150 Wisdom Stories to Build Good Habits

Chapter 13 Be aggressive and start the "motor" that never stops (2)
Beside a fishing pond, a group of people who like fishing are fishing.It seemed that everyone was unlucky that none of the fish were hooked, so when one of them, Mr. M, caught a record-breaking fish, he was all applauded.But Mr. M had a very strange expression. He held the fish in both hands and visually measured the size of the fish, then shook his head and put the fish back into the fish pond.Although the people around were very surprised, but after all, this is their freedom, so everyone had no choice but to continue fishing as if nothing had happened.Then, Mr. M caught another big fish. He looked at it and put it back into the fish pond. Everyone felt strange.When Mr. M caught a small fish for the third time, he showed a smiling face and put the fish in his basket, ready to go home.At this time, an old man asked him: "Although people come here to fish just for fun, your behavior is unbelievable. The first two times you catch a big fish, you always put it back into the water, and the third time you catch it The fish is very small and can be caught in any fish pond, but you put it in the fishing basket with great satisfaction, why is that?"

Mr. M replied: "Because of all the plates in my house, the largest plate can only hold fish of this size."

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If a person has self-enclosed thinking and concepts, short-sightedness, and no enterprising spirit, it may be difficult to achieve success.You must know that life is only once, if you only believe in the "small plate", you will get a narrow life, but for the so-called "plate" in life, you should be aggressive and gradually expand it into a big plate, in order to get a broader life Life.

Take the initiative to attack, success is in sight

At the age of 19, there was a man who took 80 buns and rode a broken bicycle to make a living from a small mountain village to a city [-] kilometers away from his home.

He managed to find a job as a handyman on a construction site.The daily salary is 17 yuan, which is only enough for him to eat, but he still tries his best to save [-] yuan a day to help his family.

Although life is very difficult, he still keeps encouraging himself that one day he will make a difference.He has worked harder than others for this. Two months later, he was promoted to a material worker, and his daily salary was increased by [-] yuan.

Relying on himself to pay more than others, he initially gained a firm foothold.After that, he began to pay attention to the method.He believes that in order to gain a firm foothold in the new unit, he must be more recognized by everyone, and even become an indispensable person in the unit.So how can this be done?
After thinking hard, he finally thought of a small idea: life on the construction site is very boring, he thought, can we make everyone's spare time more enriching?Thinking of this, he took out the little money he had saved and bought famous works such as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin". After reading them carefully, he told them to everyone.In this way, the time after dinner is always the happiest time for everyone.Every day, the construction site is filled with joyful laughter from the workers.

One day, the boss came to the construction site to inspect the work and found that he had a very good eloquence, so he decided to promote him to be a public relations salesman.He is very encouraged that a small idea can have such an effect after being put into practice.Therefore, he applied his expertise in actively finding methods to all aspects of his work.

He handles all the problems on the construction site with the attitude of a protagonist.A worker on the night shift has the habit of urinating anywhere, and it’s useless to say anything. He tried his best to make everyone go to the toilet in a civilized manner; a worker was irritable and had to fight desperately with the contractor after drinking. He tried to calm down the conflict and satisfy all parties. ...

Although these are trivial matters, the leaders see them all.Slowly, he became the leader's right-hand man.

Because he often took the initiative to find ways, he finally waited for a good opportunity to start a business.One day, the construction site leader told him that the company originally contracted a project, but due to various reasons, it was too difficult and decided to give up.

As a person who likes to find a way in everything, he urges the leader not to give up.The leader looked at him full of enthusiasm, and suddenly said a word: "I am not sure about this project. If you are sure, you can take the lead in doing it, and I can help you."

He could hardly believe his ears: Isn't this a great opportunity for him to start his own business?He took the project without hesitation, and started working with confidence.

The young man reaped the benefits of relentless enterprise and a constant search for solutions to difficult problems, and he worked harder ever since.He now not only owns the largest construction team in the local area, but is also one of the largest grass industry operators in Inner Mongolia. Every year, more than 1 farmers provide feed such as corn and grass to his enterprise.With huge wealth, he built the world's largest chlortetracycline production plant in his impoverished hometown, whose production volume accounts for [-]/[-] of the world's total. Many fellow villagers followed him on the road of getting rid of poverty and becoming rich.The man who created the miracle, his name is Wang Dongxiao, is the chairman of Inner Mongolia Jinhe Group.

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Being proactive is a fight.Proactive people can withstand all kinds of setbacks and difficulties. They are not discouraged and unwavering. They face difficulties and face them with a smile. Life credo.Such people are confident, they will not easily give up their ambitions, and they will not easily admit their failures. This type of people is not pessimistic or desperate. They are strong, diligent, fearless, and bravely fight against fate.

Being proactive is self-improvement.A proactive person always chooses his own destiny, and challenges destiny according to his own interests, hobbies, knowledge level, and ability, rather than letting fate choose him.So their self-development is healthy, complete, and beautiful.

Of course, taking the initiative does not mean following one's temper, or singing high-profile, going to extremes, or acting blindly, recklessly, or recklessly.For the initiative, the biggest requirement is its planning, direction and goal, and clarify what it wants to do and why; it must act in accordance with the laws of science, must be honest, down-to-earth, step by step Go ahead and be clear about your goals.

Opportunities favor those who are prepared. As long as we actively use our brains in work and life, and let good ideas flow out like springs, we will find our own best coordinates.

back to the original place
There was a young man who was very dissatisfied with the status quo of his life, so he decided to consult a psychologist to help him change this status quo.

He found a clinic in an alley, walked into the doctor's waiting room, and found that it was elegantly furnished, but there were no nurses.There are two doors in the waiting room, one marked "MAN" and the other "Woman".

He walked through the door marked "MAN" and came across two more doors.One was marked "Optimistic," the other "Conservative."He knew he was a conservative, so the young man walked through the door marked "Conservative."As a result, he found himself in a room with two doors.On one of them was written "Adventurous Change" and on the other "Keeping Old Habits".He knew that it was difficult for him to let go of everything he was familiar with, so he walked in the door that said "keep the old habits".Finally, he found himself back in the alley again.

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The outside world is a constantly changing world.If you want to live better in this society, you must have an enterprising spirit. If you are blindly conservative and stagnant, you will have difficulty adapting, and then various problems will arise.Therefore, in the face of the ever-changing and ever-changing external world, you need to maintain the habit of continuous improvement, constantly change your thoughts and behaviors, get rid of the "old self", and face your own challenges with new ways of thinking and new actions. Life.

Explore Anesthesia for Surgery
Welsh, a dentist in Hartford City in the northeastern United States, was the earliest experimenter in the medical field of the Western world to perform anesthesia on the human body.Before Wales, the Western medical community had not yet found a way to anesthetize the human body, and surgical operations were performed under extremely cruel conditions.

Later, after the British chemist David discovered laughing gas, in 1844, the American chemist Kaur investigated the effect of laughing gas on the human body, took the laughing gas to various places to give lectures on trips, and performed demonstration performances of laughing gas "hypnosis" .On this day, he came to Hartford City in the northeast of the United States to perform, not wanting to have an accident during the performance.It was after the performer inhaled the laughing gas, and due to the initial excitement, the patient suddenly jumped up from his semi-comatose state, shouted and shouted in a delirium, and jumped out of the fence to chase the audience.During the chase, due to his confusion and chaotic movements, the base of his thigh was cut open by the fence, and the blood flowed like a fountain, leaving a bright red blood mark on the ground he walked on.The onlookers had long been stunned by the performer's insanity, and seeing the performer chasing them regardless of the pain, they were even more frightened. They all screamed and ran around, and the performance ended in a hurry.

Although the performance was over, Dentist Wales was very impressed by how the performer injured his leg without feeling any pain while chasing the audience.So he immediately began to conduct experimental research on the anesthesia effect of nitrous oxide. In January 1845, after the successful experiment, Wales came to a hospital in Boston to perform painless tooth extraction publicly.At the beginning of the performance, Welsh let the patient inhale nitrous oxide, put the patient into a coma, and then performed the tooth extraction operation.But unfortunately, due to the insufficient inhalation of nitrous oxide gas by the patient, the degree of anesthesia was not enough, the Welsh forceps clamped the patient's tooth and just pulled it out, the pain caused the patient to yell "Ahhh".Everyone was surprised when they saw it, and then they all cast contemptuous glances at Wales, accused him of being a liar, and drove him out of the hospital.

The Welsh show failed and his spirit was broken.Instead, he believed that surgical pain was "God's will," so he abandoned the study of anesthesia.

But his assistant Morton was different, he took the courage to start his own exploration. In October 1846, he performed an anesthesia experiment in public at the Boston Hospital where his Welsh performance failed.As a result, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he succeeded.

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Some people may think that Morton's success is entirely dependent on the foreshadowing of Wales, but in any case, he has never given up his exploration of this unknown field in his thinking, because he was inspired by Wales and his unremitting efforts. be successful.If he had always fixed his thinking in the field studied by Wales, perhaps he would not have the superb anesthesia technology today.

The hidden wisdom will always show up in some way, and finding it is finding your personality and finding the way to success.Believe in yourself, you just need to make a decision, a decision to be willing to practice your ideas and never give up, and your life will change because of this decision.

Post-Chapter Test: Are You an Enterprising Person?
There are 28 questions in this test, and each question has three alternative answers: A. Very suitable for your situation; B. Somewhat suitable; C. Not suitable for your situation at all.Please read each question carefully and answer truthfully.

The test begins

1.When encountering resistance or difficulties, do not change the established mind.

2.Seek peace in everything, no troubles, get along.

3.In the legitimate competition of life, one always wants to compete for superiority and compare strengths and weaknesses.

4.He doesn't care much about right and wrong when dealing with people, and even avoids right and wrong.

5.Believe that things are man-made, man will conquer nature, and don't want to let nature take its course.

6.When there is a conflict, the attitude of giving way is often adopted.

7.Believe that what others can do, you can do it yourself.

8.In the face of a dilemma, it is often the solution that is less effective but less difficult.

9.The etiquette must be observed, but the affairs must also be handled, and the formalities are for the affairs.

10.Be polite and thoughtful, preferring to take things slowly.

11.Dare to criticize what can and cannot be done in the class.

12.Be respectful and gentle, and keep criticism to a minimum.

13.In order to achieve a certain ideal goal, one is not afraid of suffering, and enjoys suffering.

14.He only talks about treating people with sincerity, and even ignores the necessary defense.

15.Not afraid of blows, dare to isolate.

16.We only seek norms in everything, and do not do extraordinary things.

17.Have patience and the willpower to bear in the face of difficulties.

18.It's none of your business, hang on high.

19.He has unique insights and no prejudices. In the eyes of some people, he is a proud person.

20.Be angry without fighting, and always value peace.

twenty one.Uneasy with the status quo, always wanting to change something, in the eyes of some teachers, he is a restless person.

twenty two.Just be inside the three-foot door, not outside the three-foot door.

twenty three.There is a reverent feeling for power.

twenty four.Do not seek meritorious service, but seek no faults.

25．There is a kind of respect for the strong.

26．Compared with poor students in learning.

27．A little stubborn, persistent and fighting temper.

28．I think being a general and a marshal is something that has nothing to do with me.

Grading
For odd-numbered questions, choose A to score 2 points, choose B to score 1 point, and choose C to score 0 points; for even-numbered questions, choose A to score 0 points, choose B to score 1 point, and choose C to score 2 points.Add the scores for each item to get the total score.

Test Results
If the total score is above 50, your aggressiveness is very strong; if you score 40-50, your aggressiveness is strong; if you score 28-40, your aggressiveness is average; if you score below 27, your aggressiveness is poor.

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