Is Striving to Achieve a Goal Always the Best Course of Action, or Should People Give Up If They Are Not Making Progress?
Topic:Is striving to achieve a goal always the best course of action, or should people give up if they are not making progress?
We are blase about the mentality people hold toward success, especially in this modern society, that don't waste time on something any more if you haven't achieved accomplishment. While, I still cannot help but believe despite my own cynicism that persistence is the panacea to reach the goal. When it comes to the clash between insistence and relinquishment, a well-known saying originates from the British dramatist, William Shakespeare, appears before my eyes, that is"Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect." Nowhere has the significance of determinedness been so vividly and accurately expressed as by Jack Welch and the King' s Speech.
I cannot imagine the GE without Jack Welch, but I am sure that if he left GE at that time, we will lose the "most revered CEO". Welch joined General Electric in 1960. At first, he worked as a junior engineer, at a salary of $10,500 annually. Welch was displeased with the $1,000 raise he was offered after his first year, as well as the strict bureaucracy within GE. However, Reuben Gutoff, a young executive two levels higher than Welch, persuaded Welch and tried to convince him to stay. After deliberation, he gave up the idea of resigning and resolved the thought to change the bureaucracy. If he resigned at that time, he would not have such success in the future. After many years hard-working, Welch eventually took his oath of CEO and brought GE ushering in a prosperous era. During his office, Welch took many measures to reform the corporation system. For example, he shuted down factories, reduced payrolls and cut lack-luster old-line units. What's more, Welch fired the bottom 10% of his managers resolutely. Because of his actions, many staff rejected him and a man who was fired by him even tried to kill him. Confronting these frustrations, he never thought about withdrawing,
We are blase about the mentality people hold toward success, especially in this modern society, that don't waste time on something any more if you haven't achieved accomplishment. While, I still cannot help but believe despite my own cynicism that persistence is the panacea to reach the goal. When it comes to the clash between insistence and relinquishment, a well-known saying originates from the British dramatist, William Shakespeare, appears before my eyes, that is"Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect." Nowhere has the significance of determinedness been so vividly and accurately expressed as by Jack Welch and the King' s Speech.
I cannot imagine the GE without Jack Welch, but I am sure that if he left GE at that time, we will lose the "most revered CEO". Welch joined General Electric in 1960. At first, he worked as a junior engineer, at a salary of $10,500 annually. Welch was displeased with the $1,000 raise he was offered after his first year, as well as the strict bureaucracy within GE. However, Reuben Gutoff, a young executive two levels higher than Welch, persuaded Welch and tried to convince him to stay. After deliberation, he gave up the idea of resigning and resolved the thought to change the bureaucracy. If he resigned at that time, he would not have such success in the future. After many years hard-working, Welch eventually took his oath of CEO and brought GE ushering in a prosperous era. During his office, Welch took many measures to reform the corporation system. For example, he shuted down factories, reduced payrolls and cut lack-luster old-line units. What's more, Welch fired the bottom 10% of his managers resolutely. Because of his actions, many staff rejected him and a man who was fired by him even tried to kill him. Confronting these frustrations, he never thought about withdrawing,