Be good like water: life management lessons from Park Geun-hye to women

Chapter 5 Diligence is King: The "Election Queen" Walking Out of the "Tent" (1)
Seize the opportunity and start the journey of dream to take off again
In the nearly 20 years after leaving the Blue House, Park Geun-hye stayed away from politics, but read newspapers and watched TV news every day, and never stopped caring and worrying about her motherland.When the country was in crisis, Park Geun-hye seized the opportunity and started a new political career. She took off with her dreams like a reborn phoenix.

People often think that crisis brings failure, pain, frustration and despair, but in some people's view, there are actually opportunities lurking in crisis.If a person can face up to difficulties in a crisis, resolve the crisis, and even find opportunities for himself and create a world of his own, then he will definitely achieve extraordinary achievements.Park Geun-hye is exactly such a person.

Since leaving the Blue House in 1979, Park Geun-hye has stayed away from the political arena, but she does not think her experience is hopeless, but instead regards it as a kind of experience.After nearly 20 years of hard work, Park Geun-hye is no longer the young girl she was back then. She has become tough, calm, peaceful, and very strong in her heart. This is undoubtedly a valuable asset.But Park Geun-hye did not want to return to the political arena. She said that she did not have the courage to return to the political arena at that time. She thought it was not only because of the heavy responsibility, but also because a series of things after her father's death made her feel that the political arena was dangerous.But an unexpected financial crisis changed her mind.

In 1997, a large-scale financial crisis broke out in Asia, and South Korea was the first to bear the brunt. A large number of companies went bankrupt, workers lost their jobs, and people's lives were in trouble.Park Geun-hye, who was just a commoner at the time, was greatly shocked. She felt heartbroken and angry when she thought that the country that she worked so hard to build might be about to collapse.One day, Park Geun-hye saw people sleeping in the street lined up in a long line to receive a relief dinner on the street. She met a person in line, and the person turned his head away in shame.Park Geun-hye felt very worried, and interrogated her heart: "Who caused this?"

From that day on, Park Geun-hye worried about the future of the country every day, and thought about what she could do for the country, even if it was a small thing, she had to make her own contribution.Park Geun-hye asked herself: "Now that the country is on the verge of collapse, how can I still live a peaceful and comfortable life? How will I face my own heart in the future, and how will I face my parents who gave their lives for the country after death?"

At the same time, the people living in difficulties also began to miss the prosperity of Park Chung-hee's leadership era. They hoped that a strong leader would stand up to lead the Korean people out of the crisis and create a prosperous and stable life. In December 1997, the 12th South Korean presidential election began.Park Geun-hye saw an opportunity: As the daughter of Park Chung-hee, isn't it a good time to return to politics and contribute to the country?Park Geun-hye decided to fulfill her father's unrealized dream and lead South Korea to prosperity.As a result, Park Geun-hye returned to the political arena and began to help the presidential candidate of the Grand National Party, Lee Hoi-chang, run for election.The love and responsibility for the country made Park Geun-hye determined to take the road of "Politics Park Geun-hye" again, dedicating her life to the destiny of the country, even in the face of difficulties and obstacles.

On the road of life, some people can seize the fleeting opportunities and flex their muscles to realize their ambitions; some people can only watch the opportunities slip away from their eyes.When an opportunity comes, it is not easy to be recognized. It may disguise itself as another image, and opportunities may be contained in failures, setbacks, and crises.The far-sighted man sees opportunity even in misfortune and failure, but the short-sighted man sees only flaws even when opportunities lie before him.Opportunities do not allow you to think backwards and forwards, look left and right, so don't cherish the past failures, take a long-term view, grasp the present, work hard, and firmly grasp the opportunities when they come.

Tao Huabi, who is at the helm of Laoganma Chili Sauce, also encountered many difficulties when her business just started. Because of the small output and little reputation, even the factories that produce glass bottles were reluctant to pay attention to her.In order to open up new markets, Tao Huabi used a "stupid method": she packed chili sauce in a basket, and went to the canteens of various units and roadside shops to sell it.Unexpectedly, it is such a marketing method that is despised by many famous merchants that more and more people start to like the brand of Laoganma.With the rapid increase in orders, Tao Huabi immediately decided to expand the production scale, thus seizing the opportunity to make a bottle of 5 yuan chili sauce into a brand as famous as Moutai.

Opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared. There is an old saying in China: "One minute on stage, ten years off stage." We always envy others' success, thinking that his success is due to "good opportunities", but we don't see it. How much effort he put in before this.The reason why Park Geun-hye was able to seize the opportunity and successfully return to the political arena is inseparable from her accumulated efforts.During her 1 years of seclusion, although she stayed away from politics, she never stopped working hard.Park Geun-hye not only insisted on paying attention to national information, but also constantly enriched her mind through reading, traveling, writing and other methods.She has already prepared for politics in all aspects.

There is no gain without hard work, and without hard work day after day, you will be at a loss when opportunities come.There are always some people in life who just sit and wait for opportunities. In fact, these people are just like the hunters who "wait for the rabbit" and want to succeed without putting in effort.As everyone knows, even if the opportunity is in front of them, they may not be able to find it, let alone seize the opportunity and take advantage of it.If you want to be successful, you have to work hard from now on, enrich yourself in all aspects, and be prepared.In this way, when opportunity knocks on your door, you can calmly welcome it, seize it, use it, and let it help you realize your ambitions and dreams.

Keep working hard in fierce competition
After returning to the political arena, Park Geun-hye faced tremendous pressure, and her Grand National Party was also defeated in the competition with her opponents.Park Geun-hye withstood the pressure, overcame many difficulties, worked hard and won victories again and again.

Competition not only brings great pressure to people, but also forces people to work hard and grow continuously in order to defeat their opponents.In the face of powerful opponents, only by making unremitting efforts and improving our own strength can we be invincible in the fierce competition.In competition, a person is like a ship sailing against the current. If you don’t advance, you will retreat. If you don’t work hard, you will soon be defeated by your opponent and miss your success.The process of Park Geun-hye being elected president of South Korea can be said to be a history of continuous efforts.

At the beginning of her return to politics, the presidential candidate Lee Hoi-chang supported by Park Geun-hye did not have a good chance of winning.But she was not discouraged, but worked tirelessly, traveling all over the country for campaign activities.During the campaign, the crowd was so enthusiastic that they scrambled to shake Park Geun-hye's hand and squeezed her buttons off.Park Geun-hye also suffered a car accident during the election campaign. Others advised her to go to the hospital for examination, but in order to prevent the public from waiting, she refused to go to the hospital and continued to rush to the election.Although Lee Hoi-chang still lost to his opponent Kim Dae-jung in the presidential election, this did not disappoint Park Geun-hye. For her, this election was just the beginning of her future success.

In 1998, Park Geun-hye participated in the by-election of members of Congress.She was facing many difficulties. Not only was she interfered and sabotaged by competitors everywhere in her work, but she even had no campaign funds.Due to insufficient funds, the staff could only cook for themselves every day, but their honesty touched the people, and people began to send them food and cash.Park Geun-hye ran around, visiting voters non-stop every day, and sometimes even had to walk for more than 20 hours a day. She broke several pairs of leather shoes, and her legs were red and swollen every night.Park Geun-hye's efforts were not in vain. In the end, she defeated her opponent by a landslide and was elected to the National Assembly.

Before the 2004 congressional elections, the Grand National Party was exposed to corruption and other scandals, and its support rate plummeted.Park Geun-hye was appointed as the party representative of the Grand National Party in the face of danger. She is determined to lead the Grand National Party out of the predicament and rise again.Park Geun-hye moved the Grand National Party to a tent to show her determination to fight corruption.The working conditions in the tents are very poor. They have to endure the cold wind in winter and the scorching heat in summer.In order to canvass votes, Park Geun-hye only slept for two or three hours a day, and even almost fainted during the canvassing due to lack of physical strength.Due to too many handshakes with the public, Park Geun-hye's hands were swollen and she couldn't even hold the chopsticks. She wrapped her hands with bandages and continued to visit voters.Park Geun-hye's sincerity and hard work finally moved the people. In the final election, the Grand National Party successfully reversed.

If there is one secret of success that we can learn from it, it is Park Geun-hye's tenacious and never-daunted spirit.Modern society is a highly competitive society. Everyone seems to be in a fierce arena. If you don't work hard, you will be ruthlessly eliminated by society.As the saying goes, "Natural selection, survival of the fittest", in order to improve your ability to survive, you must continue to work hard and struggle.Mencius once said: "Born in sorrow, die in peace." If there is no pressure in life, there will be no motivation to work hard.And rivals and competition can mobilize your best state, keep you vigilant at all times, and continue to move forward bravely under the pursuit of your opponents.

Sometimes, even with the best effort, there is a risk of failure.You can complain that fate is unfair, or that the time has not come, but these should not be a reason for you to give up your efforts.When helping Lee Hoi-chang to run for the presidency, Park Geun-hye knew that the chances of winning were not high, but she still put in [-]% effort. Although she didn't succeed in the end, she exercised her abilities and improved the public's goodwill and trust in her.Fate may not reward you immediately, but your efforts will eventually bring rewards, perhaps career success, improvement of personal ability, or expansion of horizons, all of which will make you better.

Setbacks and failures can be devastating, but they don't stop you from trying.Success is often accumulated bit by bit from adversity. If you surrender early, you will not even be able to touch the edge of success.In the several elections after Park Geun-hye returned to politics, which one did not face many difficulties?But she did not flinch, but faced up to the difficulties, overcame the difficulties with her own efforts, and finally ushered in victory after victory.

For ordinary people, we may not face elections that determine our own political destiny, but there are still plenty of contests in everyday life.Students have to compete to enter their ideal university, and after graduation they have to go through competition to find a good job, and they have to constantly improve their own value in the competition.When others are moving forward bravely, if you don't work hard yourself, how can you compete with others?There are many definitions of success, but hard work is the only way to achieve success.

"Notebook Princess", the power of taking notes frequently

As South Korea's first female president, Park Geun-hye also endured a lot of criticism while enjoying the glory. People even gave her many nicknames, "notebook princess" is one of them.However, Park Geun-hye does not think such a nickname is an insult to herself. On the contrary, she is also proud of being good at taking notes, and even uses "notebook princess" as her account on social networking sites.

As the saying goes, "a good memory is not as good as a bad pen", this sentence emphasizes the power of taking notes.No matter how good your memory is, you will sometimes forget things if you rely on your brain alone.If you take notes and make this matter black and white, it will not only deepen your memory, but you can also look it up whenever you forget it.For students, the best way to learn is to take notes and read them repeatedly, and the knowledge they master will increase.Park Geun-hye, known as the "notebook princess", has been well versed in taking notes since she was young.

Park Geun-hye learned the habit of taking notes from her parents. Her father Park Chung-hee always carried a notebook with him when he was working. After hearing the opinions of politicians and the demands of the people, he would carefully record them in the notebook.Outside of work, Park Chung-hee often takes out his notebook to look through it, and thinks about countermeasures based on the problems recorded in the notes.Before going to bed, if some ideas pop up in his head, he will get up immediately and record the ideas in his notebook.Like her husband, Park Geun-hye's mother Lu Yingxiu, when visiting the people's livelihood, she will record the complaints and opinions of the people in her notebook, and will send special personnel to study the solutions.The young Park Geun-hye didn't understand why her parents did this, so her mother told her that people's memory will make mistakes, and what they said may be forgotten, but if these are recorded in words, they will never be forgotten. changed.

After returning to the political arena, Park Geun-hye also inherited her parents' habit of taking notes frequently. Whether she was giving a speech, attending a meeting or visiting the public, she would carry a notebook with her to record all important content.When visiting the people's livelihood site, Park Geun-hye tried her best to discover the real problems with her own ears and eyes, and recorded the problems she found and the opinions reflected by the public in her notebook.In this way, her little notebook has become a "commitment notebook" with the public. As long as there are problems that she promises to the public to solve on the spot, she will send someone to deal with them and track the progress.

The staff around Park Geun-hye called her notebook the "Horror Notebook" because she often opened the notebook and asked the staff one by one whether it had been implemented according to the contents recorded in it.The reason why Park Geun-hye did this is to keep her promise to the people. She believes that once an oath is made, it must be obeyed, so as to gain the trust of the people.Later, Park Geun-hye also produced the "White Paper on the Practice of Great National Agreements" based on her own notes, which recorded in detail the things she had promised with the nationals.

The notebook is not only the source of Park Geun-hye's strength, but also the guarantee of her work quality.Some people are often confused at work, either forgetting their tasks or not remembering the workflow.These people should learn Park Geun-hye's method of taking notes, and record their daily work tasks and specific items, so that they will have rules to follow in practice and no longer be in a hurry.In addition, notes can also be used as a reminder to oneself, reminding oneself of the responsibilities and obligations that must be fulfilled.If everyone can write down their promises in black and white and practice them meticulously, then our society will become a better society.

In addition to recording work matters, the notebook also has another purpose, which is to make reading notes.In this regard, Park Geun-hye also set an example for us.During her seclusion, Park Geun-hye read a large number of philosophical books. If she saw words and sentences that touched her, she would copy them in a notebook and read them whenever she was in a bad mood.Park Geun-hye said in her autobiography that those notes brought her comfort and peace, and were her compass in life.

There are many celebrities in the world who have the habit of taking notes like Park Geun-hye, for example, artist Leonardo da Vinci, physicist Fermi and Chinese writer Qian Zhongshu.These three people are very smart people, so why do they still use the "stupid method" of taking notes?It is very easy for modern people to acquire knowledge, as long as they search on the Internet, so many modern people seem to know everything, but in fact they know nothing.

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