Wang Yangming once said: "People must grind in things to be able to stand." ”
A person's attitude towards doing things determines the height of his life.
Only by not being scattered, not being conservative in thinking, and daring to persist in doing things, can you become the real controller of your own life and become better and better.
Really powerful people have achieved these three points: they can work hard, dare to break the game, and know how to continue.
01
Able to plough deeply
Xunzi wrote in "Persuasion": "The worm has no claws and teeth, the muscles and bones are strong, eat the soil, drink the yellow spring, and use the heart." ”
Although earthworms do not have strong teeth and claws, they can move freely in the soil because of their intentions.
How much ability a person can have in this life and how much he can achieve depends on whether he can continue to work hard in one line and one industry.
I've seen a story.
Born in Picardia, France, in August 1744, Lamarck was the youngest of 11 children and was loved from an early age.
His father liked pastors and sent him to seminary, but after being exposed to theology, he found that he was not interested in it at all.
Because of his participation in the Franco-German War, he aspired to become a famous meteorologist.
However, after a few days of studying, he began to be fascinated by music again and wanted to make a career in the field of violin.
Before he could make any achievements, his brother heard that doctors had a future and persuaded Lamarck to study medicine, and Lamarck was also moved by this, and went to study medicine for 4 years, only to find that he was not interested in medicine either.
In this way, Lamarck tasted nothing in any industry, constantly changing the track, resulting in nothing.
Until he met the famous French thinker Rousseau, under the influence of Rousseau, Lamarck changed his bad Xi of seeing different ideas.
From then on, he devoted himself to the study of botany, sometimes going to the library to consult materials and not going out for a day, and when he sat down to write at home, he forgot the time, and even forgot to eat, almost to the point of forgetting to sleep and eat.
All the effort will be rewarded.
Eleven years later, he wrote the famous Flora of France and became the curator of the French herbarium.
Then he spent 35 years studying Xi zoology, and in his later years, Lamarck became a famous French naturalist.
"Even the weakest people can achieve something if they concentrate on a single goal, and the strongest people, distracted by too many things, can get nowhere," Carlyle said. ”
Sometimes what hinders our progress is not our own lack of ability, but our distraction.
There is a good saying: "If a person revolves around one thing, the whole world will revolve around him, and if a person revolves around the whole world, he will eventually be abandoned by the whole world." ”
A person who has changed his goals for a long time will only be cocooned and trapped in the quagmire of life.
Only by focusing on one thing, not deviating, and working hard, will we achieve dazzling results.
02
Dare to break the game
Napoleon Hill said, "Our only limitation is the limit of our mind." ”
In fact, most people encounter problems that cannot be solved, and the reason is often in the way of thinking.
Let's start with a set of data:
1+1=1；1+2=1；2+5=1；6+6=1；15+9=1；
When you see this set of data, is there a voice in your heart that says: think too much, this is impossible!
Don't worry, if you add a unit to the end of each number, it will look like this:
1 li + 1 li = 1 km;
1 month + 2 months = 1 quarter;
2 days + 5 days = 1 week;
6 months + 6 months = 1 year;
15 hours + 9 hours = 1 day;
In this way, this set of data is completely established, and solving the problem by changing the thinking is to break the game.
Our thinking is often affected by past experience, and we rush to conclusions when we feel that it is unreasonable, but in fact, changing our thinking to a different track is sometimes the best way to solve problems.
I've seen a story:
In the nineties, the British Library wanted to move from its library in London to the new St. Domain's Klaas.
You know, the British Library has a collection of more than 13 million volumes, and such a huge workload is estimated to cost 3.5 million pounds alone.
But at that time, the British Library did not have so much funds, and seeing that the rainy season was coming, the loss would be even greater if it was not moved, what should I do?
The librarian felt that one head was too big to be implemented, and when he had a headache, a young librarian came to his office and said to him:
"I have an idea, but I need to be given £1.5 million. ”
The next day, a message appeared in major newspapers:
"As of today, the British Library is open to the public free of charge and in unlimited quantities, but due to the relocation of the library, borrowers are asked to return their books to the new Saint-Than-Klaas Library. ”
As soon as the news came out, citizens came to borrow books, and the British Library was full of people, and in just one or two months, more than 90% of the books were relocated.
Turning relocation into borrowing and returning books is to let thinking go a different way, and you can tear down the wall of thinking.
Charles Harnell: "Every choice we make is not accidental, but based on our previous mindset. We can only make choices that are within the scope of our thoughts, and we will not act beyond the scope of our thoughts. ”
Sometimes it's not our talents that limit our lives, it's our perceptions.
Really powerful people know that when you can't go down, turn a corner in front of you, and you will find an extra way.
03
Know how to be sustainable
There is a good saying: "Water can pierce stones, and the work continues." ”
Looking at society, all those who have achieved achievements in a certain field have achieved it through continuous efforts.
I've seen a story:
The famous psychologist Jim Collins once conducted an experiment.
He organized three groups of men from San Diego, on the west coast of the United States, across the mainland to the northeastern state of Burma.
And this route in the United States is considered the longest distance on the mainland.
The first group took good weather as the criterion for action, walking 40-50 miles when the weather was good, and sleeping in tents when the weather was bad;
The second group was very confident and enthusiastic about the experiment, and decided to walk 50-60 miles a day, and estimated that it would take 3 months to complete the trip;
The third group plans to continue walking 20 miles a day, regardless of the wind and rain or the sunshine, and will not change their decision.
After 5 months, everyone thought that the second group would reach the finish line first, and unexpectedly, the third group would complete the task first.
Jim Collins was puzzled by this and investigated the cause of the incident.
It turned out that the first group was easily disturbed because of the weather, and in the end they could not firmly implement the plan.
The second group was originally full of confidence, but because of their eagerness for quick success, they could not see the results quickly, and finally slowed down their progress.
The third group, however, did not let up because of their "stubbornness" in implementing the plan, and finally reached the end of the line first.
Clearly, the third group succeeds because they understand the power of continuity.
Daisaku Ikeda once said, "Life is like a marathon, and only those who persevere to the end can be called victors." ”
What people fear most is not that they are incapable, but that they do not continue to work hard after deciding on a goal.
It is human nature to choose to give up, and it is courage to choose to persevere.
There will be a rainbow after the storm, and there will be dawn after the night.
There are many things that may not be fruitful at the beginning, but as long as you do them resolutely, you will see hope.
Life is like digging a well, find the right direction and continue to dig in order to drink water, if you dig halfway and don't see water, you will give up hastily, and in the end you will get nothing but a waste well, and regret.
Only those who persevere in their goals are entitled to the joy of success.
04
Someone said: "The most scarce thing is not to know everything, but to be able to continue to cultivate and break through in a field." ”
Everyone who is in charge of the situation has qualities that others do not have.
With one heart, even if it is tempting to attract people, don't look at Qin Duchu;
Break the barriers of thinking, even if it is difficult, you can't stick to experience;
Perseverance, even if you work hard, you can't get off halfway;
Starlight lives up to the passers-by, and the years will give you a satisfactory answer for your efforts.