Numerous facts have proved that being good at learning from other people's successful experience is not opportunistic, but an enlightened and wise move and a shortcut to success. This is because, if we want to learn from others, we must break through the ideological barriers and self-righteous narrowness, wisely choose other people's successful experiences, learn from each other's strengths, and use them for our own use, thus broadening our horizons and thinking. The genius of learning from others is that only by learning from others' experiences and lessons can we make ourselves take fewer detours and suffer fewer setbacks in the practice of exploration, thus improving the probability of success, speeding up the pace of progress and shortening the distance from the advanced. In short, innovation and development need to learn from others, and learning from others is also an innovation and development. Only by learning from others can we enrich ourselves and surpass others.
If you don't think and imitate mechanically in your study, you will only live in the shadow of others forever and fall behind the trend of the times forever. Therefore, when you see the sage Si Qi, you must not be satisfied with how much experience and brilliant ideas you have learned, but should learn the foundation and essence and strive to do your own "next article"; We must never be satisfied with learning individual scattered achievements, but strive for new breakthroughs in systematicness and standardization; We must not be satisfied with learning some specific experiences and practices, but deepen our understanding, grasp the law and seek new breakthroughs. The late Japanese business master Kōnosuke Matsushita once said, "Everything my mind sees is my teacher." He believes that there are many things in daily life that contain the revelation of truth, and it is easy for people to ignore them just because they are fleeting. For example, Newton discovered the law of gravity, when he hit himself on the head with an apple, which fell under the apple tree. Many people were hit by falling objects. Why have they never thought about it? Because only Newton thought "being hit by an apple" was an important thing, and he discovered the truth that no one else knew.
Seeing Siqi clearly points out the scale of daily progress for us. "introspection after not seeing a saint" has always sounded the alarm for yourself. This sentence not only gives people a spur to progress, but also shows the indomitable spirit and fearless fighting spirit that are in the same strain as the strong. At the same time, it also teaches people to keep a low profile, always be careful, not to talk too much, and not to be good at action. In fact, this is the essence of China's traditional thought, that is, to be soft, to be humble and unyielding, and to be a real gentleman!
It is under the inspiration of this traditional spirit that countless ancient sages have been practicing hard all their lives for decades. Today, we should inherit and carry forward this spirit and endow it with new connotation of the times, that is, to maintain a modest spirit, a state of self-confidence, a sense of self-discipline and the courage to blame, to respect honor and disgrace, to learn from it, to persevere, to explore and innovate, and to have a selfless and open character.
Be proactive and strive for progress.
Confucius said: "See the sage Si Qi Yan, see the sage and introspect." This sentence seems simple, no matter how you look at it, it is just a sentence. But if you think deeply, who can do what Confucius said today? I think it's probably very few! However, the spirit of "seeing Si Qi, but not seeing him" is something that every one of us should have.
A cheerful person must have more friends and good popularity than an introverted person. Imagine if an introverted person envies those outgoing and cheerful people, if one day he just thinks, "Hey, if I were him, I wouldn't be lonely any more, if I were him …" If he doesn't try to make himself cheerful and become popular, then he will have all the "ifs". A person with good grades will definitely not be appreciated by teachers and classmates. If a person with poor grades dreams of getting better grades, being appreciated by teachers and praised by classmates, but if he doesn't work hard to improve himself and get excellent grades one day, he will only dream, then his dream will never come true. After all, he is a person with poor grades and is appreciated by his teachers. The praise of classmates is only a dream after all. The rich must have many powers that the poor don't. If a poor man wants to have the power of the rich but just sits there begging God instead of thinking about how to become a rich man and have the power of the rich, he can only sit on the ground and beg the rich to give money. If people don't have the spirit of "seeing Si Qi", then the poor are still poor, people with poor grades are still poor, and introverts are still introverts. This will not change. Some people only point fingers when they see people with bad morals, but have you ever thought that you have such an annoying personality and others hate you, so we should have the spirit of "introspection without morality"?
We should see the sages in the Four Wonders, not the sages.