How to persevere?

The road to victory is often circuitous, like a trail in the mountains. Taking such a road requires patience and perseverance; those who rest on the roadside when tired will not succeed.

You will have good luck if you persevere

People with average abilities can achieve great things, but many talented people struggle and fail throughout their lives. Why? The question is whether they can persevere. key.

There is an old saying in China: "Gan Le was the prime minister at the age of twelve - his luck was early; when Taigong met King Wen at the age of eighty - his luck was late." Whether it is "luck early" or "luck late", as long as you persist Go down and you'll have good luck.

Nothing in the world can replace tenacity: talent cannot, there are many talented but unsuccessful people; genius cannot, there is no shortage of precedents for unsuccessful geniuses in history. You can't wait for luck, but you have to be brave, never give up, be tenacious and decisive, and good luck will find you.

We all know that long-distance running requires not only physical strength, but also willpower. Only by overcoming yourself can you achieve success. In fact, life is like a long-distance race. To overcome various difficulties and tribulations, this requires not only wisdom, but also a strong willpower to never give up and move forward courageously.

The founder of McDonald's is Rick Rock, who is still a member of the unemployed at the age of 50. In desperation, he secretly left his hometown of Illinois on a tour bus in the middle of the night and went to California to find a job. He first found a job selling mixers, so he went around selling them, selling them, and selling them to the McDonald brothers' fast-food restaurants.

When others see McDonald's, it is McDonald's, but Rick Rock has a sharp eye. When he saw many people queuing up to buy burgers in such a small store, he didn't squeeze in to buy one to try, but wanted to Find out what makes this burger different from other burgers.

When I had questions, I went to investigate and found out: The traditional American hamburger is cold and hard, while the McDonald’s brothers’ burgers are hot, soft, fragrant, and very hygienic. .

Locke thought that Jews have two secrets to doing business, one is "mouth" and the other is "woman". Aren't the McDonald's brothers' burgers all about "mouth"? Starting a burger business like this will definitely be successful and very attractive.

Rake Rock tried to make friends with the McDonald brothers. After becoming friends, Locke and McDonald often talked together.

One day, Locke said to the McDonald brothers: "Why don't you two brothers take the McDonald's business to other places? You see, after working in California for so many years, we only opened more than ten branches. This The business can be extended to the whole world!"

The McDonald brothers said: "You are our friend, let me tell you. Our goal is not to sell burgers! The reason why we make burgers is to commemorate the time when our mother made them. The burgers are so delicious, now we are just making the burgers made by our mother to share with others."

When Locke knew that the two brothers had no intention of doing this, he was very happy, but he was very calm. Said: "In this case, can you let me use your name and the name of your store to start a McDonald's business in my hometown of Illinois?"

The McDonald brothers didn't even think about it. Just said: "Okay! Welcome, what's wrong with this?"

In this way, Locke easily obtained the right to operate McDonald's.

Lock returned to his hometown, and within five years, he had built more than 100 McDonald's chain stores in Illinois. Later, he spent another sum of money to acquire more than 10 stores owned by the McDonald brothers, and eventually became the owner of McDonald's.

It can be seen that a "positive attitude" that perseveres is the most important thing to achieve success in life. Lake Rock was still unemployed at the age of 50, but he did not feel discouraged, but actively looked for opportunities. A year later, a miracle happened. So, as long as you want to do it, it’s never too late.

Happiness will come if you persevere

The famous success expert H.V. Cattenberg advises young people who are eager to succeed: "Every morning we often feel that we need to do some exercise to make ourselves happy. Wake up from a half-asleep state. But we need some mental and ideological stimulation to really get active every morning, so cheer yourself up every morning.”

Isn’t it a silly and childish thing to cheer yourself up every morning? No, this has an important basis in psychology.

If you often encourage yourself and create interest in work, you will minimize fatigue, which may also bring you opportunities for promotion and development. Even if there are no such benefits, at least you can enjoy your leisure time better after reducing fatigue and worry.

So how did Cattenberg achieve success?

When H.V. Cattenberg was 22 years old, he worked on a ship that transported livestock across the Atlantic. Cattle carried on board are given water and feed. He then cycled around the UK and then France. When he arrived in Paris, his savings were all gone and he had to pawn the camera he had brought with him for a few dollars. He placed a job advertisement in the Paris edition of the New York Herald and found a job selling stereoscopes.

He did not speak French, but after a year of selling door-to-door, he actually earned a commission of US$5,000 and became the highest-paid salesman in France that year.

How did he create a miracle?

At first, he asked his boss to write down what he should say in pure French, and then he memorized it by heart. He just rings the doorbell. After the housewife opened the door, he began to recite the sales pitch taught by his boss. His American-accented French was comical, and he took the opportunity to hand over photos of the actual items.

If the other party asked some questions, he would shrug and say: "Americans...Americans", take off his hat at the same time, and point out the speech notes hidden in the hat to others. Of course the housewife laughed, and he laughed too, before showing her more pictures.

When Cattenberg recounted these events, he frankly admitted that this kind of work was not easy. The reason why he was able to get through it was because of one belief: to make this job fun.

Before going out every morning, he would look at himself in the mirror and say: "Katenberg, if you want to eat, you have to do this. Since you have to do it, why don't you do it?" Do you want to be more happy?"

Katenberg told us that these words of encouragement for himself every day help turn a job that he used to hate and fear into something he likes, and it also makes him like it. He made more money.

If you don't find happiness at work, you're unlikely to find it anywhere else because you spend most of your day at work.

In many things, persistence can lead to success.

There is such a story:

There were two vendors on an old street, both selling tofu. One of them is very determined and has always hoped to change his life through honest labor so that his next generation will no longer just be a tofu hawker like him. Therefore, this person keeps thinking about how to improve product quality and service levels every day, so that he can make a little more money than another person every day. After 10 years of hard work, this hawker became a millionaire, controlling a large company with assets worth tens of millions of dollars. The other person is still the same as before, and has been "the same for decades". The difference is that his son has now "inherited the father's business" and can sell tofu on behalf of his parents.

Ten years of sharpening a sword creates two worlds. As long as you are good at accumulation, you don't have to worry about not being able to accomplish great things: this is the difference between an upward mentality and a conservative mentality.

There is such a story:

There was a traveling doctor, who is today's "unlicensed doctor." He is well-informed. In addition to telling stories he has read in books, he often tells his own personal experiences.

Once, he said that during the Great Leap Forward, he was a well-known person in the province...

Others asked: "What did you become famous for?"

He said: “Grow radishes!”

“Who doesn’t know how to grow radishes?”

“It’s not your common radishes of several kilograms, but dozens of radishes. Kilograms of radish!"

Others were very surprised and asked what kind of radish could be so big!

He said that he was only 17 years old at the time and had not graduated from high school. During that time, I planted some radishes in my private plot. The largest one weighed 5 kilograms.

The commune secretary found out about this news, so he found him and asked him if he could grow bigger radishes.

It’s hard to say, he said. Who knows how big the radish will grow. The commune secretary asked him to plant a bigger one, preferably 50 kilograms.

He said: "This is impossible. No matter how hard you plant it, five or six kilograms will be good."

The commune secretary said: "You can't plant it, even if you say it No more?"

This is how he "grows" 50 kilograms of radish...

It turns out that this is how this traveling doctor is "famous throughout the province."

We will not comment on what happened during the Great Leap Forward, but daring to speak and act is often a prerequisite for success. Just imagine, what can a person do if he can’t even think about it?

Let’s tell the story of Ms. Wu Shihong:

Wu Shihong was originally a nurse. In 1985, she Decided to apply for a job at Microsoft. At that time, Microsoft's recruitment location was located at the Great Wall Hotel, which was a five-star hotel. At that time, five-star hotels did not have the same "status" as they do today, because there are too many five-star hotels now.

Just imagine, how did Wu Shihong, a nurse who had not yet fully solved the problem of food and clothing, feel when he came to the door of a five-star hotel like the Great Wall Hotel?

She recalled , she lingered at the entrance of the Great Wall Hotel for five minutes, staring blankly at how people of all skin colors walked up the steps calmly, walked in confidently, and simply entered another world. The reason why she lingered for five minutes and did not dare to go in was because deep down in her heart she could not measure the distance between herself and this door.

After some thinking, of course she finally went in, otherwise Wu Shihong would not be what he is today. How did she break through this obstacle? She just relied on a radio and spent one and a half years studying Xu Guozhang's three-year English course. Based on this experience, she should also go in. Isn't it just for the sake of studying hard? Is this the day?

She mustered up her courage, walked steadily through the majestic revolving door, and walked into the Beijing office of IBM, the largest information industry company in the world: She is indeed a Talent, successfully passed two rounds of written examinations and one round of oral examinations, and finally came to the examiner. It was almost done.

As the saying goes, the king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with. Now that she has met the King of Hell, she seems to have nothing to fear.

The examiner did not ask any difficult questions, but just asked casually: "Can you type?"

She didn't know how to type, but her instinct told her that at this point, What else can't you do?

She nodded and said only one word: "Yes!"

"How many words can you type in one minute?"

"What are your requirements?"

"120 words per minute."

She looked around casually and found no typewriter in the examination room, so she immediately answered: "No problem!"

The examiner said: "Okay, if you are admitted, try typing!"

She passed five levels and defeated six generals smoothly. Passed the eyes of the examiner.

In fact, Wu Shihong has never touched a typewriter. After the interview, she quickly ran to a friend and borrowed 170 yuan to buy a typewriter. She practiced day and night for a week, and she actually reached the level of a professional typist.

She was accepted by Microsoft. IBM "forgot" to test her typing skills, but it took her several months to pay off the 170 yuan.

She became an ordinary employee of this world-famous company, but she did not play a white-collar role, but a humble role. Her main job was to make tea, pour water, and clean. In her own words Said, "It's all physical work from the head down." She felt inferior about this and considered it a luxury wish to be able to touch a fax machine one day. The comfort she felt was that she could work in a safe place where she could solve the problem of food and clothing.

However, this psychological balance was soon broken:

One day, when Wu Shihong came back pushing a flatbed truck to buy office supplies, the guard stopped her at the gate and deliberately checked her foreign company work permit. . She didn't have a work permit for a foreign company, so there was a stalemate at the gate. People coming in and out looked at her like they were monkeys on the street, looking at her strangely.

As a woman, her heart was full of humiliation and helplessness, but she knew that this job was not easy to come by, so she did not vent it out. She just gritted her teeth and said: "I can never go on like this. !"

This was the first thing, and there was another thing that left a deep impression on her.

There is a female employee from Hong Kong who is very senior and likes to instruct people to do things for her. Wu Shihong is the main person she instructs.

One day, the lady called Wu Shihong by his English name and said: "Juliet, if you want to drink coffee, please tell me!"

Monk Wu Shihong - confused, I don’t know what this self-righteous lady said.

The lady said: "If you drink my coffee, please close the lid of the cup every time!"

Wu Shihong was originally a person who was very good at swallowing his anger. This time the woman All her gentleness was gone, because she thought it was a personal insult to regard herself as a little thief who stole coffee. She suddenly trembled all over, like an angry lion, venting all the anger buried in her heart...

Wu Shihong thought: One day, I will take care of everyone in the company, no matter who he is. Are you a foreigner or a Hong Konger?

If you are willing to feel inferior, you can only sink. If you are not willing to feel inferior, you will have endless driving force: Wu Shihong works and studies every day, constantly looking for his best way out. .

Among the employees who joined IBM at the same time as her, she was the first to be a business representative, the first to become a local manager, and the first to go to the U.S. headquarters for strategic research. Becoming the general manager of IBM South China - also known as the "Southern King"...

Probably these are not very interesting. In the end, Wu Shihong ascended to the throne of "General Manager of Microsoft (China)" .

People should have this kind of spirit - don’t you know how to learn something you don’t know?

We now want to say something like this: If you persist for several years, there will be benefits. . As long as a person is willing to spend time, no less: after ten years of hard work, a person with average intelligence can become proficient in a subject; an illiterate person with no knowledge can become a polite and educated person.

This is how Wu Shihong succeeded!

People should have a little spirit, and this spirit includes the courage to promise things they don’t know how to do: Wu Shihong didn’t know how to type, but she not only said I can do it myself, and it’s very powerful. However, she didn't just say it and be done with it. Instead, she spent 170 yuan to buy a typewriter and practiced hard, and even reached a "professional typing level." In other words, be responsible for what you say.

A journey of a thousand miles must be done step by step

There was a woman who had been frail and sick since she was a child, and had a hole in her ventricle. She underwent surgery after surgery and gained several pounds. Dieting doesn't work for her. She must often endure undiagnosed, unexplained pain. Although her husband has learned to accept her birth defects and hopes that her health will improve, he does not really believe that such a day will come.

One day, they held a family gathering and drafted a "wish list" of the things they wanted to do most in their lives. One of her wishes is to run a marathon. Due to physical limitations, her husband thought her goal was completely unrealistic, but she became serious and started running slowly in the area near her home: running just a little more every day than the previous day - only One more lane.

One day she asked herself: "When will I be able to run a full kilometer?"

Soon, she could run 3 kilometers, then 5 kilometers...< /p>

Her husband described her participation in the marathon:

She told me that she had learned something: the subconscious mind and the nervous system cannot tell what is real and what is vivid Lively imagined situations. If we allow our imagination to become as clear as crystal, we will change ourselves in pursuit of perfection, prompting ourselves to subconsciously pursue the desire for beauty.

I know she believes in it and she has signed up to run the St. George Marathon in southern Utah.

As I drove over the mountain roads from Sedab to St. George, Utah, I asked myself: "Can the mind believe in an illusion that leads to self-destruction?"

Contest On start day, I parked our van at the finish line and waited for her to arrive. The rain kept falling and the wind was bone-chilling. The marathon started 5 hours ago. Several injured and shaking athletes had been carried away from me, and I began to panic. The thought that she might be alone and chilling somewhere on the side of the road drove me crazy with anxiety.

The strong and fast runners have already finished the race, and the athletes are becoming more and more rare. Now I can’t see anyone in any direction.

Nearly all cars traveling along the marathon route have left and traffic has returned to normal. I was able to drive on the road to the race. After driving almost two miles, there was still not a single athlete in sight. So I turned around and saw a small group of people running. As I got closer, I saw her running with three others. They were talking and laughing and running. I parked the car and asked, "Are you okay?"

She gasped softly and said, "Ah! Very good." Her new friend smiled at me.

I said, "Only a few miles."

Only a few miles? I thought, am I crazy? I noticed two other athletes running limply. I could hear their feet slapping in their wet sneakers. I wanted to tell them they had a good run and I could give them a ride. But, seeing the determination in their eyes, I turned the van around and followed them from a distance, watching to see if any of them fell down.

They have been running for five and a half hours. I sped past them and waited a mile from the finish line.

As she came into my view, I could see her begin to struggle. Her steps slowed, her face contorted in pain. She looked at her feet with fear, as if they would no longer move. Yet she kept going, almost hobbling.

The small group almost became dispersed. Only a woman about 20 years old approached her. It's clear they've bonded over the competition. I was attracted by such a scene, so I ran after them. After about a few hundred yards, I tried to think of some great words of motivation and wisdom to say to them, but I couldn't breathe and couldn't get the words out.

The finish line is in sight and I’m glad it’s not completely torn down yet because I feel like the real winner is just about to run in. One of the runners, a slender teenager, stopped running, sat down and cried. I saw some people, maybe family, helping him to their car. I could see that she was upset and anxious - but she had been dreaming of this day for two years and she wasn't going to give up. She knew she would succeed, and this belief drove her to regain her pace with confidence, even joy, toward the finish line, which was only a few hundred yards away. A few people came outside to congratulate my wife and several other marathon runners. The athletes with her praised her for her beautiful running, saying that she rested regularly before starting again, drank a lot of water at various water supply points, and controlled her pace well.

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She has become the leader of this small, less experienced group. She inspired and encouraged them with her confident words. They praised her enthusiastically and hugged her as we celebrated in the park.

Her new friend said, “She made us believe we could do it!”

Another said, “She vividly described how I would get there, so, I knew I could We can do it.”

We walked and talked in the park. I looked at her. She made herself something completely different. Her head is held higher, her shoulders straighter, and she walks, if a little sluggishly, with confidence. Her voice took on a new, quiet dignity. It's not that she becomes someone else, it's that she discovers a part of herself she never knew she was.

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The gap is widening step by step, and the level is improved step by step. This is true for marathons, and it is also true for a person.

In a famous middle school, there are two classmates who are good friends. They are both good at studies and similar in all aspects. However, there was a classmate who was not practical enough, just like Xiang Yu: "I failed to learn books" and "went to learn swordsmanship"; "I failed to learn swordsmanship" and then "learned to be an enemy of ten thousand men"; but he just refused to "actually learn". In fact, this classmate may be more talented than the other one. But Wu Qing passed the college entrance examination, and he was just a few points away from enrolling in a local university, while the other entered Peking University.

Although both of them went to college, due to different environments, four years later, the top student from Peking University went to the United States to study for a Ph.D., while the college student who graduated from an ordinary school entered a government agency. A few years later, the doctor who went to the United States came back and soon became a doctoral supervisor, while the other one was transferred to the subdistrict office as a general staff due to streamlining the organization.

One day, two old classmates met in the capital. After a while of sighing, the classmate from the street office said: "It is the impetuous mentality that harms people..."

Life The road is long, but there are only a few key steps, such as China's college entrance examination... If you take these steps, your life will be bright.