This is the "art of listening". First, don't listen to half of it. Second, don't project your meaning on other people's words. Learn to listen, listen attentively and listen humbly.
B. After Columbus discovered America, many people thought that Columbus just happened to see it, and anyone else could do it if he was lucky. So, at a grand banquet, a nobleman said to him, "Mr. Columbus, we all know where America is, and you just happened to go there first!" " If we go, we will find it. "
Columbus was calm in the face of criticism. He had a brainwave, picked up an egg on the table and said to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, who can stand the egg on the table? Which one of you can do it? "
Everyone was eager to try, but they were defeated one by one. Columbus smiled, picked up the egg, patted it on the table and stood there. Columbus went on to say, "Yes, it's as simple as that. It is really not difficult to discover America, as easy as laying this egg. But, gentlemen, who did it before I set it up? "
Innovation is essentially a welcome attitude towards new ideas, new perspectives and new changes, and it is also manifested in a new perspective. Many times, people will say, is this innovation? So I know! Innovation is that simple. The key is whether you dare to think or do.
C Bernard is a famous French writer and occupies an important position in the history of French film. Once, a French newspaper held an award-winning quiz. One of the questions is: If the Louvre, the largest museum in France, caught fire and only one painting was allowed to be rescued, which one would you rob? Results Among thousands of answers received by newspapers, Bernard won the prize for this question with the best answer. His answer is: "I grabbed the painting closest to the exit."
The best goal of success is not the most valuable goal, but the most likely goal.
D. Youben, a famous Japanese entrepreneur, participated in the 100-kilometer walking training organized by the school when he was in middle school. For a child of 13 years old, the hardships of this activity can be imagined. After walking for two days, his feet were covered with blood. Many times, he wanted to stop and lie on the ground. However, whenever he has such an idea, a voice in his ear reminds him that lying down is a coward! Cheer up and move on! So he gritted his teeth and struggled to move on. Not only that, he also encouraged everyone to stick to their teeth. Some weak students can't support themselves and are exhausted. He also took them on long trips. Gradually, he felt that he had adapted to this arduous journey and the things on his back seemed to be much lighter.
Tu Guangfu later served as the president of the Japan Federation of Economic Unions and was called the "Finance Prime Minister". He said: "The reason why I can do things in the future is because the long road of Kansai Middle School has given me the greatest inspiration. I know: in the face of difficulties, people can only grow up if they meet challenges rather than escape. Once you overcome the difficulties, you will become stronger. "
It feels like a cicada growing, and the process is painful, but without this transformation, there will be no strength enhancement, let alone new life.
Overcoming yourself is the most tragic failure, and defeating yourself is the most precious victory!
E. Stallone-1850 job application rejected
There was a poor young man whose money was not enough to buy a decent suit. But he still sticks to his dream wholeheartedly. He wants to be an actor and a movie star. At that time, there were 500 film companies in Hollywood. He visited them one by one with a script tailored for himself according to his carefully drawn route and arranged list order. But when I first went there, none of the 500 film companies wanted to hire him. He didn't lose heart in the face of ruthless rejection. Soon after he came out from the last rejected film company, he started a second round of visits and self-recommendation from the first one. The second visit also ended in failure. The results of the third round of visits remain the same as those of the second round. But the young man didn't give up, and soon he gritted his teeth and started his fourth visit. When I visited the 350 film studio, the boss here promised to let him leave the script and read it first. he is filled with a wild ecstatic happiness. A few days later, he was informed and asked to discuss it in detail. It was in this discussion that the company decided to invest in filming and let him play the leading role in his own script. Soon the movie came out, called "Rocky".
This tells us: persistence is victory! !
Franklin, known as the father of America, visited an old man when he was young. Young and vigorous, he strutted into the doorframe to meet his predecessors and said with a smile, "Does it hurt?" But this will be the biggest gain of your trip today. A person living in the world must always remember to bow his head. "
Coincidentally, Socrates was asked: "You are the most learned person in the world, so what do you say is the height between heaven and earth?" Socrates said without hesitation, "Three feet!" The man disagreed: "We are all five feet tall, and there are only three feet between heaven and earth. Isn't that a poke? " Socrates said with a smile: "Therefore, anyone who is more than three feet tall must know how to bow his head if he wants to stand between heaven and earth."
The words "remember to bow" and "know how to bow" mentioned by the masters are to remember that no matter what your qualifications and abilities are, you are only a small molecule in the vast society, and you are undoubtedly insignificant. When we set our goals higher, we should sing a song on the stage of life, keep a low profile in life, look down on ourselves and attach importance to others. Franklin learned a profound truth from it and put it into his life.
In fact, our life is not like this. People who think they are incompetent often fail to see the Excellence of others; Cynics often fail to see the beauty of the world; Only those who dare to bow their heads and constantly deny themselves can learn lessons, rejoice in the success of others, be complacent about their own understanding and feel at ease in the face of setbacks.
When you come out of confusion, you will find that a bow is actually a rare realm: bow is also an ability, it is not inferiority, nor cowardice, it is a transmutation management in sobriety.
If we compare life to climbing a mountain, some people have just started at the foot of the mountain, some people are trudging to the mountainside, and some people have reached the peak. But at this time, no matter where you are, please remember: put yourself at the lowest point of the mountain, even if you "climbed to the top of the mountain to peek, you will see", you will bow your head, because in the long journey of your life, you will inevitably meet.
Bowing your head is also an ability. Sometimes, with a low nod, maybe our life will be more exciting.
G. 1 Fan Zhongyan was interested in the world in the Song Dynasty. He lost his father at the age of two and his mother was poor and helpless, so he remarried to a family named Zhu in Changshan. After being a little sensible, Fan Zhongyan learned about his family background, bid farewell to his loving mother, and went to Du Nan Academy to study hard day and night. For five years, he didn't unbutton his clothes and didn't sleep well. Sometimes I feel sleepy, so I wash my face with cold water. He doesn't even have enough thick porridge, and he often stays hungry until the afternoon. In this way, he studied hard and practiced hard. He understood and mastered the Five Classics, namely, Poetry, Calligraphy, Rites, Book of Changes, Spring and Autumn, and passionately expressed his ambition to take the world as his responsibility. He not only put forward the great wish of "worrying about the world first, but enjoying the world later", but also became a famous politician and writer in the Song Dynasty.
Feeling: Ambition is the navigation of life, the cornerstone of career and the compass on the way forward. A man without ambition is like a kite with a broken line, which can only swing in the air and can't find its own direction. You can't be ambitious without hard work. The key to a person's success is to be as persistent and diligent as Fan Zhongyan after he has established his ambition. Numerous facts also show that the higher a person's ambition, the faster his talent will develop.
Madame Curie won many honors envied by the world, but she was never intoxicated by them. A friend of Madame Curie was invited to her home. When she entered the room, she saw her little daughter playing with a gold medal just awarded to her by the Royal Society. Surprised, she immediately said to Madame Curie, "It is a very noble and rare honor to receive the gold medal of the Royal Society. How can I play for my children? " Madame Curie said with a smile: "I just want children to know from an early age that honor, like a toy, can only be played." Never keep it forever, otherwise you will accomplish nothing. " It's really important to see that nothing can be achieved by maintaining your grades.
Feeling: indifference is an open-minded attitude towards life. People who can be indifferent will regard things outside their bodies as dirt and maintain the balance between the material world and the spiritual world. Indifference is not inaction, not lack of progress, but facing life with a pure heart and tasting honor with a calm heart. Perhaps it is for this reason that Madame Curie became the only female scientist in the world who won the Nobel Prize twice.
One day, Newton walked in the garden. Suddenly, a ripe apple fell from the tree and hit him right on the head. This very common thing caused Newton to think deeply. He thought: Why do apples have to fall to the ground when they leave the branches? Why not fly to the sky and other directions? So he speculated that there is gravity in the earth, and this gravity exists for any substance. Through research, he put forward a formula to calculate the magnitude of gravity. In this way, Newton discovered the "law of gravity" that shocked the world and made great contributions to the development of science.
Perception: Thinking is the forerunner of mankind's March into science, the scout to explore the mysteries of nature, the sunshine and rain to create the flowers of invention, and the ladder to climb the peak of science. Newton discovered the "law of gravity" that shocked the world only because of his deep thinking about the whereabouts of apples.
Stephen Chow: Modesty is the first lesson in life. Flowers and applause have always been the goal pursued by young people. Stephen Chow, who worked as a waiter in a teahouse and a worker in an electronics factory, is no exception. However, the distance between reality and dreams is always far away. Stephen Chow's first job was as a handyman in a film crew, and he never had a chance to participate in the performance. Three years later, Stephen Chow began to play some small roles with only a few lines or no lines at all. If you watch the TV series Legend of the Condor Heroes carefully today, you will find his shadow in it: an unknown bodyguard only flashed on the screen for a few seconds, and finally ended his hasty appearance with death. However, none of the directors took a fancy to Stephen Chow, who was thin and unusual in appearance. After being confused, I switched to be a children's program host for four years. He won the children's love with his unique style. But at that time, a reporter wrote a report on "Stephen Chow is only suitable to be a children's program host", satirizing that he only makes faces and jumps around, and has no talent for film performance. This report deeply stimulated Stephen Chow, who posted it on the wall to remind and encourage himself to make a decent film. 1987 Really participated in the first drama "Journey of Life". Although he is still a walk-on, he finally has room to fly. From then on, he began to interpret his life legend with the humble and kindness of a little person. After struggling at the bottom, Stephen Chow became the king of comedy in the eyes of the public after shooting more than 50 comedies. In an exclusive interview with CCTV, Stephen Chow recalled this journey with self-mockery: "Some people say that my most bitter experience was playing a dead soldier in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, but I don't think so. There is a small role. At that time, the camera only photographed my hat and the back of my head. That feeling is very important to me, because it makes my feelings about the little people unforgettable. " Feeling: Humility is the first lesson in life. Only by doing this lesson well can you have a chance to make your life dazzling. For college students who just graduated, he is a good textbook.
Sun Yat-sen: Sun Yat-sen was a great revolutionary forerunner. He fought for the independence and prosperity of China for 40 years. He has no property of his own, only books, clothes and a small house donated to him by overseas Chinese. What is the driving force of his revolutionary life? It is the lofty belief of "conforming to the world trend and meeting the needs of the crowd".
Analysis: Sun Yat-sen's insistence on revolution lies in his lofty belief, that is, "the needs of the masses". Faith is like a mountain, and its height is very high. Theme: "Success and Faith", "Motivation of Success" and "Valuable Faith"
10. Liu Hulan: Great to live, glorious to die: Liu Hulan,/kloc-joined the anti-Japanese youth league at the age of 0/0, and/kloc-joined the * * * production party at the age of 0/4. During the war of liberation, he was arrested in a remote mountain village to cover the transfer of revolutionary comrades. She lay indomitable and calm under the enemy's hay cutter and died heroically at the age of 15. Mao Zedong wrote an inscription for her, "Live great and die glorious".
1 1. Huang Xing: You can swear on this heart. 19 1 The Guangzhou Uprising on March 29th, 2008 was an extremely tragic uprising. The deployment of the uprising encountered unexpected difficulties. On the day of the uprising, only 100 people led by Huang Xing were left, and the weak Huang Xing resolutely started the artillery fire of the uprising. This is an uprising that knows it will fail. Huang Xing led 100 people to fight to the death with the Qing army, and almost all the uprising soldiers were killed. Why does Huang Xing want moths to put out the fire? Because he wants to give an answer to the overseas Chinese who donated money for the uprising, he can't let the uprising abort. He wants to sound the alarm for the sleeping people all over the country and wake them up to overthrow the Manchu dynasty. "Try to kill a thief by swearing, and the book is the last word." This is a suicide note written by Huang Xing, one sent to Sun Yat-sen and the other sent to overseas Chinese in Nanyang who raised money for the uprising.
12 Hong Xiuquan: Yan Fu's worries. 19 12 years, Yan Fu became the president of Peking University. At this time, Yan Fu's comparative view of Chinese and western cultures tends to mature, and he begins to enter the stage of self-reflection and tends to return to traditional culture. He is worried that China will lose its "national character". He thinks that it will be "like a fish out of water, like a limping person, like a person who is shorter than the spirit of relying on opium. This is called sexlessness" and "sexlessness cannot survive for a long time". Out of this anxiety about the future and destiny of the Chinese nation, Yan Fu once tried to combine the liberal arts and Confucian classics of Peking University into one, which was completely used to cure the old learning. "To keep the history of sages handed down from generation to generation in China for four or five thousand years, and the moral articles on righteousness will not fall down." This behavior was kind at that time.
Analysis: How many people knew Yan Fu's good intentions to protect China's traditional culture at that time? Patriotism takes many forms. You can't just look at the problem from one angle and one eye!
Topics: "the perspective of looking at things" and "purpose and form"