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Text | Lu Xixian · Anchor | Lin Jing
Some time ago, there was a saying on the Internet that was particularly popular: there are 20 million young people in China who pretend to be self-motivated.
Don't rush to refute it, think about whether this situation is often encountered in life:
Working for a few years, or the Moonlight Clan, I also know that my ability is not worthy of ambition, just set a bunch of goals, and always can't complete one;
With a family and children, every month is still waiting for wages, do not dare to get sick, do not dare to resign, but also know that they should promote themselves and find other ways out, but they can't make up their minds to change;
I have been in the society for a few years, only the elderly are not long-sighted, there is no skill that can be handed out, I have applied for a bunch of courses, and I always give up halfway...
Isn't that heartfelt?
Obviously positive in mind, eager for progress and change, but in the end it is still a salted fish.
Maybe you will say: I think it is very good now, eating and wearing warm, it does not matter whether you are really self-motivated.
I have to say that this idea is a bit naïve.
A lot of times, being self-motivated doesn't mean making life better and better, it's just about keeping you up.
That's what my friend is.
Recently, her company began to liquidate its old employees, and she was one of the few veterans who were not among the others.
For a time, everyone in the company was in danger and complained:
Old employees have no merit and hard work, dedicated to the company for several years, how can it be said that they are persuaded to retire? The company is also too cruel!
But I was told that many people complain that the company is ruthless and neglect to look at themselves.
In a word.
Soon after many people entered the company, they no longer had passion, and worked step by step every day, holding the attitude of "being a monk for a day and hitting the clock for a day".
As a result, after working for a few years, only long working years, not long ability, resulting in a greatly reduced company's efficiency ratio.
In fact, I also had this kind of thinking: as long as you enter a big company, you can rest easy. I hardly ever thought about whether the market environment was changing and the company was growing, and whether my ability could match the company's needs.
Ran ran was a bully during his time in school, and he has always maintained self-motivation and action after work.
Not only do I work diligently, but I also take offline courses on weekends.
Although she majored in Chinese in college and worked as a copywriter, after a few years of work, she was also proficient in data analysis and marketing logic.
Friends around her often ask her: "You are already very good, why are you still fighting so hard?" ”
She was light and breezy: "Life is also sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, I just don't want to be abandoned by the times." ”
This is the "Law of the Queen of Peaches"—
You have to run as hard as you can to stay where you are; if you want to move forward, you have to run twice as fast.
I am reminded of what the writer Maugham said: "I have done my best and lived an ordinary life." ”
In fact, whether you want to make life better or just want to maintain the status quo, you should not give up on improving yourself.
Because life is like a shura field, although cruel, but the posture of your effort will definitely be remembered.
There are also some people who feel that when they go out of school, they can live a quieter life without effort.
In fact, no, in school, everyone is on the same starting line, and the real gap is often opened after graduation.
Actor Jiang Shuying is the best example.
Jiang Shuying graduated from the Shanghai Theater Academy, graduated from a class, coupled with excellent external conditions, it is almost difficult for her to quickly become popular.
But when she graduated from undergraduate, she made an unexpected decision: to study in the Uk, continue to precipitate herself, and look at the film and television industry from a different perspective.
In 2012, she returned from studying in the United Kingdom and was selected by Zhao Wei to star in the movie "To the Youth We Will Eventually Pass Away", which has been a hit ever since.
In January this year, British Prime Minister Theresa May visited China for the first time, which was also received by her throughout the whole process, with an elegant temperament, a decent conversation, and fluent English that could not fault a single thing.
But many people only see her superficial brilliance now, but they have not explored the efforts she has put in.
It is said that the dignitaries before people must suffer after people, and this is the case for Jiang Shuying.
In the show "Speak My World", she once revealed such a story:
When she first arrived in the UK, her English level was not good, and even on the day of the entrance exam, she could not even read the exam papers.
But the path you choose, kneeling, you have to walk.
After being devastated, she decided to go to the restaurant to serve dishes and put herself in an all-English environment.
In order to expand her vocabulary, she began to nibble on one word at a time, and in order to practice listening, every morning at 8:30 a.m., she got up at 7 o'clock and listened to the English radio.
But even so, her English level has improved slowly.
She recalled to the audience the scene of the collapse at that time: "I went back to the room and began to tear the book, tearing and crying at the same time, after crying and putting together the torn book, I went to listen to it and continued to learn." ”
Gritting her teeth again and again allowed her to finally win a master's degree in media economics from the University of Eastern Inglia, which also laid the groundwork for her future standout.
No kind of success is achieved overnight.
If you want to add value to yourself, you must prepare early, today you steal a little lazy, tomorrow waiting for you is only "too late".
The most terrible thing is not that there is no self-motivation, but that while thinking about being self-motivated, it wastes time and hates yourself.
There is a saying that goes: effort is a chinese medicine, although bitter but curative; ease is like candied fruit, although sweet but deadly.
A lot of times, you don't try to make an effort and don't know where your ceiling is.
Instead of living in a muddy nightmare every day, it is better to force yourself to open up the possibilities of life.
Instead of choosing comfort at the best age, it is better to judge the situation and learn a skill to add value to yourself.
To be honest, no matter what age you are, the more skills you learn, the more you will have a guarantee of survival.
Learning English is the most cost-effective investment.
Many people ask me, why do you always recommend us to learn English, thankless.
That's because I've found that many skills may not be learned in a short period of time, and learning may not be useful;
English, on the other hand, is a skill that can be improved quickly in a short period of time as long as the right method is used, and it can be immediately benefited after learning.
You can boldly jump ship, challenge high-paying positions, and no longer have to be trapped in monotonous and tedious positions;
You can travel abroad, meet friends from all over the world, and no longer be trapped by the world you have not been exposed to;
You can also teach your children, save 10,000 yuan in early education fees, so that your children will not be bothered by this compulsory subject in the future.
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