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title: "Three 'Management Abs' a Successful Boss Should Develop"
description: "A boss with a protruding belly is teased by his subordinates, highlighting how common belly fat is. Just as physical abs are hard to build, bosses must develop three 'management abs'—self-discipline, self-blame, and self-renewal—to effectively manage their businesses and employees."
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# Three 'Management Abs' a Successful Boss Should Develop

> A boss with a protruding belly is teased by his subordinates, highlighting how common belly fat is. Just as physical abs are hard to build, bosses must develop three 'management abs'—self-discipline, self-blame, and self-renewal—to effectively manage their businesses and employees.

One day, in an office building elevator, a man who looked like a boss walked in with two women who seemed to be his subordinates. The boss-like man had a large belly protruding in front. The two women beside him said, 'Mr. X, please suck in your belly.' Mr. X felt a bit embarrassed and joked, 'You see, I'm not fat anywhere else, but I have a belly!' This is indeed a common sight; on the streets today, you can see many men with slightly protruding or large bellies. When people gain weight, the first place it shows is the belly. Why is that? It's determined by the genes evolved over hundreds of millions of years. In ancient times, humans couldn't get enough food, so to cope with potential famines, our ancestors' bodies evolved to store excess energy as fat, especially around the belly. So, when we consume more energy than we need, it's stored as fat on our bellies, and this gene won't change for thousands of years. In today's affluent, over-nourished society, men's bellies stubbornly protrude regardless of will. Avoiding a belly is increasingly difficult, and developing abs is even harder. Anyone with basic fitness knowledge knows that abs are the hardest muscle group to train. If you can achieve well-defined six-pack abs, you're definitely a fitness enthusiast. Take me, for example: I enjoyed fitness during college and have continued for nearly 20 years, never stopping, persisting for a decade. But I'm still not satisfied with my abs; my six-pack has never been sharply defined. The only consolation is that I can achieve a 'solid board' of abdominal muscles.
As the saying goes, the eyes are the window to the soul. But for modern people, it should be said that abs are the window to the soul. That's why American presidents pay attention to their waistlines. If a president's waistline thickens, the media will say that a president who can't control his waistline shows he can't manage himself, and if he can't manage himself, how can he manage the country? They'd be worried about entrusting the country to him. So, every U.S. president regularly shows the public scenes of him playing sports to alleviate public concerns.
For bosses, there are also three hardest-to-develop 'management abs.' To be a successful boss, to run a business well, and to manage employees well, these three 'management abs' must be developed.
The first 'management ab' is self-discipline. As the top manager of a company, a boss should understand that the prerequisite for managing others is always to manage oneself first. Being a boss doesn't mean more freedom; it means more constraints. So, bosses must learn self-discipline. It's hard to imagine a boss who can't manage himself, lacks self-restraint and self-discipline, being able to manage his company and employees well. As the top manager, a boss must lead by example. He should do what he asks employees to do, to set an example and inspire them. If a boss lacks self-discipline and doesn't restrain himself, only preaching to employees while doing the opposite, the company and employees will never be well managed. Especially if a boss is addicted to a bad habit, the company is in even more danger.
The second 'management ab' is self-blame. Human nature is to blame others; when problems arise, we first think of excuses and reasons, believing it's someone else's fault, not our own. Many bosses require employees not to make excuses or blame others, but they are lenient with themselves, rarely engaging in self-blame. They think employees are the problem, not realizing that the biggest problem is often the boss himself.
The third 'management ab' is self-renewal. This doesn't mean correcting mistakes, but daily renewal. A boss's ability to learn, improve, and elevate himself is crucial. In trendy terms, bosses must keep up with the times, not stand still, but continuously generate new ideas, thoughts, innovations, and actions to ensure the company's renewal, metabolism, and healthy development.
Self-discipline, self-blame, and self-renewal—these three 'management abs' are not innate; they must be developed through practice. This process is like training abs in the gym: it's painful and requires persistence; otherwise, abs turn into a beer belly. For bosses, persistently developing these three 'management abs' is the only way to become an excellent manager and a successful boss.
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