In your 20s, you must understand the wisdom of success

Chapter 1 Success Factors (1)
(Chapter 1 positioning - planning the basic route of life

In "Meditations", "King of Philosophy" Aurelius asked himself this question: Why do I exist?
For many young people, this is a question that is too abstract, but it is a question we have to think about.Obviously, we exist to develop our own value and create more good life.In order to realize such existence value, we must first position ourselves, accumulate, learn, seize opportunities, and take responsibility in action... This is a process of personal growth, a slow but real process, and everyone We cannot regret and start over, so we need to be prepared.

What do you want to be 10 years from now?Or what about 5 years from now?What are your thoughts about the future, what will be the outcome of the future.

Positioning is the key to the road of life
Positioning is to find out your position in society.

A purposeful positioning of life will enable a person to find the right direction on the road to success and avoid detours.

Positioning represents the goal of life and reflects a person's characteristics and abilities.

Maybe you are smart and wise, talented, insightful, creative, working long hours, and even lucky, but if you don’t position yourself correctly and don’t know where you are going in the creative process of your life, then everything It would all be in vain.

Ford, the king of automobiles, imagined in his mind to replace livestock and manpower with machines that can walk on the road since he was a child. Ford firmly believed that he could become a mechanic, so he refused to be an assistant on the farm against the wishes of his family. Time to complete the mechanic training that others need for three years, and then he spent more than two years studying the principles of steam, trying to realize his dream, but without success.Then he devoted himself to the research of gasoline engines and dreamed of building a car every day.His creativity was appreciated by inventor Thomas Edison, who invited him to work as an engineer in Detroit Company.After ten years of hard work, he succeeded in making the first car engine.Ford's success is entirely due to his correct positioning and unremitting efforts.

How a person positions himself will determine the size of his life achievements.Those who aim at the top will not fall to the ground, and those who are willing to be slaves will never become masters.

A beggar was standing on the side of the road selling oranges. A businessman passed by, put a few coins into the paper box in front of the beggar, and hurried on his way.

After a while, the merchant came back to pick up the oranges and said, "Sorry, I forgot to take the oranges, because you and I are both merchants after all."

A few years later, the businessman attended a senior reception and met a well-dressed gentleman. The gentleman toasted him and told him that he was the beggar who sold oranges.The change in his life was entirely due to the words of the businessman: You and I are both businessmen.

This story tells us: if you position yourself as a beggar, you will be a beggar; when you position yourself as a businessman, you will be a businessman.

When a beggar regards himself as a businessman, he becomes a successful businessman; if he regards himself as a real beggar, then he may be a beggar all his life.

The famous American novelist Jack London’s childhood was full of poverty and hardship. He thought that God destined him to be a vagabond and a rogue, so he wandered around the San Francisco Bay with a group of villains all day like crazy, living a life from house to house. life of begging.

One day, he casually walked into a public library and read the famous book "Robinson Crusoe". He was fascinated by it and was deeply shocked.Since then, a passion for reading has irrepressibly influenced him, and he often spends 10 to 15 hours a day reading.When he was 19 years old, he decided to stop his previous absurd life, dedicate himself to the literary career, and become an excellent writer.

Since then, he has worked hard day and night, and has not slept well.In order to study, he washed dishes and wiped floors in restaurants, and also sold coolies in docks and factories.Then it took 3 months to finish the 4-year courses and enter the university.He kept working hard, and within 5 years, he wrote 6 novels and 125 short stories, and became one of the most famous figures in the American literary and art circles.

Jack London's literary achievements are the result of his positioning himself in time and working hard for it.

The true meaning of positioning

Generally speaking, life positioning is to determine yourself in a position suitable for your own development, and then develop in this position wholeheartedly.

There are several important factors to consider when completing your life orientation.

The first important factor is interest, that is, how interested you are in what you do.Without interest, life positioning will definitely fail.If you are not interested, you will be perfunctory in doing things, you will not endure hardships or study hard, and at most you will be forced to do it.Under such circumstances, it is very difficult for you to give full play to your existing abilities, let alone better develop your own potential.

interest is the best teacher.With interest, you will take the initiative to invest in your work and think about any difficulties you encounter in your work.When talking about his interest in work, Warren Buffett, the most prestigious investor in the world, said: "I dance and sing to work every day." Why can he dance and sing to work? What about going to work?It stems from his interest in the work he is doing.Therefore, Buffett has achieved remarkable and extraordinary achievements in the investment field.He started with $1000, and after more than 40 years of investment practice, he finally made himself a generation of super rich.

The second important factor is potential.When you find something you like to do, don't stop there. You must consciously put pressure on yourself, find something for yourself to do, so that you can constantly face new situations and new problems, and be able to continuously improve To develop one's own ability and give full play to the potential of one's own existence.

The third important factor is the environment.Friendships, especially with partners, are very important.When choosing a partner, be sure to avoid working with irresponsible people.Because irresponsible people often accomplish less than they fail.Instead of this, it's better to just do your own thing wholeheartedly.When positioning your life, you must choose like-minded friends who have advantages that allow you to learn, who can help you, improve you, comfort you, and communicate with you.

Keyword perception: positioning
Whether a person can be successful depends to some extent on his self-evaluation. This evaluation has a popular term - positioning.You will be what you position yourself in your heart, because positioning can change life, and positioning can change a person's destiny.If you haven't figured out what to do in the future, good!Please start now, give yourself a position, and find the "radish pit" that suits you best.

(Chapter 2 Learning - Walking into the treasure house of knowledge is a lifetime thing
A successful person should study all his life, especially young people who are in the golden season of life.Learning at this time is like a farmer sowing good seeds in a suitable season for sowing, and there will be a lot of harvest in the future!
Learning is the gas station of life

Zilu is one of the "72 sages" among the students of Confucius. He is famous for his bravery, uprightness and good governance.But when he first met Confucius, he didn't know the importance of learning at all.

When Confucius saw Zilu came to see him, he thought he was here to study, so he asked directly, "What do you like?" Zilu didn't understand what Confucius meant, so he replied rashly, "I like long swords." Confucius shook his head, Said: "That's not what I asked. I mean, you are a capable person. If you are diligent and inquisitive, your achievements will be limitless."

Zilu said confidently: "The bamboos on Nanshan Mountain are straight and straight, so they don't need to be straightened. When they are cut down, they can be used as arrows, and they can shoot through rhinoceros leather. From this point of view, good nature is enough. What's the use of learning?"

Confucius replied: "Yes, the cut bamboo can be used as an arrow. But if you put a feather on one end of it, put a metal arrowhead on the other end, and grind it very sharply. Wouldn't it shoot more? Go deep?"

After hearing this, Zilu bowed respectfully and said, "I am very willing to accept your education!"

Throughout the ages, learning has been valued by people, because without learning, there will be no use.Zilu's congenital conditions were very good, and he was complacent at first, but under the education of Confucius, he was modest and studied hard, and only then did he achieve more outstanding achievements in his later political career.

There is a saying that is very good: "You study, this is the most needed thing!"

Just like maintaining a good energy level, you should supplement material nutrition and spiritual nutrition. Supplementing nutrition is a process of charging, which is also a learning process.On the road to success, people need to keep charging; only by constantly charging and learning, in the "successful" "currency circulation field", can you continue to "add value".

Learning is a lifetime
The time a person spends in school may be long or short.Some people have not attended formal schools to receive systematic education due to reasons such as family and age, such as the famous entrepreneur Li Ka-shing, scientist Einstein, Nobel, etc.; Scientist Yang Zhenning and others.

Although their time in school seems to be very different, they have one kind of time in common, that is, the time of study.From the moment they realize that they need to keep learning until the end of their life, the most natural thing in their life is to learn.

Learning is not only reading and taking exams in school, but also an attitude of constantly accepting new knowledge.It can be learning a new language, understanding the laws behind a natural phenomenon, learning to use a computer, learning to eat Western food, learning to use popular languages, etc.As long as our brains remain sensitive and enthusiastic about new knowledge, our ability to learn will not disappear.

Many great people have the habit of lifelong learning. In their view, wherever life unfolds, there must be learning.Confucius said: "Three people must have my teacher." Even if we read all the books in the world, we can still learn a lot from the people around us.Bill Gates, who has been the richest man in the world for a long time, is a person who advocates learning. It is said that he spends a period of time every year to study a certain new topic.

Lifelong learning has become a trend, and it is also a necessary step for us to improve our quality of life and quality of life.From childhood, adolescence, youth, middle age to old age, learning will accompany his whole life course and affect his development throughout his life.Without learning, a person cannot understand and transform nature, and cannot understand and adapt to society; without learning, human beings cannot make all the progress they have made today.The role of learning is not only to enable people to master certain knowledge and skills, but also to make people intelligent and civilized, to make people noble and perfect, and to make people develop in an all-round way.

The ancients said: My life has a limit, but my knowledge has no limit.In today's era, the world is changing rapidly, new situations and new problems emerge one after another, and the speed of knowledge updating is greatly accelerated.If people want to adapt to the constantly developing and changing objective world, they must change learning from simple pursuit of knowledge to a way of life, and strive to live and learn as they grow old.

In a society of lifelong learning, it is more and more important to cultivate the habit of loving learning and to develop the ability of lifelong learning.To persist in lifelong learning, we must love learning. Only by studying all kinds of knowledge well can we lay a solid foundation for our future.

"Learn nothing in vain" is the famous scientist Li Siguang's words. It is a very simple sentence, but the truth it contains is far-reaching-love learning, keep learning, and learn extensively.The accumulated knowledge will lay the most solid foundation for our future success.

Keyword insights: learning
The knowledge learned in school is only the key to the treasure house of knowledge. It is a lifetime thing to enter the treasure house of knowledge, and it cannot be accomplished overnight. Possess the key to open the door to the most valuable wealth.

(Chapter 3 Opportunity - Seize the fleeting spark
In fact, it is not that there are no opportunities in life, but that when opportunities arise, people do not grasp them well.Opportunities are like fish swimming in water. You can’t hold a fishing rod and wait for them to take the bait, but actively observe and catch them.

ready for opportunity
A young man was depressed all day long, lamenting the injustice of fate, because he thought he was a talented "Maxima", but he couldn't meet a "Bole" who appreciated him.

For this reason, he expressed his troubles to a wise elder.The elder picked up a stone on the ground and threw it forward casually.He asked the young man: "Can you find the stone I just threw?" "No." Looking at the small stones all over the ground in front of him, the young man shook his head.

The elder took the gold ring off his finger again, threw it into the pile of stones, and asked, "Can you find the gold ring I just threw?" A gleaming gold ring was found among the small stones.

"Do you understand now?" "Understood." The young man nodded convincingly.

When a person complains about the injustice of fate and laments that his talents are underappreciated, the reason is likely to be on himself. If you work hard to cultivate yourself and become real gold, are you afraid that there will be nowhere to shine?
We sow the same seeds in fertile soil and barren hills, and in autumn we shall see a different harvest.However, if we apply more fertilizer and water more to the seeds on the barren mountain land, the result will be different. This is the function of chance.

Opportunity is not only an objective thing, but it is also created by people who participate in the practice of understanding and transforming the world. It is the product of the combination of human subjective initiative and objective inevitability of changes in the external environment.

When a person's subjective conditions are optimized, it will also affect the objective environment and create good opportunities for personal development.A large number of examples of talent growth prove that when objective opportunities come, people with strong courage and insight are obviously more likely than ordinary people to capture opportunities.Outstanding talent is the greatest capital to seize opportunities.

A smart person is always engaged in the job at hand, and on the other hand, he pays attention to the opportunity to achieve a breakthrough or success. When the opportunity is not ripe, he accumulates strength or finds a way out. Once the opportunity is ripe, he follows the situation or trend and promotes his career. achieve success.

Jeremy was on a trip to Canada with some friends and during a fishing trip, he insisted on buying a heavy duty fishing rod and reel.When some people saw his new tackle, they joked with him: "You're going to catch a whale, aren't you?" Jeremy brushed off what sounded like disbelief.

One man's line was snapped and the man complained that he should have prepared a heavier tackle.After that, Jeremy's line was suddenly pulled taut and it was a big fish! 45 minutes later he hauled the prize aboard - a 32-pound fish!People are in awe, because Jeremy taught them a truth: If you want to catch a big fish, you must first prepare the tools for catching a big fish.

Many people hope that success will take care of them, but they are only willing to do something to make ends meet, thinking that they will be lucky to catch some rare opportunity for success.In fact, it can be difficult to take advantage of the opportunities for success that come your way if you don't prepare for it.For example, when you are faced with a delicious meal prepared for you at the table, you realize that you do not have a healthy stomach to enjoy it.Success requires a high-minded mind and a persistent and courageous spirit.

Now, take a look at yourself and ask yourself what you've been doing to set yourself up for success.Have you set your goals and are you working towards them with all your heart?Are you willing to not only cultivate the soil and sow the seeds, but also carefully care for the tender seedlings and new ears that have just grown?Are you willing to go the extra mile and expend energy to capture the opportunities that may present themselves?Are you willing to stick to your beliefs and principles?Are you willing to go on alone if necessary?Have you trained your discerning eyes to recognize an opportunity as soon as it presents itself?
You never know when success will come, it always comes in unexpected forms, and it may ask of you far more than you are currently prepared to give.

If you aim to catch a big fish, you have to be ready like Jeremy for the big fish that might show up.Otherwise, success will be a big fish that slips away.

arms of opportunity
In a sculptor's studio, a young man stands before statues of the gods.

He pointed to a statue and asked curiously: "What's the name of this one?" The face of the statue was covered by hair, and there were a pair of wings growing on its feet.

The sculptor replied: "God of Chance."

"Then why is its face hidden?" the young man asked again.

"Because when it comes close to people, people rarely see it."

"Then why does it still have wings on its feet?" the young man asked again.

"Because it will fly away very quickly, and once it is gone, people will never see it again," replied the sculptor.

This vivid and vivid story clarifies such a simple and profound truth: the opportunity cannot be lost, and the time will never come again.Holway said: "Opportunity is the best moment in the flow of time." Opportunity favors a prepared mind. When opportunity comes, it is as short as lightning, and it depends on you to use it without thinking.

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