Why are difficulties full of opportunities for self-development?

American Vice President henry wilson was born in a poor family. When he was a baby, poverty showed a ferocious face. He deeply realized that when he reached out his little hand and asked his mother for a piece of bread, there was nothing in her hand. /kloc-left home as an apprentice when he was 0/0 years old 1 1 year. During this 1 1 year, he can receive a month's school education every year. Finally, after 1 1 year's efforts, he got 1 head of cattle and 6 sheep, and he sold them for $84. From his birth to 2 1 year old, he never spent 1 dollar on entertainment because he valued every penny. He knew exactly what it was like to drag his tired body along the endless winding mountain road, so he asked his companions to leave him first. Every month after his 2 1 birthday, he will take some workers to the desolate forest to cut down the big wood there. At that time, he got up before the first light appeared every day, and then worked hard until evening. After a month of hard work day and night, he was paid 6 dollars. At that time, this 6 yuan was really a big sum for him! In his eyes, every dollar is as dazzling as the silver moon in the night sky.

Few people can understand the value of leisure time as deeply as Mr. Wilson. In a difficult situation, he made up his mind that he would never let any opportunity for self-development and self-improvement slip away, let every minute flow through his fingers without doing anything, and hold on to sporadic time like gold.

Wilson had managed to read 1000 good books before he was 2 1 year old. What an arduous task it is for a child on a farm! After leaving the farm, he walked 100 miles to Neddick, Massachusetts, to learn the skills of shoemakers. He walked past Boston, where he saw Bunker Hill Monument and other historical sites. It only cost 1 US$ 6 cents. A year later, he became the leader of a debate club in Nadik. Since then, he has also delivered a famous speech against slavery in Massachusetts Parliament. 12 years later, I entered the National Assembly as I wished, and I was on an equal footing with the famous Charles Sumner.

Any small opportunity is a huge turning point for Wilson. He never gives up every fleeting opportunity in life and regards it as a ladder to success.

"Horace, let me go to the clothing store to customize a suit for you. You should dress neatly and stop wearing that old and strange suit in town. " Mr streeter said. Horace greeley looked at his clothes carefully at this moment, as if he had never realized how shabby they were before. "Mr. streeter, you know my father is starting a new career in a new environment, and I will try my best to help him." Horace said.

Horace Greeley is the agent of the official gazette of Lake Erie run by Judge Slater. His salary is $65,438+035 per month, but in the past seven months, he only spent $6 for personal consumption. Horace moved from Vermont to West Pennsylvania with his father. He only keeps 15 dollars for himself every month, and all the rest is given to his father. In order to protect his father's sheep from wolves, it is common for him to sleep in the wild for many nights.

Horace is almost 2 1 year old. He is thin, pale, hoarse and clumsy, but he still insists on going to new york to look for opportunities and wealth. Before leaving, he rolled up his clothes and tied them to a stick on his shoulder. He trudged 60 miles through the dense virgin forest to Buffalo, then took a canoe down the river to Albany, changed to a barge on the Hudson River, and arrived in new york in the early morning of August 183 1.

He found the cheapest hotel, two and a half dollars a week. During the 600-mile long journey, he spent 5 dollars. The urgent task now is to find a job as soon as possible and alleviate the difficulties in life. He strolls around the street every day, looking at the job notices posted in every corner. He went in and out of the building and asked everyone if they needed help. "No, I don't need it." The answer is the same every time. Because of his strange appearance and untidy clothes, many people mistakenly think that he is an apprentice who ran out of the factory.

A few days later, Horace still didn't find a job. One weekend night, he overheard in the boarding house that "Western Printing Company" was looking for a printer. So he arrived at the gate of the western printing company at five o'clock on Monday morning and waited. At seven o'clock, he met the supervisor and asked for a job. However, the director thinks that this inexperienced young man from the countryside is not qualified for any job in the department that needs more manpower in the company, because they need skilled workers who can type for different language versions of the Covenant. But the director gave him a chance to try. When the operator of the company learned of the incident, he immediately expressed his opposition. He told the supervisor to let Horace leave after a day's work. But in the end, Horace's work performance exceeded all employees in the company, with the lowest error rate. Horace submitted an excellent answer sheet.

Thanks to hard work, Horace knows the printing industry like the back of his hand. 10 years later, he became a partner of a small printing company. He founded The new york Man, the best weekly newspaper in the United States, but he didn't make huge profits from it. 1840, Harrison was nominated as the presidential candidate. At this time, Horace began to make huts. The circulation of this newspaper reached 90 thousand copies, which was incredible at that time. However, Horace is still not profitable, because each newspaper only sells for a penny. How can he make a profit at such a low price?

The Establishment of new york Tribune is another adventure of Horace grilli, with a price of 1 cent per copy. In order to break the deadlock, he borrowed $65,438+0,000 from his friends and printed 5,000 copies when he published the first issue. Of course, it is also very difficult to sell all 5000 newspapers. However, in just six weeks, his number of subscribers soared from 600 to 1 1000. Since then, the demand for new york Tribune has been increasing day by day, and even all the printing presses are overloaded, which still cannot meet the needs of readers. The reason why there is such a market demand is that Horace, as an editor, tries his best to keep this newspaper in a position and style of defending justice.