You can’t make it in a small city, but you can go to heaven in a big city?

2017 is here, and many friends are eager to try big cities.

Big cities, for them, mean hope and opportunities. They are colorful dreams and the road to wealth and freedom.

Little A went to a not-so-famous “211” university and returned to his hometown in the prefecture-level city according to his parents’ wishes last year.

I found a job in a public institution with a salary of more than 3,000.

Two days ago, he told me on WeChat, Brother, I am ready to resign.

I asked, why?

He said that his leadership was bureaucratic, his colleagues were narrow-minded, and his talents could not be used at all. After working for more than a year, he was always squeezed out.

I asked, where are you going?

He said, no matter where you go, whether you go to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or Shenzhen, you have to go to a big city!

I said, have you decided what industry you want to go to?

He said, I studied advertising in college and I want to work for an international 4A advertising company.

I asked, did you have any advertising works in the year you graduated?

He said, no, he was just running errands in that public institution, and the work he did had nothing to do with advertising.

I asked, why do you compete with those students who graduated from the "985" program and have interned in international advertising companies?

He said, I can learn. Didn’t he say that he should go out and make mistakes while he was young? If I don't try it today, I will definitely regret it tomorrow.

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Little A’s mentality is actually the same mentality of many young people in small cities. Unwilling to be mediocre, long for a passionate life.

Therefore, resigning and going to a big city, to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, has become a passionate choice for many young people in small cities.

But will big cities really open their arms to them like a loving father? Obviously not!

Many people forget the truth that only how talented you are can you be worthy of your high status.

There was a young man from a small town who went to a not very good college and majored in computer science. After graduation, I also went to Beijing to pursue my career. After a few years, I returned to a third-tier town.

He started as a programmer and worked his way up to product manager and then to department manager step by step. But instead of settling for life in a small town, he used his spare time to expand his slash business.

Writing, publishing books, and giving micro-classes, after get off work every day, I enter another "battlefield." Here he fights for his future.

In one year and more than 200 sharing sessions, he successfully rose from a third-tier youth to a first-tier knowledge IP, with his spare time income exceeding 100,000 yuan a month.

He is Peng Xiaoliu. It took him ten years to go to Shenzhen and finally he could say to himself, "I don't like being a programmer!"

This is the choice, when Only if you make all preparations and become a good person will big cities open their arms to you.

And Little A and many young people who yearn for big cities are just an escape after being frustrated.

Big cities are not paradises, they are arenas. Although not as bloody as the Roman Colosseum, it is equally cruel when it strangles your dreams.

Beijing is a city that makes all idealistic young people with dreams feel their hearts pounding just thinking about it.

There, all your wild dreams have a chance to come true, and no one will laugh at your plans to become a billionaire.

A penniless boy can rely on his creativity and wisdom to achieve a career that he would not dare to dream of in a small city.

However, please note that you must be creative and smart. Many young people today have not thought clearly about what they can do, and do not have any abilities or specialties that are worthy of being in a big city.

So, why should big cities accept you?

I went to Beijing on a business trip a few days ago. Due to the cold air, the smog was gone and the sky was exceptionally blue. Looking at the colorful Beijing, for a moment, I was a little tempted.

Sitting on the subway in Beijing, looking at the busy crowds around me, how many people rush to work from outside the Sixth Ring Road every day with dreams in mind.

Hurry and tired, they are the vitality of the city of Beijing. They use their dreams as fuel to ignite the engine of this reinforced concrete jungle.

However, the myths of wealth creation that are born every day have nothing to do with them.

I know that I do not belong to this city because my abilities are not worthy of the needs of this city.

Your ability determines your level, and the cruel competition in big cities may push you to the bottom of society before you have developed the ability to cope with it.

Does anyone regard Hao Jingfang's "Beijing Folding" as a science fiction novel? I read it as a realistic novel.

Isn’t Beijing now just like the one described in the novel? The layers of life divide people with precision like a scalpel, and people in the three spaces seem to live in different worlds.

In Beijing, you can appreciate the prosperity of the first world and the ruin of the third world.

Here are the most dreamy new immigrants, as well as old Beijingers who have lived here for generations.

If you can’t survive in a small city, which world in a big city would you like to live in?

If you don’t want to figure this out, I advise you to improve your abilities in a small city first.

After all, in this Internet age, learning and improvement are no longer a benefit of big cities. Young people in small towns can also take a long-term view and build their own brand.

Uncle Qiuye, Peng Xiaoliu, a fierce cat, and Yi Renyongcheng all did not succeed in starting a business in first-tier cities.

Their success stems from their continuous improvement of their abilities and their accurate grasp of the platform they are on.

Shine the right light on the right platform, first learn to go from 0 to 1, and then seek greater development. This is a rational attitude towards personal development.

Recently, many friends are setting New Year’s goals and preparing to change jobs and start new struggles. I hope my article can be helpful to you! I am He Dongxi, a middle-aged uncle who is in the system, has dreams, and works hard!