A girl, because of her delicate body when she was a child, always fell behind in running in physical education class. This made her feel depressed and even afraid of going to physical education class. At this time, the girl's mother comforted her, "It doesn't matter, you are the youngest, you can run at the end." But remember, son, your goal next time is to catch up with the last time. "

The little girl nodded and remembered her mother's words. When she ran again, she struggled to catch up with her classmates in front. As a result, from the penultimate to the penultimate, the third and the fourth ... Before the end of a semester, her running performance had reached the middle level, and she gradually fell in love with physical education class.

Next, my mother extended the concept of "only catching up with the top one" to study. "If there is more than one classmate in each exam, it will be great!"

In this way, under the guidance of her mother's idea, this girl graduated from Peking University on 200 1 and was admitted to Harvard University with a full scholarship, becoming the only undergraduate in China who was admitted to Harvard Education College that year. This is Zhu Cheng. Later, Zhu Cheng studied for a master's degree and a doctor's degree at Harvard. During her doctoral studies, she was elected as the president of Harvard University Graduate Association, which has 1 1 graduate schools with 65,438+3,000 graduate students. This is the first China student in the 370-year history of Harvard, which caused a great sensation.

"Only catch up with the top one" is the so-called "enough, enough to pick peaches". Without a goal, you lose your direction; Without expectations, you lose your direction; Without expectations, you lose motivation. However, if the goal is too high and the expectation is too high, the result will either be inadequate or give up halfway. Clear and feasible goals and true and moderate expectations can lead people to move forward with confidence. —— Excerpted from Friends of Class Teachers, No.5, 2009.

After reading it, I realized that the concept of "only chasing the previous one" is not as ugly and difficult to understand as other principles. On the contrary, it is simple and easy to arouse children's self-confidence and high morale. The goal is small, but very specific. In the process of achieving this goal, children will do it in a down-to-earth and serious way and abandon glitz. When a child is recognized and appreciated by others in a small success, he will gradually move towards great success and achieve great things.

A word can destroy a person's confidence, even the hope of survival; But a word can also encourage a person to get out of disappointment, or let people know themselves from a new angle and change their lives from now on. So at any time, we should not be stingy to say a word of encouragement, give a trusting look and do a small thing within our power. A person's strength may be limited to himself, but he may help to inspire another person's infinite potential.