When reading biographies of celebrities, what are we usually moved by the protagonist?
Not unattainable achievements and great achievements, but the spirit that drives them to achieve those achievements. It is these spirits that inspire and inspire us.
For example, when we read the biography of Mother Teresa, we will be deeply impressed by her strong humanitarian spirit. The tenacious struggle in Beethoven's biography not to yield to fate inspires us in trouble, and we are deeply impressed by the quality of changing the world and pursuing the ultimate in Jobs's biography.
So in this article, let's talk about five characteristics that are common in those excellent people. This is why they are obviously different from ordinary people and become outstanding figures.
This alone can rule out most ordinary people.
Just like a popular sentence on the Internet: "The road to success is not crowded, because many people get tired when they walk, and it will only get less and less".
Whether the peak of Musk's work in a week is 120 hours, or Ren, who is in his seventies, is still pushing luggage at the airport, the outstanding people's dedication, hard work and enterprising spirit have made ordinary people admire him.
Even if we ordinary people had a "burning" time with all our heart, the final result was not bad.
What we advocate is not the health of consumption, but a state of "over-burning" passion.
There is a popular and unforgettable word "think big" in English, which literally means "think bigger"
Many excellent people have great vision. For example, when Ma Yun founded Alibaba, he said that "there is no hard business in the world" and made Ali a century-old enterprise.
The destination you want to go to is "size" which will determine the height of your life. It will be like the brightest star in the sky, constantly guiding you forward.
Vision is not for realization, but for inspiration.
This is what most ordinary people do not have. Ordinary people's imagination is very small, and their hearts can't hold such a big stage. Therefore, setting lofty goals is the first step for us to get rid of mediocrity.
What is pushing us to constantly promote scientific and technological innovation and push human civilization to the peak?
Behind this is the innate curiosity of human beings.
Buffett's gold medal partner "Charles Munger" is a curious person. He is 97 years old (born in 1924), full of energy every day, still studying, studying and investing.
Low-key, he is almost a god in the investment world and loves reading.
People who lead extraordinary lives must have a great mission in their hearts, and this great mission is the meaning of their lives.
Some people create value for the society, some people rise for the nation, some people change the world and leave a voice in the universe, and some people leave thoughts and works that have been circulated for thousands of years.
Anti-Fragility is a radical book, many of which are contrary to general cognition, but its views are incisive and to the point. The most valuable thing here is that excellent people are anti-fragile, and they can survive in uncertainty and become stronger.
In the history of China, he was praised as a perfect man with both literary talent and courage, and his thoughts and official career went hand in hand. He has inspired Wang Yangming, Liang Qichao and Sun Yat-sen in kazuo inamori, and this has been his life. Longchang experienced several demotions in his official career after he realized Taoism, but in the marginal mountainous areas of Guizhou, he widely ran schools, educated barbarians and enlightened border officials.
Another master in China history, Su Shi has many titles, such as poet, essayist, poet, calligrapher, official, gourmet and so on. He is loved by countless people throughout the ages, but his career has degenerated again and again. Until Hainan Island in the ends of the earth, he has been open-minded and optimistic all his life, adhering to the philosophy of "life is like a passer-by, and I am also a pedestrian".
As the book "Anti-Fragility" says:
In the uncertain world, because they have a great mission in mind, they regard all kinds of sufferings in the world as a kind of practice and experience of Du Jie.
A common feature of cattle people is the altruistic spirit of "crossing people", and they are very willing to be noble and helpful to others.
In his New Year's Eve speech in 2022, Luo Zhenyu mentioned the story of an old lady with two sons. In the story, how does the eldest brother use simple moral intuition to make the elder brother with great achievements help the second brother, and the second brother learns from the elder brother?
After the story is finished, a row of big characters are printed on the screen: "The family has the eldest son and the state minister".
Outstanding figures are the roles of eldest son and minister, especially cattle people with high moral standards. Small success depends on cleverness, and great success depends on virtue.
This is also the reason why outstanding people from all walks of life, such as outstanding entrepreneurs and respected professionals, especially love to donate to others, help the weak and educate. Because my heart is not just filled with myself, but with a bigger world, I have lived a bigger me.
It is these five characteristics, that is, dedicated and diligent efforts, strong curiosity and thirst for knowledge, ambitious thinking, taking the world as the practice Dojo and strong spirit of crossing people, that help others become dragons and phoenixes among people and outstanding people from all walks of life and stand on the top of the golden tower of "personality" achievements.
Finally, learning these spirits is not for us ordinary people to worship saints and cows, but to practice some of them on our own life path, then I believe that our ordinary life will also undergo earth-shaking changes.
Such a change is the so-called "miracle of life" created by ordinary people. I expect this change to happen to you and me.