Choose to do, not to say.

(Baonghean) - Do you remember 30 years ago there was a phrase that was often mentioned and thanks to that, it created remarkable development for the country during those years?

- It is "innovative thinking". Those words have seeped into everyone's blood and bones, who doesn't remember them!

- Yes, but don't you remember and also…

- What do you mean?

- Until now, there are still people in the team who have conservative, old-fashioned, stereotypical thinking.

- Does that mean you've got something serious?

- It's nothing serious, just a "lip service" story that shows the reality that there are still conservative ideas that hinder development.

- On the way forward, there are always obstacles from the people who are traveling together. That is not strange, but I still want to know specifically what it is?

- That was the first meeting of the year, after listening to the leader talk about the agency's action program according to the Government's policy of "creation and action" then...

- So what?

- An older colleague sitting next to me whispered: That sounds good and somewhat convincing, but not really thorough.

- What does not mean?

- Then he added that the phrase “under the leadership of the Party Committee” was needed to be added to make it okay. Otherwise, if someone were to look into it and raise the view that they were ignoring the leadership of the Party organization, I'm afraid...

- Why do you still have such childish thinking?

- Yes, at that time I also thought the same. But thanks to that, I was startled to think back and realized that from that small thing, if I extrapolate, I see that childish, outdated thinking is not rare. Have you noticed that whenever there is a slightly new concept or phrase in a resolution or in an important speech of a leader, it is immediately copied into the articles and speeches of leaders at all levels and in all sectors. It feels like...

- What is that?

- People are afraid of saying the wrong thing or saying something wrong, so they keep repeating it exactly as it is without distinguishing whether it is appropriate or not. That shows that people still choose to speak in a mechanical, rigid way to please others rather than applying it flexibly and creatively in their speech, work and every action.

- The phenomenon reflects a part of the nature. That shows that there are many people who still prefer to say things rather than do things. How to say things correctly is a matter of time, how to do things is a matter of time. It is time to turn back: Choose to do things rather than say things!

Phuc Vinh