LET'S SENT "A MESSAGE TO GARCIA

by

Esun Shandong Branch District Manager, Weidong Zhang

2012

Initiative

The world bestows its big prizes, both in money and in honors, for but one thing. And that is Initiative.

What is Initiative?

I’ll tell you: it is doing the right thing without being told.

But next to doing the thing without being told is to do it when you are told once. That is to say, carry the Message to Garcia: those who can carry a message get high honors, but their pay is not always in proportion.

Next, there are those who never do a thing until they are told twice; such get no honors and small pay.

Next, there are those who do the right thing only when necessity kicks them from behind, and these get indifference instead of honors and a pittance for pay.

This kind spends most of its time polishing a bench with a hard-luck story.

Then, still lower down in the scale than this, we have fellow who will not do the right thing even when some one goes along to show him how and stays to see that he does it; he is always out of job, and receives the contempt he deserves, unless he happens to have a rich Pa, in which case Destiny patiently awaits around a corner with a stuffed club.

To which class do you belong?

-------Elbert HUBBARD 1899

I read an amazing story “A MASSAGE TO GARCIA”; it is about a great man call Rowan. During the Spanish-American War, America Present gave him a mission: deliver a letter to Garcia. “Rowan took the letter and did not ask, "Where is he at?"”

This is not only a letter, but all the hopes and the future of America.

He left after four days and three weeks later, he was gone through the danger area and the letter was delivered to General Garcia.

This Legendary story spread world wide for Rowan’s loyalty, dedication and diligence.

For me, I am impressed by his Execution Capability. He finished his “mission impossible” perfectly. What is execution? Execution is “to do it now”. There is an old Chinese saying that “Success is 30% Decision-making plus 70% Execution Capability”. In our daily work we are all in the process of execution. An excellent employee is a brave “soldier” to accomplish all the orders.

Many people will find an excuse instead of to action when they are facing the task; some of the people have to be told at least twice before action; and some of them even you run after him, to tell him what to do and watch him, he will still not doing things right.

Therefore, an excellent employee should be obedient and loyal. We see our company management as the military management, military can not live without “training”. Training to know about what is right and what is wrong; what to do and what not to do and to learn different skills and transfer all into action. Only if we are well-trained, we can be a strong "army" and to keep our competitiveness!

I hope everyone in our team will be the one who delivered the letter to Garcia!