Be a Man and Do Things Pillow Book

Chapter 32 Be a person who can put it into action (3)
Possessing one specialized skill is more valuable than having ten kinds of thoughts. People with specialized skills are working hard in this area anytime and anywhere, trying to make up for their own defects and weaknesses. Make things perfect.But a person with ten kinds of thoughts is different, he may be overwhelmed, he has to take care of this and that one, due to the distraction of energy and thoughts, everything can only be done so far, and the result is of course nothing. .

The competition in modern society is becoming increasingly fierce, so we must concentrate on our work and go all out for our work, so that we can be handy and make outstanding performance.

If a person wants to realize his strengths, he cannot do without hard mental and physical labor.Do you know how a mason breaks a big stone?The only tools he had were a small hammer and a small chisel, but the big rock was very hard.When he raised the hammer and hit the first blow hard, he didn't knock off a piece of debris, not even a trace of chiseling, but he didn't take it seriously, and continued to raise the hammer one after another, 100 times, 200 times, 300 times. Next, there are still no cracks on the big rock.

But the stonemason still didn't slack off, and continued to raise his hammer and beat down heavily. Passers-by saw him working so hard but continued to work hard, and they couldn't help whispering, and some even laughed at him for being stupid.But the stonemason ignored it. He knew that although what he had done had not seen immediate results, it did not mean that there was no progress.He picked another part of the big rock and hammered again and again. He didn't know whether it was the 500th, 700th, or 1000th time. Finally, he saw the effect. It didn't just hit a piece of debris. , but the whole boulder split in two.Was it his last blow that split the stone?Of course not, but the result of his repeated tapping.

This story gives us a lot of enlightenment, to maintain continuous efforts is like a small hammer, it can break all the huge stones on the road of life.

Be good at managing your own strengths.

Goals can attract our attention and guide us in the direction of our efforts. As for the ultimate success or failure, it all depends on whether we can always walk in the right direction.

Once, a young man said to the entomologist Fabre distressedly: "I tirelessly devote all my energy to the cause of my hobby, but with little success." He is an aspiring young man who devotes himself to science." The young man said: "Yes! I love science, but I also love literature, and I am also interested in music and art. I spend all my time." Fabre from He took out a magnifying glass from his pocket and said, "Try concentrating your energy on a focal point, like this convex lens."

Fabre himself did exactly that.In order to observe the habits of insects, he often forgets to eat and sleep.One day, early in the morning, he leaned over a rock.Several village women saw Fabre when they went to pick grapes in the morning, and when they finished work at dusk, they still saw him lying there. They really didn't understand: "Why did he spend a whole day just looking at a stone? "In fact, in order to observe the habits of insects, Fabre did not know how many days and nights he spent.

Andrew Carnegie, the American steel magnate, pointed out in a speech to the graduates of the Curry School of Business in the United States: "The first condition and the biggest secret of success is to fully concentrate on what you are doing. Once you start doing which line, It takes determination to be famous, to excel, to improve bit by bit, to use the best machinery, to know the trade as best you can. The businesses that fail are the ones that scatter their energies. They invest in one thing and another in that. Invest in one thing; invest here, invest there; invest everywhere. 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket' is a big mistake. I tell you, put all your eggs in one basket , and then take care of that basket. Look around and pay attention, those who can do that often don't fail. It's easy to take care of that basket, but in our country there are too many people who want to carry more baskets and thus break eggs. A person with three baskets has to put one basket on his head, and it's easy to fall."

Managing your own strengths is the ability to focus your thoughts and actions on a specific goal.

Concentrate on using your time in one direction.

If you want to become a strong person, you must have such a habit of doing things: concentrate on using time in one direction, so that you can concentrate and solve the imminent problems.Some people define "concentration" as: the act of concentrating the consciousness on a specific desire, and keep concentrating until the method of realizing this desire has been found and successfully put into practical action.

Henry Ford, the car king, said: "I have plenty of time, because I never leave my job; I don't think a person can leave his job, he should be thinking day and night, even dreaming is work."

We all know that exercise can make the muscles develop, but can concentrating on work also stimulate the functions of related parts of the brain?Michael Posner, a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon in the United States, used positron emission tomography X-scanners and electroencephalography recorders to record human brain activity during concentrated work.The blood flow and electron flow in the brain will increase when the subjects do some kind of work for the first time, and then the blood flow and electron emission in the brain will decrease when they are proficient in this kind of work.According to Posner, the more we practice concentration, the less necessary the increase in brain activity becomes.Mental skills developed in one area can be transferred to other areas.

"The key is learning to overcome 'noise' and distractions, internal or external," says Louie Joka, who teaches future field commanders how to stay focused at West Point. For example, if you like jazz, put on some music and try to Practice your ability to concentrate by listening to nothing but the alto saxophone.

California dentist Al Stuart wakes up at the same time every day, drives the same route to work, and parks in the same parking spot.When he puts on his surgical gown, he always puts on his top first, then his trousers; he always washes his right hand before his left; he always stands in the same position when examining a patient.This is no superstition.He acts according to habit and can do things in an orderly manner.According to Harry Zikerenmihaler, a professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago, "It's like an athlete before a game or a priest presiding over a ceremony. Habitual behavior makes it easier to concentrate on the challenge at hand. Habitual activities make people Refocus your mind."

You can create a routine for any job.If you don't like the work at hand, you might as well establish a work order for yourself: first make yourself a cup of tea, then clean up the desk, put the pen on the left, computer and phone on the right, and finally start doing your own work.Do this every day, and it won't be long before you follow these procedures and naturally enter a state of concentration and work with all your might.

Focus your attention on everything you do.

Psychologist William James declared 100 years ago that humans use only a tiny fraction of their potential.Most of our work is routine, or cookie-cutter.As a result, our minds are often almost idle.Because we "can't put our hearts into it," the result can be inadvertent mistakes, or work that feels dull or even miserable.Tsikren Mihalle says that concentration is at its highest level when our skills are only adequate for the challenge at hand.The only way to do a simple and tedious task with ease is to make it more difficult.You might as well turn a dull job into a challenging game, compare yourself with others, and compare yourself with your former self so that you can fully realize your potential, set rules and goals, and give yourself a time limit.This added challenge may force you into the desired state of full concentration.Because in order to surpass others and surpass yourself, you must go all out.

When doing one thing, you can even say it every step of the way, which not only helps to concentrate, but also reminds yourself which steps you have forgotten.Talking to yourself also has the effect of "blocking out the noise" so that you are less likely to be distracted.A young skier is upset by the crowd's shouts and falling snow.The coach reminded at the right time: "Look ahead".The contestant then repeated "look at the front, look at the front, look at the front" repeatedly like chanting a mantra, and he finally concentrated his energy and achieved good results.

There is a game of walking barefoot over burning coals abroad, and the key to this game is also the psychological suggestion of talking to oneself.Ron Pecara of the Atlantic Institute of Education in Pennsylvania has conducted a survey of dozens of people who have participated in this kind of game, and found that the temperature of the fire bed is as high as 650 degrees Celsius, and those who are distracted end up with the soles of their feet. Blistered, but the man who was muttering intently to himself "Cold swamp, cold swamp" was not hurt at all.Pecara believed that repeating the same sentence intently brought their full attention, leaving the rest distracted and getting burned as a result.

Preoccupied with consequences can distract us.You allow your mind to drift into the future, and you lose focus because your attention has gone with it, and your eyes are looking at the unpredictable future.

No matter what you do, focusing on the future and ignoring the present can take a toll on your performance.A top tennis player only thinks about how to hit a good ball, not about winning the game.If you make good shots in a row, you will naturally win the game.If you want to stay focused, you must focus all your attention on the here and now, on your hands.

Don't make the mistake of "thinking too much".

Why do so many people have a lot of ideas, but in the end even one idea is not realized?This is the mistake of "thinking too much".Think about it, a person can do whatever he wants, how many hands does he have?Therefore, people who are good at managing their own strengths are always used to turning many ideas into a practical idea.

Too much thinking is the shortcoming that causes a person's career to fluctuate.This kind of person wants to do too many things and ends up getting nothing done.This defect is often found in the adventurous, who, when they prosper, are almost like the Greek Midas, making money in whatever business they do.They themselves and others believe that they will continue to flourish.The problem is when they go down.

The basic problem with these people is that the goals are too scattered to be focused.Having too many thoughts, or having too many goals to achieve, is just as harmful as having no ideas and no goals.

The brown-skinned, handsome Taisheng has been a good swimmer since he was a child and often participated in competitions. "Since we were very young, people have seen us in two ways." He said: "On the one hand, we are judged by who we are, and on the other hand, we are judged by how we perform. I always get compliments for my performance in competitions." So Taisheng continued to pursue Achievement.His business started with one building, then became two, and finally became famous and the business continued to expand and develop.In the end, Tyson's business expanded so much that he didn't even know how many businesses he was involved in.

"I am also engaged in manufacturing, brokerage, management, hotel management, apartment renovation, etc. I want to get involved in every kind of industry. I am very excited. I don't know what I can't do, so I want to test the limits of my ability .I used to wake up in the morning and see my name in the paper and feel good. Then read it again and feel more comfortable.”

One day, the bank called to inform him that the company had grown too inflated and that the suspension of payments had expired, demanding repayment of the loan.The little prodigy Taisheng collapsed like this.At first Tyson blamed everyone, blaming the bank, the socio-economic situation, or the company's employees for the mistake.In the end, he simply thinks: I know I'm too selfish, I'm going too fast, too far, and I don't know there are limits to what I can do.When faced with new opportunities, I don't say: "I don't do this kind of business." Instead, I say: "Why not? I do all kinds of business." Concentrate on any one thing.Whichever problem needs to be solved most urgently becomes his top priority. "I mistakenly regard the most urgent thing in time as the most important thing."

Taisheng didn't distinguish the priority of the matter clearly.The solution is to reset your goals, choose an industry you are good at, and then refocus your energy on doing it.

Taisheng is best at real estate development.After several years of hardship and hard work, thanks to his dedicated management, he finally got better.Now he's a New York millionaire again, only with a better understanding of the limits of his abilities.

He thinks to himself: If now I had this thought: "The health club business seems to be a good business." I would immediately stop myself and say, "Who is going to do this kind of business? I have my money-making business and I don't need to do it." This kind of business. Let others do it.”

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