1. Broken jar
In the past, a man was carrying a very beautiful jar on his way, and he was walking. Accidentally, the jar fell on a big stone by the side of the road with a bang, and it suddenly became pieces. Passers-by saw it, crying, and felt sorry for such a beautiful jar being broken into pieces. But the man who broke the jar, as if nothing had happened, didn't twist his head or look at the jar, and went on his way.
passers-by are surprised at this moment. Why is this person so free and easy? What a beautiful jar! What a pity to break it! Some people even doubt whether this person's nerves are normal.
afterwards, someone asked the man why he did this.
The man said, "Why linger on a broken jar?"
Truth: Free and easy is a kind of super enjoyment to get rid of loss and pain. If you lose it, you lose it. Why should you miss it? If nostalgia is useful, why should we continue to work hard?
2. Stones on the Road
King Ferdinand decided to choose one of his ten Wang Zizhong as his successor. He privately told a minister to place a "boulder" on a road with water on both sides. Anyone who wants to cross this road has to face this "boulder" and either push it away, climb over it or bypass it. Then, the king told the prince to cross the road one after another and deliver a secret letter to a minister as soon as possible. The princes finished their task quickly. Ferdinand began to ask the princes, "How did you deliver the letters?"
one said, "I climbed that boulder."
one said, "I went there by boat."
Others said, "I swam in the water."
Only the little prince said, "I ran across the road."
"Didn't the boulder stand in your way?" Ferdinand asked.
"I gave it a hard push with my hand and it rolled into the river."
"Why do you want to push such a big stone with your hands?"
"I just tried," said the little prince, "but it moved when I pushed it."
It turns out that the "boulder" was forged by Ferdinand and the minister with very light materials. Naturally, the adventurous prince succeeded to the throne.
Truth: It's too dangerous to give your destiny to others, even to a certain person, without thinking at all, just trusting others. You should learn to control your own destiny.
3. A mirror
A young man was at the peak of his life but was diagnosed with leukemia. Endless despair suddenly enveloped his heart. He felt that life was meaningless and refused to receive any treatment.
One late autumn afternoon, he escaped from the hospital and wandered aimlessly in the street. Suddenly, a slightly hoarse and unusually heroic music attracted him. Not far away, an old man who is blind is playing a polished musical instrument emotionally towards the sparse crowd. Another striking thing is that there is a mirror hanging in the arms of the blind!
The young man stepped forward curiously, and when the blind man finished playing a song, he asked, "Excuse me, is this mirror yours?"
"Yes, my musical instrument and mirror are my two treasures! Music is the most beautiful thing in the world. I often entertain myself by it, and I can feel how beautiful life is ... "
" But what does this mirror mean to you? " He asked eagerly.
The blind man smiled and said, "I hope there will be a miracle one day, and I also believe that I can see my face with this mirror one day, so I will take it with me wherever and whenever I go."
The heart of leukemia patients was shocked at once: a blind man still loves life so much, and I ... he suddenly realized it and went back to the hospital for treatment. Although he would feel the pain of death every time he underwent chemotherapy, he never ran away after that.
He endured the painful treatment resolutely, and finally a miracle appeared, and he recovered. Since then, he also has two precious treasures in life: a positive and optimistic attitude and an enduring belief.
Truth: People who want to grasp their own life and destiny must have optimistic and strong qualities, because optimism and strength are the helmsman in charge of the course of life and the propeller in the boat of destiny.
4. Job-hopping
A said to B, "I want to leave this company. I hate this company!"
B suggested, "I support your revenge on this broken company with both hands. You must give it some color to see. But it is not the best time for you to leave now. "
A asks, "Why?"
B said, "if you leave now, the company will not lose much. You should take advantage of the opportunity in the company to try your best to attract some customers for yourself, become a unique figure in the company, and then suddenly leave the company with these customers, and the company will suffer heavy losses and be very passive. "
A thought what b said was very reasonable, so she worked hard. After more than half a year's hard work, he has many loyal customers.
When we meet again, B asks A, "Now is the time, so hurry up!"
A smiled indifferently: "The boss has had a long talk with me and is going to promote me to be the assistant to the general manager. I have no plans to leave for the time being." In fact, this is also the original intention of B. A person's job is always just for his resume. Only when you pay more than you get, and let the boss really see that your ability is greater than your position, will you be given more opportunities to create more profits for him.
Truth: Don't blindly complain about the inconvenience brought by the environment. In fact, the environment itself exists objectively. Anyone in that position will encounter the same problem, and smart people will try to transform it.
5. Three Best Teachers
In 196, Dr. Rosenthal of Harvard University did a famous experiment in a school in California.
at the beginning of the new semester, Dr. Rosenthal asked the headmaster to call three teachers into the office and said to them, "According to your past teaching performance, you are the best teachers in our school. Therefore, we specially selected 1 brightest students in the school to form three classes for you to teach. These students have higher IQs than other children. I hope you can make them achieve better results. " All three teachers are happy to say that they will try their best.
The headmaster also told them to treat these children as usual and not to let the children or their parents know that they were specially selected. The teachers all agreed.
a year later, the students in these three classes really ranked in the forefront of the whole school district.
At this time, the headmaster told the teacher the truth: these students are not the best students deliberately selected, but just the most ordinary students randomly selected.
The teachers didn't expect this. They all thought their teaching level was really high.
At this time, the headmaster told them another truth, that is, they were not the best teachers in the school specially selected, but just ordinary teachers randomly selected.
Truth: There are no geniuses in the world. The so-called "geniuses" rely on their own efforts to discover their inherent potential and thus change their destiny. Those non-geniuses just keep their potential hidden.
6. Father and son ride donkeys
Father and son are leading donkeys into town. On the way, someone laughs at them: What a fool! Some donkeys don't ride!
The father told his son to ride on the donkey. Soon after he left, someone said, What an unfilial son! He let his father walk!
The father quickly called his son down and rode on the donkey's back. Others said, What a cruel father! He is not afraid of exhausting his children!
The father quickly asked his son to get on the donkey's back. Who knows, someone said: two people riding on the back of the donkey are not afraid to crush the thin donkey to death?
The father and son quickly slipped off the donkey's back, tied the donkey's four feet and carried them with sticks. When crossing a bridge, the donkey struggled down because of discomfort, and fell into the river and drowned!
Truth: A person must have his own opinions and the ability to judge right and wrong, so as not to be influenced by other people's opinions. Don't live in other people's public opinion, walk on your own feet and think with your own head.
7. The size of the shark
I once went to the aquarium with my friends.
A passenger asked the manager, "How old will this shark grow?"
The librarian pointed to the aquarium and said, "It depends on the size of your aquarium."
The passenger asks again, "Will it be as big as an aquarium?"
The manager said carefully, "If you are in an aquarium, sharks can only be limited to a few meters in size. If you are in the ocean, they will be big enough to swallow a lion."
Truth: Environment can change a person's thinking. Environment can limit people's thoughts, and people can also limit their own thoughts. Don't frame yourself. If you can't change the environment, start by changing yourself.
8. Shifting Mountain Dafa
There is a master who has been practicing hard for decades and has developed a "Shifting Mountain Dafa".
someone asked devoutly, "What power did the master use to move mountains? How can I practice such magic? "
The master smiled and said, "It's easy to practice this magical skill. Just master one thing: I'll cross the mountain if I can't cross it."
There are too many things in the real world that you can't change, or at least temporarily, just like "mountains".
Truth: If things can't be changed, change yourself. Only by changing yourself will you eventually change others; Only by changing yourself can you finally change your own world. Shan, if you don't come, you can go by yourself!
9. Two Calligraphers
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there were two calligraphers. A very serious imitation of the ancients, pay attention to every painting should be like a certain, such as a certain horizontal like Su Dongpo, a certain si like Mi Fei. Naturally, once he has reached this point, he is quite proud.
The other one, on the other hand, not only practiced hard, but also required each painting to be different from the ancients, paying attention to nature, and didn't feel at ease until he practiced this step.
One day, the first calligrapher mocked the second calligrapher and said, "Excuse me, my dear friend, which of your handwriting belongs to the ancients?"
The latter one was not angry, but smiled and asked, "Excuse me, my dear friend, which one of your words is your own?"
the first one was tongue-tied.
Truth: People should find a way out from the place where there is no road. Don't die out of their own personality and imitate others blindly. That will only lead them to lose themselves and even lose control of their own destiny.
1. Humble Great Man
A father took his son to visit Van Gogh's former residence. After seeing the small wooden bed and the cracked leather shoes, the son asked his father, "Isn't Van Gogh a millionaire?" The father replied, "Van Gogh was a poor man who didn't even marry his wife."
After another year, the father took his son to Denmark to visit Andersen's former residence. The son asked in confusion, "Dad, doesn't Andersen live in the palace?" How could he have been in this attic before his death? " The father replied, "Andersen is the son of a shoemaker, and he lives here."
This father is a sailor. He travels to various ports in the Atlantic every year. His son, Iton Prague, is the first black journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize in the world.
twenty years later, ITO Prague recalled his childhood and said, "at that time, our family was poor and black, and both parents lived by selling coolies. For a long time, I always thought that it was impossible for a lowly black man like us to achieve anything. It was my father who made me know Van Gogh and Andersen, and it was my father who made me realize that blacks are not humble. The experiences of these two people made me know that God did not look down on blacks. "
Truth: The rich are not necessarily great, and the poor are not necessarily humble. God is fair, he spreads opportunities to everyone, and the humble also have opportunities. Inferiority is the nail of the soul. If you don't pull it out, it will always torture people.
11. Application
In the early 197s, McDonald's Corporation of the United States was optimistic about the Taiwan Province market in China. Before they formally entered the Taiwan Province market, they needed to train a group of senior cadres in the local area, so they made an open recruitment choice. Due to the high standards required, many young people who are just in their infancy have failed.
After repeated screening, a young man named Han Dingguo stood out. Before the last interview, the president of McDonald's talked to Han Dingguo three times and asked him an unexpected question: "If we want you to wash the toilet first, will you?"
Before he could speak, Mrs. Han casually replied, "He always washes the toilets in our house."
The president was very happy, so he skipped the final interview and decided to hire Han Dingguo on the spot.
Later, Han Dingguo learned that the first lesson of McDonald's training staff began with washing toilets, because the basic theory of service industry is "not to serve people, but to serve people". Only by starting from humble work can we understand the truth of "taking family as the respect". Han Dingguo later became a well-known entrepreneur because he was able to start from humble things and do things that others didn't want to do.
Truth: Don't underestimate every little thing, because every big thing is made up of small things. Only by doing every little thing well with a positive attitude can we do great things.
12. Be kind to your opponent
The zoo recently introduced an extremely fierce jaguar from abroad for people to watch. In order to better entertain this distinguished guest from afar, the zookeepers prepare exquisite meals for him every day, and specially open up a large venue for him to play and play. However, it is always depressed and listless all day.
Maybe you just arrived in a foreign land and feel a little homesick? Who knows that after more than two months, the leopard is still the same, and even doesn't want to eat food.
It's not good to see it, and the director panicked, so he quickly invited the veterinarian to make a diagnosis and treatment in many ways, and the results showed that there was no serious illness. In desperation, it was suggested that it might be better to put a few jaguars on the grass, and there might be some hope.
It turned out that people inadvertently found that whenever a tiger passed by, the jaguar always stood up and glared at each other.
Sure enough, with the jaguar's participation, the jaguar immediately became active and vigilant, and regained its former prestige.
Truth: Only when we have an opponent in life will we always be inspired to keep our fighting spirit strong and constantly tap our own potential. Be kind to your opponent, because his existence is like a shot in the arm; Thank your opponent, he will make you a majestic beauty.