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A few years ago, Chinese the official website of Renmin University, issued a graduation photo of a beautiful woman.
The girl's name is "Kang Kang" and she is a graduate of the 2013 Art College of the National People's Congress.
After being "officially announced" by the National People's Congress, Kang Kang became popular overnight and was known as the Goddess of the People's Congress.
Of course, later many people also complained on the Internet that Kang Kang was not as beautiful as in the photos and could not represent the real level of the "goddess" of the People's Congress.
The main reason why she was able to fire like this is because the promotional photos on the official website are really too good.
The photos are beautiful, and Kang Kang, who became famous, also lived a very rich life.
But today's article is not about some "college influencer" who became famous overnight.
The reason why I talk about Kang Kang is to talk about the photographer who took this picture of the goddess that year.
This person's name is Mao Yanzheng, and I reckon not many people may know.
The strange thing about him is that he is not a professional photographer at all.
His true identity, like Kang Kang, is that he is a graduate of the National People's Congress.
Mao Yanzheng graduated from the School of Labor and Personnel of Chinese University in 2011, and can be regarded as a "true senior" of Kang Kang.
By the way, Mao Yanzheng is a native of Laizhou, Shandong Province.
He was able to pass the college entrance examination in Shandong that year and enter the National People's Congress, which meant that his academic performance was very good and he was a proper academic bully.
After entering college, because he loved photography, he began to buy photographic equipment, photographing landscapes, photographing people, and photographing activities in school.
After filming The Hairren Network, it is also a little famous in the school.
But having a little fame does not mean that you can eat on it.
Therefore, when it came to graduation, Mao Yanzheng did not hesitate to choose to submit a resume and find a job.
Because of his professional counterparts and the background of famous schools, Mao Yanzheng won from a large group of high-quality students, successfully entered the personnel department of China Daily, and became a member of the "system" that many people envied.
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Although he has graduated and joined the work, because of his hobby of photography, Mao Yanzheng did not really leave the NPC, and often took a camera to take pictures in school.
Until the summer of 2013.
Mao Yanzheng was invited to take graduation photos of Kang Kang, a graduate of the Art College of the Renmin University, and the two spent an afternoon shooting from the West Gate of the People's Congress to the East Gate, taking four or five hundred photos.
Among them, two of them are the most satisfactory to Mao Yanzheng, one of which is at the west gate of the People's Congress, Kang looks back at the camera, and his long hair flutters with the wind.
Later, the scene at the beginning of the article, the photo of long hair flowing was put on the official website of the National People's Congress, which attracted a lot of attention.
The official website of the National People's Congress was paralyzed for a time due to the rapid increase in the number of visits in a short period of time. The media have followed up the report, and even attracted the attention of foreign media.
I guess it wasn't until then that Mao Yanzheng found out with certainty that what he was really good at was not reading books or engaging in labor relations.
It's about – photography.
After this, Mao Yanzheng officially began the part-time route of photography.
With the blessing of the "Great Goddess of The People's Congress" popularity event, Mao Yanzheng's photography business has become bigger and bigger, and his photography technology has become more and more mature, and his works have even been selected for the 2015 CFP annual album, and the income brought by this side business has exceeded his job.
In December 2015, Mao Yanzheng submitted his resignation to the newspaper, and then established the "Xiaomao Photography Studio".
He became a member of the Chinese Photographers Association.
His photography clients cover many companies in all walks of life, shooting footprints all over the world, and he can often see his pictures on major websites.
Mao Yanzheng wrote in the 2016 annual picture summary:
"This is the first annual picture summary after leaving the system, and from now on, my annual picture summary will no longer use the label 'a non-professional photographer', because photography has become my full-time job."
That's one of the points I want to share with you today.
Whether it is a famous school, a bully, or even a bright work in the system, it is nothing more than one thing:
Skills.
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I have a classmate in college, because I did not get into graduate school, and missed the campus recruitment season, I had no choice but to go to find a job after leaving school.
But he missed the golden period of recruitment, and he did not have the cost of finding a job.
Looking around, I applied for a job at a very small training institution for middle school students, ready to become a training teacher.
The boss personally recruited people, looked at his resume of xx university Chinese major, and asked him: Are you here to apply for a chinese teacher?
The classmate looked miserable: No, I don't want to teach Chinese.
The boss laughed: You are an improper Chinese teacher who learns Chinese, so what do you want to teach?
The classmate thought about it and said: If you don't do math, I was quite good at math in high school.
The boss casually pulled out a high school math paper and said to him: You do it now, just do it here, you can get more than 140 points, we want you.
So after a few years, the classmate once again opened a high school math paper, and then, smelled a smell of first love.
The final result is 121 points.
Paralyzed, chicken soup is indeed a lie.
My classmates are ready to pack up their things and leave, the boss instead laughed and stopped him: Although not on 140, but you can still go to 120 for a Chinese, it is much better than I thought, we are recently recruiting new teachers for training, you come to try, the training can pass at the end of the stay, no, even if it doesn't work.
The training time is one week, the classmate has to do nearly ten college entrance examination math test papers every day, and by the end of the training, he can basically achieve full marks every time.
Therefore, the classmate went to this small training institution to become a math training teacher, specializing in high school mathematics.
Then he jumped several times and became a famous teacher of high school mathematics training at a well-known training institution.
Then, last year, he went out on his own to open a training school.
Over the past few years, when I have observed my classmates and friends around me, I have found that there is a trend that is becoming more and more obvious:
Those who have studied well since childhood, entered a good university, and graduated and followed the trend into large enterprises / well-known foreign enterprises / admitted to civil servants, more and more feel that their successors are weak.
They have always had very good qualities in all aspects and a good foundation, so in the first five years of graduation, whether it is social recognition or income, they have led the way.
However, five years after graduation, many people who did not perform well in the student stage are getting more and more backward and surpassing the curve.
Most of these latecomers have two qualities: either they have a skill, or they work hard in the field that they are interested in and are good at.
The more you go back, the more this skill that helps us stand out, the more it will become a determinant of the height of your achievement in life.
They are the "killer skills" in life.
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So the question is: why do people with "killer skills" develop better the further they go?
I used to spend a lot of time thinking. Finally came to a conclusion:
Because, the times are really different.
Forty years of reform and opening up, all the delicious meat has been eaten, and the rest is all difficult bones.
Gone are the days when we relied on "poor information" and "boldness" in the early days of reform and opening up, and when we could buy something in this city and take a train to another city to sell it and make a fortune.
The whole national level has entered the deep water area, and what is needed is to tie the fierce son and drill deeply in order to have meat to eat.
Personally, too, you exert equal force in each area, which means that the upper limit you can get must also be "average".
Without diamonds, you can't do porcelain work. Without scarce things (abilities, resources, talents), it is difficult to live out their own brilliance in this era.
So the question arises again, can everyone have their own "killer skills"?
I tend to be.
Because the so-called "killer skill" is not your ability to surpass everyone else.
It's just that you're a little bit more prominent than the people around you in some way.
Kuaishou and Douyin are both software that I don't like very much, but it does not prevent people from sharing some of the so-called "cattle people" on it.
These people are writing, drawing, doing handicrafts, and even spitting out smoke rings, playing yo-yos, playing street ball, kicking shuttlecocks, and wandering people telling books.
Every time I send it to me, I will be followed by a series of "I X", "I X"... "Bull", "Bull"... "Master", "Master"...
To be honest, such a wild road looks fancy, and compared with the professionals who have been trained for more than ten years, there is actually nothing to show off.
We often joke about the table tennis of the uncle of the community, seriously speaking, it is estimated that even professional middle school students can not play.
But all of this does not affect the people on these Kuaishou and Douyin to attract fans, build personal brands, and even make a living from it.
You can see a lot of niche public accounts, and the articles written are likely to be self-amusement.
But in the eyes of their fans, these articles are the best.
Even if there are already dozens of public accounts in the subscription column, and there are millions or even tens of millions of large numbers in it, they are still willing to click on this niche public number to see.
For the owner of this public account, he wrote for these people, which is enough.
This is the biggest feature of the Internet era, which makes everyone's advantage possible to be magnified.
The network has both linked and differentiated many people.
Feng Timo sings professionally? Someone's basketball is playing great? Shen Wei's knowledge is very profound?
See who you compare.
So what exactly is the killer weapon of the Internet age?
That is: you just need to be stronger than some people and let those who think you are strong see it.
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That's it.
Below are dry goods.
This is also the question that every time I write this kind of article, someone asks: How do I know what I am good at?
In other words, how did I find my own killer?
Is it just to do what you love?
Of course not.
Interest itself will not be a killer.
We can often see that in life, someone likes a certain sport very much, but if he really wants to do it, he can't do it well.
Like is not a good condition.
I once mentioned it in an article titled "Nobel Laureate Steven Chu: Life is short and you can't walk empty-handed, you have to pour affection into something."
Ding Zhaozhong once made a definition: a thing, you only need to spend a little effort to do better than others, that is worth doing.
You dig in this direction and you can always find what you're good at.
Just like physics, many people can't read it, but Ding Zhaozhong learned it very deeply. It's simple, because he didn't have to work too hard at first to get a perfect score in physics and mathematics.
If you still think this statement is too false, try to answer the following questions with a blank piece of paper:
1. What was your proudest and most compelling moment in all these years? 2. Have you ever received a lot of praise for doing something? 3. What do you think is your favorite thing to do? 4. In the future, what do you most want to do? 5. What's the matter that you haven't done in a long time, but suddenly you want to try it? 6. Is there anything you do at the same time as someone else and do it faster and better? 7. What do you think is the most regrettable thing so far? 8. Have you ever slept and forgot to eat something and didn't feel tired? 9. Have you ever had an irrepressible agitation when talking to someone about something, or even sweated or urinated in your vest? 10. Have you ever made money doing anything other than work?
From the above 10 to find the intersection, basically meet more than three at the same time, the probability is your killer.
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In addition, don't set limits on yourself when you are young.
Dare to try different paths in life, different opportunities, especially those that noble people point out to you.
Over the years, my biggest regret is that at the beginning of my work, Lao Ke said to me: Go try to do finance, you are very suitable. (Lao Ke is a noble person in my life, pay attention to "Mr. Life", and the background reply to "Lao Ke" can see many articles related to him)
I feel that I am a Chinese, and the financial eight rods can not be beaten, mathematics is almost forgotten, the accounting may not be clear, but also engaged in finance? Funny and pretty much more.
Looking at it now, I may well have missed another path in my life. Because many years later, I really understood the essence of finance, not computing.
So, don't let go of any of your possible strengths.
Don't hide your strengths.
Especially when you're young.
Many people always like to hold back for a long time psychologically, and then put a big move.
In fact, this way of thinking is not right.
Benefiting from our traditional education, the student age, but any special ability, most of the time will be regarded by teachers as "strange tricks" and limited.
Of course, when reading, you should study well, try not to think about relying on these advantages to be an "internet celebrity", but you should lay a solid foundation for learning and cognition.
But out of school and into society, it should be eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their own magic.
It's not that I have magical powers, but I just don't have to wait until many years later to brag to others:
You don't look at who is who and how, if I had to be how, I would definitely be much better than TA!
In this way, I have heard too much about those middle-aged people who do not meet the world.
And it is more likely that your "killer skills" of that year will be forgotten by yourself.
Many years later, I can't remember what I once had to make people marvel.
You know, the so-called momentum is ready, and although it is important to prepare for the momentum, if it is delayed, it is likely to be silent.
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Once inadvertently turned on the TV, CCTV's music channel was playing a song:
"Dreamcatcher"
The ethereal, fresh and thorough singing amazed me.
Because the impression was too deep, the singer also remembered it at once, and his name was Bai Ruoxi.
It was later discovered that she had sung the song in many places.
If it weren't for the different times, she wouldn't be able to rely on this song to sing for a lifetime.
Later, I also stumbled upon her to participate in a music talent show.
But at the beginning, she did not sing the "DreamCatcher" that she was best at. Therefore, the results along the way are not outstanding, which makes many fans feel very sorry, thinking that she should take out the "killer" and sing "Dream Chaser".
As a result, in the most critical phase of the knockout round, in order to avoid losing, she finally sang "Dreamcatcher" again.
However, this time, the amplification move of "thousands of calls began to come out" no longer had the surprise of her earliest singing on CCTV.
The final result, Bai Ruoxi, who came up with a killer skill, was eliminated.
I don't usually pay much attention to entertainment, and it's been a long time since then.
The reason why I still take it out now is because I saw her singing "Dream Chaser" and still being eliminated, which brought me a great touch.
I once talked to someone about Bai Ruoxi, only to find out that many people actually knew her because of the "DreamCatcher" broadcast by CCTV.
It can be said that without that song, without the sudden flash of the year, in this era of endless entertainment stars, I guess few people can remember her.
But the "killer skill" that made her popular overnight actually failed after a few years, and did not bring the imaginary "earth-shattering reversal" to her game.
That's the last point I'm going to share with you today:
The longer the killer is hidden, the greater the likelihood of failure.
All your past aura, killer skill, once not used, not polished, is likely to begin to fade after 3 years.
There is no ultimate killer in this world.
All killer skills also need to be constantly evolved and upgraded.
Lang Lang has to practice the piano everywhere he goes, the singer has to hang his throat every morning, a good boxer must guarantee the number of times he plays...
The more you are good at things, the more often you have to take them out to polish and compare them. Otherwise, how do you know where the gap is?
The most frightening thing is that the killer skills you have hidden for many years have long been outdated, but you still don't know it.
A player retires a few years later, and it doesn't exist to be back on the top as soon as he plays.
In Gu Long's novel "The Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword", the old man of Tianji obviously ranked first in the weapon spectrum, but was defeated by the second ranked Shangguan Jinhong.
At that time, Li Xunhuan had a saying, probably that if the old man of Tianji did not shoot for a long time, it would be difficult to maintain his peak state, and the more psychologically he did not want to shoot.
The more you take your killer skills seriously and hide them every day, the more you are afraid that one day when you come out, it will not be so powerful.
The more you are afraid of this situation, the more likely it will be when one day you really need to show your killer skills.
Don't expect your killer to hide and not use it, and then you can "kill with one hit" every time.
Wuxia novels dare not be written like this.
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To put it a little more, how to make the killer into your own job?
This year's fire of the "Wandering Earth" movie has made many people know the word "saturation".
In the movie, every place that needs rescue will send several teams to go up together, and whoever arrives first will rescue first.
Don't care about the excess pay, regardless of the cost of investment, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, will pay a hundred times the effort.
Huawei, the company I admire, has also been using this method to fight for many years.
Once a new market gap is found, all the resources are poured in and quickly occupied.
This is also an important military idea that has helped Chairman Mao win repeated victories: concentrate superior forces and fight a war of annihilation.
For your "killer skill", it should be the same.
Before you discover your own killer skill, you can walk slowly, watch slowly, do a variety of attempts, mix circles, and wait for opportunities.
Once you have found your advantage in some aspects, once you find that you may achieve a breakthrough in a certain aspect, you must not wait, and do not worry too much about the cost.
Fast entry, put all the energy that can be invested, this is the "saturation input".
Most people, from amateur masters to professionals, to careers, the worst is that little breakthrough.
And this point of breakthrough, the most needed is to attack one point less than the rest.
In "Journey to the West", when Sun Wukong was trapped by the golden hoop of the yellow-browed child, he could not even pry the golden hoop stick.
Finally, Kang Jinlong continued to exert force at a point, and finally drilled an eye to help Sun Wukong get out of trouble.
Life is short, a person's highlight moments, and there are not so many.
A lot of times we say that there is no opportunity to create opportunities to go up.
If there is an opportunity to grind and hesitate, not to go up and down, that is the greatest waste of life.
Finally, with one word of encouragement:
Heaven and not taking, but to blame; when the time does not work, but to suffer from it - "The Chronicle of History"
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I am Mr. Lifelike.