Last week at dinner with friends, a man at the dinner table was introducing himself: "I am an executive in a certain company", everyone here knows that so-and-so company is a technology company, and with his academic qualifications and ability to be an executive of this company, he is a bit unworthy.
He seemed to see everyone's doubts, and then said: "I and the boss are buddies, when I started a business, the company can use few people, I help him manage, encounter do not understand the place to ask him." Later, the company became bigger and bigger, and I learned while doing..." At the end, he added: "Opportunities are more important than ability."
"Bring iron like gold, transport gold like iron", this sentence means that when the opportunity comes, the iron block can sell the price of gold, but when the opportunity is lost, even gold will be as worthless as iron.
Niu Jianfeng, a native of Baoding, Hebei Province, is a Chinese table tennis player in the early 21st century. He played for Jizhong Energy-Peking University Founder Club, began playing at the age of 6, entered the provincial and municipal teams in 1993, entered the national team in 1997, held the racket in his right hand, and played in a two-sided arc, which was the best among the rising stars of the Chinese team.
She was once the third person in Chinese women's table tennis, but unfortunately, due to personality reasons, she missed good opportunities again and again, and eventually withdrew from the national team.
In addition to participating in the team competition and winning a world championship title, the single result is only the women's singles champion of the 2003 ITTF Professional Tour Finals.
In 2004, Niu Jianfeng participated in the Olympic Women's Singles Competition, losing to North Korea's No. 1 women's singles Kim Heung-mi, regrettably stopping the women's singles round of 16;
At the 2005 Asian Championships in Jeju Island, Niu Jianfeng, as the number one women's singles player in China, lost to Wen Xuanjing and Jin Jing'e in the team competition. It buried the opportunity to enter the final of the women's team.
Subsequently, in the singles match, Niu Jianfeng lost to Hong Kong's Liu Shufei to stop the semi-finals, which dashed China's hopes of winning the championship in individual events.
"This child is too real, never had other children's twists and turns, and sometimes thinks she's too stupid." Liu Lili said this about her. Some people also said that Niu Jianfeng was too tender and too cowardly. In a word: it is indecisive, and it is time to shoot and not to shoot.
Maybe it's really personality that determines the outcome, but there's no denying that Niu Jianfeng failed to play at a normal level when he had the ability to win the game.
There is no doubt that Niu Jianfeng is sad, but it is also this tragic ending that once again confirms the adage that "opportunity is more important than ability".
During the Warring States period, Zhao Guo also had a person who confirmed this maxim with his own practical actions: he seized the opportunity to show himself fiercely.
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During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Qin and the State of Zhao fought a decisive battle at Changping, and the general of the State of Qin, Bai Qi, led troops to surround the capital of the State of Zhao, Handan, and the situation in the State of Zhao was extremely critical. Pingyuan Jun went to the Chu state for help at the behest of King Zhao.
Hearing that Pingyuan Jun was going to take people to the Chu Kingdom to move troops, a guest in the palace, Mao Sui, immediately signed up: "I will also go." Pingyuan Jun said unceremoniously: "You have eaten white food in my house for three years, and I have not seen that you have any ability, you want to go, can you?" Mao Sui patted his chest, "If it doesn't work, just pull it out and slip out", Pingyuan Jun thought that there was no suitable person in the palace, "Okay, you just follow it." Mao Sui finally took the first step towards success.
The chu kingdom is vast and rich, the soldiers are strong and strong, how can the king of Chu see the Plain Jun in his eyes? The negotiations between the two countries started from morning to noon, and the king of Chu just did not agree to send troops to resist Qin. Pingyuan Jun was in a hurry, but he didn't dare to offend the King of Chu, and if he was anxious, he would grab his hair, and his hair was almost gone.
His Highness Mao Sui really couldn't bear to look at it, and he carried the sword to the temple, "The matter of sending troops is either beneficial or harmful, and non-harmful is profitable, simple and clear, why is it not decided?" The King of Chu looked at the fire, "Where is the stunned boy, pull out and cut it!".
Pingyuan Jun saw that he was busy blocking "The sword, the sword leaves people, this is my protégé" Mao Sui saw that the king of Chu was angry, did not retreat but advanced, he pressed the sword in his hand, and said loudly: "Now within ten steps, the life of the great king is in my hands!" ”
When the king of Chu saw that Mao Sui was not afraid of death, he no longer reprimanded him, and Mao Sui quickly said the truth that the Chu state aided Zhao and benefited the Chu state, and the chu king thought to himself, This is a little reasonable. "Okay, I'll just pull my little guys out and hang out."
Within a few days, Chu, Wei and other states jointly sent troops to aid Zhao, and the Qin army was defeated.
Mao Sui seized the opportunity to go to the Chu state to move the rescue troops, not only achieved great success, but also left behind the reputation of "three inches of tongue, stronger than a million masters", and the story of Mao Sui's self-recommendation is also well known to everyone.
"Augmenting Sages" has a cloud: "A hundred years of deficiencies, once defeated, there is more than enough" Therefore, we must learn to control our emotions and seize opportunities at any time with a positive and healthy attitude, in order to allow ourselves to get more opportunities, but also to achieve the glory of life.
Just like the friend mentioned at the beginning of the article, if he did not seize the opportunity to stand up when the boss was unavailable, and wait until the company was completed and on the right track, with his qualifications, even if the relationship with the boss was iron, I was afraid that he would have to stand on the side. As the saying goes: the opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again!