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Chapter 75 Keep Updating: Don't Let Goodness Become an Obstacle to Greatness 1
Volume 7 Chapter 1 Constantly updated: Don't let excellence become an obstacle to excellence [-]
The most worthwhile investment in life is self-discipline
The most worthwhile investment in life is to temper yourself, because life and serving people depend on yourself, and it is also the most precious tool.

-- "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"

Mr. Covey often used a story to help those trapped by reality to find a way out.

A man saw a lumberjack in the forest who had toiled for 5 hours to cut down a tree, exhausted with limited progress.The man suggested, "Why don't you stop for a few minutes and sharpen the ax a little bit?"

But the lumberjack said, "I don't have time. I don't even have time to cut down trees. How can I have time to sharpen my axe?"

In fact, many people in real life are like this lumberjack, only rushing forward but stuck in the status quo, unable to achieve a breakthrough, stumbling along the way, they ignore that "workers must first sharpen their tools if they want to do their jobs well" reason.From the perspective of personal growth, only by constantly tempering yourself in all aspects can you be able to do things with ease and proficiency.

Hundreds of millions of years ago, dinosaurs were among the most powerful and active species on Earth, but they are now lifeless fossils.Some people think that the extinction of dinosaurs was due to drastic changes in the environment. Dinosaurs who were content with the status quo for a long time lacked the ability to "adapt" and "learn", so they were eliminated by the natural environment.

There are also "dinosaur-style" people in real life, and we can call them "dinosaurs". "Dinosaurs" don't like change. They are content with the status quo, lack ambition, have neither the motivation to innovate nor the enthusiasm for work, and are full of satisfaction with the current state, so they will not take the initiative to change themselves, let alone for themselves Create and seek opportunities, willing to accept the so-called "fate" or "luck" master.

There are many similar people around us: their living conditions are not necessarily very good, but they are not too bad; their quality of life is not necessarily high, but they are not too low; their lives are not successful, but they are not fail.Their greatest wish in life is to maintain their current living conditions.Maybe they also thought about taking risks and pursuing a better life, but they gave up the idea of ​​taking risks when they thought that they might lose what they had in case of failure.In other words, a comfortable life is the highest goal they pursue throughout their lives.This kind of person is completely different from the high-efficiency people praised by Covey. Those outstanding people who pursue efficient life and work are always restless about the status quo. Therefore, they will constantly recharge themselves and seize every opportunity to hone themselves.

If you can realize the importance of self-renewal and self-discipline, and put it into action, even an ordinary grain of sand can become a beautiful pearl.

A long time ago, a clam breeder wanted to cultivate the largest and most beautiful pearl in the world.

He came to the beach by the sea and asked those grains of sand one by one if they would like to become pearls.Although the grains of sand are full of yearning for the shining pearls, they resolutely reject them when they think of the pain they will endure during the transformation process, and compared with the stability of real life.

The clam breeder asked him from morning to dusk, but not a grain of sand answered him, and the clam breeder was almost desperate.

At this moment, a grain of sand replied "yes".The sand beside it laughed at it, saying that it was too stupid to live in a clam shell, away from relatives and friends, without sunshine, rain, moon, breeze, and even lack of air, so it could only live in darkness, humidity, cold, and loneliness. not worth it.

But that grain of sand went with the clam breeder.

A few years later, that grain of sand has grown into a crystal clear and priceless pearl, but those friends who once laughed at it are still just ordinary grains of sand, and some have even weathered into soil.

How can a grain of sand become a pearl without grinding?The same is true for people, who can only truly grow up through constant struggle.On the road of life, there is a story of phoenix nirvana behind every brilliance, and torture itself is an indispensable scenery in the journey of life.Therefore, we should cherish every opportunity of self-sharpening given by life. After tempering, we can always find a higher starting point.

This is an era of fierce competition, the update of knowledge is changing with each passing day, and the living environment is changing rapidly. If you can't control the boats and just drift with the tide, you will be swallowed by the sea of ​​life.

(End of this chapter)