Author: Yi Ke Lanxin (Fushu author)
Writer Romain Rolland said, "Instead of spending a lot of time and effort digging many shallow wells, it is better to spend the same amount of time and effort digging a deep well." ”
Instead of digging multiple shallow wells at the same time without seeing the spring, it is better to explore the location first and dig a well into the depths with care, so that there can be an inexhaustible spring water.
Each of us has limited time and energy, and the best answer to success in this short life is to identify the strengths and cultivate deeply.
Really powerful people have "deep well thinking".
If you don't specialize, you will get something
We have all told the story of "Monkey Breaking Corn" with children:
A little monkey went down the hill, passed through a cornfield, and broke a few corns; Then passing by the peach tree, he threw corn to pick peaches; Then I went to the watermelon field, dropped the peaches and went to pick the watermelon.
At this time, a small white rabbit came from the opposite side, and the little monkey threw away the big watermelon to chase the rabbit, but the rabbit was not caught, and finally had to go home with two empty hands.
The little monkey ended up in vain, which was caused by its greed and indiscretion.
The famous writer Haruki Murakami wrote: "Life without concentration is like seeing nothing with wide open eyes. ”
In life, instead of looking left and right every day, busy with this and that, we should focus all our energy on one point like a convex lens, and let the goal eventually burn.
I have a cousin who didn't do well in high school and later enrolled in electrical engineering at a junior college.
My cousin's classmate, Xiaoyu, studied at a well-known university in China and majored in computer science.
After graduating from college, my cousin found only a job as a skilled worker in a micro-enterprise, earning just enough to make a living.
Xiaoyu graduated from a popular major in a well-known university, and was soon admitted to a large state-owned enterprise in Shanghai, with a monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan.
Two years later, Xiaoyu got tired of working in a state-owned enterprise and moved to a newly founded information development company.
In the third year after Xiaoyu joined, the business of the information development company improved, but Xiaoyu felt that he was making money from foreign trade, and came out to open a foreign trade company in partnership with relatives.
Later, due to changes in the market situation and the arrival of the epidemic, Xiaoyu's foreign trade company business was greatly affected, and it had to be dissolved after several years, and it also owed a huge debt.
Xiaoyu's education and technology are good, but because he did not find the right direction and worked hard, he tossed for nearly ten years but achieved nothing.
On the other hand, my cousin knows that he has no specialties and has been working hard in the electrical industry. From technical worker to technical director to marketing manager, he has slowly gained a little fame in the industry.
Last year, my cousin was hired by a well-known electrical company to be the head of the northeast region.
Mencius said, "Those who do good dig wells, dig wells and not springs, especially abandon wells." ”
At the moment of our lives, it seems that there are opportunities everywhere, but if we always run after opportunities, we will eventually be abandoned by the world of possibilities.
As the folk proverb says: "If you don't learn a lantern with a thousand eyes, you must learn a candle with a heart." ”
Because a person's energy and time are limited, if you start from many places and attack from all sides, you will only stop at everything and achieve nothing.
Quit inattention and work hard, and time will give you the answer you want.
Find the right direction and work hard
"Deep well thinking" is not limited to "as long as the work is deep, the iron pestle is sharpened into a needle", nor is it just the spirit of "foolishness moving mountains", but after discerning and recognizing their own direction, they persistently persist and work hard.
People who speculate in the stock market will find such a phenomenon:
Those who do short-term, today's ticket, tomorrow's ticket, in the end a mess; And those who have been staring at only a few targets for many years have become the final winners.
"Stock God" Buffett is the best example, he identified a listed company, will hold for more than ten or even decades, and finally become the richest man in the world.
It's really important to get your way around, otherwise all your efforts may be in vain.
There is a small company in Japan called Hard Lock, which focuses on the production of nuts, relying on small nuts to create unparalleled core competitiveness for itself in many companies around the world.
For the past 20 years, the company has been focusing on the development and production of nuts of various materials and models.
The company believes: to do simple things to the extreme, you have unparalleled competitiveness.
For decades, the company has never been tempted by high-profit projects from the outside world, and has produced the best nuts of its kind in the world. The world's well-known high-speed rail, aircraft, and ship companies are using its nuts.
The small nut may seem inconspicuous, but even if the drawing is given to you, the processing technology and parameter matching of the nut are not achievable by ordinary workers.
These seemingly simple nuts require the expert craftsmen of Hard Lock who have been refining themselves for decades.
Whether it is an individual or an enterprise, do not want to become an all-round expert, you must recognize your own direction, find out the core competitiveness, and then carry out deep cultivation in the field in order to make extraordinary achievements.
Many originally powerful people, working hard everywhere, are enviable on the surface, but in the end they have achieved nothing; Those who seem to be weak have achieved something because they have been focusing on one place for a long time.
The German writer Goethe once said: "The most important thing in life is to have a lofty goal, and to accomplish it with talent and persistence." ”
When doing things, instead of working in multiple directions at the same time, it is better to concentrate all your energy, focus on one direction, and finally become specialized and strong.
Identifying the areas you are good at, sinking your mind, concentrating, and cultivating in a down-to-earth manner are the most scarce abilities in a person in this era.
Persistently dig deep wells
There is a wonderful phenomenon in nature:
In the first 4 years of bamboo, it can only grow a few centimeters per year, but from the fifth year, it can grow at a rate of 30 centimeters per day, and it can grow to 15 meters in only 6 weeks;
In order to reduce the loss of nutrients, the desert plant "camel thorn" will evolve the leaves into thorns as small as the tip of a needle, but the roots are deeply rooted into the desert 20 meters below, so that they can bloom bright flowers from June to August every year.
We will all be in the dark for a while before we get the desired result, but as long as we don't give up, quantitative changes will produce qualitative changes, and eventually usher in blossoming and fruition.
The famous writer Xing Qingjie, born into a poor family, dropped out of school after graduating from junior high school, and had to move bricks and mud on the construction site with his fellow villagers in order to make a living.
In such a difficult environment, Xing Qingjie has never given up his creative dream.
After work every day, other workers were resting and chatting while he was reading and writing, and even if he was too tired to move, he would write for a while.
People in the same group do not understand and often make mocking remarks. Xing Qingjie was noncommittal and always insisted on creating.
Later, he also sold pork. When the small desk selling pork was not patronized, he would lie on the board and write down his thoughts.
After countless rejections, his text has finally become lead, and he has published more than 20 works so far, and has won various awards such as the Taishan Literature and Art Award and the Bingxin Children's Book Award.
Perseverance can really change destiny.
Meng Wanzhou once said in her speech at Huawei: "At Huawei, employees are not required to be proficient in everything, but to encourage everyone to persevere in the areas they really love and are good at." ”
After graduating from a graduate degree in finance, Meng Wanzhou joined Huawei's finance department. In the beginning, he was only responsible for some document collation.
Later, she continued to learn the world's advanced financial management system, and spent 20 years to build Huawei's finance department, which was originally poor and white, into a world-class financial system.
Doing one thing to the extreme is better than doing ten thousand things mediocrely.
As writer Gladwell said, "10,000 hours of tempering is a necessary condition for anyone to go from ordinary to world-class master." ”
Because only by persistently digging deep wells can we achieve ultimate success.
There is an ancient Egyptian proverb: "There are only two animals in the world that can reach the top of the pyramid, one is an eagle and the other is a snail." ”
In every era, there are not many people as smart as eagles, but there is a lack of snail-like "stupid people" who are dead to the end with things.
If you don't have talent, work hard. Only by acting and persevering to the end will you have the last laugh.
The deeper you go in life, you will find that really powerful people have "deep well thinking".
People with "deep well thinking" know that it is easier to succeed if they spend more time on key areas and spend their best energy.
In these years of horses, there are countless temptations.
May you and I not be impatient, have the mentality to cultivate time, and usher in the dawn of final victory.
About author: Yi Ke Lanxin, rich book columnist, taste the warmth and coldness of the world with a writing pen, heal the sorrow and joy of the world, the new book "Good Life" is selling well, and 5 million people upgrade their life cognition together, this article: Fushu, the copyright of this article belongs to Fushu, unauthorized and shall not be reproduced, infringement must be investigated