Chapter 14 6. Take a few more steps

Beijing TV once invited me to make a TV program on how to stand out at work.In the process of communicating with the host, I couldn't help but think of the story of Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut. After Shenzhou 5 ascended to the sky, CCTV Oriental Time and Space specially interviewed Yang Liwei and his leaders to answer the question of how Yang Liwei became the first man in space in China. The leader of the space agency interviewed gave three reasons for choosing Yang Liwei: first, Yang Liwei has always been among the best in training during the five-year training period; second, he has a strong ability to deal with emergencies; third, not only his psychological quality Good, and good eloquence, speaking in a measured and orderly manner.

Before Shenzhou 5 officially went to space, Yang Liwei passed the tests and finally competed with the other two astronauts.The two astronauts were as good as he in other respects, except that their eloquence was not as good as his. Considering that the first astronaut of our country to fly into space, the leaders of the Aeronautics Administration will definitely accept interviews from many news media, and will also give lecture tours. At that time, his words and deeds will attract the attention of the whole world, so they finally chose eloquence Alright Yang Liwei. Yang Liwei's eloquence is not an isolated phenomenon.Yang Liwei believes that aviation is no small matter, no matter what you do, you must go all out to do it.Whether it is studying technology, studying politics, or other aspects, he even takes the post-training summary meeting and training summary very seriously.At the summing-up meeting, he was always well-prepared. He not only spoke positively, but also in an orderly and unhurried manner, appearing to be slightly better than others in eloquence.This left a deep impression on everyone.

I remember, after this episode, I specially arranged a discussion on this issue in class.The discussion was very heated. A female doctor said with emotion: It seems that eloquence is so important. From now on, I have to train my eloquence! A middle-level executive of a company said: I always thought that the key to astronauts is flying, but I didn't expect that in the final competition, eloquence was actually a key strength.Unexpectedly, some things that I usually don't pay attention to have such an effect! A college student who just graduated said it better: To stand out at critical moments, you have to take a few steps more than others in normal times.

(1) Smart people need to work harder In our impression, talented people can always create miracles.However, are those miracles only created by talent? Without a doubt, Bill.Gates is one of the smartest people in this era: he has grasped the development trend of the information age, chose the software industry to start a business, and is good at combining with the capital market. All these show that he is a person with superior intelligence. However, has he always been this smart?Or to put it another way, how did he get so smart? Once, a senior manager of Microsoft told me about some Bill.Gates' youth story:

In Bill.When Gates was in middle school, once, the teacher assigned him to write an essay, requiring five pages to be written, but Bill actually wrote more than 30 pages.Another time, the teacher asked the students to write a story of no more than 20 pages, and Bill wrote more than 100 pages, leaving the teacher and the students stunned. This story shocked me and deepened my understanding of Bill.Gates' knowledge.It turns out that a person with such a high talent has also made such stupid efforts in order to pursue success. I can't help but think of what the famous writer Hu Shi said, "smart people have to work harder."

Why do you need to work hard?Even if you have high talent, if you don't work hard to develop it, your talent may be buried.In this world, it should be said that people with medium intelligence account for the majority.When our talents are not high, can we not work harder? (2) Don't think it's unfair, maybe you haven't done enough If you want to create ordinary success, you have to pay ordinary effort.If you want to become an outstanding talent, you have to work several times harder than others. We might as well look at another American legendary bodybuilding champion, famous actor and Arnold who later successfully ran for governor.Schwarzenegger's story.

Arnold.Schwarzenegger went from being a thin man to becoming the most famous bodybuilding star in the world in one fell swoop. He won the title of Mr. Universe three times and Mr. Olympiad seven times, and later became a big star on the screen.One of the fundamental reasons is that he is willing to pay more than ordinary people. In his book "Arnold: The Growth of a Bodybuilder", he expounded his not-so-mysterious secret of success: To grow muscle, you must have infinite willpower, you must suffer pain, you cannot be pitiful For yourself, a little pain will stop; you have to overcome the pain, even fall in love with the pain, and enjoy it. If others do ten moves, you have to double it and do a full twenty.Also, you have to use different methods and shock each group of muscles from different angles, so that there is no way for it not to be strong, and there is no way for it not to be strong.Don't be slack, don't be lazy: you won't succeed without a strong will. .

In 1975, Arnold announced his retirement and would no longer compete.Five years later, a producer invited him to star in a film called Excalibur, which cost tens of millions of dollars.At that time, because he had retired from the game, he was only two-thirds of the size he was five years ago.In order to restore the best condition, Arnold decided to participate in the Mr. Olympic competition that year. This decision shocked the entire fitness world: According to common sense, it is absolutely impossible to succeed, not to mention that the competition is only a few months away.But he once again devoted himself to training with a superhuman will, day and night, with incomparable perseverance and incomparable fighting spirit, forcing out his muscles one by one, and once again won the competition in the best condition.Through his success in this Olympic competition, he created an unprecedented record of seven laurels.

In life, we often complain: Why do I work so hard, but still fail to achieve the goal? My answer is: Are you really trying hard enough?Looking at Arnold.Schwarzenegger's efforts for success!Comparing our own efforts again, we may come to such a conclusion: don't complain about unfairness, maybe we haven't done enough! (3) Never stop at nothing Some people are not unwilling to work hard for their ideals, but they always hope to succeed with only a little effort.Whatever they do, they always try to stop it. A painter once visited Menzel, a world-renowned painter, and complained as soon as he met: I only painted a painting in one day, but it took me a whole year to sell it.

Menzel said seriously: Friends, you might as well try it upside down.If you spend a year painting a picture, you can sell it in a day. Yes, realizing dreams is also a process of striving for perfection.Never stop at nothing.Otherwise, it will be difficult to become a master. Chirag said it well: Only losers hope to succeed immediately.Best performers understand that success is achieved incrementally by learning from partial successes.Therefore, everything must be done before it is done well. Confidence is not only that I can do it, I will do it, confidence is: As long as I put in the same effort as everyone else, I can do it too.As long as I put in more effort than others, I will do better!

If you want to surpass others, just take a few more steps!