Classic inspirational short essay?

There are many classic inspirational stories. These stories have influenced many readers and inspired many people. A small amount of time spent reading these can provide great encouragement. Below is what I compiled for you, I hope you like it.

Chapter 1: Raising Daughters Like Wolves

"Raising a son if you are poor and a daughter if you are rich" is a parenting tenet recognized by many parents, but the famous Taiwanese cartoonist Cai Zhizhong does not think so. The educational philosophy of his daughter Cai Xinyi can be summed up in a simple and powerful sentence: raise your daughter like a wolf!

Every time Cai Zhizhong takes Xinyi to the zoo, he likes to hold his daughter in front of the wolf cage. He lingered and told her all kinds of legends and stories about wolves. Xinyi said, aren't wolves just bigger dogs? Cai Zhizhong told her that wolves and dogs look similar, but they are fundamentally different. Wolves are far more independent and free than dogs, and can survive proudly in a cruel competitive environment.

When she was in the first class of kindergarten, Xinyi got into a fight with a little boy who bullied her. Cai Zhizhong was called by the teacher. When he saw his daughter with her pigtails torn off and a bruise on her nose, his first words were, "Who won?" The teacher was stunned and couldn't help but remind him: "Mr. Cai, although you said it wrong That little boy, but your daughter’s behavior is so unladylike.” Cai Zhizhong replied with a smile: “That’s right!”

After entering elementary school, she may have inherited her father’s artistic talent. Xinyi likes art and handicraft classes very much, but her grades in several main subjects have always been mediocre. A math test actually got zero points! Who would have thought that Cai Zhizhong found his wallet from his coat pocket and said excitedly to his daughter: "Now there are multiple-choice questions and true and false questions. It's really difficult to not get a single point! This should be regarded as The family heirloom will be passed down! Come on, daddy will treat you to a big dinner!" While the wife was dumbfounded, the father and daughter happily went out to a restaurant hand in hand.

But after the meal to celebrate the "zero score", Cai Zhizhong and Xinyi had a rare serious conversation. Cai Zhizhong asked his daughter if mathematics was difficult. Her daughter sighed and said that it was not difficult at all, but she just didn't like it. Cai Zhizhong once again used wolves as an example: Sometimes wolves are so hungry in the wilderness that they even have to eat disgusting things like ground rats, because if they don't eat, they won't survive. At this point it’s not a question of whether you like it or not, it’s a matter of necessity. The same goes for people. Sometimes they have to do things they don't like in order to accumulate strength and capital so that they can do things they like in the future. Xinyi understood what her father was saying and finally nodded obediently after thinking for a few minutes.

When Xinyi was 18 years old, she went to an American university to study interior design and advertising media. Cai Zhizhong lent his daughter a tuition fee in the form of an interest-bearing loan, and stated that it would be paid back in full within two years after graduation. . Xinyi happily accepted the loan and worked everywhere to earn money to support herself after school. Cai Zhizhong's intention is actually very clear. He wants his daughter to understand the simple truth of the hardships of life, and to help her develop a strong will to save herself from blows and setbacks and to encourage herself.

Chapter 2: Spring flowers, rush forward

Take off the coat of inferiority. Zhu Chunhua is full of confidence.

After transferring to this school, Zhu Chunhua felt that everything was wrong.

First is the name. In her previous school, whether teachers or classmates called her name, she always happily agreed and never felt anything was wrong. It was as natural as blooming in spring and bearing fruit in autumn. But now, she is most afraid of others calling her name, because Luo Xiao, the handsome boy with single eyelids in the class, will always add in a timely manner at this time: "Spring flowers, serve sauerkraut!" Then everyone laughs together. , laughing so hard that Zhu Chunhua’s face turned as red as a persimmon in autumn, and she wished she could find a place to hide.

The second is to speak. In the previous school. Everyone has the same accent and dialect, and no one laughs at anyone. But after transferring to another school, her new classmates all spoke pure and standard Mandarin, which was better than the teachers at her original school.

She seemed so out of place among a group of soft and pleasant voices like glutinous rice. The most terrible thing is in English class. As soon as the teacher asks her to read the text, everyone will purse their lips and secretly laugh.

Finally, there is clothing. Usually everyone wears school uniforms, so Zhu Chunhua didn't feel particularly disappointed, but once she didn't have to wear school uniforms, she was dumbfounded. Each of those classmates was prettier than the last. Jeans, hollow shirts, and princess skirts were all ready for a show. She was the only one still wearing the clothes she had bought in the past with single colors and outdated styles, like a gray little mouse.

Zhu Chunhua felt an unprecedented sense of loss, and her small inferiority complex was like a shaken Coke, which would overflow everywhere at the slightest touch. She tried her best to restrain herself, not socializing with classmates or going to crowded places. She was afraid of those mocking glances, sarcastic words, and disdainful scorn, which were enough to hurt her and make her run away. Zhu Chunhua is happiest only when she is alone. Her restraint and dullness will disappear in such time. She will have a happy conversation with a caterpillar on a leaf, cherish each other with a flower, and be good friends with an apple. In English class that day, the teacher asked her to read the text aloud. She suddenly stuttered because of her nervousness, and the originally beautiful text was read into pieces by her. The stumbling speed of her speech mixed with the extremely serious accent made it sound funny. Luo Xiao finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he covered his ears and shouted: "Stop reading, torture is not worth your life!" Some people whispered in agreement, while others laughed in a low voice. Zhu Chunhua's embarrassment reached the extreme, her face turned from white to blue, from green to purple, and finally she ran away with tears streaming down her face.

Because of this incident, Luo Xiao was severely criticized by the teacher and asked to apologize to Zhu Chunhua. Luo Xiao also felt that he had gone too far. In order to express his sincerity in apologizing, he bought Zhu Chunhua two pieces of Dove chocolate and a very beautiful hard-cover book with a bear pattern. Zhu Chunhua was a little tempted. She liked the scented hard-cover book very much, but when she thought of the embarrassment Luo Xiao had given her, she held back. She rolled her eyes at him and said, "I want to use these in exchange for my broken book." Self-respect, you are so good at settling accounts."

Luo Xiao asked her in a low voice: "What do you want?" Zhu Chunhua thought for a moment and said, "Teach me Mandarin and I will help you with your homework. "Although Zhu Chunhua is very unsophisticated, her academic performance is among the best. Luo Xiao pointed to his nose and said: "Let me teach you to speak Mandarin? Why don't you let me go? You are basically hopeless and there is not much possibility of reshaping. If you have that energy, you might as well focus on studying. , it’s not a problem to take the exam.”

Zhu Chunhua rolled her eyes at him: “I knew you weren’t good at it. You can’t do anything except ridicule and laugh at others.”

p>

"Who says I can't do it? I still want to try and train you to be as proficient in Mandarin as a CCTV announcer." Luo Xiao was suddenly excited by Zhu Chunhua and became filled with pride.

Zhu Chunhua began to practice her mouth shape in front of a small mirror every day, and took the trouble to find Luo Xiao for corrections and supplements. Luo Xiao unexpectedly quickly stepped into the role and took on the important role of teacher.

The school held an English competition, and the host had to be selected from among the students. Many students were eager to try. Zhu Chunhua hesitated for several days. She wanted to sign up but was afraid of being laughed at by her classmates. If she didn't sign up, she felt that she had lost a good opportunity to test herself. When she told Luo Xiao about her thoughts, Luo Xiao was so surprised that he opened his mouth in an O shape, but then encouraged him: "Go and try it! Your grades are so good, the only difference is in pronunciation, but after being a teacher After this period of intensive training, it’s time for you to go solo. Chunhua, charge forward!”

The way Luo Xiao shook her head made Zhu Chunhua angry and funny, and she high-fived Luo Xiao. As an alliance, I used all my courage and strength to sign up.

Hearing that Zhu Chunhua signed up, many students were waiting to see the joke. Unexpectedly, on the day of the official selection, Zhu Chunhua's fluent foreign language and standard pronunciation not only surprised the students, but also surprised the teacher who was taking the exam.

After taking off her inferiority complex, Zhu Chunhua was left with full confidence.

Chapter 3: Brother Gong: Descendant of the President, Genius Comedian

Every year at the Spring Festival Gala, there is a person who always says the same catchphrase when he appears: "Dear leaders and friends, Dear guests, ladies and fellow villagers, I miss you so much!"

Do you know who he is?

Yes! He is Feng Gong, who can kill you without even opening your mouth. Amused comedian.

Speaking of Feng Gong, his life experience is incredible! His great-grandfather was once the acting president of the Republic of China - Feng Guozhang. A tiger father has no dog sons. Feng Gong's grandfather studied overseas in his early years. After returning to China, he implemented industry to save the country and was also a well-known figure.

With such a distinguished life experience, why did Feng Gong embark on the path of art? Because by Feng Gong's generation, his family had declined, and Feng Gong had literary and artistic talents since he was a child. Back then, in order to join the propaganda team, Feng Gong even secretly sold a large iron stove inherited from his ancestors and bought a Huqin.

Later, Feng Gong became a disciple of Ma Ji and studied the creation and performance of cross talk. He partnered with Liu Wei and Niu Qun successively and became active on the cross talk stage in Tianjin and Beijing. Feng Gong and Niu Qun are simply golden partners. In the 1990s, they were the two aces at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and Feng Gong became a world-famous comedian.

Once, a reporter asked Feng Gong: "I want to interview your wife and son."

Feng Gong smiled and said: "My wife and son, in addition to being Apart from my wife and son, they are not much different from other people’s wives and sons, so you’d better not interview them.”

The reporter then said: “As a public figure. , everyone really wants to know the other side of you, what if you don't allow the interview?"

After listening, Feng Gong turned his back to the reporter, stretched out his hand to lift his clothes and said: " Don’t you always want to know the other side of me? Please see, this is the other side of me.”

Another time, Feng Gong participated in a condolence performance by the CCTV Heart to Heart Art Troupe and performed on the same stage. There are big names such as Jiang Dawei and Pu Cunxin. After the performance, people discovered that Jiang Dawei's groupies were almost all middle-aged male fans, while Pu Cunxin's groupies were almost all ***. Only Feng Gong's groupies were not only large in number, but also included both men and women, old and young.

The host Zhu Jun discovered this interesting phenomenon and asked Feng Gong: "Brother Gong, crosstalk is in such a slump, but there are so many people who like you, why do you think it is?"

After hearing this, Feng Gong pointed to his face and said: "This is because my face looks suitable for all ages."

Chapter 4: The little junior sister on the road to chasing dreams

On August 31, 2013, our Gasa Town Primary School held its annual pre-school staff meeting. When I entered the venue, I saw more than 30 unfamiliar faces in the venue. That was the new member who joined our team of teachers at Jiasa Primary School after passing five levels and winning six. They are all full of energy and full of youthful power. Suddenly one of the new faces stood up and greeted me. I looked at this person carefully and finally recognized her.

Her name is Li Xingfeng, she is a junior sister three years below me. She graduated from the preschool teacher major in 2001. At that time, it was an era when assignments were not guaranteed. To work, she had to pass the "single-plank bridge" of recruitment. However, our Xinping County did not recruit kindergarten teachers that year, and she even lost the opportunity to cross the "single-plank bridge." After being recommended by someone, she became a substitute teacher at the central primary school in our town. At that time, the salary of a substitute teacher was very low, but she worked hard for three years. I was fired three years later and worked as a preschool teacher in a private kindergarten in Yuxi for two years. Later I heard that she married an Anhui man and had children, went to Zhejiang and Jiangsu Province to work, returned to Xinping and opened a snack bar in Gasa, and went to Yuxi to do business. Then there was no news from her.

After so many years, I was really surprised to meet her at the faculty meeting.

After fierce competition, we won the second place. When she reported the good news to me, I felt a little regretful that I missed seeing her defeat the others.

From September 2013 to October 2014. In just one year and two months, why did she grow so fast? When others asked her, she always said: "There are no weak soldiers under a strong general!" In a very short sentence, all the credit was given to It fell on the head of the principal of my village primary school. In fact, we all know: that is the result of her hard work, that is the result of her persistence in her dream.

Yes, I am a former substitute teacher, a former working girl, and a former boss lady. After 13 years, I have never given up on my dream. What kind of persistence is that? What kind of belief is that? What kind of perseverance is that? You have paid a lot of hardships to pursue your dreams; you dare to compete with fresh graduates to realize your dreams; He didn’t stop when he realized his dream, and he made extraordinary efforts. She worked hard, she struggled, and she stood out among more than 30 new teachers. Even some old teachers felt inferior. She became a dazzling new star in our town central primary school and became well-known in the educational circles of Xinping County.

This is the little junior sister on the road to chasing her dreams.

Chapter 5: The Harvard boy who "lost" at the starting line

He is 29 years old and is already a senior assistant to the president of Lenovo Group, a Fortune 500 company. At the age of 21, he was hired by Dell Computer Company, the world's largest computer dealer at the time, and served in three important departments. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 2009 and was one of Citibank's 10 "Global Leadership Program Members". He is Yu Zhibo, the Harvard boy who was called "lost" at the starting line by the media - he repeated a grade in elementary school and ranked last in middle school; his parents divorced when he was 9 years old and he was raised by his grandparents; when he was 16 years old, he went to study in the United States and studied at A rural middle school with only 50 students.

Repeated a grade in primary school and ended up last in middle school

At the age of 9, because his parents divorced, Yu Zhibo transferred from Shanghai to Chengdu and lived with his grandparents. "When I transferred to another school, I was supposed to be in the fourth grade of elementary school, but I took the local school entrance exam and did not do well. As a result, I was dropped one grade and started studying in the third grade."

At the beginning of the transfer, Yu Zhibo couldn't understand the "Sichuan accent" and was often laughed at by his classmates, but this did not have much impact on him. Firstly, the teacher stopped them in time; secondly, what he thought about most all day long was to run two laps outside on the playground. Play ball. He didn't pay much attention to other things. He said that he really liked sports too much.

Regarding Zhibo's academic performance, his parents "turned a blind eye". His father said to him: "A score of about 80 is enough. It is enough to master basic knowledge and theory. For a few points, light up the lamp." "It's not worth it."

Once, his mother attended his parent-teacher meeting, and he did very badly on the exam. He ranked third from the bottom in the class and first in math, physics and chemistry. When his mother came back, she beat him severely. But even so, his parents did not object to his participation in the school track and field team on the grounds of delaying his studies.

"When I was a child, I thought it was fun. In middle school, sports became a haven for my self-esteem." Yu Zhibo was the main force of the school track and field team at the time. Running every day during training helped him release academic pressure and build confidence. "The will and hard-working spirit developed on the track and field cannot be experienced in the classroom."

Mastering American pronunciation in two months

In the summer of 16 years old, Yu Zhibo became an international student in the graduating class of Mitchell High School in central Oregon, USA, but was different from the original "Shengli University". "Escape" had a different state of mind, and the reality of the rural town of Mitchell "surprised" him.

As the only middle school in the town, Mitchell High School is the smallest high school in Oregon. "There are less than 50 students in the school, and the school only has one row of bungalows." Yu Zhibo admitted that he had a big psychological gap at the time.

The language barrier was the first hurdle Yu Zhibo faced at that time. In the first three weeks after arriving in the United States, he found that his original English foundation was very limited and it was difficult to communicate with American teachers and students. . "I am not afraid of making a fool of myself. I repeat what my classmates and teachers say, communicate more with the locals, and imitate the tone and tone of their speech." Even when no one is around, he is listening to the recordings and imitating them loudly. In two months, Yu Zhibo basically mastered the pronunciation of American English. "When I was young, as long as I wanted to learn, it was quite easy to pick up."

After graduating from this American high school, mathematics, physics and chemistry, which had been the most troublesome for Yu Zhibo, actually made him "popular". "I learned mathematics, physics and chemistry in the third grade of American high schools when I was in the third year of junior high school in China. There, I almost always got full marks in the exams and was promoted to a math teacher's assistant." Later, when joking among classmates, they would say to him: "I am not Chinese, so I don't understand mathematics."

After studying abroad for a year, Yu Zhibo spoke at the high school graduation ceremony on behalf of outstanding student groups. Afterwards, the principal told him privately that if he hadn't said "Thank you everyone" in Chinese at the end, the principal would have almost forgotten that he was a foreign student.

From a third-rate university to a prestigious university

When choosing a university, considering personal conditions such as self-financed study abroad and grades, Yu Zhibo chose "a small and cheap university" - —Eastern Oregon University.

In his sophomore year, Yu Zhibo began to plan the next step in his life - to transfer to a prestigious university for further study. After repeated weighing, Yu Zhibo decided to transfer to Michigan State University to major in supply chain. "Not only is the tuition at Michigan State University cheaper than other universities of the same level, but its business school has the number one supply chain management department in the United States."

After entering Michigan State University, because of his enthusiasm for public welfare and his successful leadership in organizing At the school's first China Supply Chain Forum, Yu Zhibo won the highest personal award among students in the college - the "Best Student" selected each semester. Later, the forum survived and related scholarships were established.

After graduating from Michigan State University, Yu Zhibo worked at Dell headquarters for three years. When he was 25 years old, he decided to apply for Harvard Business School. He took the GMAT test three times before passing.

"There are multiple starting points in life. Maybe I am lagging behind others now, but it does not necessarily mean I will lag behind others forever. Finding the best match for yourself is the most important thing." Yu Zhibo said, His favorite quote from Yu Minhong is: As long as a snail can climb to the top of the mountain, the scenery it sees will be the same as that of an eagle.

Workplace experience in large overseas companies

In 2009, Yu Zhibo’s study career at Harvard Business School came to an end, and he invited his parents to attend his graduation ceremony. Because his mother was single, she had been denied a visa once. In order to ensure that his parents, who had been divorced for many years, could meet at Harvard, Yu Zhibo even used the president of Harvard University to write an invitation letter to his mother, inviting her to attend the graduation ceremony.

What I didn’t expect was that my mother, who was far away in Chongqing, was still denied a visa. After learning the news, his father said to him: "Son, don't be sad. We were refused visas because the country is not strong enough. If China becomes a real big country one day, I am afraid that the ones we refuse visas will be others."

These words were remembered by Yu Zhibo.

In 2008, a financial crisis broke out in the United States. The end of the year is also the time when Harvard Business School graduates are looking for jobs. When 30% of his classmates were not satisfied with their jobs, Yu Zhibo got employment letters from five organizations at once, namely Citigroup, Samsung Co., Ltd., LG Electronics, Apple Computer and the National Basketball League NBA Headquarters. In 2009, after graduating from Harvard, Yu Zhibo chose to work at Citibank. Although the salary was the lowest compared with the other four companies, in his opinion, "the abilities you can exercise and the things you can learn at work are better than those of the other four companies." several times that of the company.”

At Citi, broad career prospects await him.

However, in 2010, Yu Zhibo made a decision that many people found unbelievable - to return to China for development.

For his choice, his father agreed very much. He said: "At Dell and Harvard, although there is cooperation among colleagues, it is mainly a kind of personal heroic battle. Future positions will require It is to coordinate all parties and then lead multiple departments, which requires more resilience and more hard work."

According to education expert Shi Qingxing, there are still many parents who "lose at the starting line" because of their children. ” is entangled, and Yu Zhibo’s story tells us that whether a person can succeed today and achieve gratifying results has little to do with his past. "Future results are determined by every step you take now, not by your performance at the starting line."