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The story of Jewish wisdom.

1, watchdog

A man rushed into a pet shop run by a Jewish businessman with a puppy and said to the boss, "I bought your dog to watch the door, but last night, a thief sneaked into my house and stole 200 dollars from me, but the dog just watched what happened and didn't say a word."

The Jewish boss explained it this way: "The former owner of this dog was a multimillionaire, so you didn't notice that you only had $200."

Beat about the bush: there is only one permanent rule in management, and there is no fixed answer, so we must not copy it mechanically. For example, many management methods and experiences are very correct when applied to enterprise A, but when transplanted to enterprise B, there will be a phenomenon of "acclimatization", which seriously hinders the development of enterprises.

2. Encounter at the airport

In the airport waiting hall, in order to pass the waiting time, idle and bored Mark stood on a weighing machine, and a line immediately appeared on the screen of the machine: "You are Mark, 18 1cm, weighing 78kg, flying to Washington".

Mark felt strange. He got off the weighing machine. After a while, he stood on the machine with a hat on. The screen immediately shows "You are Mark, height 18 1cm, weight 78kg, flying to Washington".

Mark felt even more incredible. He ran into the bathroom, took off his hat, changed his clothes and came to the machine again. The screen still shows "You are Mark, with a height of 18 1 cm and a weight of 78 kg. Your flight to Washington took off three minutes ago. "

Beat about the bush: don't be too attached to your own ideas. Maybe your idea is really brilliant, but if you don't make progress step by step and carefully, but just indulge in it, don't know how to evaluate the abrupt environment and don't want to correct and perfect your idea, you may be self-defeating at any time. For an enterprise, stubborn leadership is the root of disaster.

3. Businessmen in prison

Three people have to serve three years in prison for some reason, and the warden promised that each of them could make a request.

Americans like to smoke cigars, so they ordered three boxes of cigars. The French are the most romantic. He wants a beautiful woman to accompany him to prison. The Jew said that what he wanted was a telephone that could contact the outside world at any time.

Three years passed quickly. The American was the first to rush out of the prison, with his nostrils stuffed with cigars and shouting, "Give me a fire, give me a fire!" " "It turned out that he forgot to make a fire.

Then the Frenchman came, and he saw a child in his hand, a beautiful woman holding a child in her hand and a third child in her belly.

Finally, the Jews came out. He held the warden's hand tightly and said, "I have been in contact with the outside world every day for three years." My business has not stopped, but has increased by 300%. Now I am worth 1 100 million. To express my gratitude, I want to send you an old Schleswig! "

Beat about the bush: choice determines fate. What an enterprise has achieved today is actually determined by its previous choices, and today's choices will determine its future development. In this information age, enterprise managers should choose to contact with the latest information and understand the latest trends, so as to better create the future of enterprises.

4. parrot boss

A man went to the flower and bird market to buy a parrot, and saw a sign in front of him: This parrot can speak two languages, and the price is 300 yuan. In front of another parrot, it was marked: This parrot can speak four languages, and the price is 600 yuan. Which one should I buy? These two parrots are smart and cute. He thought and thought.

At this moment, he suddenly found a parrot not far away, and he hurried over. He saw that it was a parrot with old teeth, with dim and scattered fur and depressed mood, but strangely, the price tag of this parrot actually said 1200 yuan.

So he quickly called the boss and asked, "Can this parrot speak eight languages?" The shopkeeper said no, but the man was puzzled: "Old, ugly and incompetent. Why is it worth so much money? " The shopkeeper replied, "because it can command the other two parrots to work efficiently, it is the' boss'."

Instinct: The parrot boss is not as good as the other two parrots in language, but it is enough to direct them to work efficiently. Managers don't need to do everything, but they should have the ability to direct others.

5. The only beggar

On a sunny day, a group of people were under a wall, basking in the sun and blessing themselves. Some people want to be rich, some people want to marry the daughters of rich people, and some people want their wives to have a child.

There is a Jewish beggar in this group, and he is still mumbling something to the sky.

"hey!" Someone asked him, "What do you pray for yourself?"

"I wish I were the only beggar in this city."

Beat about the bush: In the market economy environment, as long as you can think of ideas that others have not thought of, find market gaps that others have not found, and create the concepts of "uniqueness" and "uniqueness", you can achieve great success. Jews can become the richest man in the world because they can break through the conventional thinking and take a different path.

6. Paul's chicken

A farmer named Paul keeps a flock of chickens.

One day, he hurriedly ran to another chicken farmer and said, "My chicken is half dead with chicken plague. What should I do? "

"What are you feeding them?"

"Rice."

"You should give them wheat!"

The next morning, Paul came panting again: "Oh, no! Fifty more chickens have fallen ill and died! "

"What did you give them to drink?"

"cold water."

"Well, you should give them hot water!"

Two days later, Paul went to the chicken farm owner for advice: "Now I only have ten chickens left!" " "

"Where did you get the water you gave them?"

"From the well!"

"You should give them spring water!"

Soon, Paul brought the latest news: "Alas, my last chicken died, too."

"Ah," sighed the chicken farmer, "what a pity. I still have a lot of good suggestions to give you before! "

Beat about the bush: when an enterprise is undergoing major changes, it is best not to immediately abandon the existing, especially the core things that once depended on for survival. A makeover can't change your heart, let alone make yourself a laboratory for others.

7. Real identity

A little lion came to a small zoo. In the cage next to it, there is a sick old lion lying in bed all day, unkempt.

"Not like a lion, just a sick cat!" The little lion said to himself.

So it kept growling at the tourists, trying to break through the bars of the cage and show the lion's nature in an unobstructed view.

Finally, when it was time to eat, the breeder brought a large piece of meat and threw it into the cage of the old lion. Only a few nuts and bananas were thrown to the little lion.

"Why do those pain in the ass do this to me? I have never been treated so unfairly! " Surprised and angry, the little lion said to the old lion, "I am like a real lion. You do nothing but lie down!" " "

"Oh, you just came, and you don't know the situation here. "The thing is," the old lion told it slowly, "this is a small zoo. They can't afford two lions, so you are still a monkey on their roster. "

Beat about the bush: the competition between enterprises is becoming more and more a competition among talents, but it is not enough to have talents. We must build a platform for him, otherwise he will not be able to sing. In the eyes of Jews, the key to retaining talents is to give him a beautiful vision first, and then give him a stage to show it.

8. expansion

Mr Carl Dillo is a Jew and runs a hardware company. Due to the need of business expansion, the company recruited some new employees.

At the new employee training conference, he told these new employees a story: a company eliminated a batch of backward equipment.

The chairman said, "You can't throw away the equipment. Find a place to put them. " So a warehouse was specially built for this batch of equipment.

The chairman said: "Fire prevention and theft prevention is no small matter. Find a janitor. " So I got a janitor to look after the warehouse.

The chairman said, "The gatekeeper is free. What if he neglects his duty? " So he sent two people to set up the planning department, one responsible for assigning tasks and the other for making plans.

The chairman said, "We must keep up with the progress of our work." So I sent two people over and set up a supervision department, one responsible for performance appraisal and the other for writing a summary report.

The chairman said, "We should not engage in egalitarianism, but widen the income gap." So he sent two people to set up the finance department, one responsible for calculating working hours and the other for paying wages.

The chairman said, "There is no hierarchy in management. Who will be responsible for the accident? " Then four people were sent to set up the management department, one in charge of the planning department, one in charge of the supervision department, one in charge of the finance department, and one general manager, the general manager of the management department, who was responsible to the chairman.

The chairman said, "Last year, the management cost of the warehouse was 350,000, which was too big. You must work out a solution within a week. " So, a week later, the janitor was fired. ...

Beat about the bush: the organization of the enterprise is becoming more and more bloated, the system is becoming more and more complex, there are more and more documents, and the efficiency is getting worse and worse ... Many managers are not only unaware of these problems, but also intoxicated with complex affairs, thinking that they are "working hard" for "upcoming success"; Some people realize the seriousness of the problem, but they don't know where to start. Therefore, simplifying complexity is the most effective way to deal with complexity, which is recognized and followed by almost all Jewish businessmen.

9. Reverse thinking

Gary Shaq is an old man of Jewish descent. After retirement, he bought a humble house near the school.

The first few weeks were quiet, and soon three young people started kicking trash cans nearby for fun.

The old man couldn't stand the noise and went out to negotiate with the young man.

"You had a good time." He said, "I like watching you have such a good time. If you come to kick the trash can every day, I will give each of you a dollar every day. "

The three young people were very happy and worked harder to perform "Foot Skill".

Unexpectedly, three days later, the old man said sadly, "inflation has reduced my income." From tomorrow on, I can only give you fifty cents each. "

The young man looked unhappy, but he accepted the old man's condition.

They continue to kick the trash can every day. A week later, the old man said to them, "I haven't received a pension check recently." Sorry, I can only give 20 cents a day. "

"Twenty cents?" A young man turned blue. "We won't waste precious time performing here for just 20 cents. Let's quit! "

Since then, the old man has lived a quiet life.

Beat about the bush: Managing the hot-blooded youth, forcing orders will only make them worse. By using reverse thinking and giving them enough face, they can be controlled in their own hands, and the result of things can develop into their own will.

10, where is the groundhog?

A Jewish tycoon once told a story to several young people who expected to succeed in business: three hunting dogs chased a woodchuck, and the woodchuck got into a tree hole.

There was only one exit from the tree hole, but in a short time, a rabbit actually got out of the tree hole. The rabbit ran fast and climbed up another big tree. The rabbit lost its foothold in the tree in a hurry and fell down, stunned three hounds looking up. At last, the rabbit escaped.

After the story was finished, the Jewish tycoon asked, "What happened to this story?"

"Rabbits can't climb trees!" The young man protested.

"How can a rabbit stun three hounds at the same time?" Another young man raised such a question.

It was not until no one could find fault with it anymore that the Jewish tycoon said, "There is one more question that you didn't mention. Where is the groundhog? "

Beat about the bush: the goal is the foundation, and any work must be centered on the goal. Only by focusing on your goals can you succeed in your career. However, many people tend to put all their attention on the "rabbit" who has developed to half of the enterprise, and throw the original goal outside the cloud nine.

1 1, instinct

Mr. and Mrs. Brown, descendants of Jews, and their children live in a small house near London.

Sometimes Mr. Brown comes home late from work. When his wife and children were asleep, he opened the front door of the house with his own key and walked into the house quietly.

One night, when he came home late, he lost his key, so he had to ring the doorbell in the house, but nothing happened inside. He rang the doorbell again, but there was still no movement in the room. In desperation, Mr. Brown had to knock on the bedroom window and shout at his awake wife.

Finally, he stopped, thought for a moment, and then held his nose to imitate the child's voice and shouted, "Mom! I have to pee! " Although he spoke softly, Mrs. Brown woke up at once.

Beat about the bush: the key to management is to manage people, which is a knowledge of getting others to do things for you. In the management of enterprises, it is enough for different situations and different people to help you do things well. Just find the string that can touch their nerves.

12, execute

A long time ago, a farmer married a silly daughter-in-law. Easter is coming, and he really wants to have a big family dinner, but he doesn't know how to do it.

He remembered that his neighbor's Easter family dinner was very good every year, so he made his stupid wife dress up and went to Mark's house across the street to find out.

"You should observe what he is doing," he said. "Come back and tell me that we will do exactly the same thing as them."

His wife dressed up and left home. It wasn't long before she came back.

When I entered the door, I didn't say a word. I took off my shoes and started hitting my husband.

What are you doing? "The husband shouted to her," Are you crazy? "

"You said that I would do whatever Mark's family did," said his wife. "Mrs. Mark is hitting Mr. Mark with her shoes. This is the method I used just now."

Beat about the bush: the leader's instructions are unambiguous, so that subordinates can fully understand their own meaning, and then they can be better implemented. Here, there is nothing wrong with the silly daughter-in-law, because she carried out her husband's wishes responsibly within her own understanding.

13, gold price

Fernando, a salesman, is a Jew. Once, he went to a small town on Friday, but because he was penniless, he couldn't eat and live. He found the deacon of the hall, and the deacon said to him, "There are many poor people coming here on Friday, and everyone is full, except Simell, the owner of the gold and silver shop. Unfortunately, he never receives guests."

When Fernando asked why, he said positively, "He will accept me."

After that, he went to Simell's house. After knocking at the door, he mysteriously pulled Simell aside, took out a small bag the size of a brick from his coat pocket and whispered, "Excuse me, how much is gold the size of a brick?"

Hearing this, the owner of the gold and silver shop's eyes lit up.

However, it's the Sabbath and we can't continue to talk about business.

In order to make a deal, he warmly invited Fernando to stay at home and talk about it after sunset tomorrow.

Throughout the Sabbath, Fernando was warmly treated.

When we can do business on Saturday night, Simell smiled and urged Fernando to take out the "goods".

Fernando pretended to be surprised and said, "I have no gold." I just want to know how much gold the size of a brick is worth. "

Beat about the bush: in the process of business operation, you will inevitably encounter many difficult problems. You can use "deception" flexibly-of course, under the premise of not violating the law, you can easily achieve your goal and gain the trust of the other party without giving any promise to the other party or leaving "criminal evidence" of deception.

14 chain reaction

Eugénie called the doctor: "Doctor, please come at once! ? A live mouse has just been swallowed by Li Mao! "

"Okay, I'm coming." The doctor said to him, "Tell Murray to open his mouth first and put a cake in front ..."

About five minutes later, the doctor came. He found Eugénie holding a steak in front of Mary.

"Why?" The doctor said, "didn't I just tell you to take the cake ... don't you have any cake?"

"I took it. However, the problem now is to let the cat out first. "

Beat about the bush: Everything in the world is infinitely connected. Smart Jewish businessmen have known this for a long time, so they can always guard against delays in running their businesses. They know that the chain reaction is enough to destroy everything they have worked so hard to build.

15, how to replenish the national treasury

On one occasion, Emperor Anthony sent a special envoy to see Rabdani and asked such a question: "The imperial treasury is almost empty. Can you give me a suggestion to make up? "

Rabbi Dani heard this, without saying a word, went directly to his vegetable garden with a messenger, and then began to work silently. He pulled out Chinese cabbage and planted Chinese cabbage.

So are beets and radishes. When the messenger saw that Rabbi Dani had no intention to answer his question, he was greatly displeased and said angrily, "You should at least give me a word, and I will have an explanation when I go back."

"I have already given it to you." Rabbi Dani said slowly. The messenger's face was startled. In desperation, he had to go back to Anthony.

"Has Rabbi Dani answered my letter?"

"No."

"Did he say anything to you?"

"No."

"Then what did he do?"

"He just led me to his garden, and then pulled out the big vegetables and planted the small ones."

"oh! He gave me advice! " The emperor said excitedly.

The next day, Anthony immediately fired all his officials and tax ministers and replaced them with several capable and honest people. Soon, the national treasury was replenished.

Beat about the bush: In order to improve the efficiency of enterprises, it is necessary to "lose weight", lay off unnecessary institutions and personnel, and remove those who are incapable but remain in important positions and replace them with energetic and cutting-edge ones.

16, professional habits

John is an infantryman in the army. He has been baptized by many wars and fires and won many awards from the army. The medals are all skirts.

As soon as John returned to this city after leaving the army, his friend introduced him to a girlfriend.

Before going out, his friend reminded him, "you may have experienced a lot in the war, but there are some things you have to listen to me." When your girlfriend is talking, you should look at her affectionately; When she needs something, don't let her do it, but do it for her first; After getting off the bus, open the door for her; You should help her move the chair while she is sitting. " John said remember.

The next day, when a friend called to ask John how he was doing last night, he said gloomily, "I have no hope!" " "

After listening to John's words, my friend was very confused and asked, "Did you forget to open the door for her?"

"No, I opened the car door for her, and she was very happy!"

"Did you forget to help her sit down?"

"No, I helped her sit down. She said I was a gentleman! "

"Didn't you look at her tenderly when she spoke?"

"No, I have been looking at her. She said I was gentle and charming! "

"Then you must have let her do it herself on something?"

"If so. When I sent her home, she wanted to drink water, so I ran to buy her some drinks. "

"That's good!" The friend said excitedly.

"But out of years of habit, as soon as I opened the drink can, I threw it at her and soon fell to the ground ..." John said.

Beat about the bush: the power of habit is enormous, and many professional habits are of great help to improve work efficiency, but at the same time they also imply crisis. How to deal with this "double-edged sword" is a problem that every manager should seriously consider.

17, pole vault

In Israeli business circles, there is a fable: in a vineyard, a bunch of full grapes make people drool. A fox came under the grape trellis, drooling, and jumped up to bite the grapes. But the grape trellis was too high, and the fox failed in his first attempt to jump.

The fox thought, this bunch of grapes is not good. Look at it. It looks good outside. It must be meat from last year.

Thinking of this, the fox aimed at another bunch of grapes and jumped up, but this time he didn't jump.

The fox thought, this bunch of grapes is not good either It must have used fertilizer. It's definitely not green food, or watered grapes. It's a good thing I didn't eat it, otherwise the diarrhea wouldn't be worth eating.

The second attempt ended in failure, and I don't know where there was sparse applause-there were several crows in the tree to watch the fun. The fox bowed to them and thanked them. After trying to jump twice, the fox was a little tired and squatted down to catch his breath.

It thought it would be great if a coach handed me a bottle of mineral water at this time and then told me the essentials of action and arranged tactics! How many beats can a person have in his life? Let me dance for the last time. I can't believe I can't jump over this broken grape trellis.

The fox rolled his sly eyes and looked around, and finally found a long bamboo pole; The fox grabbed the bamboo pole, stepped back a few steps, motioned around and asked the crows to give applause and encouragement.

With support, there is strength. Encouraged, the fox's confidence doubled. I saw that it ran quickly to the vine with a pole, and the bamboo pole was accurately inserted into the ground. The bamboo pole lifts the fox high, and then there is a beautiful pole-throwing action, free fall. The fox successfully jumped over the tall grape trellis and landed safely on the soft grass.

"ah! What a beautiful gesture, what a beautiful action! " The crow loudly praised the fox.

A young female crow flew down from the tree and presented a bunch of wild flowers to the fox.

The fox is very excited with wild flowers in his hand. After years of expectation and generations of efforts, this moment of victory has finally arrived.

But after a short period of joy, the fox calmed down. It thought, I'm here to eat grapes. I didn't eat them, so what if I jumped higher!

Beat about the bush: don't covet the scenery and applause on the side of the road in the process of running to the goal. Speaking of work, always remember: what is your work goal? What kind of results do you want to achieve? Of course, it is gratifying to have encouragement and recognition in this process, but don't forget your own goals and always correct your own direction of efforts.

18, farmers who want to do big business

There is a farmer who lives a comfortable life because his crops grow well. Everyone in the village praises him for his cleverness. Some people assert that as long as he does business, he will surely make a fortune.

The farmer was itching, and he discussed business with his wife. His wife is a wise person. Knowing that he was not suitable for business, she advised him to give up the idea. But the farmer has made up his mind and his wife can't say anything.

Seeing that persuasion is useless, my wife said that doing business requires capital. You should take a goat and a donkey from your home to town and sell them tomorrow.

When the wife finished speaking, she went back to her mother's house, found three people and told them this and that.

The next day, the farmer rushed to the road. The man whose wife asked for help followed him secretly.

The farmer is sleepy. The first man took a nap while the farmer was riding on the donkey's back, untied the bell from the goat's neck, tied it on the donkey's tail and took the goat away.

Soon, the farmer turned around and found that the goat had disappeared and was busy looking for it.

Then the second man came up and asked him enthusiastically what he was looking for.

The farmer said that the goat had been stolen and asked him if he had seen it.

The second man pointed casually and said that he saw a man leading a goat through the Woods. It must be that man. Go after him.

The farmer was in a hurry to chase the goat and gave the donkey to the "good-hearted man". When he returned empty-handed, the donkey and the "good-hearted man" naturally disappeared.

The farmer was so sad that he cried as he walked. When he came to a pond, he found a man sitting by the pond, crying more sadly than he did.

The farmer was surprised: Is there anyone worse off than me? Just ask the man why he is crying.

The man told the farmer that he took a bag of gold coins to go shopping in the city and went to the water to rest and wash his face, but he accidentally dropped the bag into the water.

The farmer said, then go down and fish quickly. The man said he couldn't swim, and if the farmer helped him out, he would be given 20 gold coins.

The farmer was overjoyed. He thought, this is great. Although the sheep and donkey are lost, they may get 20 gold coins. If all the losses are made up, they are still very rich.

He quickly took off his clothes and jumped into the water to catch it. When he climbed ashore empty-handed, his clothes and dry food were gone, leaving only a little money in his clothes pocket.

When the farmer came home, he was surprised to find that the goat and the donkey were still at home. His wife said, "I was careless when there was no accident, but I panicked after the accident and was eager to make up for the loss." If you can't even predict these basic risks, how can you fight in business? You should honestly farm at home! "

Beat about the bush: Jewish businessmen are good at doing business, but if they don't have enough skills and abilities, they won't easily set foot in strange fields. In their view, such an outcome has no second ending except failure.

19, why applaud?

On a whim, a president decided to visit a mental hospital in a small town where Jews lived.

After receiving the notice, the director of the mental hospital arranged for his men to step up preparations. In order to please the president, the patients in the hospital have also undergone strict training and warmly welcomed and applauded when the president visited.

The president arrived as scheduled, and the warm applause from the patients made him very satisfied.

Suddenly, the headmaster asked the dean, "Why didn't you clap just now?"

The dean replied, "I'm not crazy. Why should I clap my hands ..."

Beat about the bush: any leader wants to have authority, and he really needs authority, but the establishment of leadership authority is a spontaneous psychological identification process of subordinates, not a forced identification behavior under the threat of authority.

20. Give full play to your talents.

A young man who was enlisted in the army confessed to the ophthalmologist that he was nearsighted for many years when he checked his eyesight.

After the examination, the doctor said, "You are right. You are nearsighted. " The young man was very happy after listening to the doctor's words. He proudly said, "dear doctor, then I can be exempted from military service?"

The doctor shook his head and said, "No ... I think there is nothing wrong with your hand-to-hand combat, so I will report it to you."

Beat about the bush: in the eyes of Jews, there are no useless talents, only leaders who can't use people. The full development and utilization of human resources is an important part of human resources discipline, and the waste of human resources is the biggest waste of enterprises.

2 1, Jews pushing cars

Due to the shortage of housing, several German Jews (Jews with the strongest legal concept, that is, German Jews) had to use an abandoned train car as a temporary residence.

One night, these German Jews, wearing pajamas, swayed and pushed the carriage back and forth in the cold wind.

A German puzzled and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Because someone wants to go to the toilet," explained the driver patiently, "it says in the carriage: No use of the toilet when parking. Therefore, we kept pushing the carriage. " Everyone who has been on the train should have seen this rule. Everyone knows what its intention is.

Now that the carriage has become a fixed residence, this regulation, as a rule of train operation, should naturally fail. Although it is necessary to abide by the environmental sanitation around the "house", these German Jews are rigid and rigid, which makes them both unhappy: people are freezing to death, but the environmental sanitation is still not done well.

Beat about the bush: Under normal circumstances, Jews have the wisdom and ability to adapt laws and abide by them in form without really changing their original way of activities.

22, the secret of getting rich

A big boss is bragging about the secret of his success.

"Salary is the most insignificant part of work, and I have always adhered to this theory." He said, "Doing a good job and giving full play to your talents will bring more happiness than money."

"Did you get rich after you proved this theory to yourself?" Someone asked.

"No, I became rich after I proved this theory to the people who worked for me."

Beat about the bush: Jews believe that managers and employees have different angles and ways of thinking because of their different positions. Standing between the two, smart Jews always choose a point closer to themselves in the choice of interests.

22. Cooperation can achieve a win-win situation.

The position of the limbs of the body is innate and cannot be imposed in any way.

One day, at the meeting of the five senses, eyes, ears, nose and mouth issued a declaration: "We have the highest status, how noble we are. That foot, lowest position. We must make three chapters of the law and not get too close to him. " Everyone said it was okay.

Feet listen, ignoring the contempt for yourself. A few days later, someone invited him to dinner. He wanted to go, but his feet refused to leave. There is no way, so we have to slow down.

A few days later, my ears wanted to hear birds singing, and my eyes wanted to see the scenery, but my feet refused to walk, and my eyes and ears could do nothing. We discussed changing the original resolution.

But the nose refused and said, "Although my feet can subdue you, I don't want anything from him. What can it do with me? " Hearing this, my feet walked all the way to the dirty toilet and didn't move for a long time. The stench came to my nose and made me sick.

Stomach complained loudly: "They quarreled there, why should we suffer?" Who provoked who! " "

Innuendo: In Jewish business philosophy, teamwork is as important as corporate profits. In their view, each member of the team has his own advantages, and should respect and cooperate with each other, not repel each other.