Forbes reports that: “While being humble is not a characteristic added to the resumes of most top execs elsewhere in the world, it is critical for newcomers to China. A humble mind-set allows you to admit to your novice status as a China hand and thus take the steps necessary to make up for your knowledge gaps, namely by hiring or partnering with true China experts and relying on them. That mind-set will make it easy to adapt the company or your operations in the many ways in which it should be "China-fied," including perhaps paying yearly employee salaries in 13 or 14 monthly increments (to follow the custom of paying an extra one-to-two-months' worth of salary at Chinese New Year), giving promotions to several star employees at the same time.” Even though many Chinese are taught the importance of showing humility in public, it’s just like everyone else, they sometimes forget to follow the customs they had learned from their elders. This is not the fault of society, because nobody
Xiang Qiu, Hedge Fund Quant (2018-present) Natural humility. Yup, I am genetically predisposed to be humble. It’s like black people naturally like watermelon and chicken. I prefer watermelons over being modest though. 谦卑的天性。是的,我天生就很谦虚。就好比黑人天生就喜欢西瓜和鸡肉。不过我更喜欢西瓜而不是谦虚