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"Uncle Tom's Cabin" says: There are some happy people in the world, who turn their pain into the happiness of others, who bury their hopes in the world with tears, but it becomes a seed, grows flowers and ointments, and heals the wounds of the lonely and miserable people.
Today, we read a book called Seeds together. The author of this book is a big coffee. Who is he? He graduated from Cornell University with a master's degree in educational studies from Emory University.
He's an entrepreneur, a master speaker, and a writer on the Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestseller lists. It has been widely reported by hundreds of television stations, magazines and newspapers, including CNN's Good Morning America and NBC's Today Show. —Jon Gordon.
Mr. Gordon is committed to developing positive and dynamic employees, leaders, organizations and teams. He has inspired many people in the business, educational, and professional sports worlds to put them into work with greater enthusiasm and clearer goals. The principle of positive change it advocates is widely used at West Point, Fortune 500 companies such as Dell, and the National Basketball League (NBA).
Mr. Gordon is the author of 20 books, including 8 best-selling books – Seeds, Carpenter, Intimacy, Sharks and Goldfish, The Rule Of No Complaints, The Garden, Hard Hats, and Coffee Beans– and has millions of readers around the world.
About the Translator Liu Silang, Master of Foreign Chinese And Applied Linguistics from Beijing Second Foreign Chinese College. He has been involved in the operation and translation of foreign language teaching and research publishing houses.
Reading this book, you will meet a new friend - Josh. He was a rising star in the company, but after a few years at work, he lost his enthusiasm for work. The boss gave him two weeks to consider whether to change jobs.
He set out for the countryside, where he met a super intelligent farmer. The farmer gave him a seed and promised him that if you find the right place to plant it, you will find your goal.
Where are the seeds of hope planted? Josh travels around the farm, the school he used to attend, the restaurant where he used to work, and other places in search of a suitable place. Along the way he met his parents, music teacher, former boss, passers-by, etc., all of whom inspired and loved him. He finally chose to return to his current work and ignite himself, thus achieving outstanding results.
We invite you to join Josh on this journey, where you will find great ways to ignite yourself, increase your wisdom and motivate yourself in your life and work.
A roadmap to finding meaning in life
Confusion → pain→ loss→ inspiration→ exploration→ courage→ live in the moment→ happy→ enthusiastic → grow → pay → gain
Seed the four stages of life
1. Preparation stage: Find the location of sowing. Struggling with pain, finding yourself.
2. Planting stage: Planting seeds in the present. Do what you can to serve others.
3. Growth stage: give life, root and grow.
4. Harvest stage: blossom and bear fruit, become the seed of others.
If you're looking for the meaning of your life and ready to make your mark on the world, plant this seed of inspiration in your life!
When you make decisions, you don't care where you are happiest, you care about where you learn the most, choose where you can continue to grow and reach your full potential. If there is no room for growth in a place where there is time to continue to grow. But don't leave because of the challenge. You can learn what you should learn where you encounter difficulties.
When people encounter difficulties, they want to escape. But if you want to grow, you have to face difficulties and sum up experience. In work and study, we often encounter unhappy things, but we can learn lessons to better enjoy happiness in the future. Every job, for better or worse, trains us to prepare for the future. Every challenge only makes us stronger.
Seeds is a book to help you find meaning in life and the purpose of your job, both for young people who are just entering the workplace and for those who are in a period of burnout.
Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice and a scientist, said: "People are like seeds, to be a good seed."
In this impetuous society, if you yourself do not have a purpose in life, do not have a firm eye, then you will lose the passion to do things, if you are in this state, read "Seeds", have a dialogue with your soul, ask yourself what you want, what is the fun, and thus find the source of motivation for work.
This is a rare set of good books. It teaches us that you can define yourself, not by others or external circumstances. By making a choice, anyone can quietly change the environment while remaining authentic, thinking about the way they contribute or serve around them. If you're feeling helpless in a difficult situation, if you're lost and can't find your way, if you don't know how to live up to your value, I think this set of books must have some important inspiration for you.
Mo Yang is unparalleled in the world, and gives the king a plum!