Fight against vanity

The ancients said: "Virtue is noble;

"Children's mind plans great things; children's strength tries great things; the first is not enough."

That is, poor virtue but receiving a noble position;

Low intelligence and ability but great ambitions;

Weak strength but holding great responsibility;

There are few people like that who do not encounter disaster.

Folklore says: "Buy reputation for thirty thousand, sell reputation for three coins".

Reputation is a name, a person's name, a title, known and respected by public opinion. Reputation - itself has a humane, good meaning. Therefore, in life, whether it is said or not, everyone wants to have a bit of a reputation. Not only is it a personal need, the desire to have a legitimate reputation is also a motivation, pushing people to constantly strive to progress and perfect themselves.

If that were all, there would be no need to discuss it. The problem is that many people have inadequate awareness, do not fully understand themselves, and fall into the desire for fame and position to the point of becoming sick. That is the disease of vanity.

The disease of fame is also one of the manifestations of moral and lifestyle degradation that the 4th Central Conference of the 12th Party Congress once warned about: A number of cadres and party members show signs of "fame-seeking, showing off, "polishing" their names; liking to be exalted and praised",...

Sadly, not only individuals are greedy for fame, but also leaders and collective leaders - even at high levels - also unintentionally support the greed for fame. Easy promotions, favoritism, and solutions "to ease the brothers' worries" are not unique. The number of deputies such as Deputy Ministers, Deputy Departments, Deputy Boards, Deputy Divisions, Deputy Departments, etc. is already "strong", as numerous as the Yuan army"; and there are also more deputy ranks that are "inflating"! From there, in some places, the number of leaders, "talking nonsense", pointing fingers, "doing business, scraping papers" is greater than the number of staff, specialists, etc. At the peak, there was a Department that was "on the news, on TV" when 14/16 people were leaders. This situation has been reported in the media, including the National Assembly. Having ranks and positions is "waiting" in future planning. And allowances - "cash and rice" is natural.

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It is no longer rare to find people who are too greedy for fame and status. They cleverly curry favor, bow, bribe, flatter, and curry favor with their superiors in the hope of being appointed to a higher position. There are people who are sitting in this position but always eyeing a higher, “better” position, using every means to approach, even not hesitating to use all kinds of tricks and schemes – including “calling relatives” to intervene in order to seize high positions and power.

There are people who are so eager for fame that they disregard morality, forget about friendship, trample on comradeship and colleagues, are willing to "turn partners into opponents", and bring down others to achieve personal ambitions. They do not know that: "A person with poor virtue but holds a noble position/ A person with little intelligence and ability but plans great things/ A person with little strength but holds important responsibilities/ There are few people like that who do not encounter disaster. There is a folk saying: "Buy a reputation for thirty thousand, sell a reputation for three coins". A reputation is not created by one's own talent, virtue, strength, and credibility, and the more expensive it is to buy, the more its value is despised and cheapened! Are there many examples of bad people in the past?

Wherever you go, the introduction must include your rank, position, and even your concurrent position. When speaking, you must skillfully "integrate" the introduction, talking about yourself "without getting bored". The listener can easily detect that the "quantity" is not enough, not keeping up with the quality, the "drum" is big but empty, not making a sound!

When there are many "fake titles" and "false reputations", excellent people who think deeply, speak frankly, and do things honestly lose all interest, hope, motivation, will, and faith!

In 1927, when writing the workRevolutionary RoadPresident Ho Chi Minh pointed out the necessary standards of a revolutionary cadre, one of which is "Not being vain; not being arrogant".

In 1947, after only two years of taking power, in the workChange the way you workPresident Ho Chi Minh soon identified and warned about the mistakes and shortcomings that cadres and party members are prone to. One of those mistakes and shortcomings is the disease of being vain, the disease of being greedy for fame, position, and formalism. He pointed out that cadres and party members who suffer from these diseases all have common characteristics such as: being greedy for position, being pretentious, liking others to flatter and praise them; whenever they do something slightly successful, they brag, are arrogant, thinking that no one is as good as them; thinking themselves heroic, great, sometimes because of that ambition, they do things that are not worth doing; only wanting to be this chairman, that committee member, not wanting to do practical work...

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To prevent, combat and cure the disease of fame-seeking, each cadre and party member must raise awareness and behave appropriately with a true reputation. Know how to purify your soul, eliminate the mentality of fame-seeking, competition and status, improve self-respect, maintain integrity, train yourself, focus on accumulating knowledge, capacity and practical experience - that is, accumulating "quantity" to create "quality" change; stay away from flattery, buying and selling, lobbying, which increasingly corrupt cadres.

In terms of organization, it is necessary to seriously grasp and strictly implement Resolution 18-NQ/TW “Some issues on continuing to innovate and reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined and operate effectively and efficiently” of the 6th Central Conference (Term XII) of the Party. Resolutely implement the motto of “3 reductions, 2 refinements”. Specifically, “reducing focal points, reducing intermediate levels, reducing deputy levels”, streamlining the apparatus and streamlining the payroll.

This is an extremely difficult, delicate and sensitive matter because it is related to the rights and status of cadres and civil servants; but it is also extremely important because it determines the leadership capacity and fighting strength of each organization and party member, determines the effectiveness and efficiency of the State of the People, by the People, for the People and the political system at all levels and the people's trust in the Party, the State and the regime.

We establish institutions and apparatus. We establish cadres. Our cadres are busy all day long. The important thing is, what benefits do the people get from that busyness?