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10. Socrates insists on the truth Socrates is a famous philosopher in ancient Greece. He believes that the purpose of philosophy is not to know nature, but to "know yourself". Slave owners and rulers at that time accused him of spreading different opinions and sentenced him to death for poisoning the youth and opposing democracy. He said quietly to the judge, "As a philosopher, I insist on the ethics of philosophers. You make a condition that as long as I don't engage in philosophical research in the future, I can live. " Then, my answer is: "As long as I live, I will not give up my faith." Socrates' unswerving insistence on the integrity of truth deserves admiration from future generations.
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"Although this life is not perfect, my parents have not given up on me. They decided to let me go to school and learn knowledge like other children. " 1992, after finishing junior high school, Lumengjia was sent to our senior high school because of his excellent grades. After entering high school, her physical condition deteriorated further and she had to use a wheelchair to move. It was in a wheelchair that she completed the college entrance examination, and finally entered Renmin University of China with a score of 6 17, becoming one of more than 30 Beijing-based candidates recruited by Jincai College. The strange and fresh college life began. University courses are very tight, sometimes there are classes in the morning, afternoon and evening. At first, Lumengjia was a little worried, but the enthusiastic students extended a friendly hand to her. The boys scrambled to carry her upstairs, while the girls helped to carry her bag and special small table. In order not to disturb others as much as possible, Lumengjia restricted the amount of drinking water all the year round, and did not drink soup or porridge for lunch. Because her waist muscles began to atrophy at this time, she could only wear special steel plates to protect her waist, even in hot summer. With tenacity, she has never missed a class for eight years, and it is the most inconvenient to enter the classroom. This is a myth among her classmates.
There is an example of Beethoven.
Carnegie, the American steel magnate, said, "People who work for me should be able to become partners. If he doesn't have this condition and can't regard work as his own career, I won't give such a young person a chance. " Taking work as your own career can give you more room to play, so that you can be responsible for your work while grasping practical opportunities. Establishing the professional concept of working for yourself and cultivating your entrepreneurial spirit at work can make you succeed in your career faster.
Zhao Liang went to work in the south with his brother after graduating from high school.
He and his brother are mending tarpaulins in a warehouse on the dock. Zhao Liang is very capable and meticulous. Seeing threads and rags discarded by others, he will pick them up and keep them for later use, as if he had started his own company.
One night, a storm suddenly broke out. Zhao Liang got out of bed, picked up a flashlight and rushed into the storm. My brother couldn't stop him and called him an idiot.
In the open-air warehouse, Zhao Liang inspected one cargo pile after another, reinforcing the tarpaulin lifted by the strong wind. At this moment, the boss just drove over and saw that Zhao Liang had been turned into a aquatic creature by rain.
When the boss saw that the goods were intact, he offered Zhao a raise on the spot. Zhao Liang said, "No, I just want to see if my patched tarpaulin is strong. Besides, I live next to the warehouse, and I have a little effort to look at the goods. "
Seeing that he was so honest and responsible, the boss asked him to be a manager in another company of his own.
This company has just started business and needs to recruit several highly educated college graduates for sales. Zhao Liang's brother ran over and said, "Give me a good job." Zhao Liang knew his brother's character well and said to him, "No." Brother said, "Can't you watch the gate?" Zhao Liang said, "That won't do either, because you won't take it as your own business." My brother scolded him angrily: "you idiot, this is not your own company!" " "When he left, my brother said that Zhao Liang had no conscience, but Zhao Liang said," Only when you treat the company as your own company can you do things well and have a conscience. "
A few years later, due to his excellent work, Zhao Liang became the president of a company, while his brother was still mending the tarpaulin on the dock.
As can be seen from this example, as long as employees work conscientiously and regard their work as their own career, they will certainly get good returns.
But in our work and life, we often hear the saying that "I'm just working for the boss" or "almost enough, it's the company's business, not my own", which makes us feel that we are working for others or selling our own labor for the boss. Why not put it another way? For example, "the boss gave me a job" or "the boss gave me a chance to exercise" is essentially the same thing, but it will make us feel that we are working hard for our future, not just for the boss.
Nowadays, many young people are keen on job-hopping. They even think that jumping more and faster is a skill. "Anyway, they are all working. They are all working wherever they go. Aren't they all working to earn money to eat?" This is what they often say. They never realize that work is not purely for the boss, but largely for themselves, because they will work in this situation. Companies have efficient income, and they also have income; Companies have honors, and they also have honors; The company has improved, and their personal value has also increased accordingly. They always can't think of themselves as a member of the company, but as an outsider. They have no passion and happiness in their work, only passive response and full of grievances. Such a person will not have a good ending. They worked in unhappiness for many years, and finally lived a poor life, even a poor life. Even if they can make some unexpected achievements, they can't taste the happiness brought by success, let alone any sense of accomplishment and pride, because they will think that "it's all for others" or "it's all created for others".
There was a young man who started as his own boss, but later his business closed down because of poor management, but he never gave up the idea of being a boss again. In order to make a living, he applied for a job in an engineering company. The boss of the company attached great importance to him and handed over the most important project to his supervisor. At the same time, the company also gave him high treatment and due honor. However, he never felt the joy of working, and felt that working was like going to jail. Only after work every day will he feel free, feel his existence, start dreaming of his boss and do it with flying spirits.
At work, he also works hard, but definitely not actively, but under the pressure of his boss and the danger of unemployment. Finally, his "efforts" paid off-a project he designed and organized won an international prize!
However, on the day when he won the lottery, he committed suicide. From the suicide note, people can understand why he committed suicide: "My greatest ideal is to be a successful boss, not a successful wage earner. The more successful I am in a working-class position, the more I fail as a boss. Today, I won the international prize as a wage earner, but this is not an encouragement to me, but a great blow. I can't bear this blow. "
In fact, no matter where you are in life or what kind of occupation you are engaged in, you should not regard yourself as a wage earner. Those successful people in life never think so. They often regard the whole enterprise as their own business.
Once you have this idea, you can get more fun and benefits in your work than others. You will come early and leave late, work overtime, and the products you produce will be better than others. At this point, your boss will take your efforts seriously and treat you differently from others. When the opportunity of salary increase and promotion comes, he (she) will definitely consider you first.
Excellent employees don't have the idea of "I just work for the boss". They will regard their work as a platform to realize their ideals and ambitions, and have integrated their work with the development of the company in their hearts. In a sense, their relationship with the boss is more like comrades-in-arms in the same trench than just the relationship between superiors and subordinates. For excellent employees, no matter what they do, they are already the bosses of the company, because in their eyes, they work for themselves.
When Andy Grove, president of Intel Corporation, was invited to give a speech to the graduates of the University of California, Berkeley, he suggested: "No matter where you work, don't treat yourself as an employee, you should treat the company as your own. No one in the world can control your career except yourself. This is your own career. You are competing with millions of people every day, constantly improving your value, enhancing your competitive advantage, learning new knowledge, adapting to the new environment, humbly asking for advice, and learning new things from changing jobs and industries, so that you can go to the next level to learn and master new skills, so that you will not become a part of the 20 15 unemployment statistics. You must remember that this procedure begins on Monday. "
So, what should be done in the workplace competition to shape such a state of life? That is to think of yourself as the boss of the company, be responsible for your actions, and constantly look for ways to solve problems. Naturally, your performance will also go to a new level. Challenge yourself, go all out for success, and bravely take responsibility for failure. No matter who pays the salary, in the end, your boss is actually yourself.