Five years ago, Stephen Truman was dealing in the small farming tools business. He lived an ordinary and decent life, but not ideally. His family's house was too small and there was no money to buy what they wanted. Truman's wife did not complain, it was clear that she was only content with her destiny and not happy. But Truman's heart became more and more dissatisfied. When he realized that his beloved wife and his two children were not living a good life, he felt a deep pain in his heart.
But today, everything has changed dramatically. Now, Truman has a beautiful big house covering 2 acres. He and his wife no longer had to worry about not being able to send their children to a good college, and his wife no longer had that painful feeling when she spent money on clothes. This summer, the whole family went on vacation in Europe. Truman lived a real life.
Truman said: "All this happened because I excavated my own treasure. 5 years ago, I heard that there was a job in Detroit that ran farm tools. At that time, we were still living in Cleveland. I decided to give it a try, hoping to make a little more money. I arrived in Detroit on a Sunday morning, but the company had to wait until Monday to meet me. After dinner, I sat in the hotel meditating and meditating, and suddenly felt how much I had failed. Why is that! I asked myself, 'Why is failure always mys?' ’”
Truman did not know what prompted him to do such a thing that day: he took a hotel letterhead and wrote down the names of several people he knew very well and had far surpassed him in recent years. They gained more power and job responsibilities. Two of them had worked for them, the other two, originally neighboring farmers, had moved to a better area, and the last was his brother-in-law.
Truman asked himself: What are the advantages of these 5 friends?
Being able to compare his intelligence with them, Truman felt that they were no more convincing than himself, and the education they received, their integrity, personal habits, etc., did not have any advantages, and finally, Truman thought of another factor of success, that is, self-confidence. Truman had to admit that his friends were ahead of him on this point.
It was almost 3 o'clock in the morning, but Truman's mind was very clear. For the first time, he discovered his weakness. He digs deep into himself and discovers that the lack of self-confidence is because deep down, he doesn't value himself. Truman sat and spent the dead night, recalling everything in the past. From the time he remembered, Truman lacked self-confidence, and he found that his past self was always looking for trouble, and he always said to himself no, no, no! He is always showing his shortcomings, and almost everything he does shows this self-depreciation. Finally Truman understood that if you don't trust yourself, then no one will trust you!
Therefore, Truman made a decision: "I have always regarded myself as a second-class citizen, and from now on, I will never think like this again." I can do what others can do! ”
The next morning, Truman walked into the company with that kind of self-confidence. He secretly used this interview with the company as the first test of his self-confidence. Before coming to Detroit, Truman hoped that he would have the courage to ask for 750 to 1,000 US dollars higher than the original salary. But after this self-reflection, Truman recognized his self-worth and raised the target to $3500. As a result, Truman achieved his goal. He was successful.
Since then, Truman's fate has changed, and with self-confidence, he has embarked on the road to success, and he sighed: "It turns out that I have buried such a huge treasure in my body, which I never expected before!"
Self-confidence is that you can trust yourself and look up to yourself; you can see yourself as a treasure, you can discover your own treasure Truman's experience tells us that if you really believe in yourself and believe that you can achieve your dreams, you can really achieve what you want. It makes sense that people often compare self-confidence to the floodgates of subjective initiative and the motor that activates intelligence.
To discover one's own treasures, we must correctly evaluate ourselves, discover our own strengths, and affirm our abilities. As long as you play your due ability, many seemingly impossible things will become a reality. So, please believe that the treasure is buried in your own home, the treasure is yourself, as long as you can dig it out, success will not be far from you.