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Chapter 149 Take Your Mistakes into Your Own Hands 3
Volume 5 Chapter 3 Take Mistakes into Your Own Hands [-]
Make up for the flaws and reach the height of perfection
Many people will reach the height of perfection if they can make up for their deficiencies.It's worth noting that some people would do a lot better if they paid attention to small details.Some people can't take themselves seriously, which affects the display of their talents, and some people lack a gentle temper, which is what people around him yearn for, especially when he is in a high position.Some people are not decisive enough to act, and some people lack restraint.For these deficiencies, wise men make up for them and make habits second nature.

——"The Book of Wisdom"

A philosopher once said: "Sow an action, and you will reap a habit; sow a habit, and you will reap a character."

Good habits mainly depend on people's self-discipline, or in other words, on people's denial of their own desires.But bad habits, like reeds and weeds, grow everywhere and everywhere, and at the same time they hinder the growth of the flowers of virtue, and turn a beautiful garden into a weedy reed.Bad habits, once planted, often persist for decades
It is not easy to change one's own defects, because people are already very comfortable and comfortable with the consistent practice, so people have an instinctive tendency to resist change.However, bad habits that hinder success and progress must be changed. The rational approach is to face up to changes, welcome changes, and accept changes.

American oil tycoon Paul Getty used to have the habit of smoking, and he was very addicted to smoking.

During one of his vacations, he was driving through a place, and because of the rain, he stopped at a hotel in a small town.After dinner, he was tired and soon fell asleep.

At 2 o'clock in the morning, Getty woke up and wanted to smoke a cigarette.After turning on the light, he naturally reached out to grab the cigarette case on the table, but it was empty.He got out of bed and searched his pockets, but found nothing.He searched his luggage again, hoping to find a pack of cigarettes he had inadvertently left behind, only to be disappointed again.At this time, the restaurant and bar of the hotel were closed, and the only way he could hope to get cigarettes was to get dressed, go out, and buy them at the train station a few streets away, because his car was parked some distance from the hotel. in the room.

The more smoke-free, the greater the desire to smoke. People who are addicted to cigarettes probably have this experience.Getty took off his pajamas and got dressed to go out. When he reached for his raincoat, he stopped suddenly.He asked himself, "What am I doing here?"

Getty stood there wondering how a so-called well-bred and quite successful businessman, who thought he had enough sense to give orders to others, was leaving the hotel in the middle of the night and walking a few blocks in the rain , just to get a cigarette.The power of habit is so amazing.

After a while, Getty made up his mind, crumpled up the empty cigarette case and threw it into the wastebasket, took off his clothes, put on his pajamas, and went back to bed, with a feeling of relief and even victory, he entered the room in a few minutes. Dreamland.

Since then, Paul Getty has never smoked a cigarette again.Of course, his career grew bigger and bigger, and he finally became one of the top richest people in the world.

Heavy smoking is not a big disadvantage for anyone.But Paul Getty insisted on change because he realized the great power of habit.A sane, successful businessman should be distracted by a cigarette. It doesn't matter if he is in leisure time, but if he is negotiating a big deal, this habit will affect his judgment and affect the whole business.When a person indulges in bad habits, many opportunities are wasted unconsciously.

Habit is powerful because of its consistency.Through repeated repetition, it makes people's behavior present a specific tendency that is difficult to change.Like an old adage: "Habit is like a rope. Every day we weave a thread, and it grows too strong to break, holding us in place." Up to 90% of our daily behavior It is dominated by habit. It can be said that almost every day, everything we do is dictated by habit.

Habits can make a great man, and they can also destroy a successful man.Refuse the entanglement of bad habits, refuse it to drag you down endlessly, overcome it with a strong will, and you will find that the sky of your life is extraordinarily clear.

(End of this chapter)