Do it and you can beat procrastination

Chapter 26
The biggest difference between successful people and those who don't do anything is that they only want results and no excuses.Just pay a little attention and you will find that people who have done nothing, and have no plans to do anything, often have a laundry list of reasons to explain why he didn't do it, why he didn't do it, why he couldn't do it, why He didn't do that.The first act of a loser after failing to succeed is to find various reasons for his failure.And successful people never make excuses for themselves, what they focus on is how to achieve their goals faster and better.

1. Don’t make excuses for failure

Konosuke Matsushita, the founder of Japan's Matsushita Group, is a person who never makes excuses. He does the same to himself and to his employees.He does not allow employees to find various reasons for their mistakes at work, and asks them to admit their mistakes and find problems at work.He believes that people who only make excuses for their mistakes are irresponsible people, and it is difficult for such people to achieve success in their careers, because they spend the time they spend looking for solutions on making excuses , he knew very well that no amount of excuses would be beneficial to a single solution.In doing so, the entire Panasonic Group rarely finds excuses to procrastinate from top to bottom, so it is not surprising that they have become a famous company in Japan.If you often find reasons for failure, failure becomes a habit, and finding excuses becomes a natural behavior; on the contrary, if you don’t find reasons for failure, you will regard failure as a lesson and gain, which can motivate you to keep making progress.

2. Don’t make excuses for yourself
In the Doha Asian Games, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the Vietnamese women's volleyball team 3:0, and the defending champion ushered in a good start.Chen Zhonghe, the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team at the time, said after the game that the goal of the Chinese women's volleyball team is to defend the title. The game is for this championship, and injuries are not an excuse.Although the Chinese women's volleyball team did not rest for a day after returning from the World Championships, and the team's injury situation has not been effectively improved for the time being, but facing the Asian teams, these are not excuses. "Injuries should not be an excuse to play against Asian teams, and we don't want to find any excuses." This is the spiritual pillar of the Chinese women's volleyball team and the key reason why they can defend the championship.

Don't make excuses for yourself, even if it is a plausible excuse, only in this way can you strengthen any task.Instead of making excuses for yourself, you are actually challenging yourself and looking for a ladder to success for yourself.

Success belongs to those who are good at finding ways

Success belongs to those who are good at finding ways, not those who are good at making excuses.

You can usually see this kind of phenomenon: two employees do the same job, one works overtime and is exhausted physically and mentally, but still does not do well, while the other completes the work easily and is appreciated by the leader.Because here, the method plays a decisive role.Only the right method can save time and effort to complete the task.

A good method can often help you get more room for development.Ford Motor Company of the United States has launched a new car with superior performance, novel style and reasonable price.But the sales performance of this new car is far from the expected effect.The company's managers racked their brains and failed to find a way to sell the product.

Iacocca, a trainee engineer who just graduated, is a caring person. After learning about the situation, he began to think about how to make this car sell well.One day, he proposed an idea to his manager and advertised in the newspaper with the headline: "Buy a Model 56 Ford for $56." This was a very attractive slogan, and many people inquired about the details. Koka's method is: whoever wants to buy a Model 56 Ford car only needs to pay 20% in cash first, and the rest can be paid off in three years at a monthly payment of US$56.

His suggestions were adopted by the company, and the results were remarkable. The advertisement of "Buy a Model 56 Ford for $56" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It dispelled many people's worries about the price of the car and created a sales miracle.Iacocca's talents were quickly appreciated, and he was soon transferred to the Washington headquarters as a regional manager, and eventually sat on the throne of Ford's president.

Don't be afraid of difficulties, believe in yourself, and find a way to get you out of the predicament, win you more opportunities, and create a new world for your career development.

Problems don't go away by themselves, you can only successfully solve them if you find the right solution.But the method is not fixed, nor does it come by waiting. It often requires you to rack your brains to think, ponder, and trial and error.

To find a good method, the conversion of thinking is very important.

·There are always more methods than problems

The best people are the ones who attach the most importance to finding a way.They believe that there is a way to solve everything, and there is always a better way.

People who take the initiative to find ways to solve problems are the company's scarce resources.Whether it is domestic or foreign, as long as there are such people, they can shine like stars.Even if he doesn't deliberately pursue opportunities, opportunities will come to him.

If you do one or even a few admirable things by finding a way, you can quickly stand out and get more development opportunities.

Xiao Li was appointed as the sales manager by the chairman. This news was unexpected by his colleagues. Everyone knows that the company is in a bad situation and urgently needs to expand its business in order to survive. The position of the sales manager is even more important. Because of this, no suitable candidate has been found for this position.Compared with several other senior colleagues, Xiao Li, who is not amazing in appearance and speaks well, does not have much advantage at all.

Soon there were rumors that Xiao Li's promotion was due to the sudden power outage of the elevator in the building a few days ago.Everyone worked overtime at the company that night, and it ended at nearly 10 o'clock. Xiao Li was the last to leave, and met the chairman and others at the elevator entrance.When the elevator was running, it suddenly got stuck due to a power outage, and the surrounding area was suddenly dark. Time passed by, and everyone began to complain, and the two unknown girls seemed even more embarrassed.At this time, a small string of flames flashed, from a lighter, and everyone fell silent immediately.For nearly an hour, Xiao Li's lighter flickered on and off, but he didn't say anything.

Some people were dissatisfied with Xiao Li's promotion.Soon after, the chairman of the board of directors talked about this incident at a meeting of the company's employees and explained: "Because in the dark, Xiao Li ignited all the fires in his hands, instead of complaining about this unpleasant incident and darkness like some people, we If the company wants to get out of the trough and not be overwhelmed by temporary difficulties, it needs people like Xiao Li."

The more difficult it is, the more time to test a person's ability and character.Complaining is useless, but we should use the "fire" in our hands to overcome "darkness" and create a bright future.

If there is a problem, it must be solved.How to solve it?Of course it is a solution.As long as you find the right method, no matter how difficult the problem is, it will not be a problem.

1. Analogy

The so-called analogy is a thinking method that starts from the fact that two or two types of objects have some similar or identical attributes, and deduces that one object may have other attributes that the other or another type of object already has.Analogy plays a great guiding role in guiding inventions and solving problems, and has been highly praised by thinkers and scientists.The astronomer Kepler said: "Analogy is my most reliable teacher." The philosopher Kant said: "Whenever rationality lacks reliable arguments, the method of analogy often guides us forward." more and more attention.Japanese scholar Daojo believes: "The psychological mechanism of creating associations is first of all analogy...Even if people have understood the psychological process of creation, they cannot enter a similar mental state from the outside...Therefore, in order to provide a good psychological state for creative activities , in a special way, simply put, by analogy."

In 1903, the "Gauss" expedition ship came to the South Pole.At this time, a huge snowstorm just happened, and the temperature dropped to minus 56 degrees Celsius. The ship was frozen in the endless ice sheet, unable to move a step.The crew first used hammers and saws to smash and saw the ice, and later used dynamite to blast the ice, but they couldn't open a passage.

At this time, one of the crew members remembered something.There was a blind man selling jars in the sun.One is a white tank, the other is a black tank, the white one is cheap and the black one is expensive.Although the shape and size of the two jars were exactly the same, the blind man could tell exactly which was white and which was black just by touching it with his hand.Someone asked him why.The blind man said: "The white jar can reflect sunlight, and the black jar can absorb sunlight. Therefore, the black jar is hotter than the white jar under the sun. I can tell the white from the black just by touching it."

So the crew suggested to the captain that black charcoal, coal dust, and garbage should be sprinkled on the ice around the ship to let it absorb sunlight and melt the ice.The captain thought it was reasonable, so he mobilized all the crew to scatter all the black charcoal, coal dust, and garbage on the ice. The pavement was 2000 meters long and extended to the sea where only some thin ice was formed.There has been no night in Antarctica since September, and the sun is always hanging in the sky.The 9-meter ice belt gradually melts away after absorbing the sun's heat.Soon the "Gauss" was finally out of danger.

This crew member is using an analogy here.

2. Reverse method

The reverse method is a method that goes against common sense and explores and solves problems from the negative side.Many times, thinking about a problem from only one angle may lead to a dead end, because the fact may be completely opposite; sometimes, the problem is so difficult that it cannot be solved from the front.At this time, if the reverse method is used, there will be unexpected results.

The world-famous Hollywood Studios is located in Los Angeles, USA.In today's upsurge of "worshiping film and television stars", it has attracted the attention of the world, and it is full of opportunities worthy of vigorous development. Therefore, some business masters gathered around it, and they have done a lot here. Unique business.

Mr. Giddy is one of them.He has a unique vision and a flexible mind, and his business is also unique. When looking for business opportunities in Hollywood, he clearly sees that his competitors are scrambling to surround the current stars and make a big fuss about them.Opportunities in these old stars, new stars, male stars, actresses, child stars, superstars and other "star clans" can be said to be searched for and used in every possible way.Ji Di realized that if he continued to do this, he would not gain much, and it was even more difficult to win by surprise.One day, he suddenly had an idea, turned his brain around, and came up with a very distinctive and extraordinary development path.

Jidi found the information of each Hollywood star from newspapers and magazines in the past, organized them in chronological order, described the life trajectory of each star, and held a "star memorial service".Visitors can learn about the life stories of the stars they admire, which not only increases their knowledge, but also satisfies their nostalgia. Finally, they can also visit the place where the superstar died.In particular, some stars who died unexpectedly are even more eye-catching.For example, in the small building where Sharante was killed that year, there was an endless stream of mourners.Visitors are required to pay an introduction fee of $25 per person.Its infinite charm has attracted many tourists, so Jidi has "made a lot of money every day" and gained both fame and fortune.

If you want to be successful, the most fearful thing is to always follow others.If so, you will always end up with soup leftovers.If you don't want to follow along, what should you do?There are only two ways: either run in front of others, or run counter to them.If you are a person with a particularly flexible mind, you might as well think about the opposite way.

3. Lateral method

The side method is not to start from a positive perspective when thinking about a problem, but to think and solve the problem through an unexpected side.

Somerset Maugham is a famous British writer.Before he became famous, his life was very difficult, and the books he wrote could not be sold.Later, he thought of a way and placed an advertisement in one of the most famous newspapers: "I am a young and educated millionaire with a wide range of hobbies, and I hope to find a woman who is like the heroine in Maugham's novel women get married."

Somerset Maugham's novels sold out quickly.It was supposed to be an advertisement for selling books, but it turned out to be realized through a marriage advertisement.This is the flexible application of the lateral method.

4. Put yourself in the shoes

Carnegie once used the auditorium of a hotel to give lectures.One day, he suddenly received a notice that the rent would be tripled.Carnegie went to negotiate with the manager.He said: "I was a bit shocked when I was notified, but it's not your fault. If I were you, I would do the same. Because you are the manager of the hotel, your job is to make the hotel as profitable as possible." Immediately afterwards, Carnegie calculated an account for him, "Using the auditorium for dances and evening parties will of course make a lot of money. But if you drive me out, you will also drive out thousands of educated middle managers who patronize Your hotel is a living advertisement that you can’t buy with 5000 yuan. So, which one is more beneficial?” The manager was persuaded by him.

The reason why Carnegie succeeded in persuading the manager is that when he said "If I were you, I would do the same", he had completely stood on the manager's side.Then, he calculated an account from the perspective of the manager, grasping the profit issue that the manager was most concerned about, and made the manager willingly add the "balance weight" to Carnegie's side.

Car King Ford said: "If there is any secret to success, it is to put yourself in other people's shoes and understand their attitudes and viewpoints. Because in this way you will not only get the opportunity to communicate with each other, but also understand each other's thoughts and ideas more clearly. The 'key point' among them, so as to be targeted and hit the 'key point'."

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