150 Wisdom Stories to Build Good Habits

Chapter 17 Dare to dare to break through, it is a good sight to walk over (1)
Inventory of Bad Habits
Follow the trend, love to follow the trend;
Afraid of competition, hesitant to do things, afraid of wolves before and tigers behind;

Worried about failure, so I always follow the path of others, not daring to find another way...

Success doesn't come true for everyone.Because it is very eccentric, it only loves the warriors who dare to take risks and are good at competition, and only belongs to the strong ones who find their own way and finally reach the peak.

In an essay titled "My Faith," Einstein wrote: "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious unknown. It is the true source of all arts and sciences." In this day and age, Whether we can taste the delicacy of life, whether we can advance into unknown areas to explore, will be determined by whether we have the spirit of adventure.Therefore, young people should develop a good habit of daring to dare to break through from now on, so that there will be more ways out.

It's better to be sure of seven points than nine out of ten
In the 20s, the "restless" McDonald's brothers resolutely bid farewell to their hometown in the countryside and ventured into Hollywood, the famous American film city.

In 1937, with the idea of ​​never admitting defeat, the two brothers, who had gone through many setbacks, borrowed money to open the first "car restaurant" in the United States. The waiters in the restaurant delivered sandwiches and drinks directly to the car. At first, the two McDonald's brothers originally opened a roadside restaurant, which was positioned as a business model of service to the car and convenience for passengers.

Due to its unique form and convenient dining, the restaurant became an instant hit, and their "drive-in restaurant" was the local leader for a while.Later, people followed suit one after another, and the number of people running "car restaurants" increased day by day, and the business of the McDonald's brothers was not as good as before, and it went from bad to worse.

In the face of fierce competition, the McDonald brothers did not shrink back, feel depressed and depressed, but continued to think hard about a good strategy to bravely surpass themselves again.They abandoned the original "car restaurant" service concept, and instead made a big fuss about the word "fast", typing "If you want fancy and high-end food, please go elsewhere, if you want simple, affordable and fast food, please come to me." The brand-new business philosophy of "Come here" has attracted thousands of customers to flock to it, thus winning in one fell swoop.

But the two brothers are not satisfied with the status quo, but continue to dare to think and do, and dare to win in "leading" and "surprising".For example, a series of measures such as the use of small paper plates, paper bags and other disposable tableware were introduced successively, and a series of measures such as the revolution of kitchen automation were carried out to continuously meet new challenges.

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There is not much difference in the innate IQ of human beings. The reason why they are finally divided into talents and mediocrities lies in whether they have the courage and spirit to dare to be the first in the world.Some people think that life is sticking to the rules, following the familiar things, and walking in a well-established track.Therefore, they always want to know where they are going, and they don't want everything in life to escape their control, and everything must be carried out according to their own arrangements.But in this way, they become cautious "security experts".Therefore, doing things is completely dependent on one's own "plan", and dare not make any changes.And always afraid of failure, and become a perfectionist, dare not make any new attempts, dare not accept new challenges, and give up self-adventure and hard work in order to ensure the safety factor of success.Finally, when a group of people rush forward, they become the sad laggards, who can only wait and see for success.

As the saying goes: To fight a war is to rely on seven points to grasp three points of risk.Before people do a certain thing, it is impossible to foresee the whole process and outcome of the future [-]%.If he wants to wait until he is "sure of everything" before he is willing to move forward, then he is only worthy of being a follower who has followed far behind the pioneers without making any achievements.Teenagers must develop the habit of daring to dare to break through, so that they can appreciate a different kind of life scenery.

Rather than clinging to experience, it is better to be bold

Unfortunately, an ocean-going ship ran aground and sank in the vast ocean. The nine surviving crew members desperately landed on an isolated island to survive.

But the next situation was even worse, because there was nothing on the island that could be used to satisfy the hunger except stones, which were still stones.What's more, under the scorching sun, everyone was smoking with thirst, and water became the most precious thing.

Although surrounded by sea water, everyone knows that sea water is bitter, astringent and salty, and cannot be used to quench thirst at all.Now the nine people's only hope of survival is that it will rain or other passing ships will find them.

The nine people began to wait for a long time in suffering, but there was no sign of rain in the sky, and the sky was boundless sea water except for sea water, and no ships passed this deadly silent island.Gradually, they couldn't hold on any longer.

Eight crew members died of thirst one after another. When the last crew member was about to die of thirst, he couldn't bear it anymore and threw himself into the sea water, gulping down a stomach full of sea water.After the crew drank the seawater, they could not feel the bitter taste of the seawater at all. On the contrary, they felt that the seawater was very sweet and very thirst-quenching.He thought: Maybe this was his hallucination before dying of thirst, so he lay quietly on the island, waiting for the god of death to come.

However, he woke up and found that he was still alive. Surprisingly, he relied on drinking the sea water near the island to survive, and finally waited for the rescue ship.

Later, when people tested the seawater, they found that the seawater was actually delicious spring water due to the continuous churning of underground spring water.

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In general, experience is our good helper in dealing with everyday problems.As long as you have experience in a certain aspect, you will be able to deal with problems in this aspect with ease.However, in today's era of rapidly changing information, experience cannot represent everything, and sticking to old experience does not mean that it is always correct.Therefore, we should not believe in "talks of experience", but have the courage and spirit of a newborn calf not afraid of tigers, dare to do it, and believe that a calf can also break out a new world.

Going forward in an adventure
On the eve of the Battle of Maringo, Napoleon sat in his tent, gazing at a map of Italy spread out in front of him.He pressed four nails on the map, and moved the nails while thinking.

After a while, he said to himself, "Everything is all right now, I'm going to catch him here!"

"Catch who?" asked an officer beside him.

"Merati, the old fox of Austria, he is coming back from Genoa, passing through Turin, and attacking Alexandria. I will cross the river and meet him on the plains of Serbia, and defeat him right here." Napoleon pointed to Marin fruit.

However, after the start of the Battle of Maringo, the French army was strongly resisted by the enemy, leaving only the power to parry, and the victory carefully planned by Napoleon was about to come to naught.

When the French army was retreating, Napoleon's general, Dessa, led a large cavalry across the field and stopped near the hillside where Napoleon stood.There was a little drummer in the team, a waif Desar took in on the streets of Paris, and he had been fighting in the French army in the Egyptian and Austrian campaigns.

When the army stopped, Napoleon called to the little drummer: "Beat the drums."

The child did not move.

"Little tramp, beat back the drums!"

The child took a few steps forward with the drumsticks, and said loudly: "Ah, my lord, I don't know how to beat the snare drum. Desa never taught me. But I can beat the snare drum, yes, I can beat the snare drum." The marching drum, which makes the dead line up. I've played it at the pyramids, I've played it at the Tebo River, I've played it at the Rodi Bridge. Oh my lord, may I play the marching drum here too ?”

Napoleon turned to Dessa helplessly: "We have lost the battle, what should we do now?"

"What to do? Beat 'em! There's still time to win. Come on, little drummer, beat the snare, as at Taber and Rody Bridge!"

After a while, the team followed Desa's sword light and the violent drummer's drumbeat, and swept towards the Austrian army.They did not hesitate to shed blood and sacrifice, and the enemy was beaten back steadily.Desa fell in the first row of enemy bullets, but the team did not waver.When the cannonade died down, the little waif was seen at the head of the procession, marching straight forward, still beating the marching drums.He passed over dead and wounded, over camp and trench.His footsteps are calm, his drums are exciting, and he opens the way to victory with his courageous and adventurous spirit.

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It is the mission of a successful life to go forward in adventure.The courage to take risks is the pioneer of young people's influence.If you look forward and backward in doing things, even if you have extraordinary abilities, you will not be able to act because you lack the courage to take risks.Without action, you can't show your talents, and you can't let others see your abilities. Naturally, you can also have influence.

Adventure, the best way to wake up the "vegetative"
A young man met a sailor on the seashore, and they struck up a conversation.

"Why do you love the sea so much?" asked the young man. "There is thick fog there, and it is damp and cold, and sometimes there are storms."

"Yes, but not always. Sometimes the sea is bright and beautiful; sometimes it is gentle and quiet. But I love the sea in any weather," said the sailor.

"Isn't it dangerous to be a sailor?" asked the young man again.

"Yes, but a man who loves the sea doesn't think too much of the dangers. Everyone in our family loves the sea," said the sailor.

"And where is your father now?" asked the young man.

"He died in the sea."

"Where's your grandfather?"

"Dead in the Atlantic Ocean."

"Where's your brother?"

"He was swallowed by a crocodile while swimming."

"In that case," continued the young man, "if I were you, I should never go to sea."

The sailor was silent for a while, and then asked: "Then, will you tell me where your father died?"

"Oh, he died in bed," said the young man.

"Where's your grandfather?"

"Also dead in bed."

"So if I were you," said the sailor, "I should never go to bed."

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Adventure and reward often go hand in hand.To have great results requires taking risks.Only those who are good at seizing opportunities and taking moderate risks will achieve success in their careers.Some people are very smart and see unexpected factors and risks too clearly, so they dare not take a little risk. As a result, their cleverness is misunderstood by their cleverness, and they will never be able to reach a higher level.Many successful people do not necessarily "know" what you do, the important thing is that they "dare" to do more than you, and everything is differentiated between the nuances of "will" and "dare" possible.

The vast world is changing, Momo's life is ups and downs, but the future scenery is hidden in the mist, bursting out there, there are bumpy mountain roads, and there are muddy swamps, one foot is deep and the other is shallow. Although there are dangers, this is the way to A shortcut to success and happiness.If you haven't thought about taking risks at all, then you can only stay where you are, be content with the status quo, neither retreat nor advance.Your life is likely to be as dull and lazy as a vegetable.

Many people seem to spend their lives "in bed" because they never want to take any risks, whether in life or business.But there is virtually always the risk of being run over by a car when we cross the road, and the same risk of being sucked into headstreams or rough waves when we swim in the sea.Everyone faces risks every day unless we stay rooted in one spot forever.

sell the ax to the president
The Brookings Institution of the United States is famous for cultivating outstanding salesmen in the world.It has a tradition of designing a practice question that can best reflect the strength of a salesperson when each student graduates, and let the students complete it.

During Clinton's administration, the society launched a topic: Please sell a pair of briefs to the current president. In the past 8 years, countless students have racked their brains for this, but in the end they all returned without success.After Clinton left office, the Society changed the title to: Please sell an ax to President Bush Jr.

The Brookings Institution promises that whoever can do it will give him a golden boot engraved with "The Greatest Salesman".Many students have no confidence in this, and even think that the current president lacks everything, and even if he lacks, he does not need to buy it himself, and it is impossible to sell the ax to the president.

However, a salesman named George Herbert did it.The salesman is very confident in himself and thinks it is entirely possible to sell an ax to President Bush Jr., because President Bush has a farm in Texas with many trees growing in it.

George Herbert wrote a letter to Bush Jr. with great confidence.The letter said: Once, I had the honor to visit your farm and found that there are many cornflower trees, some of which are dead and the wood has become soft.I think you must need a small ax, but judging from your current physique, the small ax is obviously too light, so you need an old ax that is not very sharp. Now I happen to have one here. It was left by my grandfather. For me, great for cutting down dead trees...

Later, George received a remittance of $15 from President Bush and a golden boot engraved with "The Greatest Salesman".

After the success of George Herbert, the Brookings Institution said in honoring him that the Golden Boot had been vacant for 26 years. Over the past 26 years, the Brookings Institution has trained tens of thousands of salesmen and created hundreds of millionaires. The reason why this golden boot was not awarded to them is because the Brookings Institution has always wanted to find such a person. People don't give up because someone says a certain goal can't be achieved, and don't lose confidence because something is difficult to achieve.

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Success is like a hidden door. As long as we dare to take risks and push it bravely, the things inside the door will open your eyes.Life is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat.Therefore, no matter the road ahead is paved with thorns or storms, only by going forward bravely can you reach the other shore smoothly. Don’t give up because of temporary difficulties.

You can't change your surname, but you can change your "sex"

During the American Civil War, the Union Army led by Lincoln suffered repeated setbacks in a certain stage, which made Lincoln feel very bad. Whenever he encountered unpleasant things, he couldn't control himself and lost his temper.

One day, Lincoln found a teacher wandering outside the door, as if there was something wrong.A restless Lincoln walked out of the office and asked, "Sir, what are you doing here?"

The teacher said: "I have one thing, but I am a little embarrassed to say it. I want to take a few days off to go back to my hometown because my mother passed away."

As soon as Lincoln heard the word asking for leave, he became very angry. He said sternly: "You are already a division commander, don't you understand what to do as a soldier? It is now a war, and every soldier of ours They are all fighting for independence, and the soldiers in front are bleeding all the time, is family affection more important than bloodshed?"

"I think I should say goodbye to my mother for the last time. Isn't the war just for our mother?" the division commander argued. "But I cannot grant your request, because the war needs you!" Lincoln cried.

Seeing that Lincoln lost his temper, the division commander didn't say anything, and went back to the barracks disappointed.

In the early morning of the next day, just after dawn, the teacher was still sleeping when he heard someone knocking heavily on the door outside. He put on his clothes and opened the door. He was surprised that it was Lincoln standing outside the door.

(End of this chapter)