted a mouse in his life, so he felt a bit reluctant to create a painting of one; he just drew it casually. As for whether what he painted resembled a cat or a mouse, it was up to the viewers to decide. ;P

“Doing things one isn’t good at” – it’s a bit forcing it. Of course, doing well at things one is not good at represents a breakthrough for an individual, but it constitutes a waste of talent for an organization.

It is a process of evolutionary improvement, a transformation of breaking free from one’s own constraints to emerge as something new

After the segmentation of social industries, industry barriers have emerged, and there is a natural concept of \"incompetence\" when it comes to tasks within different industries. However, different industries develop at different speeds, and cross-sector competition can result in a disadvantage for one party. For example, Meituan, which operates in the internet sector and is not good at food preparation, has managed to significantly impact the instant noodle industry through its food delivery platform