Wen | Jian Xin (Author of Fushu)
At the end of the year, many people in the circle of friends are doing their year-end summary of the year.
In addition to what they have experienced and achieved this year, there are also some who complain that "the flag at the beginning of the year has finally become a wish made...".
Many people can't help but ask, how can you do what you want to do?
Teacher Yi Zhongtian said in a recent interview: If you want to do a good job, the key is whether you do it or not! It's okay to do it slower. Do things, not afraid of slow, only afraid of standing.
I especially agree.
Most of the things that are not done die in procrastination
When I was in elementary school, I learned a fable called "The Cold Horn Bird", which tells the story of magpies and cold trumpet birds nesting.
There is a stone cliff at the foot of the mountain, and there is a slit on the stone cliff, and the cold trumpet bird uses this slit as its nest. On the opposite side of the rock cliff there is a large tree with a magpie living on it.
A few gusts of autumn wind blow, and winter is coming soon.
On this day, the weather was clear, and the magpies flew out early in the morning, looking east and west, bringing back some dry grass, and busy building a nest for themselves to spend the winter. The Cold Horn Bird goes out all day and goes to sleep when it comes back.
The magpie said: Cold trumpet bird, don't sleep, it's a sunny day, hurry up and make a nest.
The cold trumpet bird did not listen to the advice, and said in the crevice of the cliff: Silly magpie, the sun is shining, just sleeping.
Winter is coming, magpies live in warm nests, and the cold birds are so cold that they can't sleep, saying, "Make a nest tomorrow." ”
But the next day the wind stopped, the sun came out, and the cold bird said, "Bask in the sun first, and get over it."
In the cold winter moon, the cliff cracks are as cold as ice cellars, and the cold trumpet birds repeatedly wail and say, "Tomorrow I will make a nest." ”
At dawn, the magpie tried to call the trumpet bird, only to find it freezing to death in the night.
This is probably what we often call "dragging and dragging, you die".
There's a theory that if you're determined to do something and haven't acted on it in 72 hours, your odds of doing it are close to zero.
If things are not done, it is not necessarily that you are not capable, it may be that you have not done it at all.
As the Psychology of Procrastination says:
Whatever your reason for procrastinating, or whatever comfort it gives you, you'll pay the price it deserves.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," or "JUST DO IT," tells us: do it.
Everything is prepared as 0, and starting to do it is 1
Half of those things that are done are done because they are started, and the other half are done.
There is a sister in my circle of friends who seems to have lived a light, her 2021 driver's license, promotion, experience rock climbing with children, and vest line cultivation, 40th birthday to complete their first marathon...
Everything is enviable, and I asked her how these things were so easy for her, saying that they were done and finished.
She said: No, it's like running a marathon, in fact, I have been "running a marathon" all year.
I always wanted to experience the whole horse on my 40th birthday, so I insisted on morning running all year round.
From the very beginning, I only ran two kilometers, adding one kilometer to myself every 3 days, with almost no interruptions.
If you really feel "hungry" about this goal, you will not let go easily, nor will you give yourself an excuse to procrastinate.
Because, you want to achieve it.
Bill Gates said: "A lot of people like to procrastinate, and what they do is not to do it badly, but not to do it, which is the biggest vice."
There is also a saying in the writing circle: it is better to prepare ten thousand words of material than to write out a thousand words.
The reason is the same, no matter how much you prepare and wait for a long time, it is better to do it now.
The ideological perfectionist always prefers that everything is ready and done again, in order to be "foolproof".
But sometimes the more prepared, the more I feel inadequate, the more I feel that I am not prepared enough, the more I can't start.
Because there is no foolproof at all, only the beginning is the value of the back, otherwise all the preparations made in the front have no meaning, just fantasy.
The truth has been said thousands of times, in fact, many people understand, the difference is almost in taking the first step.
As Ms. Wang Xiao, the founder of the early morning, said:
Always get started. Start doing it, finish it, and this is a narrow door, the world inside the door, and the person who has not finished walking will never know.
Success logic: do things not afraid of slow, only afraid of standing
A few days ago, the "History of Yi Zhongtian Chinese" written by Teacher Yi Zhongtian, the entire 24 volumes lasted for 9 years and finally completed.
Teacher Yi Zhongtian was invited to share some stories in the creative process with everyone in the live broadcast room.
When the host asked about the original idea of the creation, Teacher Yi Zhongtian said that he had also struggled with whether to write it or not, and then he thought that the worst result was to give up halfway, that is:
"Tell everyone I'm sorry, I can't do it anymore, and everyone will forgive me."
In this regard, a book blogger asked Yi Lao for advice, "How can I do a good job?" ”
Yi Lao replied: The key is that you did not do it. It doesn't matter if you do it slowly, do things, don't be afraid of slow, just stand.
It doesn't matter if you do things and accomplish things slowly, the key is to do it, I'm afraid it's just talking on paper, waiting and seeing.
If you want to do something that you think you can accept and bear even if the worst outcome comes up, do it.
I remember that Grandma Moses also said: It is never too late to start what you want to do, as long as you go and start doing it.
It's like when she was 76 years old and couldn't do embroidery anymore because of arthritis, so she started trying to draw.
Grandma Moses began painting at the age of 77, and from the day she painted until her death at the age of 101, she painted a total of 1600 works.
In fact, the speed of her painting is not fast, but her heart is stable, every day she just wants to paint and paint, there are good paintings, there are also bad paintings.
The important thing is that when she wants to do something, she does it with all her heart.
Some people, before doing things, will worry a lot: what will others think if they don't do a good job; what can they bring when they do a good job. The mind is not simply focused on what you want to do.
Just like Junichi Watanabe, he was hesitant to give up his stable medical job to devote himself to writing, and he was worried about whether he would be commented on by others.
Hesitantly, he wrote a letter to Grandma Moses asking her: Is it too late for a person to start the literary path at the age of 28?
The response he got was: Even if you're 80, it's never too late to do what you want to do.
It sounds inspirational, but all the predecessors who have achieved things have said such things: do whatever you want, don't be afraid of late, don't be afraid of slow, and you can start at any time.
As the saying goes: "Don't be afraid of slowness, be afraid to stand; stand one stop, two and a half miles." ”
The older we get, the more we will find that time and energy are the most precious things in the rest of our lives, and that whatever we want to do, we will do, and hesitation is the most useless.
Don't procrastinate, don't provoke, don't just think and don't do it.
Be a staunch long-termist and not be stagnant by the situation in front of you.
A word to everyone: anyone who has gone through a long period of time will be rewarded with romance.
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