Be a Man and Do Things Pillow Book

Chapter 24: Be a Strong-willed Person (2)
You might think that before John discovered the power of thought, he must have been overwhelmed by illness. Some people would say that his compensation is only wealth, which is not equal to the loss of his ability to act.But John also received spiritual compensation from the strength of his mind and the support of his relatives.While his success did not restore him to control over his body, it did allow him to take control of his own destiny, the highest symbol of personal achievement.He could lie in bed for the rest of his life, feeling sorry for himself and his loved ones every day, but instead of doing this, he brought wealth that his loved ones never imagined.

Long-term illness often causes us to stop seeing and stop listening.We should learn to understand the whispers that come from the bottom of our hearts and analyze the reasons that lead us to setbacks and even failures.

Emerson's view of the matter is: "Fever, physical disability, cruel disappointment, loss of wealth, loss of friends, all seem like an irreparable loss. But the quiet years show that hidden behind all the facts. The healing power of your life. The death of a friend, a spouse, a brother, a loved one may seem painful, but that pain will act as a guide as it manipulates a major change in your lifestyle, ending childishness and Immaturity breaks out of a stereotyped job, family or life style and allows new things to be built that contribute to personal growth.

Of course, in a sense, time is very ruthless to preserve the seed of equal value hidden in setbacks, and the best time to find the seed hidden in new setbacks is often now.You can also re-examine past setbacks and look for their seeds.Sometimes, our frustration is too great to start looking for the seed right away.But now you have greater wisdom and more experience, enough to make it easy for you to learn from any setback what it can teach you.

Sometimes, to solve the cruelty of time, as long as you wait patiently for a while.

There is a story circulating in Japan about a man named Dumb and Ado. They are both honest fishermen, but they both dream of becoming rich.One night, Dumb had a strange dream. He dreamed that there was a temple on the opposite island. There were 9 plant models in the temple, one of which was blooming with bright red flowers, and a sparkling altar was buried under the flowers. of gold.Dumb happily sailed to the small island on the other side.Sure enough, there is a temple on the island, and 9 plant models are planted.It was already autumn at this time, so Dui stayed and waited for the spring flowers to bloom.Once the severe winter is over, the Zhumo flowers are in full bloom, but all of them are light yellow.Dumb didn't find a plant with red flowers.The monks in the temple also told him that he had never seen any plant model with red flowers.Dumb sailed back to the village with his head downcast.

Later, Ah Tu found out about it.He also sailed to the island and found the temple. It was autumn again, and Ah Tu did not go back. He stayed and waited for the spring of the next year, when the plant flowers bloomed in full bloom in the sky, and the temple was full of splendor.A miracle happened at this moment: Sure enough, a plant model bloomed with beautiful red flowers.Ah Tu became the richest man in the village.

This strange legend has been circulating in Japan for nearly a thousand years.Today we feel sorry for Dumb: only one winter separates him from the rich man's dream.He forgot to bring the dream into the second spring of brilliant flowers, and those red flowers that were enough to excite him for the rest of his life bloomed in the second spring!Ah Tu is undoubtedly a persistent person: he believes in dreams and waits for another spring!
In fact, waiting is both a pain and a pleasure.Waiting without pain is meaningless; only when you wait for what you are waiting for in pain, this kind of waiting is sublimated into a kind of enjoyment.For example, a person you have been looking forward to for a long time finally came to your side, that kind of happiness...

Leave a string of solid footprints behind.

Leave a string of solid steps behind you.Climb like a ladder, and one day you will find that you will be the one who goes the furthest!
Most people with aspirations and ambitions look forward to brilliant achievements in the future, hoping that one day they will be brilliant, and they even look forward to the magnificent landscape of "reaching the sky in one step".This kind of thinking is understandable, even very valuable, and worthy of admiration, but everything is done step by step, and there will never be pies in the sky. You should never count on these nihilistic things.To turn beautiful ideals into reality, we must pay unremitting and persistent work. "Great events in the world must be done in detail. A tree in a hug is born at the end of a millet, and a nine-story platform starts from the base of the soil." Only by accumulating countless "creations" can we gradually move towards the big goal.

What you have to do is to leave a series of solid footprints behind you.

The Great Wall was not built in a day!Outstanding achievements can only be obtained through how much hard work and hard work.Success has never been that simple.In fact, we often see that whether it is in the choice of career or in work and labor, a lot of success often belongs to those who are in adversity. They have no good conditions, no shortcuts, and no desire for external Opportunities are favored, therefore, the path they take is the most practical, and the opportunities they get will be the most.Young people must be fully aware of this when choosing a career, and consciously and tenaciously create opportunities for themselves.

The sweat and blood of sports players let us get inspiration from it.Taking football as an example, before the start of a season, they have to train for years and months, such as endurance, explosive power, stealing, stopping, shooting, etc., and they are constantly repeating, constantly improving and perfecting.Through training, they improve their own deficiencies and strive to improve one step every day.In this way, on the day of the game, they were able to draw beautiful arcs during the chase, kicked several wonderful and imaginative goals, and won applause from the audience.Every success can only do so: pay a price.The price is time, patience and hard work.

Take one step at a time, you will not suffer, because every step you take is towards your goal.

On May 198, 5, in the "Best Reporter of 10" competition held by the Hong Kong Press Union, Hong Kong "Express" reporter Cao Huiyan won three "Best Reporter" gold medals.Why can Cao Huiyan achieve success in this environment that is still very unfamiliar to her?In addition to hard work and tenacious efforts, the main reason is that she is good at writing small articles.She worked in Hong Kong during the day, studied English by herself at night, and used her spare time to write some miscellaneous "small articles" and tried to contribute to newspapers.After the first small article was published in the "Everyone Talk" column of Hong Kong "Ming Pao", she was greatly encouraged.So focus more on this kind of "small results" efforts.Later, she joined "China Daily" to work as a proofreader with the lowest status and low salary among Hong Kong newspapers.At the same time as proofreading, "China Daily" opened up a column for her and one of her colleagues called "Small Scenery in a Big City", asking them to write a short article every day.It is the daily 1983-word column draft that honed her pen skills, enlivened her thinking, and laid a solid foundation for her future success.

If we compare the goal pursued by a person to the top floor of a high-rise building, then the staged goals at each level are the steps.This analogy seems too simple, but many people ignore this step-by-step "ladder principle".Gorky said in a conversation with young writers: "It is a very clumsy way to write a long novel at the beginning. Learning to write should start with short stories. Almost all the most outstanding writers in Western Europe and our country do this. .Because short stories use concise words, materials are easy to arrange, plots are clear, and themes are clear. I once advised a talented young man not to write novels for the time being, but to learn to write short stories first, but he replied: 'No, the short story The form is too difficult.' This is equivalent to saying: it is easier to make a cannon than a pistol."

Gorky talked about the principle of step by step, step by step.To build a building, one must start with bricks and tiles; sawing wood with wires, and water dripping through stones are all about the accumulation of bits and pieces.Although the phased goals are slow, they are always climbing upwards, and the success of each small goal is always encouraging, enabling people to exercise and grow their talents.

Don't let weak wills fiddle with you.

Champions are always those who persevere and get back up after being knocked down.If it fails once or twice, try again.Whether you can succeed depends on whether you can persist to the end.Most people fail to achieve their goals because they cannot persist.Perseverance is the prerequisite for a successful life.

Perseverance does not mean that you will stick to one thing forever, but that you must go all out to do the work in front of you, and then ask for the harvest; you are eager for knowledge and progress, and work tirelessly to win new customers; get up early and seek to improve efficiency at any time Methods.Genius doesn't necessarily make you rich, and the smartest people don't necessarily make you happy. Wealth doesn't just fall from the sky.It will only work if you work hard, plan carefully and persevere.

Psychiatric waiting rooms are filled with people who cannot afford temporary setbacks and who, if they keep trying and are determined, can hope to end their misery.And yet they give up trying altogether, shy away from even the slightest setback, always fearing that it will shake their strict standards.

Pessimistic and incompetent people usually think they are smart and smart.They often say apologetically, "Oh, I can't do this", "It's too hard for me", "I can't be this kind of person".What they really mean is that it's not my responsibility, and I'm not capable of it, so it's not worth trying so hard.

Healthy and happy people, on the other hand, see the world and know themselves well.They understand that no one is a sage, and that nothing is wrong.They know that occasional setbacks are human.Excessively blaming yourself for such a thing is a waste of energy, it is better to invest precious energy in pursuing and trying the next attack.

Among the diamonds that have been found in the world, the largest and purest diamond named "Freeman" was picked up by a Venezuelan named Solano when he bent down for the last time to pick out 999999 ordinary stones. cobblestone".

A common mistake most of us make is that we refuse to try again.

Train your will.

No harsh environment can imprison a man of strong will forever.

Don't make excuses for your giving up.The most important thing is that you don't have a strong willpower yet.

It is one thing to be able to do something special or unique, and quite another to be able to do it.There is a great deal of untapped potential within today's colossal failure population.Why do people with potential fail to make themselves successful?

You say you want to live your life in vain, you say you have the ambition to work hard, so why don't you put it into action?what are you waiting for?What is stopping you?Answer these questions and you will find the answer.The only answer is yourself.Nothing is stopping you, you are stopping yourself.Opportunities are in everyone's hands, and maybe you have far better opportunities than thousands of people who have achieved success have ever had.

It's up to you to figure out what the problem is.Is it a physical reason or a mental reason?Are you short of stamina?If you really lack physical strength, then your vitality and will are wasted.Do you have enough education?Is your training adequate for your profession?Do you know what weakness keeps you from getting everything you dream and desire?Often it is small, seemingly unimportant personal weaknesses that act like chains that hold people back from realizing their ambitions.

Many people lack the will to succeed.

Don't make stupid excuses like, you didn't have a chance, nobody helped you, nobody flattered you, nobody gave you a hand, nobody made you important, nobody told you the way out.If you have potential, if you're really competent, you'll carve a way when you can't find a way.

It is the various difficulties in life that hone our physical fitness and nerves, and enhance our courage and strength.In tropical countries, where food grows on trees to be eaten, and where there are no housing or clothing problems, people are naturally lazy, sloppy, and untidy.Their nature is unbearable.They do not know how to conquer themselves or their environment, they do not adapt to harsh climates, they do not cultivate hard and stubborn soil, so these people have contributed very little to civilization.What makes life meaningful is human action, invention or creation, heroic deeds, industrial progress, science, art, all of which are overcome by innumerable difficulties, through severe cold and heat, by people living in regions with volatile climates. The result of fighting against the harsh conditions of nature.

Those who wait for favorable conditions or circumstances will find that success in any field does not come overnight.Those who can overcome the interference of circumstances, rise up in the face of adversity, manage to win when others say he can't, achieve the "impossible", those who can overcome obstacles will be able to get the world.Why?Because the effort to overcome difficulties has exercised his strength, and this strength will bring him step by step to success.

Adversity is a good time to exercise one's will, and it can promote a determined person to succeed.

The more a man sees the difficulties and impossibilities in his path of advancement, the more will his efforts to achieve success be limited.For some people, they see that the road ahead is full of obstacles, difficulties, and things they think cannot be done, and they do nothing; but there are others, who feel that they have more to stop them than try The difficulties of trying to tie them down and trip them up are so much stronger that they don't even notice the stumbling blocks.

For example, in real life, there is such a person who habitually believes that things cannot be done, and almost any kind of difficulty can stump him.He dares not take a step forward unless he can clearly see the way to his destination.If he sees difficulties ahead, he will lose heart and give up doing what he wants to do.If you ask him to do anything challenging, he'll say, "Well, I don't think I can do it, in fact, it's impossible." Progress, he never will.

If you're trying to do something and you can't move a rock in your way for a while, don't worry, don't get frustrated.Difficulties that seem intimidatingly large from a distance seem to shrink in size as you get closer.As long as you have enough courage and self-confidence, the road will open for you as you continue to move forward.Read the lives of great men who, from the beginning of their struggle, cleared obstacles in their path, and your difficulties will pale in comparison to theirs.By strengthening your confidence in yourself, you can reduce the level of difficulty.Success and efficiency in life depend on strong, persistent determination and the ability to do what our hearts desire.Devotion to our goals without hesitation, turning neither to right nor to left, even when Eden tried to seduce us, and failure and disaster threatened us.

According to contemporaries of Julius Caesar, Caesar's victories were due not so much to his military talent as to his effort and determination.There are those who decide to make the best use of their eyes, and never let anything escape them that may be of use in their advance; their ears are always open for the voice that can help them; their hands are always open They are ready to seize every opportunity; they are careful about everything that can help them develop in this world; they collect every experience of life to form the great picture of their life; their hearts are always Open to great revelation and all that inspires, such a person is sure to have a successful life.There are no "ifs" or "buts" about this.As long as such people have a healthy body, nothing can stop their final success.

Heaven is always on the side of the determined.Will always carves a way, even where it seems impossible.The half-arm gap will determine who wins the race; the one who can march the farther will win the battle; the will to hold on for 5 more minutes without backing down will win the battle.

(End of this chapter)