#头条创作挑战赛#
There is a very hot question: "Why do people who are richer work harder?"
A well-respected answer to this question is: "When a person reaches a certain height in life or career, his vision and experience will be very different." ”
Just as mountaineers do not focus on the hardships and hardships on the way to climb, they are more concerned about the magnificent scene overlooking the peaks at the moment of climbing;
On the contrary, people standing at the foot of the mountain can often only see the bumpy road and the hard sweat paid, and constantly sigh the consumption of time and energy.
In the journey of life, everyone has their own goals and strives for them. Some people seem to be stagnant, while others are rapidly improving themselves.
To explore the reasons behind this, the key lies in the difference in the level of life of individuals:
People with lower levels are more likely to get caught up in the predicament in front of them and find it difficult to break through themselves, while those with higher levels are constantly pursuing higher realms.
Don't want to forge ahead, always calculate others
The ancients said: "A gentleman values righteousness, and a villain pursues profit." ”
This sentence reveals that people at different levels understand and respond to the same thing in different ways, and the results are naturally very different.
When a person has crooked thoughts, habitually looks for excuses from others, and is good at timing, his path will only become more and more cramped.
In a certain community, two supermarkets with complete goods and convenience for the people have been opened, which has greatly facilitated all residents in the community.
At first, the two supermarkets had equal footfall, and their business conditions were evenly matched.
However, with the construction of the subway station near the north gate of the community, the supermarket in the north is gradually thriving due to its geographical advantage, while the supermarket in the south is becoming deserted.
It turns out that residents who commute by subway tend to stop by the North Side supermarket after leaving the station.
Seeing this, the owner of the supermarket in the south was so anxious that he could barely stay afloat with a few regular customers.
On one of his way to stocking, he overheard someone talking about the high profits made by reducing costs and replacing good quality goods with inferior ones. After some careful consideration, he had a small abacus in mind.
He believes that the main customer group of his supermarket is the elderly, who may not be able to distinguish the quality of the goods, and based on their trust in him, they are likely not to be aware of the quality of the goods.
So, he decided to take action and started sourcing secondary commodities and selling them at a high price.
Initially, this strategy seemed unnoticed, but over time, residents of the neighborhood became aware of the disparity in the quality of goods between the two supermarkets.
Since then, even his loyal customers have begun to lose, and people would rather walk more than buy goods at his supermarket.
As the saying goes: "The agency is too clever and mistakes Qingqing's life." "The shopkeeper's attempts to calculate the customer's actions ultimately led to his own losses.
Indeed, while short-term calculations may bring immediate benefits, they will undoubtedly drain precious trust capital and may lead to long-term negative evaluations.
If you want to really get out of the predicament, the key is to constantly improve yourself and improve your quality, so that you can achieve a counterattack in the face of adversity, otherwise, you may eventually taste the bitter fruits you have planted.
Instead of thinking about how to outperform others, we should always reflect on ourselves, pay attention to the pace of our own growth, and measure our progress.
Over-calculating others is actually a senseless torment for oneself, and only through self-examination and self-improvement can we achieve a real leap and progress.
Only in this way can we clearly recognize our own shortcomings, see the gap between ourselves and others, and thus improve our own abilities in a more targeted manner and reach a higher realm.
Utilitarian and fierce
There is a businessman who, driven by the goal of chasing higher profits, ignores the law and business ethics and uses illegal means to achieve so-called success and wealth accumulation.
But things in the world are often like this, and if you want people to know them, you can't do them unless you do.
Soon after, the businessman's transgressions were revealed, which ultimately led to him paying an extremely heavy price.
Human nature is often inclined to pursue fame and profit, and sometimes even at the expense of conscience, for the sake of short-term and immediate interests, many more precious values are lost.
As a classic line from the movie "The Crucible" says:
"We strive to move forward, not to change the world, but to prevent the world from changing our original intention. ”
We are human beings in the world, and what we pursue is inner peace and harmony, and we find the true meaning of happiness in this peace.
Instead of competing for fame and fortune in the whirlpool of greed and desire, and harming the rights and interests of others in order to satisfy personal desires.
Excessive utilitarianism is like a double-edged sword, which will not only hurt others, but also sting oneself deeply.
Perhaps, only when we learn to face fame and fortune calmly, can we gain more real value.
In the United States, a medical student, Morton, successfully developed a powerful anesthetic called ether while conducting research on surgical anesthesia, which has a significant anesthetic effect on the nervous system.
This major discovery has far-reaching implications for the medical field.
However, when Morton tried to apply for a patent from the U.S. government, his mentor Wells and Jackson, a professor of chemistry who had inspired him, both argued with him, claiming that he was the key contributor to the invention and insisted that he was the real inventor.
As a result, the three of them held their own opinions and brought the dispute to court, starting a protracted legal battle.
Regrettably, the lawsuit remains unresolved for many years.
Despite the constant pain of losing the honor of the inventor of ether, this torment is constantly eroding their inner world.
In the end, the battle ended in tragedy: Jackson suffered from mental illness, Wells committed suicide, and Morton died of a cerebral hemorrhage caused by chronic depression and anxiety.
This reveals that in the fierce competition in society, the excessive pursuit of fame and fortune is like a double-edged sword, which can not only hurt others, but also deeply sting oneself.
An excessively utilitarian mentality will only make people fall into deep anxiety and sorrow, and they will not be able to extricate themselves. Once a setback is encountered, it is likely to cause a person to plummet and make it difficult to recover.
A philosopher once profoundly pointed out: "Success is not the end, but the process of the journey." ”
Those who are ambitious know this, they know how to appreciate and enjoy the process, and they know that only by dedicating themselves to what they love can they experience true satisfaction and fulfillment.
On the contrary, people in the lower realms often focus too much on the results, so that they lose sight of the growth and harvest contained in the process.
Such paranoia often leads them into a difficult situation, unable to solve themselves, and may even lose more precious things in their lives as a result.
When dealing with interpersonal relationships and behavior, you should maintain a proper attitude and face the temptation of fame and fortune calmly, so as to ensure that you are in a stable and unshakable position.
If you are always thinking about how to calculate others, you may be able to gain some benefits for a short time, but in the end, you will get long-term condemnation and negative reputation.
Excessive pursuit of the utilitarian results of everything will only make you gradually move away from the original innocence and original intention, and you will lose your pure essence as a result.
Therefore, we should learn to reduce the heart of calculation, reduce the excessive pursuit of utilitarian goals, know how to let go of the shackles of utilitarianism, and cherish and enjoy the growth and harvest in the process.
Only in this way can we achieve true success and happiness on the long road of life.
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