Don't take chances, learn from failures
No one is a saint, and even the most intelligent person cannot do everything perfectly. Just as all scientists can't guarantee that every experiment won't go wrong, the tendency to make mistakes is an innate weakness of human beings. This is also a very important embodiment of Murphy's law.
If we want to succeed, we must not have any luck and try our best to avoid mistakes, but we must face up to mistakes, learn from the mistakes we have made, and let mistakes become the cornerstone of our success. The story of danish physicist Jacob Bor is proof of this.
Once, Jacob Bor accidentally broke a vase, but instead of sighing with grief like the average person, he leaned over and carefully collected the debris on the ground. He classified the fragments by size and weighed them, and found that the least 10 to 100 grams, the slightly more than 1 to 10 grams, and the most 0.1 grams and less than 0.1 grams; at the same time, the weight of these fragments showed an excellent multiple relationship, that is, the weight of the larger pieces was 16 times the weight of the larger pieces, the weight of the sub-large blocks was 16 times the weight of the small pieces, and the amount of the small pieces was 16 times the weight of the small pieces...
Therefore, he began to use this "broken vase theory" to restore cultural relics, meteorites and other objects that do not know their original appearance, which has brought unexpected effects to archaeology and celestial research.
It turns out that what we need is to learn from trial and error, not from right. For example, in 2020, a serious new crown virus outbreak broke out in Wuhan, and then we found that we had insufficient housing material reserves to prevent this highly contagious virus, and the government vigorously supported the production of masks, protective clothing, testing reagents, and testing equipment, which has led to China's outstanding performance in the prevention and control of the global new crown epidemic.
It can be seen that mistakes have a strong impact, which can trigger people to make detailed summaries after making mistakes, and the more mistakes made, the more they will make progress little by little. If your work is highly repetitive, you have very few chances of making mistakes. But if you've never done something, or are making a new attempt, mistakes are inevitable. Just as Edison invented the light bulb, after many failed experiences, he found that tungsten filament was the most suitable filament material. In the embryonic stages of creativity, mistakes are necessary for creative thinking.
Where you fall, you get up
The British novelist and playwright Crud Smith once said: "The greatest honor for us is that everyone has failed and can get up whenever we fall." "The reason why the successful person succeeds is that he is not swayed by failure.
In 1927, the Misissippi River levee in Arkansas was washed away by a flood, and the home of a 9-year-old black boy was washed away, and at the moment when the flood was about to swallow him, his mother forcefully pulled him up the embankment.
In 1932, the boy graduated in the 8th grade, because Arkansas' middle school did not admit blacks, and he had to go to Chicago to study, but the family did not have so much money. At that time, the mother made the amazing decision to let the boys re-study for a year, she washed, ironed and cooked for 50 workers, and saved money for the children to go to school.
In the summer of 1933, the family had paid for it, and the mother took the boy on a train and headed to strange Chicago. In Chicago, my mother earned a living as a maid. Boys finish secondary school with honors and later finish college. In 1942, he started a magazine, but the last obstacle was the lack of $500 in postage and the inability to send letters to clients. A credit company would lend him a loan, but only on the condition that a sum of property be secured. Her mother had bought a batch of new furniture in installments for a long time, which was the most beloved thing in her life, but she finally agreed to use the furniture as collateral.
In 1943, that magazine was a huge success. The boy was finally able to do what he had dreamed of for years—to put his mother on his payroll and tell her that she was a retired worker and would no longer have to work. The mother cried, and so did the boy.
Later, in the days of the anomaly, everything the boy managed seemed to have fallen to the bottom, and in the face of great difficulties and obstacles, the boy felt powerless to return to heaven. In a trance, he told his mother, "Mom, it seems that I am really going to fail this time." ”
"Son," she said, "have you tried?" person
"Tried."
"Very hard?"
"Yes."
"It was good." The mother decisively ended the conversation, "Whenever you try, as long as you try to taste."
Try and you won't fail. ”
Sure enough, the boy survived the difficulties and climbed to a new peak in his career. This boy is the world-famous founder of the world-famous American Magazine "Black Humanities Digest", the president of Johansson Publishing Company, and the owner of 3 radio stations. H. Johansson.
In fact, gain and loss are not eternal in nature, but a contradictory community that can be transformed into each other. I remember a magazine that summarized the possibility of failure:
Failure doesn't mean you're a loser – failure only means you're not yet successful.
Failure doesn't mean you're getting nothing — failure shows you've gained experience.
Failure doesn't mean you're a person who doesn't know how flexible you are – failure shows that you have very strong convictions.
Failure doesn't mean you have to be repressed all the time – failure shows that you're willing to try.
Failure doesn't mean you can't succeed —failure means you might have to change your approach.
Failure doesn't mean you're worse than others – failure only means you have flaws.
Failure doesn't mean you're wasting your time and life – failure shows you have a reason to start over.
Failure doesn't mean you have to give up – failure shows you have to keep trying.
Failure doesn't mean you'll never succeed – failure shows that you still need some time.
Failure does not mean that fate is unfair to you – failure shows that fate has better to give.
So on our way to pursuing our dreams, don't be knocked down by a momentary failure, where you fall, you get up from where you fall. Keep sticking to it or trying new ways, and we'll succeed.