The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, and the sword blade comes out of the grinding.
A person who really has the ability is better to go through the thousands of tempers of life and survive the unknown hardships and hardships before he can achieve a gorgeous turn and embrace the ideal life.
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After surviving the bitterness of "ten thousand tall buildings and flat ground", we can go from "having nothing" to "having everything".
No one can choose their own origin, but everyone has the opportunity, through their own efforts, to achieve a turn of fate.
The Hundred Parables tells the story of a "triple building metaphor": In the past, a rich man went to a friend's house and saw that his three-story house was spacious and loose, and he liked it very much, so he invited the carpenter who built the house to his home and asked him to help build a house that was exactly the same.
The carpenter gladly agreed, but when the carpenter began to build the foundation, the rich man was puzzled and bluntly said that he did not intend to build the first or second floors, he only needed to build the third floor.
In this regard, the carpenter said that there was nothing he could do, and without the first layer, how could there be a second layer; without the second layer, how could there be a third layer?
Yes, if a person wants to achieve a career, it is not a step by step, brick by brick slowly accumulated, in order to achieve higher, bigger and farther.
The movie "When Happiness Knocks" successfully interprets the inspirational story of Chris, a down-and-out salesman who is on the verge of bankruptcy and his wife has left home, who does not give up his dream and becomes a well-known financial investor.
The film devotes a lot of space to describing Chris looking for a job after losing his job: for example, he carries a bulky medical device to the door, holds his young son to squeeze the bus, queues for relief food, and spends the night in a public toilet.
No matter how much Chris cherished every opportunity to sell a merchandise or sell himself, he was rejected without exception.
Give up or insist, in an instant.
Wave after wave of weariness, frustration, and frustration hit him, but as soon as he saw his son's sleeping face, Chris wiped away his tears again, began to renovate the medical device that had been damaged by the rush before it was sold, and after dawn the next day, he was determined to find a job.
Finally, Chris endured hardships and got a job as a stock market trader. In the huge work hall, he gradually stood out with dedication and professionalism far beyond other salesmen, and eventually became famous and became a family.
Therefore, don't complain about the suffering you are eating at the moment, the suffering you have suffered in those years, the fallen falls, have become the most solid paving stones, and a little bit paved the way to success.
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After surviving the bitterness of "fish and bear paws cannot be both", you can go from "wanting everything" to "doing one line, specializing in one line, and refining one line".
Mencius once used the phrase "Fish, I want it, and bear paws, and I want it." The two cannot be combined, and the one who gives up the fish and takes the bear's paw also. To illustrate, as a big husband, you should make the choice of "sacrificing your life for righteousness".
The circumstances of life, in the final analysis, are created by one choice after another. How to choose, how to reap.
In a limited life, we can only achieve something by relying on limited energy and focusing on one thing.
"Lü's Spring and Autumn" tells such a small story: someone wanted to buy the best dog in the world, and the neighbors chose a strong and fierce hunting dog for him. This person thinks it costs a lot of money, the dog is also very good, and should be able to do anything. So, the hounds were trained to catch mice, but they always couldn't do it. After being instructed by the "tall man", he leashed the dog's hind legs to continue training, and finally learned to catch mice, but he could no longer catch wild beasts.
The superior hounds become crappy cats, because of the greed of the dog owner.
This parable tells us that what really shows a person's value is not to be able to do everything, but to play to the best of his strengths.
Everyone's personality characteristics are different, and their hobbies and specialties are very different, so don't try to make yourself an "all-rounder"; don't expect yourself to be able to "count one or two" in everything you do.
The founder of a well-known "degradable straw" once told his entrepreneurial journey: when he was a teenager, he followed his father to pick up goods and shoulder the burden, and did more than twenty businesses and did not become famous. After ten years of wandering, the teenager became a young man, and finally found a "fortune" industry - selling the most popular disposable plastic cups, dishes and chopsticks at that time.
Earned the first bucket of gold, but also have experience, he put down a straw factory, not only to do straws, but also to do disposable knives and forks, disposable cups, etc., a wide range of categories. But the benefits are not as good as he imagined, because similar products face competition from other brands.
In the end, he made a "strong man broken wrist" like a decision, stopped all categories, focusing on the production of the "degradable straw" that has just emerged in the market, although the investment is large, the market has not yet opened, but with the upgrading of products, this time he won the opportunity and became the leader of the industry.
The old people often say: The human heart is not enough for the snake to swallow the elephant. The weakness of human nature determines that people often hope that "fish and bear paws can have both", but only those who can overcome inner greed and know how to "use good steel on the blade" can "do a line, love a line, and be fine." ”
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After surviving the bitterness of "competing for fame and profit", we can continue to improve and be the best version of ourselves.
The ancients once said: "The world is bustling, all for the benefit of the world, the world is bustling, all are for the benefit." He also said, "The Buddha fights for incense, and the people fight for a breath." ”
Being born as a human being and seeking fame and fortune seems to be a matter of course. But people who are deeply involved in "Vanity Fair" often lose their hearts unconsciously and live a vicious appearance.
And the people who can really achieve great things, they don't want to make much money, they don't want to have much fame, but they just want to become a better version of themselves. Therefore, they gave up the "competition for fame and profit" that mortals care about incomparably, and only wanted to improve themselves in every ordinary day.
Shi Pu, the imperial historian of the Ming Dynasty, was a man of integrity and honesty. When he was serving as a political envoy in Shanxi, once his wife was invited to attend a banquet for the officials' internal relatives, and found that the wives of other officials were dressed in gold pearls and flowers, and they were themselves in gold and nobile cloth skirts, which was a little unhappy.
Shi Pu asked Madame, "What position did you sit at the banquet?" The lady replied, "Sit chief." ”
So Shi Pu enlightened the lady, and he became an official not to let the lady wear gorgeous clothes, but to have a higher pursuit. Those dressed in gold beads and colorful flowers will not be able to guarantee that the East Window Incident will not happen and they will be imprisoned. If you want to sit in the chief, I am afraid it will be difficult.
Madame finally understood that gorgeous costumes could be bought with money, but the chief could not be bought by any amount of money. His husband was frank and honest, and won something far more important than money and fame, that is, people's heartfelt respect!
When a person has jumped out of the whirlpool of "competing for fame and profit", he begins a higher level of life.
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Conclusion:
People who can really achieve great things, like Mencius's people who were awarded "great responsibilities", have undergone various tests of "starving their bodies and emptying their bodies, so they are moved to endure and gain what they can't do".
Finally, with an indisputable attitude, face the reality head-on, have the courage to challenge yourself, and success is just around the corner.
Author: Like the wind is light as a cloud.
Your happiness, my blessings.
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