在美国商业机器公司,有一位高级负责人因工作失误而损失了1000万美元的巨款。沉重的压力使他精神紧张,终日萎靡不振。几天后,这位负责人接到了董事长约翰·欧佩尔接见的通知。在办公室里,他被告之调任同等重要的一个新职务。这一结果大大地出乎意料之外,他十分惊讶地问道:“董事长,我犯了如此重大的错误,您为何不把我开除或降职?” In the United States Business Machines Corporation, a senior person in charge lost a large sum of US$10 million due to work mistakes. The heavy pressure made him nervous and lost all day. A few days later, the person in charge received a notice from the chairman John Opel. In the office, he was accused of transferring an equally important new job. This result was greatly unexpected. He was very surprised and asked: “I have made such a major mistake, Chairman. Why did you not expel me from my post?”