An inspirational story about success 1 A famous salesman in China is about to bid farewell to his sales career. At the invitation of professionals and people from all walks of life, he will give a farewell speech in the largest gymnasium in this city.
On that day, the venue was packed and people waited anxiously. When the curtain slowly opened, a huge iron ball hung in the center of the stage. For this iron ball, a high iron frame was set up on the stage.
An old man came out with warm applause and stood on the edge of the iron frame. People looked at him in surprise, wondering what he was going to do. At this time, two staff members carried a big hammer and put it in front of the old man. The host then told the audience: please two strong people come to the stage. In the blink of an eye, two fast-moving people ran to the stage.
The old man said to them, please use this big hammer to knock the hanging iron ball until it swings.
A young man grabbed the hammer and made a deafening noise, hanging the ball still. He hit the ball one by one with a sledgehammer and was soon out of breath. The other man, not showing weakness, picked up a sledgehammer and jingled the hanging iron ball, but the iron ball remained motionless.
When the shouting faded away from the audience, the audience decided it was useless.
At this moment, the old man smiled. He took out a small hammer and knocked on the huge iron ball seriously. People looked at it strangely. The old man just knocked, paused and continued to do it.
10 minutes passed, and 20 minutes passed. The venue has already started to stir, and some people simply make a hullabaloo about. People use all kinds of voices and actions to vent their dissatisfaction. The old man still keeps working with a small hammer and doesn't care about people's reactions at all. The audience began to leave angrily, and a large number of seats appeared in the venue. The people who stayed seemed tired of shouting, and the meeting gradually quieted down.
After the old man continued talking for about 40 minutes, a lady sitting in front suddenly screamed, "The ball has moved!" " "In a flash, the venue was silent, and people stared at the iron ball. The ball gave a slight swing. The old man is still hammering, and the hanging ball swings higher and higher in the old man's hammering. It pulled the iron shelf "bang, bang", and its great power strongly shocked everyone present. Finally, a burst of warm applause broke out on the field.
With applause, the old man turned around and slowly put the small hammer into his pocket. He only said one sentence: on the way to success, you have no patience to wait for success, so you should spend your whole life patiently facing failure.
Inspirational story about success 2 Harvard University has a very famous follow-up survey on the impact of goals on life. The target is a group of young people with similar intellectual, educational and environmental conditions. The survey results show that:
27% people have no goals;
60% people have vague goals;
10% people have clear but relatively short-term goals;
3% people have clear long-term goals.
After 25 years of follow-up research, their living conditions and distribution are very interesting.
3% people have hardly changed their life goals in the past 25 years. In the past 25 years, they have made unremitting efforts in the same direction. Twenty-five years later, almost all of them have become top successful people in all walks of life, including self-made entrepreneurs, industry leaders and social elites.
People who account for 10% have clear short-term goals, and most of them live in the upper and middle classes of society. Their common characteristics are the continuous realization of short-term goals, the steady rise of living conditions, and becoming indispensable professionals in all walks of life. Such as doctors, lawyers, engineers, executives and so on.
Among them, 60% fuzzy objects live in the middle and lower classes of society. They can live and work in peace and contentment, but they have no special achievements.
The remaining 27% are people who have no goals for 25 years, and almost all of them live at the bottom of society. Their life is not satisfactory. They often lose their jobs and rely on social relief. They often complain about others, society and the world.
Inspirational story about success 3 Since its establishment many years ago, the surplus of Ye Jun's thriving company has dropped sharply this year. This must not be blamed on the employees, because everyone is as desperate for the company as in previous years. It can even be said that because everyone is aware of the economic downturn, they are working harder than before.
This increased the burden on the chairman's mind, because the Chinese New Year is coming soon. As usual, the year-end bonus will be increased for at least two months, and even doubled in many cases. This has been a miserable year. After all, I can only give you a bonus of one month at most. "Let employees who have been spoiled for many years know that morale really doesn't know how to slip!"
The chairman anxiously said to the general manager, "Many employees think it will take at least two months. I'm afraid the plane tickets and new furniture have been booked, so I'm waiting for a bonus to go on vacation or pay the bill! "
The general manager also pulled a long face: "It seems that it is for children to eat candy. Every time I grab a large handful, now I suddenly change it to two, and children will definitely make trouble."
"That's right!" The chairman suddenly had a brainwave: "You remind me of going to the store to buy candy when I was a child, and I always like to find the same clerk, because other clerks first grab a handful, take them to the scale, and then give kickbacks one by one." The lovely shop assistant never caught enough weight and then added them one by one. To tell the truth, there is no difference in the sugar you get in the end. But I just like the latter. "
Two days later, the company suddenly spread the gossip-
"Because of bad business, there will be layoffs at the end of the year. I am afraid that one table is not enough. "
Suddenly people fell into a panic. Everyone is wondering if it's themselves. The most basic staff thinks, "it must be killed from below." The supervisor above thought, "I have the highest salary, and I'm afraid I'll cut my throat!" " "
But the announcement was issued after the general manager: "Although the company is hard, we are all in the same boat. No matter how dangerous it is, we are not willing to sacrifice our colleagues in trouble. It's just a year-end award, and it will never be issued. "
I heard that if there were no layoffs, everyone would put down a big stone in their hearts, so that they would not be secretly happy and would not be at a loss because there was no year-end bonus.
Seeing that the New Year's Eve is coming, everyone has made plans to spend the poor year and agreed not to give gifts for the New Year to tide over the difficulties together. Suddenly, the chairman called the heads of all units to hold an emergency meeting. Seeing the executives rushing upstairs, the employees looked at each other and were a little anxious: "Have you changed your mind again?" I changed my mind!
Within a few minutes, the executives rushed into their own units and shouted excitedly: "Yes! Got it! There is also a year-end award, which will be issued immediately for a whole month, so that everyone can have a good year! "
The whole company building burst into cheers, and even the chairman sitting on the top floor felt the vibration of the floor. ...
Inspirational story about success 4 Albert Camilo, a famous mental arithmetic operator, has never missed it.
On this day, he was performing, and someone came to the stage and gave him a question: "A train with 283 passengers entered the station, 87 people got off and 65 people got on; At the next stop, 49 people will go down and 1 12 people will come up; At the next stop, 37 people go down and 96 people come up; After that, 74 people went down the well and 69 people came up. Next stop, 17 people go down and 23 people come up ... "
No sooner had the man finished than the mental arithmetic master replied disdainfully, "Pediatrics! Tell you, there is a * * * and-"on the train.
"No," the man stopped him and said, "I asked you to count how many stops the train stopped."
Abbott Camilo was stunned, and this simple addition and subtraction became his "Waterloo".
Napoleon, the real loser of Waterloo, also has a story.
After Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena, one of his smooth close friends secretly brought him a chess set made of ivory and nephrite. Napoleon couldn't put it down, and played chess silently from then on, killing lonely and painful time. The chess was erased and his life came to an end.
After Napoleon's death, this chess set was auctioned many times. Later, a master accidentally found that the bottom of a chess piece could be opened, which contained a detailed plan on how to escape from St. Helena!
Two stories, two regrets.
Their failure is actually a psychological failure. Mental arithmetic only thinks of stale figures, while military strategists only think of entertainment. They ignored counting and chess. It can be seen that a genius can't walk out of a dead end if he spins around in his own mindset.
Numerous facts have proved that great creation and genius discovery all start from breaking through the mindset.
Inspirational stories about success 5. KFC International has more than 9,900 subsidiaries in more than 60 countries around the world. However, KFC international company is thousands of miles away, how can it believe that its subordinates can abide by the rules?
On one occasion, Shanghai KFC Co., Ltd. received three appraisal letters from the head office and rated the quality of their fast food restaurants on the Bund three times, with 83 points, 85 points and 88 points respectively. Chinese and foreign managers in the company were stunned. How are these three scores evaluated? It turned out that KFC International hired and trained a group of people to pretend to be customers and sneak into the store to check and score.
These "special customers" come and go without a trace, which makes the managers and employees of fast food restaurants feel some kind of pressure all the time and dare not neglect at all.
Many enterprises, employees and bosses often fight guerrilla warfare. When the boss is around, he pretends to be a hard worker and seems to be a competent employee. When the boss just left, the people below would make a scene in the office. Many bosses will kill a comeback at this time, hehe, just caught. But this is not a long-term solution, and the boss does not have so much energy to fight guerrilla warfare with employees, mainly because of the establishment of the system. If a perfect system is established to make employees realize that they must work hard all the time, then the following employees will not take advantage of the loopholes and become lazy.
It is easy for people to do a self-examination, but it is difficult to reflect on themselves from time to time and always give themselves a little pressure and a little reminder. Company managers need to act as this reminder, give them a little pressure and motivation from time to time, and let employees keep their unremitting enterprising spirit.
The biggest test for managers is not the effectiveness of managers' work, but the efficiency of employees when managers are away.
Inspirational Story about Success 6 In the Terracotta Warriors Museum of the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum, I saw the kneeling figurines called "the treasure of the town hall". According to the tour guide, the kneeling figurines are called the essence of Terracotta Warriors and Horses, and the masterpiece of ancient sculpture art in China. Shaanxi province is marked by kneeling posture.
I carefully observed the kneeling figurine: it was wearing a knee-length robe, a right-handed shirt, black armor, shin guards and square shoes. A bun on the head. Squat your left leg, kneel on your right knee, stand up your right foot, and touch the ground on your toes. Upper body slightly left, bright eyes, staring at the left front. Hold your hands up and down on the right side of your body in a crossbow shape. It is reported that the kneeling posture was called sitting posture in ancient times. Sitting posture and standing posture are two basic movements of crossbow shooting. When shooting from a sitting position, the center of gravity is stable, labor-saving, aiming is easy and the target is small. It is an ideal shooting positions for defense or ambush. Up to now, more than 1000 terracotta warriors and horses have been unearthed and cleared in the pit of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Except for the kneeling figures, the others are damaged to varying degrees and need to be repaired manually. This kneeling figure is the best preserved and the only one that has not been artificially repaired. Careful observation, even the clothing lines and hair are clearly visible.
How can kneeling figures be preserved so completely? The tour guide said it was because of its low profile. First of all, the height of the kneeling Terracotta Warriors is only 1.2 meters, while the height of the ordinary standing Terracotta Warriors is between 1.8 meters and 1.97 meters. The sky fell, propping up tall people, and the terracotta warriors and horses pits were all underground tunnel-type civil structures. When the roof collapses and the civil works fall, the tall standing figurines bear the brunt, and the low kneeling figurines are less damaged. Secondly, the kneeling posture is a squat posture, and the three fulcrums of the right knee, right foot and left foot are isosceles triangles to support the upper body, and the center of gravity is below, which enhances stability. Compared with a figure standing on two feet, it is not easy to fall and break. Therefore, after more than two thousand years of wind and frost, it can still be presented to us completely.
Looking at life style from kneeling figurines. Young people who are new here are often arrogant, do whatever they want and will not compromise. As a result, they may hit a wall everywhere. After getting involved in the world, I know the importance, distinguish between primary and secondary, learn to exercise restraint, show off less, do not dispute leisure, and concentrate on things. Like a kneeling figure, be a low-key person, avoid unnecessary disputes, avoid accidental injuries, better protect yourself, develop yourself and achieve yourself.
Lao Tzu said that the hard teeth fell out and the soft tongue was still there. Soft is better than hard, inaction is better than promising. Learning to keep a low profile at the right time is by no means cowardice and retreat, but a smart way of life, which is the great wisdom and great realm of life.
Inspirational story about success 7 One day, the customer service department of General Motors received a letter, "This is the second time I have written for the same thing. I won't blame you for not replying to me, because I also think others will think I am crazy, but it is true.
My family has the habit of eating ice cream as dessert after dinner every day. Because there are many flavors of ice cream, our family only votes to decide which flavor to eat after dinner every day, and then I drive to buy it.
But since I bought a new Pontiac (author's note: this is a brand of GM), there have been problems in my journey to buy ice cream.
Whenever I buy vanilla, my car won't start when I get out of the store. But if you buy other flavors, it will start to go smoothly. I'm serious about it, although it sounds like a pig's head: why does it go on strike when I buy vanilla ice cream, and it is a living dragon whenever I buy other flavors? Why? "
In fact, the general manager of the customer service department was really suspicious of this letter, but he sent an engineer to check it.
When the engineer went to this guy, he was surprised to find that the letter came from a successful, optimistic and highly educated person.
The engineer arranged to meet the man after dinner, so they jumped into the car and drove to the ice cream shop. The result of the vote that night was vanilla. When I bought vanilla ice cream and got back to the car, the car stalled again. The engineer came for another three nights as promised.
The first night, chocolate ice cream, the car is fine.
The next night, strawberry ice cream, the car is fine.
On the third night, vanilla ice cream, the car was "funny".
The logic engineer still can't believe this guy's car is allergic to vanilla.
So he still won't give up and continue to arrange the same trip, hoping to solve this problem. Engineers began to write down all kinds of detailed information that happened from the beginning to the present, such as the time, the type of oil used in the car, the time when the car left and came back …
According to the data, he came to a conclusion that this guy spends less time buying vanilla ice cream than buying other flavors.
Why? Because vanilla ice cream is the best seller among all flavors, the store specially puts vanilla flavor in front of the store in order to let customers get it quickly every time; As for other flavors, they are placed at the back end.
Now, what engineers need to know is, why is this car funny, because it takes a short time from stalling to restarting? The reason is clear. It's definitely not vanilla ice cream. Engineers quickly emerged from the heart that the answer should be "steam lock".
Because when this guy buys other flavors, it takes a long time and the engine has enough time to cool down, so there is not much problem when restarting. However, when buying vanilla flavor, because it takes a short time and the engine is too hot, the "steam lock" cannot have enough heat dissipation time.
The problem was solved in this way.
Inspirational story about success More than 8 years ago, the president of Harvard paid a huge price for a wrong judgment.
An old couple, a woman wearing a faded striped cotton suit and her husband wearing a cheap suit made of cloth, went directly to visit the president of Harvard without an appointment.
The principal's secretary soon came to the conclusion that the two hillbillies could not have business dealings with Harvard.
Mr. Wang said softly, "We want to see the headmaster."
The secretary said politely, "He is busy all day!" "
The lady replied, "Never mind, we can wait."
A few hours later, the secretary ignored them all the time, hoping that they would retreat and go away by themselves. They have been waiting there.
The secretary finally decided to inform the headmaster: "Maybe they will leave after a few words with you." ?
The headmaster agreed impatiently.
The headmaster looked solemn and unwilling to face the couple.
The lady told him, "We have a son who studied at Harvard for a year. He likes Harvard very much and his life at Harvard is very happy. But last year, he died in an accident. My husband and I want to leave him a souvenir on campus. " ?
The headmaster was unmoved, but found it ridiculous. He said gruffly, "madam, we can't build a statue for everyone who went to Harvard and died." If we do this, our campus will look like a graveyard. "
The lady said, "No, we are not going to set up a statue. We want to donate a building to Harvard. "
The headmaster carefully looked at the striped cotton coat and the cheap thick suit, and then gasped, "do you know how much it costs to build a building?" The buildings in our school exceed $7.5 million. "
At this time, the lady was silent. The headmaster is glad that he can finally send them away.
The lady turned to her husband and said, "It only takes 7.5 million to build a building? Then why don't we build a university to commemorate our son? "
In this way, the Stanford couple left Harvard, went to California, and established Stanford University in memory of their son.
Inspirational story about success 9 This is an interesting experience of a teenager:
1 When he was 6 years old, an African bishop played bowling with him all afternoon. He feels that no adult has ever been so kind to him and thinks that blacks are the best race.
He had a hobby when he was 8 years old. He likes to ask his father's friends how much property they have. Most people were scared by him and had to tell him in a daze.
When he was in primary school, he often spent the whole day peeking at his sister's love letters, which were never discovered.
He was born with asthma. He always can't sleep at night and is extremely tired during the day. The disease has been tormenting him. He has a phobia about many things, such as the sea.
He begged his father to take him fishing, and his father said, "You have no patience. Taking you will drive me crazy. " Due to lack of patience, he dropped out of Oxford University.
When the teacher asked him where Napoleon came from, he felt cheated, so he changed his clever answer to Dutch and was punished for not eating dinner.
He always feels that his IQ is only a little lower than that of a genius. As a result, he was only 96 at the time of the test, which happened to be the normal IQ of ordinary people.
Next, let's take a look at the legend of a great man:
1. He has countless friends in his life. He once made a list of friends with 50 names, including US Secretary of Defense, famous lawyers in new york, newspaper editors, landlady, neighbors on the farm, doctors in slums and so on.
During World War II, when he was 3 1 year-old, he worked as a spy for several years to help his motherland.
At the age of 38, he remembered that his grandfather had changed from a failed farmer to a successful businessman, so he decided to follow suit. Without a diploma, he started from $6,000 and founded the world's largest advertising company with an annual turnover of several billion dollars.
He once laughed at himself: "As long as you live longer than your competitors, you will win." He lived to be 88 years old.
He has been taking risks all his life. Before finishing college, he went to Paris as a chef, then sold kitchen utensils, worked as an investigator in Hollywood, and then became a spy, farmer and advertiser. In his later years, he lived in seclusion in a French castle.
6. He dared to imagine and designed countless excellent advertising words, which are still in use today.
7. He said, "Never confuse wealth with brains. A person earns a lot of money and has little to do with his brain. " ?
The young man and the great man are the same person. His name is David Ogilvy, the founder of Ogilvy Advertising Company.
When we correspond the above two pairs of seven examples one by one, we will find that there is no so-called inevitable success rule between them: some can be far-fetched, such as reading love letters to pave the way for spying, and the desire for wealth leads to the establishment of advertising companies in the future, which are friendly and suitable for making friends; Others are just the opposite. They have created great achievements without patience, long life in poor health and amazing wisdom in low IQ. Of course, we don't have to correspond one by one. However, after reading this boy's interesting experience, can you be sure that he will become a great man?
I have no objection to summing up the rules of success. Everything has certain rules, but we can't understand it mechanically. A famous entrepreneur once said, "The law that the market will never change is that it will never change." A famous anthropologist said, "The secret of measuring fate is immeasurable." Because, we are always changing. If you can really predict the future accurately, what is the value of the future?
Success cannot be duplicated, and everyone has his own way to success. Now more and more people have gone into the misunderstanding of success, holding the so-called success rule, stepping on the footprints of successful people and moving forward cautiously. The result is not close to the ideal, but farther and farther.
David ogilvy's success lies in his obedience to his personality, and his characteristics (advantages) are brought into full play.
Success cannot be copied. People are different in personality, environment, IQ, EQ, opportunity and status. How can I replicate successfully? If there are rules for success, it is to know yourself, create yourself and become yourself.
Inspirational story about success 10 After Kōnosuke Matsushita founded his own company, he was very strict with the employees of the company, and he was bound to participate in every major decision. But he is not a person who only takes a fancy to himself and doesn't listen to other people's opinions at all.
At a decision-making meeting, Panasonic said to a department manager, "I personally have to make many decisions and approve many others' decisions." In fact, only 40% of the decisions I really agree with, and the remaining 60% are reserved or I think it's ok. "To the manager's surprise, if Panasonic doesn't agree, it can directly veto it, and there is absolutely no need to ask for other people's opinions.
Panasonic went on to say, "I can't say no to anything. For those plans that I think are passable, I can guide them in the process of implementation and make them return to the track I expect. I think a leader should sometimes accept what he doesn't like, because no one likes being denied. Our company is a team, not just my own company. It needs everyone's collective efforts. Compromise sometimes makes the company strong and harmonious. " These words deeply touched the manager.
In real life, we often emphasize our own strength, but forget that sometimes compromise is also one of the most important factors for success.