Career planning can really help people avoid risks and avoid detours. But is there really a straight road in life? Or, is the life of straight men really happy?
After 1993 won the NBA championship, Jordan, who already had three championship rings, began to feel that his basketball career had become dull. "There is nothing to challenge." Jordan's enthusiasm for basketball began to wane.
1In August, 993, Jordan's father James drove to a friend's funeral. On the way back, he parked his car in a small town to have a rest. Two young gangsters aimed at the car, robbed it and shot him.
When the bad news came, Jordan fell into a devastating blow.
Jordan has a unique relationship with his father. They are as close as father and son and as close as brothers. They will play golf together, chat together, go clubbing together, and even occasionally gamble together.
A year before his father died, they discussed playing baseball. His father said to him, "Stop playing basketball, why not try baseball?" His father taught him that.
Two years before his father left, he once again touched the life temperature that could not be touched on the basketball court. Jordan's career has gone through a huge turning point. His father's departure made him face other aspects of his life. He decided to follow his heart and play for himself and his father for two years. Who can say that in those two years, Jordan, who seemed like a god on the basketball court, hit a wall everywhere on the baseball field, completely ashamed, and did not wear his own championship ring on his finger?
There is no straight line in life. When you see that a person has not developed in height or depth, maybe he is not degenerating, he is just filling his inner dimension and finding his own balance.
Many people don't understand this truth. They think that if a person has neither been promoted nor become more professional, he must be doing nothing. In fact, maybe that person wants to challenge his own limits and cultivate his skills in dimensions you can't see.
Jordan condensed the reasons why almost everyone thought he could succeed: the will to be a father, the desire to win, the strong self-control that no one doubted, the devotion to work harder than others, and the excellent talent of athletes. But this does not make him surpass his personal limit and become an excellent baseball player. A person may only become an excellent master in one field all his life.
What is Jordan's harvest?
I think Jordan has gained three things.