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A guest visited someone's house and saw that the chimney was straight and there were many logs nearby. The guest told the owner that the chimney should be made curved and the logs moved, otherwise there might be a fire in the future. The owner didn't react. Not long after, the owner's house caught fire. Neighbors rushed to help put out the fire. After the fire was extinguished, the owner cooked sheep and cattle and hosted a feast for the neighbors to thank them for their efforts. However, the person who initially advised him to move the logs and curve the chimney was not invited. Someone told the owner, "If you had listened to that gentleman's advice initially, you wouldn't need to prepare a feast today, nor would you have suffered fire damage. Rewarding those who helped now, it's strange that the one who gave you advice isn't being thanked, while the firefighters are honored guests!" The owner suddenly realized and quickly invited the guest who had given the advice to have a drink. Generally, people consider those who can resolve all sorts of tricky problems in business management to be excellent managers. However, this is debatable. As the saying goes, 'Prevention is better than cure.' Being able to prevent problems before they arise is better than solving chaos after it has already occurred. From this perspective, a preventer of business problems is actually superior to a solver of business problems.