Christopher Columbus was a dreamer, a famous Italian navigator and a pioneer of geographical discovery. 145/kloc-0 was born in Genoa in August or October, and/kloc-0 died in valladolid on May 20th, 506.
Columbus was born in a worker's family in Genoa, and was a descendant of Jews who believed in Christianity. He has read Kyle Poirot's travels, and he yearns for India and China. When he grew up, he became a captain and a skilled navigator. When Columbus was young, he was a believer in the theory of the earth circle and an admirer of Kyle Poirot, who had been in prison in Genoa. He is determined to be a navigator. He is convinced that a feasible route to East Asia can be found from the Atlantic Ocean in the west.
He is determined to turn this dream into reality. He successively asked the kings of Portugal, Spain, Britain, France and other countries for financial aid to realize his plan of sailing westward to the eastern countries, but all of them were rejected. He finally persuaded Queen Isabella I and provided funds for his exploration. With the support of the King of Spain, he crossed the Atlantic Ocean from 1492 to 1502 four times and reached the American continent, so he became a famous navigator in history.
At that time, the theory of the earth circle was very popular, and Columbus also believed it. He successively asked the kings of Portugal, Spain, Britain, France and other countries for financial aid to realize his plan of sailing westward to the eastern countries, but all of them were rejected. On the one hand, the theory of "Earth Circle" is not perfect, so many people don't believe it and regard Columbus as a charlatan. On one occasion, at a special review committee on the Columbus Plan in Spain, a member asked Columbus: Even if the earth is round, sailing to the west can reach the east and return to the port of departure, then a voyage must climb from below the earth. How does a sailboat climb up? On this issue, the eloquent Columbus was speechless. On the other hand, at that time, besides traditional silk, porcelain and tea, the main demand of western countries for oriental material wealth was spices and gold. Among them, spices are essential materials for daily life and cooking in Europe, which are in great demand and are not produced locally. At that time, these commodities were mainly transported by traditional land-sea combined transport routes. The vested interests of these commodities also strongly opposed Columbus's plan to open up new routes.
Columbus lobbied around for more than ten years to realize his dreams and plans. It was not until 1492 that the Queen of Spain had a vision for heroes. She persuaded the king and even gave her private money to help Columbus, so that Columbus's plan could be implemented.
1on August 3rd, 492, Columbus was sent by the king of Spain, took the credentials of the Indian monarch and emperor China, and led three sailboats with several hundred tons, set out from John Young in Barros, Spain, and left the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the west. After 70 days and nights of hard sailing, land was finally found in the early morning of 1492+00+02. Columbus thought he had arrived in India. Later, I learned that the land Columbus landed on belonged to the Bahamas in the Balebi Sea in Central America, and he named it San Salvador at that time. On March 1493, Columbus returned to Spain. After that, he sailed west three times and landed on many coasts of America. Until 1506 died, he thought he had arrived in India. Later, an Italian scholar named Amerigo, after more investigations, realized that these places Columbus arrived in were not India, but a new continent that was unknown before. Columbus discovered the new continent. However, this continent is named after the person who proved that it is a new continent: Amelia Argo. Later, there were many whispers about who first discovered America. The conclusion that Columbus discovered the New World is beyond doubt. This is because people in Europe and even the whole old Asian-African continent really didn't know there was this continent on the other side of the Atlantic. As for who arrived in America first, that is another question, because Native Americans themselves immigrated from Asia in ancient times. It is also possible for China and Oceania to sail to America, but none of these can change the fact that Columbus discovered the new continent.
Columbus's voyage was the beginning of the era of great navigation. The opening of the new route has changed the course of world history. The influence of Columbus's epoch-making actions on human society and civilization undoubtedly occupies a decisive position in human history, and his evaluation will be different in every historical era in the future, but his epoch-making influence is beyond doubt. It opened a new era of new world development and colonization. At that time, the population of Europe was expanding. With this discovery, Europeans have two new continents to live in, and they have mineral resources and raw materials that can change the European economy.
This discovery led to the destruction of American Indian civilization. In the long run, it has also led to the emergence of some new countries in the western hemisphere. These countries are very different from the Indian tribes who once settled in this area, and they have greatly influenced the countries of the old world. It shifted the route of overseas trade from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic coast. From then on, the West finally walked out of the darkness of the Middle Ages and began to rise in the world with an irresistible trend, and in the following centuries, it achieved maritime hegemony. A brand-new industrial civilization has become the mainstream of world economic development.
Isabella promised Columbus that he could be the ruler of any land he found. But as an administrator, he was incompetent and was finally removed from his post and sent back to Spain in chains. He was quickly released in Spain, but he didn't get any official position. But until his death, he was rich.
Columbus said: Even simple things need to be discovered and verified. It is useless to stand behind and give orders. The key lies in innovation.
Socrates, a great philosopher and scholar in ancient Greece, lived with a few friends in a small room of only seven or eight square meters when he was single. Although life is inconvenient, he is always cheerful.
Someone asked him, "With so many people crowded together, it's hard to turn around. What is coke? "
Socrates said: "when friends are together, they can exchange ideas and feelings at any time. Isn't that very gratifying?"
After a while, friends got married and moved out one after another. Socrates is alone in the room, but he is still happy every day.
"I have a lot of books! A book is a teacher. There are so many teachers that you can ask them for advice at any time. How can it be unpleasant? "
A few years later, Socrates became a family and moved into a building. This building has seven floors, and his home is on the ground floor. The environment on the ground floor is the worst in this building. Sewage, dead mice, broken shoes and miscellaneous dirty things are always thrown in. Seeing that he was still enjoying himself, the man asked curiously, "Are you happy living in such a house?"
"yes! You have no idea how wonderful it is to live on the first floor! For example, entering the door is home, and you don't have to climb high stairs; It is convenient to move things without much effort; It's very convenient for friends to visit, and there is no need to knock on the door one by one to ask questions ... What makes me particularly satisfied is that I can raise a bunch of flowers and grow a bunch of vegetables in the open space. These pleasures are endless! " Socrates couldn't help saying.
After a year, Socrates gave up his room on the first floor to a friend, who had a paraplegic old man, so it was inconvenient to go upstairs and downstairs. He moved to the top floor of the building, the seventh floor, but he was still happy every day.
The man deliberately asked him again, "Sir, is it good to live on the seventh floor?"
Socrates said: "Yes, there are many benefits! Just to give a few examples: going up and down several times a day is a good exercise opportunity, which is conducive to good health; Good light, reading and writing articles does not hurt your eyes; There is no interference from the top, and it is very quiet day and night. "
Later, the man met Socrates' student Plato and asked, "Your teacher is always so happy, but I feel that his environment is not so good every time!" "
Plato said: "It is not the environment that determines a person's mood, but the mood."
Part 3, the inspirational story of successful people, is plain and strong, interesting and boring, aimless but always has a final destination, which is a small part of my life. This is a small part of our life.
This is my last day of unemployment. Tomorrow, I will carry my backpack and rejoin the 1 line with mediocre commuters.
It's strange in retrospect. This is actually the most leisure time since I graduated-no, it should be earlier, since I started my first paid internship in my sophomore year. Actually, I know myself best I have been a pervert with a high opinion of myself since I was a child. I can't get into a good high school or a good university. I have stabbed blx many times. High altitude, then descending, three exhausted, if the work performance is not brilliant, I have to ask myself to die.
So I went to work, ran from home 12 station newspaper to a stranger in Shenzhen, and then ran all the way up to Beijing. During this period, I moved eight times, changed three jobs, talked about an unsuccessful love, and met several unsuccessful relatives. The only constant thing is that I have been going to work constantly, saving money (dialect: making money) to buy food, and starting from buying a toothbrush, I have accumulated the necessities for a person's survival.
Money always makes me nervous, because there is no family assistance and savings-my mother is a humorous woman, humorous, and spends too much money. One of her famous sayings is "Of course our family has savings-around the 20th of every month". I have learned to follow her shopping cart since I was a child, picking out unnecessary things and throwing them aside. Until today, when I go to the supermarket to buy things, I still habitually check whether the barcode number matches the one on the shelf, in case I take the wrong thing and pay a few more dollars.
So you see, given this nervousness of being poor, I can't stand being stuck at home. Of course, the first few days were hard and I couldn't sleep. Tossing and turning at three o'clock in the middle of the night, staring at the furniture slowly clearing up in the dark, the ticking of the alarm clock gradually became clear. It's no use listening to music and exercising. In the end, I can only buy a tranquilizing brain tonic with dark circles like an old man.
After gradually accepting this reality, the next week is like a carnival of revenge on society. I don't want to sleep when I am awake, and I don't want to wake up when I am asleep. I had a snack for dinner and bought a bottle of 14 China Red to drink with Sprite. At that time, there was still a whole month and a half before the Chinese New Year. I'm worried about living in America and dying at home with my face eaten by a cat. Two days later, my roommate screamed and called the police.
So I plan to travel. This is a plan without passion, because I never like traveling. Travel is that some people buy air tickets and fly to other people to get rid of their disgusting shit life. These cities all look the same, with Jiefang Road, glass-walled buildings, taxis and McDonald's. As for nature, its uncontrollable height, depth, cold and overheating make me tired and lazy.
My so-called travel is all about people, not places. Once I went to Shanghai because of Lin Yihua, once I went to Guangzhou because of Lao Huang, once I went to Hong Kong because of Peng Haoxiang, and the rest were all because of a friend who loves to travel. Finally, in a bunch of unreliable suggestions, I pushed the box to Guangzhou without creativity, just because it was warm and there were the most people watching it.
Walking through a dark alley and carrying a foul-smelling river every night, I can always see Guang Zhouta when I go back to my friend's house. In the dim light of night, the small waist lamp flows, and the red lining turns green to blue. I tried to take out my mobile phone several times, but finally I gave up and wrapped my coat to speed up. I miss this glittering building as much as I miss my ideal life, although it is as vulgar as living in a clean house, not always walking around and cooking happily every day.
I didn't come back here until long after the New Year. Although I have lived here for two years, it seems that I didn't really get close to this house until recently. I clean the floating ash, the floor, the sheets, and decorate colorful and lovely gadgets everywhere. When it looks like a real home, I will sit down and shrink back into its hard shell like a stable hermit crab.
Sleep close and warm every day, like an overcooked rice cake, and then get up. Facing the bright sunshine outside the window, plug in the hard disk, open a movie that I haven't had a chance to see in a hundred years, and boil a pot of hot water. Without a job and a boyfriend, it is easy to get aphasia, because there is really no topic to chat with. So I watched patiently one by one. When I am bored, I take out my mobile phone and play with bricks. When no one is at home, Dyke's game sounds can kill the whole day.
Sometimes I will cook when I am in a good mood, provided that I hurry to the vegetable market and pick up a pile of cold and hard raw materials in the wind, which has no image. The range hood has been in disrepair for a long time, and it sounds like the motor of an old car when it is started. I sang in the noisy decibel, washed vegetables, cut meat cheerfully, patted garlic flat, marinated duck legs, pretended to be the master of China, and uncovered the splendor of the pot full of delicious food. But when everything was done, I lost my appetite, so I had to sit back in front of the computer. My pajamas smell of oil smoke. Eat a little and pour a little.
Such a day is over today. During these 83 days of unemployment, I successfully erased 4 1 movies from my hard disk, ate a little more than 5 kg of rice, cooked sour radish and old duck soup twice, flew to Guangzhou 14 days, read 4 books, wrote nearly 50,000 words, paid 4,000 yuan in rent, and emptied 1 bank card.
Hazy and intense, interesting and boring, aimless but always with its final destination, this is a small part of my life. This is a small part of our life.
Inspirational stories of successful people 4 I attended the Global Internet Summit in Wuzhen. At this meeting, there are Ma Yun and senior vice president of Apple.
The host threw a question and said, "Lei Jun, you said you had a goal. It takes 5 to 10 years to achieve the first market share of global smartphones. " I nodded. I did say that. But he didn't ask me. He went to ask Apple executives and said, "What do you think?" The administration is also very powerful. He said, "It's easier said than done."
The host asked, "Lei Jun, what do you think?" I was very, very embarrassed at that moment. I calmed down and said something that Ma Yun said: "There are still dreams. What if it is realized? " My speech level is far behind that of Ma Yun, and his appeal and speech level are beyond my reach. In particular, I heard that Ma Yun also said that he failed in the college entrance examination several times, and he was finally admitted to Hangzhou Normal University, but he still couldn't find a job. If someone like him can succeed, 80% of China people can succeed, and everyone is excited. Ma Yun is qualified to say this today, and it is particularly shocking. Everyone, especially everyone, is eager to counterattack the cloud.
After I finished saying this famous saying of Ma Yun, I added another paragraph. I mentioned that Xiaomi was just established four years ago. In Zhongguancun, a dozen people, seven or eight guns, are going to make mobile phones. Who believes we can win? The mobile phone industry is a sea of knives and mountains, with Samsung and Apple in front and Lenovo and Huawei behind. When a normal person thinks of smart phones, he thinks that this market is very competitive.
Three years ago, our product was just released and it only took three years. Who would have thought that this small company of more than a dozen people, in such fierce market competition, actually achieved the first place in China and the third place in the world? We have such achievements and such a starting line today. I think in five to 10 years, we must always have such a small dream to be number one in the world. So dreams still have to be there.
In fact, it is very difficult for me to run Xiaomi. Why? Because I was lucky enough to participate in the founding of Jinshan before, I am still the chairman and major shareholder of Jinshan today. I was lucky enough to run an e-commerce company called Joyo, which was later sold to Amazon. It should be said that my life is enough. So after Jinshan IPO, I retired, made investment for three or four years, and made angel investment, with good performance. I can definitely rank in the first row of China angel investment circle. What inspired me to make up my mind to do such a tiring thing? At the stage of my angel investment and my retirement from Jinshan, I woke up one night and asked myself a question: I am 40 years old, I have made a name for myself in the eyes of others, I have retired, and I am still making an investment that everyone envies. Do I still have the courage to pursue my childhood dreams? The older you get, the harder it is to talk about dreams. Everyone dreams the most now. Will you still have a dream when you are 40 years old? Facing the cruel reality, how many people can laugh at today and tomorrow?
I asked myself if I had the courage to try. Such an attempt is very risky, and it may lead to discredit and family breakdown. More importantly, I am already a successful person in the eyes of others. Do I need to take such a big risk to do such a difficult thing? In fact, I really hesitated for half a year. Finally, I think this dream inspired me to take a gamble. Only in this way can my life be complete. At least when I am old, I can proudly say, "I once had a dream and I tried it, even if I failed." I finally made up my mind to start Xiaomi. At first, I thought I would lose 100%, and all I could think about was how I would die, but I'm really glad that it only took us three years to achieve a result that I couldn't believe.
Why do I have such a dream? It was because when I was 0/8 years old, I accidentally read a book in the library, which changed my life. At that time, it was 1987, and I was a freshman. This book, called Fire in Silicon Valley, tells the entrepreneurial story of heroes in Silicon Valley in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The main chapter is about Jobs. According to the book, Jobs represented the American entrepreneurial spirit at that time. I remember Bill in the 1990s. When Gates was very successful, he said, "I'm just the second Steve Jobs." Steve Jobs was at the height of his power in the 1980s. After reading this book, I was excited for a long time. I clearly remember that I walked around the 400-meter track on the playground of Wuhan University for a whole night. How can we create a different life? Can we run a world-class company like Jobs in this soil of China? I think only in this way can I be worthy of my life and feel that life is valuable, meaningful and pursued.
When I have such a dream, I think it is useless to express it in words. How to implement it in actual study and work is the most important thing. At that time, I made my first plan: to complete all college courses in two years. It took me two years to achieve my goal. I was one of the few double-degree winners in Wuhan University at that time, and most of my grades were excellent, ranking sixth among the whole grade 100.
Having a dream is a simple matter, and the key is whether you can put it into practice after you have a dream. How do you practice? How do you set yourself one feasible goal after another? Of course, it is not enough to have such a goal, because success is not a simple matter, and it requires your long-term persistence and perseverance.
When I was 40, I never forgot my dream of 18 years old. I tried. I often share my dreams with many young people. I especially like a sentence called "People are great because of their dreams". As long as you have a dream, you will be different. Stephen Chow also famously said, "If you don't have a dream, you are no different from salted fish". So the key is to have a dream. Having a dream is the first step to your success. After the first step, you must prepare all kinds of solid foundations for your dreams.
Speaking of the realization of dreams, there is a famous saying recently, which I copied, and it is called "standing on the tuyere, pigs can fly". I actually want to express two meanings: first, you can't succeed without solid basic skills and diligence; Second, diligence and a solid foundation may not necessarily lead to success. You also need to grasp the big development opportunities and seize the opportunities, so that you have a chance to succeed.
Socrates was an objective idealist in philosophy and a conservative in politics, but this ancient Greek thinker attached great importance to his moral cultivation. He always asks himself not to do anything wrong, to be innocent, and not to let any dirty things get on him. Because he is strict with himself in his daily contacts, most people who associate with him praise him for his noble character.
After the famous Peloponnesian War, Socrates was unfortunately arrested and imprisoned by the democratic government of the slave owners in Athens and sentenced to death. Before the execution, Socrates was forbidden to ask him if he had anything to say. Socrates thought for a moment and said, "I still owe my neighbor a chicken, which I borrowed a few years ago." At that time, due to lack of money, I didn't pay back other people's money, and then I kept dragging it. Please tell my family that they must pay for me. "
The prison guard didn't expect this man to say such a thing before he died, so he asked him, "Is there anything else important?" "No, this big event is related to my personality." Upon hearing this, Socrates was banned from prison. I shed tears on my own initiative, and it got around.
When Jet Li first arrived in Hollywood, few people thought highly of him. Finally, a film company was willing to invite him to play, but the salary was very low, only 1 10,000 dollars. He played the villain role. Jet Li hesitated, saying that he would give a reply after careful consideration. However, when he agreed to play, the opponent changed his mind and the pay was reduced to $750,000. Money is not the most important thing, but in the Southeast Asian film market in the 1990s, the word "Jet Li" has long been a gold-lettered signboard, and it is hard for Jet Li to accept the decline from "Kung Fu Emperor" to the present situation. However, he decided to play again and again, but he didn't expect the other party to "hit the stone": "500,000 yuan, don't play." 500 thousand dollars, including lawyers, brokers, publicity companies and other expenses, after tax deduction, there is little left.
Jet Li happily promised: "I will play." In this way, Jet Li made his first Hollywood film. Although there are many superstars in the film, Jet Li scored 7.5 points on the opening night of the film and became the runner-up in the actor list. The next day, the boss of the film company personally came to the door and respectfully said, "How about asking you to play the leading role in the next film?" When strength proves everything, it's Jet Li's turn to speak, and his fourth Hollywood film will earn $654.38+07 billion. Jet Li made progress by retreating, and successfully knocked on the door of Hollywood.
He talked about the past and felt a lot. He read a philosophical poem: "put your hand in the field and look down at the water;" Six clean roads are roads, and retrogression is progress. " A gentleman doesn't complain about others, but should respect reality and avoid detours.
7 inspirational stories of successful people When he was 2 1 years old, he came to Beijing from other places to learn from teachers, but he ran into a wall everywhere. Soon, he and some friends set up a small club and made a living by busking in the street.
Whenever night falls and everyone else goes home early, he still stands on the empty stage and practices new jokes repeatedly until his voice is hoarse and his tongue keeps trembling. Friends couldn't stand it anymore, so they advised him privately. Isn't it just to make a living, so hard?
He accepted the kindness of his friends, but he still tried his best to record, recite and practice various traditional jokes. For a whole year, he hasn't seen a movie, been to a shop or even had a good sleep. After all, the sweat paid off. In just one year, he was able to perform more than 600 traditional jokes freely and became famous in the circle of friends.
But fate always seems to joke with hard-working people. Failure comes again and again, and success becomes an unreachable goal. Working silently and being ignored is extremely depressing. Once, he practiced late into the night as usual before riding home. But just how far I rode, my bike broke down. In the street in the middle of the night, the bus has stopped, and he has no money to take a taxi. There was an important performance the next afternoon. He stamped his foot, bit his teeth, left his bike on the side of the road, and crustily skin of head walked to the rental house in the suburbs.
It was the rainy season, and the sky was dim. When he returned to his residence, he was all wet. He was dizzy, collapsed on the bed and began to have a high fever. He knows in his heart that something will happen if it goes on like this. So, I finally propped myself up, rummaged through everything to find a broken pager, took it to the street and sold it for more than ten dollars. I bought two steamed buns and several packs of cold medicine, but I just survived.
In the afternoon, when he arrived at the performance site with a sallow face, his partner was startled and asked him what had happened. He smiled and said what happened last night. Looking at his haggard face, his partner's tears swirled in his eyes. His partner patted him on the shoulder and helped him to the front desk without saying anything.
With nothing, he just used this stubbornness to gain a firm foothold in the fiercely competitive Beijing. A few years later, in a competition, his self-confidence, calmness and humor attracted the attention of the famous crosstalk actor Hou. Hou expressed his intention to accept him as an apprentice through others. Hearing the news, he asked his partner Yu Qian to hit himself twice. Yu Qian slapped him twice, and tears suddenly fell down. The two big men hugged each other tightly and the children burst into tears.
A few years later, he, Degang Guo, has become famous all over the country. A reporter dug up his stories over the years and asked him why he could persist until now. He smiled and replied, "When I was young, my family was poor. It was raining at school, and other children were standing in the classroom waiting for the umbrella. But I knew there was no umbrella at home, so I ran home in the rain. Children without umbrellas have to run like hell! People like us who have no background, no family and no money have nothing. What's the point of living if you don't work hard and run hard? "