… continuing with Leading Quietly.
Invest Wisely
Certainly starting investing wisely and accumulate political capital. Not as in politics but relationship, guanxi the chinese calls it. In time of need invest wisely.
"Political capital consists mostly of perceptions in the mind of other people."
The Chinese are instinctive investor of political capital. While we may need a book like Leading Quietly to remind us what to do, the Chinese does it all the time without even thinking about it.
Drill Down
"… people working in organizations
of all kinds often face problems enmeshed in technological,
legal, and bureaucratic complexities.
Needless to say, bureaucratic and legal complexities abound in China.
"… moral commitment and high principles
are no substitute for immersion in the complexities of a particular
situation."
Hold on to moral and principles because they are our anchors. A person without anchor will just be swept around. At the same time, be ready to deal with the complexities, drill down, work hard, listen, ask questions, find out and learn.
Bend the Rules
The most appropriate advice. The Chinese does it all the time, they even have a term for it - 擦边ç�ƒ (a glancing ball). Not only play the ball directly, but ball that glances off the side.
Take the rules very seriously, while at the same time look hard for room to maneuver.
"life seldom presents challenges and problems in the form of stark, either-or choices"
To be continued with part III …
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