"Modesty makes people progress, and pride makes people fall behind." Chairman Mao's words are incisive and profound. Modesty means not being complacent, being able to know yourself correctly, learning from others' strengths and making up for your own shortcomings; Pride means getting carried away with a little achievement and not knowing your name. Just like this middle school student, you get carried away and don't know why, so that your grades plummet.
"full of losses, modest benefits." A person's real strength is like the numerator of a fraction, and his imaginary strength is the denominator. If you put your position higher, the denominator will be bigger and the real value will be smaller. We cannot be like a ball. As soon as we have the result, we will jump high. The higher we jump, the worse we fall.
The ancient teachings of Confucius and Old Master Q that "a threesome must have a teacher"; Today, Xing Tao's "a word is a teacher" is not ashamed to ask questions ... anyone who achieves great things, ancient and modern, at home and abroad, is open-minded. Mr. Mei Lanfang, a famous Peking Opera master, has made great achievements in the art of Peking Opera, but he still studies hard and learns from others. Once when performing "Killing Life", a 60-year-old man couldn't say it well among many cheers. Mei Lanfang took the old man to his home by car before unloading the goods, and humbly asked for advice. The old man pointed out seriously: "The horn should go up and down the stairs, but you go up and down, sir, which is not in line with the regulations of the pear garden." Since then, whenever there is a performance, Mr. Mei Lao will invite the elderly to watch it in order to make greater progress. This seems trivial, but it really reflects a problem. As Meng Tian said, "Scholars are like ears of wheat in the field. When the ears of wheat are empty, they always hold their heads high; When the ears of wheat are full, it always looks docile and hangs its head. "
On the contrary, pride is like a demon, gnawing at the beautiful heart of human beings. Once you fall into it and get carried away by it, you will be defeated and the consequences will be unimaginable. Zhong Yong Tian Zi is smart, and his pride and complacency will eventually disappear from everyone; Xiang Yu's millions of soldiers ended up in ruin; ……
In short, people should have a correct understanding of themselves, have a correct attitude, constantly enrich themselves and improve themselves. You can't be complacent as soon as you get results, and you can't feel sorry for yourself all day. "Modesty makes people progress, and pride makes people lag behind", which is true for individuals, countries and nations. Only by recognizing our own present situation, learning from other countries and nations with an open mind, taking its essence and discarding its dross, can the country be revitalized and the nation be strong; On the contrary, there is no way out if you are complacent and closed to the outside world at the first sign of progress.