Material Composition Someone asked a wise man: "Excuse me, how can I succeed?" The wise man smiled and handed him a peanut: "Pinch it hard." The man

The edge of the sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold

Leave a trace of pursuit deep in the heart

Let the outside world blow and sharpen

Finally, I can make my inner thoughts known

Finally, I can let the flame of desire and pursuit in my heart

stir up the entire wilderness of reality

Questions that will last a lifetime

This is a test question for Motorola to recruit new employees. One of the questions: You are driving a car on a stormy night. You pass by a station and three people are waiting. Buses and cars. One is an old man who is about to die, so pitiful! One is a doctor, he once saved your life, he is a great benefactor, you dream of repaying him! There is also a woman (man), she (he) is the kind of person you are The person you dream of marrying may never be married again if you miss it!

But your car can only seat one person, how would you choose? Please explain your reasons.

Think about it and read on...

Everyone's answer has his or her own reasons...

The old man is about to die. You should save him first. However, every old man can only accept death as their final destination. You let the doctor get in the car first because he saved your life and you think this is a good opportunity to repay him. At the same time, some thought they could repay him at some point in the future. However, once you miss this opportunity, you may never meet a woman (man) who makes you so excited.

Among more than 200 applicants, only one person was hired. He did not explain his reasons. He just said the following:

"Give the doctor the car keys, Let him take the old man to the hospital, while I stay and wait for the bus with the girl of my dreams!"

Everyone I know thinks that the above answer is the best, but No one (including me) thought of it in the first place.

Is it because we have never thought about giving up the advantages (car keys) we already have in our hands? If we can give up some stubbornness, narrowness and advantages, we may get more.

The consequences of early love

When I was 13 years old, I fell in love for the first time. He is a soldier, twice as old as me, 26 years old. He was tall and handsome, almost like a movie star. Especially when he drove a jeep to his mother's store to buy something, the way he jumped out of the car was so handsome.

I used to hate looking after the store for my mother, but since I developed feelings for him, I stay in the store almost every day after school. He comes once a week and stays for about ten minutes each time. This brief moment is my paradise. I kept asking questions, offering him tea and water, and was extremely attentive. He won't stay long, and has no reason to. When he left, I was reluctant to leave. I didn't go back until the jeep disappeared from sight. Sometimes when the store is free, I write in my diary, writing about my longing for him, my unspeakable love, and every little thing about him. I believe that these diaries will be shown to him one day and let him understand my feelings for him.

I spent half a year in the torment of waiting and the joy of meeting each other.

One day, he came to the store again and brought me a bicycle. This is his promise. There is no place in this small town where you can buy a 22-type bicycle! And I have long been eager to get such a bicycle. That day is my birthday. Watching him put the bike together, I happily touched here and there. He said to me: "Little guy, it's yours." Then, he smiled and patted my head: "Let me tell you one thing, I will never buy anything in the store again."

"Why?" I was stunned for a moment.

"I'm going to be demobilized and go back to my hometown."

Tears welled up in my eyes, and I suddenly said to him desperately: "I want to go with you. .

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He was stunned: "You come with me? Why?"

I wiped away my tears and said fiercely: "I want to marry you. When I grow up, I will definitely marry you. "

He laughed, and the laughter got harder and harder, almost leaning forward and back. Suddenly, he stopped laughing and said seriously: "Come on, get on the bicycle, if you can ride to the poplar tree There, ride back and I'll take you away. "

I looked at him and got on the bike without hesitation. I had never ridden a bicycle before. He pushed hard and the bike started running. I learned how adults pedal a bicycle. I must ride to the poplar tree, and I must marry him. However, the car is swaying, and there is a steep slope ahead, and I can't brake.

That day, I fell so badly that my nose was bruised and my face was swollen.

He ran to me, helped me up, and said, "You know? Puppy love is like riding a bicycle for the first time. This is the consequence. ”

The man left, and I never saw him again. But I will always remember the consequences of puppy love.

Monkey and Mango Tree

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful mango orchard full of ripe fruits. A group of monkeys passed by the trees and entered the orchard when they saw the mangoes. After taking a few bites, they impatiently dropped them and went to pick more. One. Suddenly a monkey screamed. It turned out that it was hit by a big stone. The monkeys turned around and found that the gardeners were throwing stones at them. They hurriedly fled into the nearby forest and waited for the gardeners to leave. Return. But as soon as they started eating the mangoes, the monkeys started to rain down on them again.

This situation happened again and again, and most of the monkeys were injured. The Monkey King called a meeting of the monkeys, "I've had enough! "It said, "Our noble bloodline comes from the monkey god Hanuman, but it is really unbecoming to be beaten like this for a few fruits. What can you do? The smartest monkey said: "We should have our own mango tree, so that we can eat the fruit peacefully." I heard that the mango tree comes from the seeds in the mango. Human beings bury the seeds in the ground and the mango tree will grow. We can steal a mango, bury the seeds in the ground, and grow our own tree.

The monkeys agreed that this was a good idea, so they sent the most agile monkey back to the orchard. It dodged a few stones from the gardener, picked a huge mango, and took it with him Run back to the forest. The monkeys dug a hole, put in the seeds, and covered it with soil. Then they sat around the hole and stared at the tree pit, waiting for the tree to grow. After 10 minutes, the tree still didn't grow. When they came out, some little monkeys couldn't sit still and sneaked away. Then some big monkeys also sneaked away. Finally, the monkey king shouted: "Come back!" Where are you going? "We don't want to wait any longer." There are so many mangoes to eat in the orchard. "Don't you understand?" There is no future in eating other people's fruit. We must have our own tree. I'm sure it will grow out soon. "

So the monkeys waited for a whole day, but nothing happened. The next day passed, and still nothing happened. "It's not normal to wait for such a long time! "One monkey said," dig it out and see what's wrong. "Be patient." "The monkey king said. The third day passed, and nothing happened. All the monkeys begged the monkey king to let them dig out the seeds and see what happened. Finally, the monkey king agreed, and the monkeys dug down and the seeds were exposed. came out, but they broke the tiny buds that had just sprouted.

“You saw it, kids! "The Monkey King said, "Wishes don't come true overnight. We have the dream of owning a tree and we have the seeds, but we don’t have the patience to realize our dreams. ”

The power of humiliation

A black boy was born in a poor black single-parent family. When he was seven years old, he suffered a great humiliation.

Once the teacher asked the students to donate money to the "community fund". A few days later, the little boy held the three dollars he earned by picking garbage in his hands and waited excitedly for the teacher to call his name, and then he could do it. Proudly walk up to the podium and donate your hard-earned money.

But the teacher didn't read his name. He felt strange, so he asked the teacher why he didn't call his name.

The teacher said sternly: "Our fundraising this time is to help you and poor people like you. This classmate, if your father can afford your extracurricular activity fee of five yuan, you don't need to receive it." Relief. Besides, you don’t have a father..."

The little boy rushed out of the school with tears in his eyes. The humiliation made him strong. From then on, he studied and worked hard. He is Dick Griego, the famous black radio host in the United States today.

Poverty and humiliation can destroy people's self-confidence, but they can also urge people to forge ahead. It depends on whether you choose to go down or up.

Trees that grow slowly are more likely to become useful

He was born with dystocia, which was considered a bad omen. He was over 3 years old and still couldn't speak. His parents were worried that he was mute and took him to the hospital for examination. Later, he finally spoke, but he did not speak fluently, and every word he spoke seemed to be spoken after laborious consideration. This was still the case when he entered school at the age of 9. After school, his teacher evaluated him as "mentally retarded and undisciplined", and his classmates were unwilling to associate with him. The teacher even said to his father unceremoniously: "Your son will have no future!" He had low self-esteem and thought of skipping school.

Father took him to the countryside to relax. The father asked: "Do you know the names of those two trees?" He said dumbly: "I don't know." "The taller one is called Saba, and the short one is called Fir. Son, which one do you think is more precious?" "It should be." It's a Saba tree, look at how tall it is. "Wrong! If it grows fast, the wood must be loose; if it grows slowly, the wood will be hard to sell! Moreover, a tree that grows too long will not be useful, even if the Saba tree grows early. It's crazy. After 3 years, it grows slower and slower. I have never seen a Sabah tree that exceeds 10 meters. The fir tree is different. Although it grows slowly, it keeps growing consistently and has an extremely long life. It's not a problem to live for tens of thousands of years." As he said, his father led him to a big tree. This thousand-year-old fir tree that reaches into the sky is still full of vitality and has luxuriant branches and leaves. He raised his head and said to his father: "Dad, you want me to be a tree, a fir tree that grows slowly but always upwards, right?" His father nodded with satisfaction.

He no longer wants to skip school. In one handicraft class, he spent a lot of effort to make a small bench. He was ridiculed by the teacher and classmates, but he still took it home with great interest and showed it to his father. His father was as happy as he was. Because through this crudely made bench, the father saw that his son had the resilience to persevere and win. Who is this little boy? Everyone must have guessed that he was Einstein, the scientific giant who later became famous at home and abroad.

Don’t judge the outcome first.

Because of his poor family, he dropped out of school and entered the society when he was only 20 years old.

It was during the recession, and it was very difficult to find a job. A well-known pharmaceutical company had just posted a notice recruiting technicians, and it attracted dozens of applicants, and he was among the job seekers.

The recruiters were numbered one by one, and he was ranked over 30th. Job seekers walked out of the recruitment room frustrated one after another and said: "The conditions are very harsh. We will not accept anyone without a college diploma or more than two years of working experience!" Upon hearing this, many applicants outside the door cheered and left. . He didn't meet the application requirements either, but he didn't leave.

Soon, several more applicants walked out of the office: "You must be over 25 years old!"

A lot of applicants dispersed, but he continued to wait patiently in line. The applicant at the back asked: "You are under 25, right?" He nodded. The man said again: "You will definitely be eliminated, so why not just leave!" He smiled and said: "The opportunity is rare, even if you don't meet the conditions, you should give it a try!"

Results , his life changed because of the courage to "give it a try". He did not meet the requirements in all aspects. Although he was not recruited as a clerk, the recruitment supervisor hired him as a pharmaceutical salesman because of his good image and articulateness. After joining the workforce, this young man with no social background or academic qualifications relied on his courage to try and sell drugs while taking the civil service exam. In just ten years, he rose from an ordinary drug seller to a political figure in Hong Kong.

During the 1998 Asian financial crisis, he dared to use foreign exchange financial reserves to intervene in the stock market and defended Hong Kong's financial system with extraordinary courage, wisdom and strategy. He is Donald Tsang, the current Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Later, on many occasions, he was asked: Does success depend on luck? Tsang Yam-kuen said: "People used to say that it was almost impossible to get to Central by boat from Tsim Sha Tsui, because the current is strong and will take you to the sea. I didn't believe it. I tried it once and unexpectedly found that although it was impossible to get there by boat, Central, but you can go to Wan Chai or Western District, which are also good places to stay. Don’t judge the outcome first. As long as you try hard, life will always surprise you, no matter whether it goes as you wish! ”

Mediocrity and excellence are often separated by just one step: in front of the door of opportunity, some people think about their own shortcomings and possible failures, become discouraged, and turn around and walk away; while some people bravely push the door and enter. Even if it is a ferocious beast, full of thorns, it has to find its own new path - life, so it is different.

Breaking through the Ice River of Life

Last autumn, when the scenery was gradually declining, I bought two pots of evergreen trees and placed them in front of the window.

"Can we let these two trees grow in pots?" I asked the gardener.

"Yes! But you must dig a hole in the ground in winter, put down the tree and the pot together, and dig it out again in spring."

I didn't do what he said. I felt It makes no sense. I thought to myself: "As long as I water on time, what's the problem?"

However, winter is not over yet, and my trees have been frozen to death by ice and snow.

After thinking for a long time, I finally understood——

The reason why trees growing in the north can survive the cold winter is not only because there is still a little sunshine in winter, but also because the earth can provide Their constant warmth.

The gardener taught me to plant flower pots in order to receive the protection of "the warmth of the earth".

Although the Arctic is cold, fish still swim gracefully in the water under the icebergs. Although Antarctica is cold, there are still volcanic lava rolling deep in the earth.

We always think that the warmth of the world comes from the sun. In fact, the earth under our feet has even more amazing heat.

We often think that external help is the most important. In fact, the power from deep within is the power that enables us to survive the ice and snow and gain rebirth.

The earth is warm before the sky is warm, so there are many flowers that can bloom out of the ice and snow.

If human feelings are not warm, our hearts must be warm first, so we can be a breath of fresh air in troubled times.

The true meaning of success

Someone asked a wise man: "Excuse me, how can I succeed?" The wise man smiled and handed him a peanut: "Squeeze it hard."

The man squeezed the peanut shell hard, leaving only the peanut kernels.

"Rub it again." said the wise man.

The man did it again, and the red seed coat was rubbed off, leaving only the white fruit.

"Pinch it again with your hands." said the wise man.

The man squeezed it hard, but couldn't destroy it.

"Rub it with your hands again." said the wise man.

Of course, nothing comes off.

"Although you encounter repeated setbacks, you still have a strong and indomitable heart. This is the secret of success." The wise man said.