A person who lets emotions "spray" out at will and cannot control himself must have no connection with achieving great things, because lack of self-control and patience will lead to an extremely terrible life. This was discovered from a very ordinary incident. This discovery gave Napoleon Hill one of the most important lessons of his life.
Whoever achieves great things is naturally of extraordinary value. But extraordinary stature stems from a power that is the extraordinary self-control necessary to accomplish great things.
One day, Napoleon Hill and the administrator of the office building had a misunderstanding. The misunderstanding led to mutual hatred between the two of them, and even turned into a state of fierce hostility. The administrator, in order to show his dissatisfaction with Napoleon Hill's work alone in the office, turned off all the lights in the building. This happened several times in a row, and one day Napoleon Hill went to his study to prepare a speech to be delivered the next night, and when he had just sat down at his desk, the light went out.
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Napoleon Hill immediately jumped up and ran to the basement of the building, where he knew he could find the caretaker. When Napoleon Hill arrived there, he found the caretaker busy shoveling coal into the boiler one by one, while whistling, as if something had happened to Napoleon Hill to him at once. For 5 minutes in a row, he felt as if nothing had happened.
The fire inside the boiler that the administrator was taking care of scolded him with even hotter words.
In the end, Napoleon Hill couldn't think of any swear words and had to slow down. At this time, the administrator straightened up, turned his head, showed a cheerful smile on his face, and said in a soft tone full of calm and self-control:
"You were a little excited this morning, didn't you?"
His words were like a sharp short sword, piercing into Napoleon Hill's body at once.
Think about how Napoleon Hill would have felt back then. Standing in front of Napoleon Hill was an illiterate man who could neither write nor read, but who defeated himself in the battle, not to mention the venue of the battle, and the weapons, which he had chosen.
Napoleon Hill's conscience was condemned. He knew that not only had he been defeated, but worse, he was the active and the wrong side, and that all this would only add to his humiliation.
Napoleon Hill knew he had to apologize to that person in order for his heart to be at peace. In the end, it took him a long time to make up his mind and decide to go back to the basement again and endure the humiliation he had to endure.
Napoleon Hill came to the basement and called the caretaker to the door. The administrator asked in a calm, gentle tone:
"What are you trying to do this time?"
Napoleon Hill told him, "I'm back to apologize for my actions—if you're willing to accept it." The administrator smiled again and said:
"With God's love, you don't have to apologize to me. Except for these four walls, as well as you and me, no one heard what you had just said. I'm not going to say it, and I know you won't say it, so let's just forget about it
This passage hurt Napoleon Hill more than he had first said, for he not only expressed his willingness to forgive Napoleon Hill, but in fact expressed his willingness to assist Napoleon Hill in concealing the matter, not to publicize it and cause harm to Napoleon Hill.
Napoleon Hill walked over to him, grabbed his hand, and squeezed it vigorously. Napoleon Hill not only shook hands with his hands, but also shook hands with his heart. On the way back to his office, Napoleon Hill felt very happy, because he finally plucked up the courage to solve what he had done wrong.
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After that, Napoleon Hill made up his mind that he would never lose his self-control again. For after losing self-control, another person, whether an illiterate administrator or a cultured gentleman, can easily defeat himself.
Immediately after making up his mind, there was a significant change in Hill's body, and his pen began to exert more power, and what he said carried more weight. He made more friends and had a lot fewer enemies. This event became one of the most important turning points in Napoleon Hill's life. Napoleon Hill said: "This incident taught me that a person will not be able to control others unless he controls himself first." It also made me understand the true meaning of these two sentences: 'God wants to destroy a man, he must first make him mad.' ”
Napoleon Hill eventually became the world's first modern success guru and inspirational book writer, influencing two presidents of the United States (Woodrow Hill). Wilson and Franklin. Roosevelt) and a master of success for millions of readers.