Almost everyone has their own lofty aspirations, but few people can really set foot on the other side of success. Why? In fact, the process of exploring "ambition" is just like the process of entering a cave in China. "The deeper you go, the harder it is to enter, and the more you look, the more strange it is." As we get closer and closer to our goal, we will find that the road will get darker and narrower, and maybe sometimes we will encounter bad weather like lightning and thunder. Most people will be scared by this scene, or complain that the road after the storm is too muddy and they don't want to go any further, so they are gradually drifting away from success. And those who "don't slack off" will eventually find the little light point that represents hope in the dark, and then find the end point in the dark.
On the other hand, we need to mention the help of foreign objects. Smart people all know that "a fake horse leads to a thousand miles", and people who are not familiar with water can also "fake a boat without water". Their similarity lies in that they both know how to use foreign objects skillfully to achieve their goals. Therefore, people who are good at counterfeiting are more likely to succeed.
There is a group of aborigines living in an oasis in the desert. They have never walked out of the desert, because every time they get lost, they will eventually return to the place where they started. It took an explorer three days to reach the oasis. He gave the natives a camel, telling them to keep thinking about the brightest star in the north and never deviate from their direction. Sure enough, three days later, the aborigines walked out of the desert.
In the above story, the aborigines got lost in the desert without a clear goal at first, and turned around in the same place. Later, it was Polaris that guided the natives and helped them out of the desert. At this time, Polaris is a clear goal, and sometimes it helps indigenous "foreign objects". Think again, if the aborigine feels carried on his back and gives up halfway, how can he cross the vast yellow sand?
Success = goal+persistence+outside help, do you understand? A Journey to Baochan Mountain tells the story of Wang Anshi, a politician, thinker and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, traveling to Baochan Mountain with several companions and crossing the mountains. It is also a metaphor, which shows that to achieve lofty ideals, besides certain material conditions, we need firm aspirations and tenacious perseverance. It seems simple at first glance, but who doesn't? However, what I emphasize is not perfunctory, but earnest, hard work and persistence. After reading this book, you will realize that if you have the ability to do a good job in one thing, even if there are many difficulties along the way, as long as you persevere, you will gain something, otherwise, "you will have enough strength to laugh at others and regret the present". Demosthenes, a famous orator in ancient Greece, stuttered when he was a child, but he kept reading and reciting every day for decades. Finally, he succeeded and became the most famous orator in Greece. It sounds a bit like a fantasy for a stutterer to become an orator, but it's true. What made him so successful? It is the power of "doing" that makes him successful, because he has the spiritual power of "doing" and "dare to do"! Of course, doing it may not be successful. The old man in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea wants to prove his value and strength with practical actions. He did it bravely, but he failed. After all, he is too old, and his strength is too weak compared with the big shark. However, his failure is valuable and his "doing" is meaningful. Although he failed, he experienced a life challenge. He surpassed himself with all his strength. His failure is his success! As Wang Anshi said in "You Bao Chan", "I aim high, and those who can't reach it can have no regrets." As long as you do your best and do it wholeheartedly, even if you fail, you will be worthy of yourself! Therefore, anything, whether successful or not, is valuable and meaningful as long as it is done. Comments: To achieve lofty ideals and achieve a career, we need firm ambition and tenacious perseverance in addition to certain material conditions.