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title: "Tao Shiquan on Jiangxiaobai's 8 Years: 'This Is Just the Beginning'"
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# Tao Shiquan on Jiangxiaobai's 8 Years: 'This Is Just the Beginning'

> From August 8 to 10, 2019, some of our executives and clients completed the New Long March activity in Zunyi. I thank our coaches and all the staff who ensured its success. Hearing everyone's reflections, I felt they were the highest quality speeches in our history. Why? Because action generates real experience, and from experience comes true insight.

From August 8 to 10, 2019, over three days, some of our executives and clients successfully completed this New Long March activity in Zunyi. First, I want to thank our coaches and all the partners who provided excellent service; your efforts ensured the success of this event!
After hearing everyone's reflections, I felt they were excellent, with no wasted words. I believe this was the highest quality of speeches in our history. Why were the reflections so good? "Paper talk is shallow; true knowledge comes from practice." Because it's often hard to generate real insights in meeting rooms, while action gives people actual experience. With experience, simply speaking from the heart can be "true insight." Everyone who participated had this experience, so speakers and listeners easily empathized and resonated. From experience to inner truth, from inner truth to empathy, from empathy to resonance, it's a wonderful process.
Let me share my own experience:
**Things that have a huge impact on the external world and a strong impact on our inner world are often things that require walking a long path and persisting for a long time to achieve results.**
For example, the Red Army's 25,000-li Long March. It was the most significant and influential march in military history, covering 25,000 li over two years, a great miracle in human history. Its influence surpasses any other march and is known worldwide.
Similarly, among the walks we take daily, which one is most memorable? Probably this New Long March activity. Because the distance was long—over 100 kilometers—and it lasted three consecutive days, challenging our physical and mental endurance, it left a deep impression. "To achieve goals, you must walk a very long path and persist for a long time" is a key principle of the unity of knowledge and action.
If we compare business management and personal development to walking, then for our company, the Long March has just begun. This is Jiangxiaobai's 8th year, but it's only the start of our 10,000-li journey.
For individuals, long-distance hiking gives a strong physical sensation. On the road of life, achieving something great requires walking a long path and persisting for a long time. To become a calligrapher, painter, musician, dancer, or entrepreneur, you need to practice daily, move forward a little each day, never stop, and not rely on shortcuts. Only after decades of continuous effort can you become a master. So, whether in business or personal life, the secret to achievement is maintaining long-term persistence and perseverance. You don't have to run fast, but you must keep moving forward.
**Mind, body, and skill are universally applicable. My experience tells me that having enough walking skills doesn't guarantee reaching the finish line, and strong physical fitness alone won't get you there either.**
Skill is the least important; physical fitness is second; but a strong mind is the most crucial. Even with strong physique, if your thoughts slacken and you think of giving up, you won't reach the end. The air-conditioned support vehicle, ice watermelon, and ice water tempt you to quit; the heat, swollen body, blisters, and knee pain force you to quit. No one finishes easily. Without mental support, relying only on physical strength and skill, most people cannot complete it.
Liu Peng said it well: "Body and soul separated; the body can no longer support forward, but the soul supports the walk." We found that those who persist are not necessarily the strongest or most skilled, but those with the strongest minds. Many female colleagues who seem physically weaker or even delicate persisted because their mental strength was strong.
The only direction to achieve a distant goal is to keep moving forward. There are many paths to giving up, but only one path to persistence. You cannot stop midway, even if it becomes increasingly painful, difficult, and challenging.
How does the New Long March inspire us to strengthen our mental power? Dare to endure hardship; even knowing it's not a comfort zone, still choose to embark firmly, honing your mind through hardship and challenging yourself. Only by constantly training your mind can you persist and reach the end. In our work, many things are not that difficult; when we are stuck, it's often not due to lack of skill or ability, but lack of mental strength! Because we often seek shortcuts instead of choosing hardship. For an organization, collective mental strength is most important; for individuals, personal mental strength is most important.
Advance, advance, don't stop. The goal is far, but it's certain. As long as we don't stop, we will achieve it, just faster or slower. But if we stop and give up, the goal becomes meaningless. There is no complex success theory in the world; the simplest truths are often the hardest to believe. The interpretation of mind, body, and skill in our "Xiaobai Spirit" was embodied in the New Long March hike, producing good experience, showing its universal applicability.
**Unity of thought and organizational building mean building a team that can fight hard battles.** A team that can win consistently and achieve long-term success must be highly unified in thought, not a ragtag or mercenary force. We repeatedly emphasize organizational building, but more importantly, we need to truly understand how to do it. Everyone here has gained experience; we must transmit this experience to lead teams and build a highly unified, strong-execution team.
Currently, there is a misunderstanding of organizational building, distorted as simply recruiting more people. The company emphasizes that organizational building is the top priority for leaders, so many departments think expanding headcount is organizational building. But organizational building is not determined by numbers; if you have many people but low quality, insufficient talent density, and low cohesion, you'll likely lead a mercenary force. The true meaning of unity of thought and organizational building is to lead a team that can fight hard battles.
**The Long March spirit is good at unity; unity is strength. We should unite and help each other, not mock or step on others.** The power of unity is immense. In this Xiaobai New Long March, relying solely on individual willpower, we couldn't have completed over 100 kilometers; with mutual encouragement and support, most of us finished. During the hike, even when some chose to give up or lagged behind, others encouraged and helped rather than criticized, unleashing strong team cohesion.
In our daily work and organizational building, there are still instances of disunity. Why choose to mock or even slander others? Everyone needs help in life; put yourself in others' shoes. When we have strong empathy and treat others sincerely, helping them, they will treat us the same way.
Of course, in our company's current development, we must maintain combat effectiveness, so we will establish mechanisms for survival of the fittest, but that doesn't mean we can blame subordinates for poor performance. Even if business fails, we can't attribute it to subordinates or the team; doing so often reflects poor leadership. A leader without empathy and genuine help will find it hard to lead a united team.
A positive sign is that the company currently has a united atmosphere. I hope our organization is like a pack of wolves when together, and each individual is a flag when scattered. Each of us must uphold and spread our beliefs; the power of belief is beyond imagination.
After team building, we will disperse across the country to work, meaning we must raise this flag of honor to influence every partner in the organization. I hope each executive can become that flag, leading everyone to victory!
**"Affectionate and optimistic" is the organizational atmosphere we advocate.** Affection and optimism were important spirits in this Long March. We showed strong friendship, helping each other to reach the finish line. We should have feelings for our clients, colleagues, community, and society, not indifference. Our value is to create and enjoy happiness, and happiness is subjective, requiring our collective effort. If we had a bit more affection in our daily work, would our work go more smoothly and be more enjoyable?
Running a business is a long road; we will inevitably encounter various problems and difficulties. Every organization, family, and individual has issues. When we complain, we see only problems. In reality, all companies and families look good on the surface, but inside they have piles of problems; thus, the norm is that things are neither great nor terrible. We all love our families; similarly, in our company, we should help each other like family members with affection, and we should be optimistic and continuously improve. Since the company's founding, we've been relatively smooth, not yet experiencing truly great difficulties or lows, but we know difficulties and lows await us somewhere in the future. Therefore, we must help each other and be prepared to face hardships together.
Xiaobai New Long March, we fight again and set out again. Only by daring to challenge the long road, conquer various difficulties, and push our limits can we break through and grow; only with strong mental power, shared values, and consistent thinking and action patterns can we go further; only with affection and optimism can we complete our New Long March and create our own new miracle!
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