The Complete Works of Wolf Road

Chapter 27: Take the initiative to act like a wolf (3)
Napoleon Hill once hired a young lady as an assistant to read, classify and answer most of his personal letters for him.Her job at the time was to listen to Napoleon Hill dictate the contents of the letter.Her salary is about the same as someone else in a similar job.One day Napoleon Hill dictated the following adage and asked her to type it:

"Remember: Your only limit is the one you set up in your head."

When she handed the typed paper back to Napoleon Hill, she said, "Your motto has given me an idea that will be of value to you and me."

This incident did not leave a particularly deep impression on Napoleon Hill's mind, but from that day on, Napoleon Hill could see that this incident had left a very deep impression on the girl's mind.She began to come back to the office after dinner and to do work that was not her job and was not paid.She began sending her written replies to Napoleon Hill's desk.

She had studied Napoleon Hill's style, so the letters were answered exactly as well as Napoleon Hill himself could have written, and sometimes better.She maintained this habit until the resignation of Napoleon Hill's private secretary.When Napoleon Hill began looking for someone to fill the vacancy of secretary, he naturally thought of this lady.But she had voluntarily accepted the position before Napoleon Hill officially offered her the position.By training herself after hours and without overtime pay, she qualified herself for one of the best positions on Napoleon Hill's staff.

But that's not all.The young lady was so efficient that she attracted the attention of others, and some companies hired her with a high salary.Napoleon Hill has had to raise her salary several times, and her salary is now four times what she was paid when she came to Napoleon Hill as an ordinary stenographer.Napoleon Hill was helpless in this matter, for she had made herself so valuable to Napoleon Hill that Napoleon Hill could not lose her as his helper.

This is aggressiveness.It is also worth noting that the young lady's enterprise, besides the considerable increase in her salary, brought her a great advantage.A cheerful spirit had developed in her, bringing her a sense of well-being that no other stenographer could ever comprehend.Her work was no longer work--it was a very interesting game, to be played by herself.She arrived at the office earlier than the average stenographer, and remained in the office while the others rushed home as soon as they heard the closing bell.However, in comparison, in her feeling, her working hours are shorter than other staff members. This is because the length of working hours is not important to those who like their jobs. Her enthusiasm for work has made her Forget about working hours.

No matter what kind of work you are currently engaged in, every day you must give yourself an opportunity to perform some valuable service to others outside the ordinary scope of work.When you voluntarily provide these services, you understand that you do not do so with the intention of obtaining monetary compensation.You offer this service because it is a way for you to practice, develop, and cultivate a stronger sense of enterprise.You must possess this spirit before you can become a distinguished person in your chosen life career.

"Do you think I am satisfied as a driver? My wish is to be the general manager of a railway company." But the young man who spoke was not a driver at that time. A coal worker on a third-class train earns $40 a month.He said the above sentence because an old hand on the railroad had aroused his ambition.The veteran said to him: "Now that you are a worker adding coal, do you think you are rich? But let me tell you the truth, you will have to work in this position for another four or five years, and then you will be promoted to a salary of about 100 yuan a month." Drivers for the dollar; if you are lucky enough not to get fired, you can drive safely for the rest of your life."

The young man who heard this was Fo Fenglan.He was not optimistic when he heard that he could get a secure job.What he said, he actually did.He worked hard step by step, and later became the general manager of the Metropolitan Tramway Company, because he was dissatisfied with a safe and stable job.

Volunteering comes from dissatisfaction.From here, there is a dream, followed by a valiant effort to bridge the gap between the status quo and the dream.Great men are not empty dreamers.Their future aspirations are rooted in definite facts.They rely on purposeful dreams to make them dissatisfied, and use dissatisfaction to stimulate them to work harder to succeed.

Aggressiveness is the best way out of decadence.Once the habit of constantly self-motivating and always moving towards a higher level is formed, all the bad qualities and bad habits in the body will gradually disappear. Among the personality qualities, only the qualities that are encouraged and cultivated will grow, and those that eliminate bad qualities will grow. The best way is to destroy the environment and soil they depend on for survival.People have long realized that enterprise is knocking at the door of their hearts, but if its voice is not heeded and encouraged, it will gradually fade away, just like other unutilized functions and qualities, so will ambition. degenerates, disappears without a trace even before it has played any role.

Even the greatest ambitions can be severely wounded for a number of reasons.Habits of procrastination and evasion of important things can seriously weaken a person's ambition and affect a person's ambition.

If you find yourself rejecting this calling from within, this voice that motivates you, be careful not to let it grow weaker and disappear, and don't let the drive fail.When this positive voice rings in your ears, be sure to listen to it. It is your best friend, guiding you to light and happiness.

8 Do not look for any excuses for failure
Wolves will not find excuses for their failure to hunt.In life and work, do you find a lot of excuses for yourself?
For example, if the work task is not completed, do you say: "It's not that I didn't work hard, but that no one supported my work." "This job was not done well because the customer was too picky." "This task was not completed on time, is it Because the supervisor asked me to do other things, which delayed my time." "I didn't do it well this time because of a shortage of funds, and I couldn't help it." These excuses allow us to temporarily escape difficulties and responsibilities and gain some psychological comfort.However, the price of excuses is extremely high. It brings us no less harm than any other vice. What it brings us is negative and decadent. If we develop the habit of making excuses, when we encounter When encountering difficulties and setbacks, instead of actively trying to find a way to overcome them, we will find all kinds of excuses.Its subtext is: "I can't", "I can't", this kind of negative mentality deprives the opportunity of personal success, and ultimately makes people accomplish nothing.

How do we eliminate excuses?That is to act now!For any task, if you don't do it, you will find many excuses, and if we do it immediately, the excuses will disappear.

Anyone will always encounter adversity. In adversity, only by continuing to move forward with the light of faith can we reach the sunny zone.As most successful people firmly believe: "I know that I am not a victim of an excuse, but its master."

Such was the case with the great General Patton. In 1916, Patton, as an adjutant to General Pershing, commander-in-chief of the U.S.-Mexico Expeditionary Force, had such a delivery experience.General Patton wrote in his diary:
General Pershing sent me one day to deliver a message to General Howze.But all we know about Howze is that he passed the Providence West ranch.I arrived at the pasture before dark and met the mule and horse transport team of the [-]th Cavalry Regiment.

I asked for two soldiers and three horses to follow this rut.After walking a short distance, they encountered a reconnaissance patrol from the 3th Cavalry Regiment.They told us not to go any further because the woods ahead were full of Willistas.

I didn't listen, and continued down the canyon, where I met a patrol of the [-]th Cavalry under General Fitchett (then a major), who advised me not to go any further, as the canyon was full of victorians. Lista people.Nor did they know where General Howze was.But we kept going, and at last we found General Howze.

General Patton, in order to complete the mission, in the perilous situation, he did not find excuses for himself, but carried out and acted outright.

"What you want to do, do it right away! Don't delay." This is the experience of many successful people.

During World War II, Kenneth was captured when the Japanese army landed in Manila and was sent to a concentration camp.Kenneth saw a book called "The Merit of Life" under his roommate's pillow, and he couldn't put it down, so he asked, "Can you lend it to me?"

That book was a great inspiration and inspiration to Kenneth.He longed to have the book, but the owner of the book was unwilling to part with it. "Lend me to copy!" He then said, and the roommate readily agreed.

The secret of Kenneth's success is: if you want to do it, do it immediately.He began to copy word for word, and since the book could be called back at any moment, he copied it day and night.Just an hour after copying the last page, his roommate was taken to another concentration camp.During the three years in captivity, Kenneth carried the manuscript with him, reading and rereading it.It is that book that has always encouraged him and given him great courage. He is determined to act according to the book and use actions to realize his dreams."I have to act now, or the action will fly away like wings," he said.

George Jouta was a student at the University of Copenhagen. Once he traveled to the United States, first he went to Washington, and stayed at the Weller Hotel. The accommodation fee had been paid in advance.He had his plane ticket to Chicago in his coat pocket, and his passport and cash in a purse in his trouser pocket.When he was about to go to bed, he suddenly found that the purse had disappeared, and he immediately went downstairs to tell the hotel manager.

"We'll do our best to find it," said the manager.

The next morning, the purse was still missing.He was in a foreign land, at a loss.Was it calling a friend in Chicago for help?

Reissue a lost passport at the Danish embassy?Sitting at the police station waiting for news?One thought after another flashed through his mind.

Suddenly, he told himself: "I'm going to see Washington, I may not have the opportunity to come again, today is very precious. After all, I still have a plane ticket to Chicago tonight, and I still have a lot of time to deal with money and passport issues. If I don't To visit Washington DC, there will be no chance in the future. I can take a walk, now is a happy time, I am still me, the same as before I lost my wallet yesterday, I should be happy when I come to the United States, enjoy every day of life in the big city, don't put Time wasted on the unpleasantness of losing your wallet."

So he started hiking, climbing the Washington Monument, visiting the White House and museums.Although he didn't see many places he wanted to see, he had a good time wherever he went.

After returning to Denmark, the most memorable part of his trip to the United States was to visit Washington DC on foot, because he knew that the most important thing is to grasp the present.

Five days later, the Washington Police Department found his purse and passport and returned them to him.

Once we accept the task, it means that we have made a commitment, and once we have made a commitment, we should not look for excuses.We can only hold the belief in how to complete the task in our hearts.As long as you keep this belief in your heart and immediately implement and act on the promised things, then there will be no place for excuses to hide.

9 Summarize the experience and put it into the next action

When wolves are hunting, failures often happen.However, when wolves encounter setbacks and failures, they don't just quit. Instead, they actively sum up experience and lessons, find out the reasons for failure, and then devote themselves to the next hunt as quickly as possible.

The attitude towards setbacks is the watershed between the strong and the weak.

(End of this chapter)