Be a Man and Do Things Pillow Book

Chapter 53
In real life, some people will give up because of failure, and some people will achieve a greater career because of overcoming failure; Complaining about the product, the company, and the customers because the product cannot be sold, some people innovate new products and new services that are popular in the market because the product cannot be sold; "Strict teachers produce high-level apprentices" so that I can continue to be promoted to high positions after being competent for more complicated jobs!
There is no absolute right or wrong point of view on things, but there are positive and negative points, and everyone must bear the final result for their own views.Negative thinking people will always find negative explanations for things, and can always find excuses for themselves to complain, and finally get negative results.Next, the negative results will reversely strengthen his negative emotions, which in turn makes him a more negative thinker. This is a vicious circle.

A man caught a young eagle in the eagle's nest on the top of the mountain. He took the young eagle home and raised it with chickens in a chicken coop.The young eagle pecked, played and rested with the chicken, and it always thought it was a chicken too.The eagle gradually grew up and its wings were full. The owner wanted to train it to be a falcon, but because it was mixed with chickens all day long, it had become exactly like a chicken and had no desire to fly at all.

The owner tried various methods, but to no avail, and finally took it to the top of the mountain and threw it out.The eagle fell straight down like a stone. In a panic, it flapped its wings desperately. Just like that, it finally flew up!

The growth process of each of us is like the process of this eagle learning to fly. Only through tempering can we arouse the power of success, and only through ups and downs and tribulations can we obtain the conditions for success.When we face a crisis, we often generate great potential power, so we must learn to challenge ourselves, eliminate ourselves, and let ourselves face difficulties and challenges. This is our driving force for progress.

All of this is just as Schopenhauer said: "Things themselves do not affect people, people are only affected by their views on things!" Even if we cannot change the environment, at least we can change our inner thoughts and attitudes towards things.We can't change our appearance but we can smile; we can't control others, but we can master ourselves; we can't predict tomorrow, but we can make good use of today; we can't win every battle, but we can do our best, so we have to Take immediate action, face up to difficulties, and live positively.

A long time ago, 30-year-old Xiao Wang traveled to Shenzhen alone.When he learned that an internal magazine of an enterprise was recruiting a reporter, he immediately rushed over with his portfolio.

I went to the site to see that there were 125 competitors for the only position!And there are many people who are better than themselves in terms of education, qualifications, age, and eloquence.Seeing this situation, Xiao Wang wanted to back off, but he thought that since he came, it would be good to gain some insight, so he sat down patiently.

There were too many people interviewing, and the chief examiner was the boss of the company, and Xiao Wang was arranged in the back. Watching the applicants walk out of the examination room with heavy faces one by one, he had a premonition that the situation was getting worse and worse for him. Only by adopting a unique interview method to impress the boss can you win by surprise.

At this time, several applicants who were waiting in the reception room began to chat.Among them, there were a few complaints that caught his attention: "All the people who come here are experienced people, and the small internal journal can't be taken down? An interview is so complicated!" , I’m not afraid of it, I’ve brought a collection of works, but still can’t explain the problem?”

Xiao Wang's heart moved, and he immediately rushed to the typing shop downstairs to write a short news on the spot with the title "Thirsty for talents".When I returned to the reception room, it happened to be my turn to play.

The content of the interview was somewhat beyond his expectation. The tired-looking boss neither mentioned business nor asked about the applicant's experience, but asked him to talk about how to be a good internal magazine reporter from his own perspective.Xiao Wang immediately handed over the short press release that had just been printed, saying that his perspective was "sharp".

In the end, Xiao Wang became the lucky one among the applicants.The boss said: "In fact, everyone has noticed the correct method, but the action is not as good as the heart. You have to put the things that everyone has noticed first in time."

Yes, it’s better to act than to be moved, only you put the things that everyone noticed at the time first.

What are we waiting for?If you think about it, just do it, and you will have a chance.A person who only stays on the word "thinking", his wish can only be a fantasy.

Opportunities will only favor those who are prepared and have been acting.

Don't give up any chance to attack.

Don't hesitate when the opportunity comes, act now, this is the only way you must go to success.

Bill Gates said: Don't think that those who have made brilliant achievements have anything special. If there is any difference between them and ordinary people, it is that when opportunities come to them, they immediately put them into action. Never hesitate, this is the secret of their success.

There are always many opportunities in life, but they are always fleeting.If we don't grasp it at the time, we will lose it forever later.

To have a plan and not carry it out, to let it evaporate, will have a bad effect on the strength of our character.A plan, diligently carried out, strengthens our character.There is nothing great about having a plan, it is rare to be able to implement the set plan.

Many successful people are successful because they dare to think and do.

Bill Gates is such a person.Let's take a look at how he originally came to find opportunities to make money:
After he successfully undertook the project of an information science company, his confidence was greatly boosted, and he and Paul Allen pondered a new way to make money.Soon, they formed a company of their own called Traffic Data Corporation.

Why do they want to run such a company?At the time, nearly all municipalities used the same device to measure traffic flow, consisting of a metal box attached to a rubber tube stretched across the road.There is a 16-track paper tape in the metal box, and when a car passes on the rubber tube, the machine will stamp the two binary codes of 0 or 1 on the tape.These numbers reflect the time and flow of vehicles passing by.Municipalities hire private companies to translate this raw data into information that engineers analyze to determine, for example, when to turn on a red or green light.

The inefficiency and high premiums of private companies that had previously provided services to municipal companies provided Gates and Allen with a chance to compete.They use computers to analyze the tapes and sell the results to municipalities faster and cheaper than their rivals.Gates hired a few seventh and eighth-grade students from Lakeside Middle School to transcribe the data on the tape to a computer card, and Gates then entered it into the computer.Next, he used a program of his own design to convert the data into an easy-to-read traffic flow meter.

Once Traffic Data was up and running, Allen decided to build his own computer to analyze the tapes directly, eliminating the need for manual labor.They hired a Boeing engineer to help design the hardware.Gates took out $360 and bought a new 8008 microprocessor chip from Intel.They hooked up a 16-track paper tape reader to the computer, and fed traffic recording tapes directly into it.

Compared with the later microcomputers, this "earth-made" computer is very primitive, and it is barely usable, and there is no guarantee that it will not fail.Once, while Gates was triumphantly demonstrating his traffic-data computer to a city official in a diner, the machine jammed.Gates fiddled with it for a long time, but the machine just didn't listen.The official lost interest as a result.Feeling ashamed, Gates turned to his mother for help: "Tell him, Mom! Tell him it does work!"

Gates and Allen made about $[-] from the traffic data company.However, municipal companies do not need to analyze traffic flow every day. Therefore, this is a kind of business that is getting smaller and smaller, and the company will not have much development prospects.As Gates drummed up business for traffic-data companies, he hatched some new money-making schemes.Soon, Gates cooperated with Evans to set up a "logic simulation company".

Logic Simulation's line of business includes designing school schedules, conducting traffic flow analyses, publishing cookbooks, and more.After all, Gates' business experience at this time is still very immature, and it can only be said that he is in the groping stage.His company's business scope is so wide that it seems that there are more opportunities to make money, but it is not.In this way, there is no clear business scope, and naturally there are no fixed customers, so the money is bound to be limited.

In May 1972, on the eve of their third grade, Lakeside Middle School authorized them to design a schedule program for more than 5 students in the school.The school hopes that this set of computer software can be used from the fall 400-72 school year.Lakeside had originally hired the ex-Boeing engineer who had been hired by the school to teach math and designed computers for Allen, but unfortunately, he died in a plane crash.So, this task fell on the shoulders of Gates and Evans.

Misfortunes never come singly, less than a week after accepting the mission, Kent Evans died in a climbing accident.Grieving, Gates asked Allen to help him with the job.They agreed that in the summer of that year, after Allen returned from summer vacation, they would work together to complete this task.

At the start of the summer, Gates went to Washington, D.C., to work as a House waiter.The job was found by his parents through Congressman Brock Adams.Gates quickly showed his business acumen.He bought 5 McGovern-Eagleton medals for 5000 cents each.When McGovern pushed Eagleton off the presidential slate, Gates sold the dwindling pins for $25 each, pocketing a few thousand dollars.

When Congress was in recess for the summer, Gates returned to Seattle to work with Allen on the curriculum.They did this programming using the free computer time they got from their last deal with Information Sciences.At the same time, Lakeside Middle School also paid for the computer time to design the curriculum.They ended up being paid $2000 when the task was completed.Compared with the information science company's deal, this can only be regarded as a contribution to his alma mater.Of course, this is what Gates and Allen are willing to do.Later, after they made a fortune, they donated $220 million to Lakeside Middle School.They also named the lecture hall built with the donation "Evans" Hall to commemorate the comrade who died prematurely.Of course, this is a story.

After the success of the curriculum software design, Gates went on to find other opportunities to make money.He sent letters to surrounding schools, offering to design their schedule programs and offer a [-]% discount.

He said in the contact letter: "We have applied a unique course management computer system designed by 'Hubin'. I am honored to recommend this product to your school. The service is excellent and the price is favorable. Each student charges 22 Dollar.

Hope to have the opportunity to further discuss this matter with you. "

Unfortunately, his business contacts did not bear fruit.Because not every school needs this kind of service.

Later, Bill Gates finally got a business to design a set of student status management software for the Experimental Institute of the University of Washington.He negotiated the business with the University of Washington Student Management Association, which happened to be a member of his sister Christina.When the school newspaper learned that her younger brother was the successor of the project, it accused the management association of using power for personal gain.As it turned out, Gates made very little money from the design, about $500.It can be said that "I didn't eat mutton, but I was ashamed."

Although Gates was smart, with his computer skills at the time, he certainly wouldn't be that great, but this eagerness to make money is really remarkable.After all, he is only a middle school student in his teens, but he is looking for ways to make money everywhere. The desire to get rich is so strong, how can he not get rich?
This is the case with many things, when you have a strong desire to achieve a certain goal, and use this desire as the driving force for action, there is a high probability of achieving the goal.

This is because, no matter whether you are smart or stupid, it is impossible to have the wind and the rain; it is also impossible to be unlucky everywhere and not go smoothly at every step.If the desire to achieve the goal is not strong enough, you may shrink back when you encounter difficulties, so how can you step into the subsequent prosperity?People with firm beliefs keep their eyes on their goals and don't shake their determination with a momentary event.In this way, we will overcome adversity and seek development when things are going well, and we will naturally be able to move towards success step by step.

At the same time, the above example also tells us that we must dare to think, dare to do, and dare to try in order to achieve success.Rather than failing without trying, it is better to try and then fail. Losing without fighting is an act of extreme cowardice.If you want to be a successful person, you must have strong perseverance, as well as courage and courage.Of course, daring to take risks is not reckless. The courage and courage to take risks is based on the scientific analysis of objective reality.Complying with objective laws, coupled with subjective efforts, and striving to gain benefits from risks is an essential psychological quality for successful people.

Do your best to get things done.

There were two ugly little ducklings by the reed pond, one of them was flapping its wings non-stop, trying to fly, it flew up and fell down, and was covered in bruises.The white duck said: "Don't fly, we are ducks."

One day, the black duck finally soared in the sky, while the white duck's wings had shrunk long ago.The white duck said to the same kind: "Look, that duck is my partner." The same kind laughed: "You are crazy, it is a black swan."

The Bible says, "Whatever you do, do it to the best of your ability." Perseverance, dedication to one thing, you will reap the fruits of success.

The happiness of human beings lies in making continuous progress along one's own path, and striving to reach the ultimate goal with all one's strength.Life always provides persistent people with opportunities to work hard and room for improvement.People who persevere and never stop are often the last winners.

When Nora was learning ballet as a child, her father was strict with her almost cruelly.Whenever she wanted to stop and rest, her father would always ask, "Have you tried your best?" Nora gritted her teeth and continued to practice, until she was too exhausted to stand up, and then she slumped on the ground to rest.

The boring practice life day after day made Nora feel that learning ballet is a kind of pain. She began to get tired of practicing and planned to give up ballet.

When her father learned of her plan, he asked, "Who decided that you should learn ballet?"

Nora said ashamedly: "It's me."

My father said: "You gave up ballet today, and you will give up other things tomorrow, because you will encounter unforeseen difficulties in doing anything. If you decide to do something, you have to do it with all your strength, otherwise you will achieve nothing. .”

Nora said aggrievedly: "But my life is the same every day, that is practicing."

My father said: "Anyone who learns ballet is like this. If others can do it, why can't you, unless you are weak."

Nora didn't want to be weak. She asked herself with the words "Have you tried your best?" that her father often said, and when she was tired from practicing, she used a sponge to scrub her limbs to restore her strength.In the end, her dance steps were as dexterous as a swallow, and she finally became a famous ballet dancer.

Work hard, a little bit of starlight can be connected, and fate is in the hands of those who work hard and work hard.

Do it now and don't think too much.

Success favors only those who act immediately.

Bill Gates said: "What you want to do, do it right away! Don't delay." This is Bill Gates' successful experience, and his experience is also suitable for anyone.

How to achieve "what you want to do, do it now"?This requires you to develop the habit of starting from small things. When this habit is deeply rooted in your heart, you will reach the state of "it will come naturally".

Bill Gates once talked about his success to his employees. He said: "I found that if I want to accomplish something, I have to do it immediately. Empty talk will not help!" The words are universally applicable.

Obviously, being able to act now requires overcoming a habit of procrastination that many of us have.

Procrastination is a habit, and action is also a habit. Bad habits should be replaced with good ones.

Think about it carefully, the procrastinated things will be done sooner or later, why do you have to postpone them?You can take a break after finishing it immediately, but if you take a break now, you may have to pay a greater price in the future.

Think about it, in your daily life, what things do you like to procrastinate the most?Decide now to improve it.

Start with the simplest things. When you can motivate yourself to act, you will be very motivated and want to complete one thing very much.

Procrastination is the sworn enemy of action, and the sworn enemy of success.Procrastination turns all our good ideals into real illusions; procrastination makes us lose today and live forever in the waiting of "tomorrow"; the vicious circle of procrastination makes us develop lazy habits, hesitant and contradictory mentality, which becomes A laggard, a loser, a down and out who always only knows how to complain and sigh.Napoleon Hill, the founder of Success Science, said: "Life is like a game of chess. Your opponent is time. If you hesitate before acting or delay your action, you will lose the game because of too long time. Your opponent is time." You are not allowed to hesitate!" Procrastination is so hateful, but it is so common, what is the reason?

Insufficient quality of success, insufficient self-confidence, negative attitude, unclear goals, unspecific plans, insufficient strategies and methods, insufficient knowledge, and excessive pursuit of perfection are all reasons.

(End of this chapter)