Youth Digest Classic Articles

"Youth Digest" is a comprehensive digest journal managed by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and sponsored by China Youth Publishing House. Everyone should have read "Youth Digest", which contains many classic and excellent articles. Here are the classic articles from Youth Digest that I have compiled for you. I hope you like it.

Youth Digest Classic Article 1: How the Boss is Born

Regarding entrepreneurship, one of the most popular styles at the moment is to pat your head and come up with ideas. I am not afraid that you will be imaginative, but I am afraid that you will not be unconventional. Only with a unique "good story" can you attract angel investment, and no matter whether the project is profitable or not, as long as rounds of venture capital are burned, you can gain both fame and fortune.

How many people, when they see the word "start a business", this is what they think about?

Of course there is nothing wrong with thinking like this, and there are indeed successful precedents. However, we must not pretend not to know that the success rate is quite low.

In Shenzhen, I have had in-depth exchanges with dozens of bosses, big and small. Their real entrepreneurial experiences are completely different from the inspirational and good stories in the news. Among them, the most common sample is Wei Mei'e.

Wei Mei'e graduated from junior high school at the age of sixteen, left her hometown in Meizhou, a poor mountainous area in Guangdong, and went to work in Guangzhou. At that time, she didn't even have the money to buy a ticket. The thirty good sisters in the village gave her one yuan and I fifty cents to pay for the trip.

Needless to say, it was difficult, and the only capital she had was seriousness. As a waitress in a small hotel, she was responsible for cleaning the toilets, wiping, washing, wiping, and washing again, for three hundred and sixty-five days. She had zero tolerance for any odor in the toilet. As a receptionist at a club, she is the first to come and the last to leave every day. She raises her hand to do any work she sees, such as cleaning, loading and unloading, and checking doors and windows. She never needs the boss's instructions, let alone his supervision.

Therefore, every time she changes jobs, she has to go through a lot of troubles, because her bosses are reluctant to let her go, and she will cry like a mess every time.

The last time she worked was as a waiter in a high-end restaurant in Shenzhen. Occasionally, I heard from a customer that there was a piece of land in a garden park near a village in the city. Because it was located on a high hill, watering was difficult and no one was willing to contract it, so the price was so cheap that it was like giving it away.

After get off work, Wei Mei'e secretly ran to the park, patrolled the high hill for a week, and then decisively signed the contract. Indeed, watering has to be carried up from the post, which is very laborious. However, what she has always been least afraid of is suffering?

After resigning, Wei Mei'e took care of six thousand pots of flowers by herself. Every day, each flower needs to loosen the soil, fertilize, water, and support branches. Each process is completed in turn, which is 24,000 actions. For a year, she worked almost day and night.

But her flowers bloomed as scheduled under the southern sun. Like a child who has been carefully cared for, her flowers have strong branches and leaves, full blooms, and their good quality attracted a large number of customers. One of them, a wealthy Hong Kong businessman, bought all the flowers at a price of 20 Hong Kong dollars per pot. Wei Mei'e made a steady profit of 100,000 Yuan.

One hundred thousand yuan was an astronomical figure to Wei Mei'e at that time. But in her eyes, this one hundred thousand yuan is no longer money, but a frightening self-discovery: It turns out that I can still do such a big thing!

Wei Mei'e, who had tasted the sweetness, remembered her mother's words. In a word: Those who raise pigs are not as good as those who sell pigs. ?This simple wisdom was just enough for her, so she bought another flower shop near the park.

In the flower shop, her enthusiasm is calm and appropriate. When guests come in and a cup of hot tea is served, they are left to wander around and watch. She will quietly appear when a customer asks, but she will never follow the customer to introduce this or that promotion. The same flowers, the same stalls, her sales are several times that of the neighboring store. Sometimes, the owner of a neighboring store would entrust her to sell some seasonal flowers on his behalf.

A small reputation came together with a big opportunity. Some agencies and companies began to come to her, asking her to supply large quantities of flowers to decorate offices and courtyards. In the process, she naturally discovered I had the opportunity of garden design and construction, so I formed a team and registered the company. Everything was so logical and fell into place.

Today, Wei Mei'e's garden design company has become one of the leading companies in the industry in Shenzhen. Under her leadership, it has even researched and developed freshwater mangrove planting technology and has successfully applied for a patent. This is a great blessing for Shenzhen, which is proud of its mangroves.

Yes, this way of starting a business is both traditional and slow. However, time will eventually prove that all efforts to push for quick success can only spawn noisy bubbles, and countless Wei Mei'e are the real backbone of economic growth.

There is only one Jack Ma; our father is not Wang Jianlin. So, if you want to start a business, you might as well be like Wei Mei'e, start from the small things around you, do every job well and accurately, and then discover opportunities and achieve leaps. This is the correct way for a boss to be born. Youth Digest Classic Article 2: God may not reward hard work, but deep thinking determines life

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I have a friend who is an ideal person, with ideas, passion, and love for trouble. He said he wanted to give up his current job and find a job as an angel investor. Although he had never engaged in a similar job, driven by his inner strength, he spent half a month studying an industry and wrote an industry investment analysis report. , and then submitted a resume.

This guy received the interview invitation as he wished. Judging from his expression when he described it to me, he was a little excited. This shows that the investment analysis report has received certain recognition. But the HR director asked a few questions during the interview, which confused him.

HR Director: What is the book that has had the deepest impact on you, and who is the author?

He answered several points in the book, and then said that the author really wanted to Can't get up.

HR Director: Do you usually watch science fiction movies?

He replied: I am usually busy with work and rarely watch movies. (What a high-sounding answer.)

The HR director asked again: What are you obsessed with? To what extent are you obsessed?

He replied: Apart from work and reading some books, there is really nothing. Obsessed with something.

After the interview, he felt that the answers to these questions were very poor, and he felt a little worried. On the way back, he received a reply from the HR director, saying: "After a comprehensive evaluation with your colleagues, your experience is not suitable for this job." ?

He was a little unwilling and asked the HR director: Why did he fail the interview?

The HR director replied: The depth and breadth of knowledge are not enough, and he lacks foresight. ?

This sentence stung him, what a painful realization.

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The depth, breadth, and foresight not only awakened him, but also deeply awakened me, and why am I the same?

Again If you analyze those questions carefully, they are actually very pertinent. Asking which book has had the greatest impact on you is intended to test the depth of your understanding of the book. When making angel investments, in-depth thinking is a basic quality. Asking whether you watch science fiction movies is intended to test your level of concern about the future. Using this standard to measure myself, I found that my thinking on many issues was very superficial. After thinking about it for one or two levels, it was difficult to go deeper.

I also like to read books and have bought a lot of them, but it is basically a waste of time. I only remember a few points and do not have a deep understanding of the system structure in the book. If the knowledge is not systematic, it is of little value. Watching without really digesting it, not trying to think deeply, understand, digest, and make it your own is essentially the same as not watching.

I once read an article called "In-depth thinking is more important than diligence". After reading it, I only remembered this sentence and had no personal experience. But after a friend told his painful experience, I I found this sentence to be very meaningful. So I searched for this article on the Internet again and read it carefully several times. This is actually a speech written by Liu Qin of Morningside Capital.

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun called Liu Qin and said to him: I always think that you have your own uniqueness in investing. Can you tell me how to be a successful investor? Investors? Why can you do very well in investing?

He gave Lei Jun an answer at the time: "I believe I am extremely diligent." I believe that God will reward diligence! I believe that if you are diligent, you will be a very good investor. ?

He originally thought that this answer would be at least partially recognized by Lei Jun, but he did not expect that Lei Jun gave him a surprising feedback. The answer is: Heaven does not necessarily reward hard work. This view gave him a great stimulus at the time.

Later I gradually understood that diligence may be necessary, but diligence is far from enough.

Deep thinking is more important than diligence. I think deep thinking determines life. Understanding this sentence requires clarifying several concepts.

What is depth? Depth is the degree to which the essence of things is touched. A deep understanding of the essence of things is deep, while only understanding the surface of things is shallow.

Decision means to play a decisive role, but not an absolute role. Life is not entirely determined by deep thinking, but it plays a decisive role. Some people don't need to be too profound and can still live comfortably, such as the second generation of rich people and the second generation of officials. For example, if they buy a lottery ticket and win 5 million, it doesn't matter whether they are profound or not.

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A careful study of the speeches and articles written by famous figures with outstanding achievements in various fields is the crystallization of profound thinking in a certain field. The depth and depth of thinking are The vision is beyond the reach of most people.

Jack Ma’s profound understanding and foresight of e-commerce made Alibaba a success; Zhou Hongyi’s profound understanding of traffic made a huge difference before and after joining Qihoo; AVIC 502’s in-depth research on ion engine technology and understanding, and built the world's most advanced ion engine, shortening the flight time from Earth to Mars to about 39 days.

Deep thinking is not unreachable. It is a skill we can acquire through hard work and continuous practice. Once deep thinking becomes a habit, life will be very different.

Several prerequisites for deep thinking

01 Inner Will

No matter how good a thing is, it will not help if you don’t want to do it. Only when you have this intention in your heart can you start it. The door to thinking.

　02 Deep thinking is your own business

I had this feeling when I was in school. I felt that learning was for others. Teachers forced me to learn at school, and my parents forced me to learn at home. Have you finished your homework? You are not allowed to sleep until you finish your homework. If you do not do well in the exam, you will be beaten when you get home.

When I grow up, I realize that learning is your own, and the gap between people also occurs after graduation. Those who regard reading as their own business, and those who know better about self-study after graduation, usually do not do too badly.

In-depth thinking is always your own business. Although it is difficult to go deep at the beginning, it will not be difficult after time and you have your own methodology.

　03 A field I like

I watched the movie "Interstellar" two days ago. Without that strong sense of mission and love for his loved ones, Cooper would never be able to return. Of the earth, it is also out of the question to save mankind. The field you choose directly affects the size of your future achievements.

　04 Determination

Just thinking is not enough. If you don’t have determination, you will make all kinds of excuses for yourself? I don’t have time, I am exhausted from work, and I still have the heart to think about this? Today If you don’t make up your mind to think deeply and research, you will have to pay it back sooner or later tomorrow.

More importantly, if you want to achieve something, you must be early, time waits for no one. Don't deceive yourself and think that you can achieve success in life and become a winner in life without thinking deeply. It is really a daydream. God has only done two things, one is to create an environment, and the other is to establish competition. The antelope is always thinking about how to outrun the lion. It must have this determination, otherwise it will only become the lion's meal. Youth Digest Classic Article 3: Nothing has nothing to do with you

Italian Berlusconi was beaten. Lao Bei's face was covered with blood, leaving countless viewers in front of the TV dumbfounded. Some were gloating about his misfortune, while others were feeling pity. However, after watching the excitement, most people do whatever they should do.

A toy manufacturer in Naples found business opportunities in the excitement. He guessed that Lao Bei had been getting a lot of negative news recently and that being beaten was unexpected but reasonable, so he designed a new type of doll to cater to some people's psychology. The doll exaggeratedly wrapped Berlusconi's head tightly with bandages, and his face was stained with blood, vividly recreating the scene on the day he was injured. On the third day after Lao Bei's injury, the "Bandage Doll" was born, priced at $38, which is not cheap. However, this unique doll has been sought after by a large number of customers. Most people who visit the store are attracted by the "Berlusconi doll", and the 12 Moments made that day were sold out. With the increase in orders, toy factories have to work overtime for production. The busy scene of the factory has driven away the haze caused by the previous financial crisis.

A young man in India was also inspired by the blood of Lao Bei. He developed a game software called "Boxing Bay". Players only need to click the mouse to control a thick fist on the left side of the computer, while "Baby" stands in the middle of the crowd and rocks back and forth. As long as he hits once, "Baby" will be released. Bei? will show his teeth and his mouth will be full of blood. The more hits you get before the bouncer comes up, the more points you get. This simple game is very popular among office workers, and everyone likes to play it in their free time. In just a few weeks, millions of people have played the game. Although the popularity of this game waned as Lao Bei's injury improved, such a small production made the website a lot of money in a short period of time.

There is something even more amazing. A college student from a small town in northern Italy sent out his resume everywhere after graduation, but received no reply. After Lao Bei was beaten, he had an idea and made the background pattern of his resume into "Lao Bei's Passion", which earned him a lot of attention in the recruitment market. The manager of a company that accepted him said that we need such flexible and creative students.

Unexpected things happen every day in the world, and nothing has nothing to do with you. After seeing what happened after Lao Bei was beaten, I believe you will agree with this view.