Be a Man and Do Things Pillow Book

Chapter 50: Do things with a good attitude (2)
The "Napoleon" of journalism, Sir Northcliffe, big boss of The Times of London, was initially dissatisfied with his situation when he was only getting $80 a month.Later, when he owned both the London Evening News and the Daily Mail, he was still dissatisfied, and it was not until he got the London Times that he felt a little satisfied.He is disgusted with those who are self-satisfied.

At one point, he stopped by the desk of an assistant editor he'd never met and struck up a chat with the assistant editor: "How long have you been here?"

"Nearly three months," replied the assistant.

"What do you think? Do you like your job? Are you familiar with our procedures?"

"I love my current job."

"What is your current salary?"

"£5 a week."

"Are you satisfied with the current situation?"

"Very satisfied, thank you."

"Ah, but you know I don't want my staff to be satisfied with £5 a week."

I really don't know how many people in the world have achieved nothing all their lives, the reason is because they are too easily satisfied!I found a stable job, and I always got a small salary all my life, and I always did the same thing every day until I died.And they actually think that there is only so much that a person can get in a lifetime.

Big people don't like to listen to other people's flattery, they just look at themselves with a critical attitude, compare their current status with his expected situation, and thus motivate themselves to keep working hard.

"The present self is always to be completed", this is what Gerst said.Gerst often publishes poems in newspapers and is a poet loved by readers all over the world.A large part of the reason why he is successful is that he can often look up at his ideal self, not satisfied with the real self.

Go all out and stick to it.

Any success must go all out and persevere to the end, otherwise you will never get everything you want.

Henry Ford failed 5 times before he succeeded.Churchill did not become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom until he was 62 years old. At that time, he had experienced countless failures and setbacks.His greatest contribution came after he became a "senior citizen".Eighteen publishers rejected Richard Bach's 18-word story "A Seagull," which was finally published by MacMillan in 1.By 1970, the book had sold 1975 million copies in the United States alone.

In the process of success, there is no substitute for perseverance.We often find that many people who fail are exceptionally gifted.They have many great opportunities, only to pass up too quickly and fail to succeed, and enthusiasm is replaced overnight by laziness and impatience.

Grit and determination are the keys to getting the job done.If you want to be successful, you have to persevere.

Everything in the world is a creative expression of the universe, and each of us is a part of the universe.Only when we strive for perfection do we think about why we were created.Only seeing human beings as divine masterpieces can explain the daily struggle that turns us into who we want to be.

A philosopher said that anyone can count how many seeds are in an apple, but only God knows how many apples are in a seed.

If you want to realize your dream, you must take action, and action must have perseverance.Only those who have both action and perseverance can realize their potential, achieve great deeds, and achieve their goals.Perseverance in action is an important factor in developing potential.

From the story of the tortoise and the hare, we can know that the winner of the race is the clumsy tortoise instead of the rabbit, because the rabbit lacks the spirit of perseverance in the competition.Therefore, perseverance and perseverance are necessary conditions for those who want to succeed in their careers.

The desire to give up halfway, to try to stop, to realize one's potential can only be a dream forever.

If you want to improve, you must do more and better.

What if a person could put all his energy into his strengths and make himself do more and better than others?It will definitely make a difference!

Dr. Walron Hartgren was a learned old man, formerly retired pastor of a cathedral in Twiss.He once asked a young man if he knew about South African tree frogs, and the young man frankly said: no.

The doctor said sincerely: "If you want to know, you can spend 5 minutes a day reading relevant materials, so that within 5 years you will become the person who knows the South African tree frog best, and you will become the most authoritative in this field." people."

The young man didn't comment at the time, but later he often thought of Bo Tu's words, and felt that these words really expressed many philosophies of life.

Most of us are not willing to invest 5 minutes a day (compared to 5 hours) to become the person we want to be.

Woody Allen said that 90% of the time in life is just dawdling.The life level of most people only stays at: eating for eating, riding for bus, working for work, and going home for going home.They wander from place to place, doing one thing after another, as if doing a lot, but have little time for the things they really want to accomplish.In this way, until old age and death.I suspect that many people realize that most of their lives have been wasted when they approach retirement, and the rest of their lives are passed away bit by bit in pain.

The distance between those who achieve great things and those who do not achieve great things is not as huge as most people imagine.The only difference between those who achieve great things and those who do not achieve great things lies in some small actions: spend 5 minutes reading every day, make one more phone call, work harder, express at the right time, spend more time on performances, do more research, Or experiment one more time in the lab.

When practicing ideals, you must compare yourself to see if tomorrow is better than today, even if only a little bit.

Just a little more ability;
Just a little more nimble;
just prepare a little more;
Just a little more attention;
Just cultivate a little more energy;
Just a little more creativity.

Usually only after encountering the actual situation can you tell whether your ability is enough for the job.If you're a surgeon and you're clumsy when you operate, you're not good at medicine; if you're a cook, people can't tell if you're a good cook unless you prepare a meal that people can't eat , people will know.

The best judge of your abilities is not your teachers, customers or your friends but yourself!
You know for yourself whether you are up to the task before you act.You can try to hide your incompetence and hope that no one will find out how little you know and how unskilled you are.But in the end, you still have to face your own incompetence, and you have to find a way to correct it yourself.

There is no excuse for why you can't do a job for a long time.You may not know anything on the first day, but you should know something on the second day.Trying a job for the first time, you may not be able to perform perfectly, but after a day or two of practice, you should be better than the first day.

Others may also not be able to really tell if you are an honest person until you actually show it.Only you know your motives or intentions; only you know whether you are honest and trustworthy; only you know whether the deal you offer is fair or not.

People usually know if they are deceiving others, and if they don't know this, they become pathological liars and their behavior is seriously deviated.

No matter what it is you want to pursue, you must force yourself to enhance your ability to achieve your goals.

This requires delving into your own field.Study carefully, watch carefully, listen attentively to the words and deeds of the top men in the profession, and imitate what they do.

Practice hard, practice hard, and finally practice hard!Never give up learning, and be sure to apply what you have learned in your daily life.Stay informed about the latest inventions, state-of-the-art technologies and latest research in this field.Attend new presentations, presentations, seminars or other gatherings of any kind.Keenly observe relevant new trends and discoveries, and you will be excited to discover new possibilities from them, which means that you may have discovered new directions for the future based on past efforts.You will become more and more outstanding.

If you succeed in the challenge, you are a role model.

Since ancient Greece, people have tried to achieve the goal of running a 1-minute mile.In order to achieve this goal, people have made lions chase runners and drank real tiger milk, but they have not achieved the goal of running a mile in 1 minutes.So many doctors, coaches, and athletes assert that it is impossible for a person to run a mile in four minutes.Because our bone structure is wrong, our lung capacity is not enough, and the wind resistance is too large, there are many reasons.

However, the first man to run the 1-minute mile proved many doctors, coaches, and athletes wrong.This man was Roger Bannister.What is even more astonishing is that taking the lead led to thousands of galloping horses.The year after that, another 300 runners ran the mile in under four minutes.

There has been no major breakthrough in training technology, and there has been no sudden improvement in human bone structure. Things that were considered impossible decades ago have become possible because some people have not given up their efforts, dared to challenge, and made it possible for people. For the sake of example!

This story also reminds us of an American writer's metaphor for three types of people in life: quitters, quitters, and climbers.

Of the three types of people: the quitter, the quitter, and the climber, only the climber lives a complete life.Those who quit halfway have only reached the basic material life, and are still at the grassroots level of life, far from a comprehensive life.However, climbers are different. They have a deep sense of purpose and a strong passion for what they are going to do.Purpose and passion guide them all the time.They know how to experience joy and see climbing as life's gift and boon to them.Climbers know that the top of the mountain does not necessarily have the best view, but it has an alluring, mysterious power rather than just a top, and the whole climb is full of power.Climbers can't forget that power, the power of the whole climb, a power beyond where they got to.

Climbers understand many different rewards and gains, but they focus on long-term gains rather than short-term gains.They know that every small step forward now, even a small distance climbed upward, will bring them great rewards in the future.This is quite different from a quitter.Climbers put their satisfaction in the future, unlike those who give up halfway, they are only satisfied with the present and dare not face the possibility of the future.

Climbers often have a strong belief that something is stronger than themselves, and that something more powerful is what they want to conquer.When they face those mountains with overwhelming and great deterrence, this belief will fill them with great strength, dare to challenge the greatest danger, and this is what they hope.It is also this kind of belief that makes climbers dare to do things that others dare not do. Like mountain climbing, some people have determined that certain routes cannot be taken, but climbers do not believe in these, and they prefer to climb from these routes. It can be seen that climbers not only dare to challenge the possibility, but more importantly, they dare to challenge the impossible.To overcome the impossible and achieve real victory is the greatest characteristic of climbers.

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