We often feel confused at a certain moment or a certain period of time, watching people around us live better than ourselves, unwilling to fall, but powerless.
A friend of mine is a media editor, either the so-called new media or the paper media. In recent years, the paper media is on the verge of extinction, and he is hesitant to jump ship.
But in the end, I haven't changed. I continue to struggle in the unit, live a nine-to-five job, get off work on time, eat on time, and get paid on time. Stay at work, less and less. Until one day, the unit was cancelled, and the seemingly beautiful life was broken. Finally, he had to join the army of looking for a job with thousands of newly graduated college students.
But he worked in his previous unit for five years, and his salary was still 3 thousand.
After he came out, he finally became a salesman and sold insurance, but he really couldn't stand the pain. A customer with good performance often vomits blood and is even scolded by the customer. Accustomed to ease, he can't do it.
He stayed in the sales industry for three months, and then moved to new media. It's not like he used to read newspapers and change a few articles. Although he has so-called work experience, the new media often have to work overtime, even in the car. When eating, because of "newness", he will keep pace with the times and feel that he is behind the times for the first time.
Confusion is not terrible, but a waste of time. Because mediocrity or Excellence will only happen if you allow it; Don't be tired in your twenties and thirties; Don't choose comfort when you should struggle.
People's Daily, the official account of WeChat, once published an article entitled "I am 36 years old and can do nothing but charge". It is said that the local government in Tangshan has cancelled the road and bridge toll stations in various places, which was originally a happy event, but it is not so good for people engaged in road and bridge toll collection. A 36-year-old elder sister who retired from the toll collector said that she could do nothing but collect fees, so that it was difficult for her to find another job. Many people think it's because she doesn't study. If you ask me, that's not the main reason.
Because a comfortable life will paralyze people's nerves and make them more and more lazy. Just like this big sister, the daily state is charging. Although it is relaxed and stable, in such a monotonous and repetitive position, muddling along with peace of mind, like boiling frogs in warm water, will eventually be abandoned by the times.
So it is very important to choose what suits you, and it is more important to choose what you think is developing, especially when you are young. Never choose comfort at the age when you should struggle.
One of my college classmates, like many others, found a job after graduation and resigned. He was confused for a while and didn't know what he was going to do.
When people around you are looking for labels such as "office work", "easy and stable" and "civilian post". He quietly went to do real estate sales, that is, looking for customers to sell houses on the street.
The weather in July almost evaporated people. He shuttled through the city in the scorching sun. Because of his poor performance, he was in danger of being fired several times. He didn't give up, saying that he would stick to the past this year, but in the end, many things became the first order with him.
I remember that day, at two o'clock in the morning, he sent a circle of friends and said:
"I talked to the customers in the sales department until about two o'clock in the morning, but it was a good deal! I have been tired for some time! "
After that, he went from selling things on the street, which is what they call "marketing", to being a property consultant in the sales department, and then following the market and traveling all over the country. He and his colleagues watched and walked one after another, but he didn't go because the property market was very popular in recent years. Now he has worked as a regional manager and bought a house and a car in the city by his own efforts. At that time, most of us were poor people who shared a bus.
I asked him why he chose to sell. There is no threshold, everyone can do it, and it is too difficult.
He said: that's because I am poor, have no background at home, have no money, and live in the countryside. At that time, I was almost poor and crazy, and decided to go into sales. You see, although many people have easy jobs, they don't know that most of them are paid a dead salary of 3000 yuan. They have face in front of others, but they will lose face in the future. Only they know whether their life is good or not.
Yes, only you know whether you have money or not. Your boss will be sad if you are young and don't struggle.
We often see some young girls dragging their bags to the wholesale market alone, but they don't know that some of them have opened several stores by themselves. We also often see some salesmen on the street. They sell insurance, houses and all kinds of things. Looking at them, it is very bitter, but I don't know how many times people who do well are stronger than themselves.
Therefore, it is very important to choose what you are good at, to develop and to persist. Looking at those successful people, many of them started from nobody and eventually became big shots through their own persistence and efforts.
When Liu started his business, he rented a four-square-meter booth in Zhongguancun, Beijing to sell CDs. When JD.COM started, he rode a bike to deliver the courier. In the most difficult time, JD.COM almost died. Liu's gray hair is a lock of white hair on his forehead. Being able to survive the longest winter is bound to usher in a sunny spring, which is why today's e-commerce giant JD.COM came into being.
After I was expelled from Peking University, I had no source of income. In order to support his wife and children, he had to run a training class in the sea. At the beginning of the class, there were few students. In order to recruit students, Yu often rides a bicycle alone, carries a paste bucket, and posts recruitment advertisements all over the street. In winter, the paste is often frozen into a piece. When no advertisements are posted, he and his wife stay in the "classroom" and wait for the students to sign up. In order to study, Yu once drank two Jin of white wine in one breath and almost died. He was taken to the hospital for six hours before he was rescued. It is Yu's persistence and unremitting efforts that have made today's New Oriental Education Empire.
We live in an era full of variables. We can change or stay the same. So young, you are unwilling to be ordinary. Don't choose comfort easily at the age when you should struggle. Don't comfort yourself with ordinary values when you still have a choice. Redefine yourself from today, bid farewell to laziness from today, start to live again from today, and work hard for a better self!