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赫鲁晓夫的恐惧
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斯大林死后，赫鲁晓夫掌权。某次他又在政治局里打击斯大林，说他到底有多坏。
此时有人传了一张纸条到主席台。赫鲁晓夫打开一看，上面赫然写着：“你当时为何不挺身指责？如今才来马后炮！”
赫鲁晓夫看后勃然大怒，厉声问道：“是哪个家伙写的，有胆站出来！”结果现场一片安静，谁也没站起来。
“知道吗？我当时就跟此刻的你一样，简直吓死了！”赫鲁晓夫又缓缓说道。
当我们在读历史事件时，应该设法去理解在那个情境里的人所面临的困境或自身存在的困难。也就如洋人所说的，我们应该试着去穿他们的鞋子，设身处地地进入到情境中，根据当时的文化和行为规范来判断他们的行为，而不是根据如今的认知去评判他们。如果我们不努力从当事人的角度来看待事情，就会无法理解他们为什么会在当时做出这样的决定，我们将无法公平地看待他们的行为。
评估一个人的表现，不仅仅需要聪明才智，还需要同理心，去理解别人的处境。在工作场合里，如果我们只用聪明才智来衡量他人的想法和表现，可能就会显得过于挑剔，扭曲了别人的表现，这样评判结果也只是流于表面而已。此外，只用表现来看问题，可能只会得出一个无效或不完整的分析结果。如果我们不弄清楚问题的本源，就不能得到解决问题和消除分歧（解决冲突）的解决方案。
所以，当你评判别人的行为时，一定要设身处地从他们的角度来看事物，不需要急于做出判断。通过这种方式，你会更公平地看待他人并改进更好的自己。
The Scared of Khrushchev Had
After Joseph Stalin died, Nikita Khrushchev came to power. In a meeting, Khrushchev strongly criticized Stalin. Khrushchev complained about many mistaken strategies and wrong decisions by Stalin that resulted in great damage to the country.
When Khrushchev was complaining, someone passed over a slip of paper to him. “Why didn’t you criticize those wrong decisions to prevent the damage at that time Stalin implemented his policies?”
Khrushchev got angry and roared “Who did this? Who wrote this note? Stand up!” However, there was only silence from the attendees. No one said anything.
Finally, Khrushchev slowly said from the platform, “You know, back then, I was like you now. I was so scared at that time.”
When we evaluate historical accounts, we should endeavor to understand what dilemmas or difficult situations leaders faced at that time. That is, we should try to step into their shoes. And we should judge their behavior based on the norms of their time period and culture, not ours. If we don’t make an effort to see things from their perspective, we won't be able to understand why they made such decisions, and we won't be able to fairly evaluate their behavior.
To evaluate one's performance takes more than intellect; it also takes heart. In the workplace, if we only use our intellect to evaluate other people’s ideas and performance, we will have a distorted image that is overly critical. And it will seem to others like we shallow thinking to evaluate other people's behavior. Moreover, we will arrive at an invalid or incomplete analysis, which means that we won't get to the bottom of any correctable problems. And if we don't get to the bottom of things, we won't be able to come up with solutions to resolve problems and iron out disagreements (settle conflicts).
So, when you evaluate the behavior of others, be sure to endeavor to see things from their perspectives. Use your heart and mind, and don't rush to judgment. Through this way, you will be able to more fairly evaluate others and to make improvements going forward for yourself.
