Self-confidence is the first step to success
The story happened on a Sunday in Chicago, USA. A group of international students from China met such a thing when they were walking: a young American couple was walking with a 3-year-old child. The child was a little naughty and accidentally fell into the mud ditch by the side of the road. There is no water in the mud ditch. China students tried to rush to save the child, but the young couple stopped them and said, "Let the child get up by himself." As a result, the child finally got up from the mud ditch after repeated efforts. The parents in this story seem a little unfriendly to us in China. A 3-year-old child fell into a mud ditch and refused to pull him up, and others were not allowed to pull him ashore. Some people think it seems a bit cruel. However, this is the way to educate children in the United States: let children build self-confidence and self-reliance. As the saying goes, self-confidence is the first step to success.
Napoleon saves lives (self-confidence, confidence)
Once, Napoleon went out hunting. As soon as he reached the river, he heard a drowning man calling for help. Napoleon saw him flopping about in the water, but he didn't come to the shore. Instead of saving him, he immediately raised his shotgun at him and said, "Hey, if you don't climb ashore again, I'll shoot." Hearing this, the man was so scared that he forgot that he couldn't swim and swam desperately to the shore. After many struggles, the man finally climbed to the shore by himself. When landing, he angrily asked Napoleon, "Why did you shoot me from the ruins?" Napoleon calmly replied, "I won't scare you, but you won't drown yourself in the water." Now you know at least one person can save himself. "
This story can give us some thoughts: if you don't aim at the drowning person with a gun, what will happen to the drowning person? Everyone will definitely say that if the people on the shore don't save him, he will definitely drown-because he can't swim. Why did the drowning man just flop in the water at first, but didn't come to the shore?
Because he had no confidence in saving himself, he thought as usual: How can he climb ashore without swimming? How to climb ashore in the future? Napoleon's muzzle aroused his desire for survival and self-confidence: he had to escape from the muzzle or he would be killed. His instinct and self-confidence got him ashore. Here Napoleon's sentence is very reasonable: "Now you know at least one person can save himself!" " "A person should believe in his own ability and have confidence in himself. This kind of self-confidence depends on the cultivation on weekdays.
Be good at listening
A long time ago, a Mongolian tribal emissary came to China to pay tribute to three identical Jin people. The golden wall was brilliant and the emperor was very happy. But the tribal ambassador was unkind and gave the emperor a question: who is the most valuable of the three gold people?
The emperor thought of many ways, and invited the best jeweler in the country to check the golden villain, weigh him and see his work. The results of all measurement methods are exactly the same. What shall we do? The messenger is still waiting for a return. A vast country, you don't even understand this little thing?
Finally, an old minister who abdicated said that he had an idea. The emperor invited the emissary to the main hall, and the old minister confidently took three straws and inserted them into the ears of three gold people ... into the ear of the first gold person, and the straws came out from the other ear. The straw of the second gold man fell out directly from his mouth, and the straw of the third gold man fell into his stomach without a sound. The old minister said: the third gold man is the most valuable! The messenger was silent and the answer was correct.
This story tells us that the most valuable person is not necessarily the most talkative person. God gave us two ears and one mouth, which was supposed to make us listen more and talk less. Being good at listening is the most basic quality of a mature person.