Whether it is the advice of our elders or our own experience, we all tell us one fact: quick success is unrealistic. In his family motto, Zeng Guofan said this in the letter he wrote to his son: "In everything, do it with hard work and hard work. Don't seek fame too quickly or seek results too quickly." The same principle is said.
Zeng Guofan took practicing calligraphy as an example to explain to his son, "From now on, you should practice a hundred Liu characters every day, copy them on raw paper on odd days, and copy them on oil paper on even days." Copying Liu Gongquan, copying on one day and copying on two days, how many pieces do you practice every day? One hundred a day.
Moreover, he told his son, "You should write slowly before writing on the copybook." "It's better to copy the copybook quickly." When writing on the copybook with the oil paper covered, you should be faster. "After a few months, your hands will become more clumsy, your handwriting will become uglier, and your interest will become lower, which is called sleepiness." Practice a hundred times a day. After a few months, your hands will become more and more clumsy, your handwriting will become uglier, and your enthusiasm will become worse. It is getting lower and lower. At this time, it faces a bottleneck and a low ebb period appears.
At this time, Zeng Guofan continued to say to his son, "Don't stop when you are sleepy. If you get through this, you can make less progress." Don't give up at this time, don't stop because of this, continue to study, continue to imitate, and endure. After this stage, you can improve some skills.
This is very important. When we learn a skill, we will quickly master some basic skills at first. The understanding and mastery of skills will quickly increase to 60%. However, if you continue to study, you will find that the speed of progress has obviously slowed down, and you may even be unable to feel progress and improvement. Many people have "backed out" or given up. Naturally, they will not apply it in work and life, and their understanding of skills is getting less and less.
Zeng Guofan said, "Don't stop when you are sleepy. If you survive this difficulty, you will make less progress." It doesn't mean that it will be fine once you get through one level. You will find that it requires a continuous cycle. If you continue to advance, you will most likely encounter difficulties. If you continue to endure, advance again, advance again, and endure again, eventually one day you will feel that you no longer seem to have "high eyes and low hands", but have high eyes and much higher hands.
Zeng Guofan said, "No matter how hard you practice calligraphy, everything will be extremely difficult. Those who can get through it are heroes." Not only practicing calligraphy, everything is similar to practicing calligraphy. When encountering special difficulties and discomforts, when you bravely overcome the difficulties and continue to work hard until you succeed, you are a hero and you are awesome.