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高徒,感謝你們!

(原文發表於2010928)

 

今年暑假,我一口氣聘請了四個暑期工,他們幾乎毫無例外都是本港或英美著名大學的二年級生,才二十出頭。我安排他們在總行各部門邊學邊做。暑期工作終結後,他們不約而同都寫了感謝信給我。

 

A先生說:

 

I joined Easy Prop­er­ty on 14th June 2010 and left on 16th August 2010. Although it is not a long peri­od, I would like to thank for your kind teach­ing. Such work­ing skills are very use­ful and valu­able for my future career. Also, per­sua­sion and hard-work­ing will always bear in my mind in the future. Once again, thanks for giv­ing me a great oppor­tu­ni­ty to work as sum­mer job in Easy Prop­er­ty.

 

B小姐說:

 

I would like to thank you for hav­ing me as part of your team. I appre­ci­ate the oppor­tu­ni­ty to work with you in per­son so as to enable me to get to learn more about your com­pa­ny and to share some of your expe­ri­ences and thoughts. Its been a chal­lenge for me to accom­plish new respon­si­bil­i­ties which I have nev­er come to expect from my past work­ing expe­ri­ences. At the same time, I am thank­ful for your for­give­ness to the mis­takes I have made dur­ing my employ­ment. Under your whole­heart­ed guid­ance, I have learnt and devel­oped the essen­tial qual­i­ty to be trust­wor­thy and accu­rate. From cal­cu­lat­ing salary/commission to per­form­ing a vari­ety of personnel/administrative tasks, you have taught me the valu­able skill sets in prop­er han­dling of dilem­ma and how impor­tant it is to be a self-dis­ci­plined work­er, know­ing “what to do” and “how to do” in order to “get things done”. If truth be told, I have ben­e­fit­ed the most from the expe­ri­ences gained in Easy Prop­er­ty which, to my belief, will fur­ther enhance my poten­tial and bet­ter pre­pare my future career path.

 

C小姐說:

 

This sum­mer job oppor­tu­ni­ty offers me not only work­ing expe­ri­ence but also a train­ing of work­ing smart. The skills that I equipped are very use­ful and valu­able. I do gain a lot from work­ing in three dif­fer­ent depart­ments.  I would like to thank for your kind teach­ing from my heart.

 

I joined Easy Prop­er­ty on 21st June 2010 and left on 23rd August 2010. Although it is not a very long time, your teach­ing will be always in my mind. I hope that I can have a fur­ther chance to learn from you in future. Again, thank you for giv­ing me this valu­able chance.

 

D先生說:

 

「晚生放肆,於效力怡居之前,恃才傲物,自以為是。殊不知進入怡居認識您後,方見人外有人,並能窺探真正大智者的風采。晚生不才,經您不厭其煩的悉心教導後,仍未能及您萬一,更不斷犯錯。惟晚生有幸得您耐心的容忍,才能勉強應付工作的挑戰,晚生對此衷心感激。但高手一出,非同凡響,晚生經您輕輕指撥後,卻已豁然開朗,茅塞頓開,深刻地反省了自己的缺點,並牢牢烙進了心頭,成為日後人生中的戒條。

 

最大的裨益,莫過於能親身體驗您親自設計的公司典章制度,並領略箇中令企業有秩序地發展的奧秘;不是吹毛求疵,而是精益求精,不是繁複碎瑣,而是精密管制。晚生接受了近三個月最高水準的管理訓練後,日後處世謀生,必定勝人一籌,鶴立雞群。

 

知遇之恩,沒齒難忘,日後定必湧泉以報。晚生暑假工後重新上學,定必努力學業,戒除劣根,鍛鍊心智,提升能力,以圖再效犬馬之勞。」

 

孔子曰:「善學者,師逸而功倍,又從而庸之;不善學者,師勤而功半,又從而怨之。」孔子認為,善於學習的人,能使老師費力不大而教育效果好,並能感激老師;不善學的人,即使老師教得很辛苦,自己收效甚少,還要歸罪於老師。

 

少年時代,我十分喜讀武俠小說,當時對書中的絕世高手,為了將自己的精奧武功延續下去,不惜千方百計尋找高徒,找到或碰到之後則苦苦哀求高徒拜他們為師的情節,十分費解。當時心想,擁有絕世武功的高手,不是小輩們夢寐以求的對象嗎?為何折墮到那般境地!現在愈來愈明白,高徒者,資質稟賦過人的學生也,自是超級「善學者」,不但精於學藝,而且往往青出於藍而勝於藍,對授藝老師亦更懂得欣賞和感激,老師的滿足感和成就感因此最大。老師能收到高徒,真是不可多得的福份,若能得之,跪拜亦值得!

 

「善學者,師逸而功倍,又從而庸之;不善學者,師勤而功半,又從而怨之」,自古已然,但香港今時今日45歲以下的「學生」(包括僱員、下屬、兒女、弟妹及後輩),無論是學習態度還是學習能力,普遍每況愈下,令孔子所說「不善學者,師勤而功半,又從而怨之」的現象,於今為烈!最近20年,我絕少絕少碰上「善學者,師逸而功倍,又從而庸之」這些幸運美事,遭遇的盡是「不善學者,師勤而功半,又從而怨之」的不快。

 

這幾封感謝信,令我頓生久旱逢甘露之感。嗯,對授藝老師懂得欣賞和感激,高徒也!而且不是一個二個,竟然讓我同時碰上四個!這是我的福份。

 

看著信,眼眶不禁微濕起來。