Be a Man and Do Things Pillow Book

Chapter 31 Be a person who can put it into action (2)
In 198, in the Tokyo International Marathon Invitational, the little-known Japanese runner Yamada Motochi unexpectedly won the world championship.When the reporter asked him why he achieved such amazing results, he said this sentence: Defeat opponents with wisdom.

At that time, many people thought that the short player who accidentally ran to the front was playing tricks.The marathon is a sport of physical strength and endurance. As long as you have good physical fitness and patience, you are expected to win the championship. Explosive power and speed are second. It is really a bit reluctant to say that you win with wisdom.

Two years later, the Italian International Marathon Invitational was held in the northern Italian city of Milan, and Motoichi Yamada participated in the competition on behalf of Japan.This time, he won the world championship again.The reporter asked him to talk about his winning experience.

Yamada Motoichi has a dull temperament and is not good at talking. His answer is still the same as last time: use wisdom to defeat the opponent.This time the reporter did not ridicule him in the newspaper, but was puzzled by his so-called wisdom.

Ten years later, the mystery was finally solved, as he put it in his autobiography:

"Before each game, I have to take a car to carefully look at the route of the game, and draw the more eye-catching signs along the way. For example, the first sign is a bank; the second sign is a big tree; the third sign is a big tree. The first sign is a red house... This has been drawn until the end of the race. After the race started, I rushed towards the first goal at a speed of 0 meters. The speed rushed towards the second goal. I broke down the 0-kilometer race into several small goals and ran it easily. At first, I didn’t understand the reason, so I set my goal at [-]-kilometer As a result, I was exhausted after running more than ten kilometers, and I was intimidated by the long distance ahead."

It is really a rule of thumb to achieve big goals in stages, and this idea is even applicable to all "industries".

The newspaper once reported that a rich man with $100 million turned out to be a beggar.It is inevitable to wonder in our hearts: Why do people who rely on people's handouts have such huge savings?In fact, of course, these deposits did not come out of thin air, but accumulated from a little bit of small deposits.From a cent to ten yuan, to a thousand yuan, to ten thousand yuan, to a million yuan, it is accumulated like this.If you want to save a million dollars quickly by begging, it is almost impossible.

A 63-year-old man once walked from New York City to Miami, Florida.After a long journey and overcoming many difficulties, she arrived in the city of Miami.There, a reporter interviewed her.The reporter wanted to know whether the hardships along the way had frightened her?How did she work up the courage, to hike?

The old man replied, "It takes no courage to take a step. That's what I did. I took one step, then another, and then another, and here I am."

Yes, do anything, as long as you take the first step, and then step by step, you will gradually approach your destination.If you know your specific destination and take the first step towards it, you are on the road to success!
Just like when weightlifters practice weightlifting, they usually start with the weight they can lift, and then slowly increase the weight after a period of time.A good boxing manager first arranges easier opponents for his boxer, and then gradually brings him into confrontation with stronger opponents.In order to achieve the "main goal", smart people often set "secondary goals", which will make it easier to complete the "main goal".It is a pity that many people tend to give up because their goals are too lofty or their ideals are too lofty.If you set "sub-goals", you can achieve satisfactory results quickly, and you can gradually complete the "sub-goals", and the psychological pressure will be reduced accordingly, and the "main goal" will be completed one day.

Courage to take action to overcome difficulties.

In business, you must have the courage to act, go to the goal wholeheartedly, and not stick to the wisdom and courage to overcome difficulties and achieve success.

There is such a story about Alexander the Great:

Before he marched into Asia, Alexander the Great decided to decipher a famous prophecy.This prophecy said that whoever can untangle the intricate knot of the Temple of Jupiter will become the emperor of Asia Minor.The knot baffled wise men and kings of nations until Alexander the Great cracked the prophecy.Due to the mystery of this knot, whether it can be opened is related to the morale of the army.

Alexander the Great scrutinized the knot.Sure enough, the clothes were seamless, and I couldn't find any rope ends.At this time, he had a flash of inspiration: "Why don't you use your own actions to untie this knot?"

So with a wave of the sword, the knot was split in two, and this difficult problem that had been preserved for a hundred years was easily solved.

Alexander the Great acted bravely, went to the goal wholeheartedly, did not stick to the rules, showed great wisdom and courage, and was destined to become the king of Asia.

Dante wrote a famous saying in "Divine Comedy": Go your own way and let others say it!It is said that Dante, under the guidance of the famous ancient Roman poet Virgil, has gone through the nine hells and is heading towards purgatory.Suddenly a soul called Dante, and Dante looked back.

At this time, Virgil reprimanded: "Why are you distracting? Why are you slowing down? What do other people's whispers matter to you? Go your own way and let others talk! Be like a towering tower." A big tree does not bend over the storm."

let us go!Towards the goal, don't look left and right, don't hesitate, don't procrastinate.

People often worry a lot because they talk too much about the truth, and dare not make a decision, so that they miss good opportunities, and even sit and wait for death.

It is precisely because of so many "giants in thought and dwarfs in action" that there are so many people who complain about themselves.They often complain that their potential has not been tapped and they have no chance to display their talents.They even know how to display their talents and tap their potential, but they don't act.Thought is only a potential power, a treasure to be developed, but only action is the key to open the door of power and wealth.

It is also a kind of ability to make yourself act.This ability to grow comes from constantly battling excuses.Through struggle, cultivate your ability to recognize excuses and the courage to overcome them.

Common excuses are: I'm so sorry; it's too late; I'm afraid it's too late; the preparations haven't been done; the conditions are not yet met; I'm afraid it will go wrong, and so on.

Whether these claims are excuses or facts, I am afraid only God knows.Because even if it is the same thing, there are different concepts and judgments in the eyes of different people.

But an imperfect start is better than a perfect hesitation.There are many things you don't act on that may never be ripe or ready.For a brave person, there are no conditions, but he can also create conditions, and his actions are always the best time and conditions.Because action itself creates conditions and opportunities.

The most precious things in the world are created by those who act.

Focus all your energy on one thing.

Many successful experiences tell us the law of the strong: wise people know how to concentrate all their energy on one thing, only in this way can they dig wells in one place; wise people are also good at relying on indomitable will , indomitable determination and persistent endurance, strive to win in various survival competitions.

In this world, many people are doing jobs that do not suit their interests every day. They often lament their bad luck. They hope that when the opportunity comes, they can do the job they want.But in fact, time is like an arrow, and time will not come back again. If you don’t turn back immediately, you can just pass by today, and wait a little longer tomorrow. When all the most precious youthful years are wasted in confusion, you want to learn some new skills again By then, it is often too late.This kind of inertia of procrastination and muddling over is actually no different from chronic suicide.Young people usually don't pay much attention to the factors that contribute to their career success. They often take doing things and doing careers too simply, and refuse to concentrate all their energy on doing them.They don't know that the experience in a career is like a snowball, and as the trajectory of life goes on, the snowball will always get bigger and bigger.Therefore, anyone should concentrate all their energies on a certain cause, and make efforts in this regard anytime and anywhere.In this way, the more effort you spend on it, the more experience you will gain, and the smoother and easier it will be to do things.

Everyone must understand the preciousness of time, "time is gone forever".When you step into the society and start working, you must be full of energy.You should use all this energy in your career. No matter what career you do, you have to work hard and work hard.If you keep doing this consistently, you will be amazed one day when you discover how fruitful this habit is for you.Goethe said: "You should stand where you are most suitable." This sentence can be used as the best advice to those who are half-hearted.

No matter who it is, if he doesn't take advantage of the golden age of youth and strength to develop a good character that is good at concentrating energy, then he will definitely not have any great achievements in the future.The greatest waste in the world is to unnecessarily scatter a person's precious energy on many different things.A person has limited time, limited ability, and limited resources. If you want to be good at everything, it is absolutely impossible to do it. If you want to make any achievements in any aspect, you must keep this rule in mind.For most people, if they are good at using their energy as soon as they enter the society and don't let it be wasted on some meaningless things, then there is hope for success.However, many people just like to learn a little bit from east and west. Although they have been busy all their lives, they often don't have any expertise.

In this regard, ants are our best role models.They gathered around a large piece of food, pushing and dragging it forward with concerted efforts. They did not know how many difficulties they encountered along the way, how many somersaults they had to turn, and worked so hard to get a piece of food to the door.The best lesson that ants have taught us is: as long as we keep working hard and persevere, we will definitely get good results.

Those experienced gardeners are often used to cut off many fruit-bearing branches on trees, which is often considered a pity by ordinary people.However, gardeners know that in order to make the trees grow stronger faster and to make the future fruit fuller, they must be painfully cut off these side branches.Otherwise, if these branches are to be kept, the total harvest in the future must be reduced countless times.

Those experienced gardeners are also used to cutting off many buds that are about to bloom.Why is this?Don't these buds also produce beautiful flowers?Gardeners know that by cutting off most of the buds, all the nutrients can be concentrated on the few remaining buds.When these few flower buds bloom, they will definitely become that kind of rare, precious, and huge flower.

Being a human being is like cultivating flowers and trees. Instead of spending all your energy on many meaningless things, young men and women should focus on an important career that suits you, concentrate all your energy, work hard, and go all out. Excellent results can be achieved.

If you want to be a leader who is admired by everyone, and a person who is talented and unmatched, you must get rid of many messy thoughts in your brain; if you want to achieve great achievements in an important aspect, then It is necessary to boldly raise the scissors and completely "cut off" all trivial, ordinary, and unsure wishes.In the face of an important matter, even those things that are already in place must be "cut off" with pain.

Countless losers in the world are not successful not primarily because they are not talented enough, but because they cannot concentrate and give their all to do the proper work.They waste their best energies here and there, without ever being aware of it themselves.If you cut off those distracting thoughts one by one, so that all the nutrients in your vitality can be concentrated in one aspect, then they will be surprised that their careers can bear such beautiful and rich fruits in the future.

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