Once upon a time, there was a man carrying a very beautiful jar on the road. He was walking. Accidentally, with a bang, the jar fell on a big stone on the side of the road and suddenly became a piece. Passers-by saw it and cried, feeling sorry for such a beautiful jar being broken into pieces. But the man who smashed the jar as if nothing had happened, without turning his head or looking at the jar, continued on his way.

At this time, passers-by were surprised. Why is this person so free and easy? What a beautiful jar! What a pity to break it! Some people even doubt whether this person's nerves are normal.

Afterwards, someone asked the man why he did it.

The man said, "Why do you miss a broken jar?"

Truth: Free and easy is a super enjoyment to get rid of loss and pain. If you lose it, you lose it. Why miss it? If nostalgia is useful, why continue to work hard?

2. Stones on the road

King Ferdinand decided to choose one of his ten Wang Zizhong as his heir. He privately told a minister to put a "boulder" on a road with water on both sides. Anyone who wants to cross this road has to face this "boulder" and either push it away, climb over it or bypass it. Then, the king asked the princes to cross the road one by one and sent a secret letter to a minister as soon as possible. The princes finished their task quickly. Ferdinand first asked the princes, "How do you deliver letters?"

One man said, "I climbed that boulder."

One said, "I went by boat."

Others said, "I swam."

Only the little prince said, "I ran across the street."

"Didn't that boulder stand in your way?" Ferdinand asked.

"I gave it a hard push with my hand and it rolled into the river."

"Why do you want to push such a big stone with your hands?"

"I just tried," said the little prince, "but when I pushed it, it moved."

It turned out that this "boulder" was forged by Ferdinand and his ministers with very light materials. Naturally, the adventurous prince succeeded to the throne.

Truth: it's too dangerous to give your destiny to others, even to someone, without thinking at all, just trusting others. You should learn to control your own destiny.

3. A mirror

A young man was diagnosed with leukemia at the peak of his life. Endless despair suddenly enveloped his heart. He felt that life was meaningless and refused to receive any treatment.

One late autumn afternoon, he escaped from the hospital and wandered aimlessly in the street. Suddenly, a slightly hoarse and unusually heroic music attracted him. Not far away, a blind old man was playing a polished musical instrument emotionally towards the sparse crowd. Another striking thing is that there is a mirror hanging in the blind man's arms!

The young man stepped forward curiously. After the blind man finished playing a song, he asked, "Excuse me, is this mirror yours?"

"Yes, my musical instrument and mirror are my two treasures! Music is the most beautiful thing in the world. I often entertain myself by this, and I can feel how wonderful life is ... "

"But what does this mirror mean to you?" He asked eagerly.

The blind man smiled and said, "I hope there will be a miracle one day. I also believe that I can see my face with this mirror one day, so I will take it with me whenever and wherever."

The heart of leukemia patients was shocked at once: a blind man still loves life so much, and I … he suddenly realized and went back to the hospital for treatment. Although he felt the pain of death every time he underwent chemotherapy, he never escaped.

He bravely endured the painful treatment, and finally a miracle appeared and he recovered. Since then, he also has two precious treasures in life: a positive and optimistic attitude and enduring beliefs.

Truth: People who want to control their own life and destiny must have the qualities of optimism and strength, because optimism and strength are the helmsman in charge of the course of life and the power paddle to control the ship of destiny.

job-hop

A said to B, "I want to leave this company. I hate this company! " "

B suggestion: "I agree with you to retaliate against this broken company with both hands. You must give it some color to see." But now is not the best time for you to leave. "

A asked, "Why?"

B said, "If you leave now, the company will not lose much. You should take advantage of the opportunity in the company, try your best to attract some customers for yourself, become a unique figure in the company, and then suddenly leave the company with these customers, and the company will suffer heavy losses and be very passive. "

A thought what B said was very reasonable, so she worked hard. After more than half a year's efforts, he has many loyal customers.

When we meet again, B asks A, "Now is the time. Let's act quickly! "

A smiled indifferently: "The boss and I have talked for a long time and are going to promote me to be the assistant to the general manager. I have no plans to leave for the time being. " In fact, this is also the original intention of B. A person's job is always just for his resume. Only by paying more than you get, and letting the boss really see that your ability is greater than your position, will you be given more opportunities and create more profits for him.

Truth: Don't complain about the inconvenience caused by the environment. In fact, the environment itself exists objectively. Anyone in that position will encounter the same problem, and smart people will try their best to transform it.

5. The three best teachers

1960, Dr. Rosenthal of Harvard University made a famous experiment in a school in California.

At the beginning of the new semester, Dr. Rosenthal asked the headmaster to call three teachers into the office and said to them, "According to your past teaching performance, you are the best teachers in our school. So we specially selected the brightest students in the whole school 100 to form three classes for you to teach. These students have higher IQ than other children. I hope you can make them achieve better results. " All three teachers are happy to say that they will try their best.

The headmaster also told them to treat these children as usual and not to let the children or their parents know that they were specially selected. The teachers all agreed.

A year later, the students in these three classes really ranked in the forefront of the whole school district.

At this time, the headmaster told the teacher the truth: these students are not the best students deliberately selected, but the most ordinary students randomly selected.

Teachers didn't expect this. They all think their teaching level is really high.

At this time, the headmaster told them another truth, that is, they are not the best teachers specially selected by the whole school, but just ordinary teachers randomly selected.

Truth: There are no geniuses in the world. The so-called genius is to find one's inner potential by one's own efforts, thus changing one's destiny. Those non-geniuses just hide their potential.

6. Father and son ride donkeys

The father and son led the donkey into the city. On the way, someone laughed at them: what a fool! Some donkeys don't ride!

The father let his son ride on the donkey, and it didn't take long for someone to say, what an unfilial son! He released his father!

The father quickly called his son down and rode on the donkey's back. Others said: what a cruel father, he is not afraid of exhausting his children!

The father quickly let his son ride on the donkey's back. Who knows, some people say: two people riding on the donkey's back are not afraid to crush the thin donkey to death?

The father and son quickly slipped off the donkey's back, tied the donkey's four feet and carried them with sticks. When crossing a bridge, the donkey struggled down because of discomfort and fell into the river and drowned!

Truth: A person must have his own opinion and ability to judge right and wrong, so as not to be influenced by other people's opinions. Don't live in other people's public opinion, walk on your own feet and think with your own head.

7. The size of the shark

Once I went to the aquarium with my friends.

A passenger asked the manager, "How big will this shark grow?"

The librarian pointed to the fish tank and said, "It depends on how big your fish tank is."

The passenger asked again, "Will it be as big as an aquarium?"

The librarian said cautiously, "if you are in an aquarium, sharks can only be limited to a few meters in size." If you are in the ocean, they will be big enough to swallow a lion. "

Truth: Environment can change a person's mind. Environment can limit people's thoughts, and people can also limit their own thoughts. Don't frame yourself If you can't change the environment, start by changing yourself.

8. Fan Shi Dafa

There was a master who practiced hard for decades and developed the "Shifting Mountains Dafa".

Someone asked devoutly, "What power did the master use to move mountains? How can I practice such magic? "

The master smiled and said, "It's easy to practice this magical skill. As long as you master one thing: if you can't, you will cross the mountain. "

There are too many things in the real world that you can't change, or at least temporarily, just like mountains.

Truth: If things can't be changed, change yourself. Only by changing yourself will you eventually change others; Only by changing yourself can you finally change your world. Shan, if you don't come, you can go by yourself!

9. Two calligraphers

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there were two calligraphers. The ancients imitated it very seriously, paying attention to the fact that every painting should have a certain image, such as a certain horizontal slope and a certain image of Mifei. Naturally, once he reached this point, he was quite proud.

The other is just the opposite, not only practicing hard, but also demanding that each painting be different from the ancients and pay attention to nature. Only by practicing this step can you feel at ease.

One day, the first calligrapher laughed at the second calligrapher and said, "Excuse me, my dear friend, which of your words belongs to the ancients?"

The latter one was not angry, but smiled and asked, "Excuse me, dear friend, which of your words is your own?"

The first one is tongue-tied.

Truth: people should find their way from where there is no road. Don't die out of your own personality and blindly imitate others. That will only make them lose themselves and even lose control of their own destiny.

10. A humble great man

A father took his son to visit Van Gogh's former residence. After seeing the small wooden bed and worn leather shoes, the son asked his father, "Isn't Van Gogh a millionaire?" The father replied, "Van Gogh is a poor man. He didn't even marry his wife."

Another year passed, and the father took his son to Denmark to visit Andersen's former residence. The son asked doubtfully, "Dad, doesn't Andersen live in the palace?" Why was he in this attic before he died? "The father replied," Andersen is the son of a shoemaker. He lives here. "

This father is a sailor. He travels to and from ports in the Atlantic Ocean every year. His son, Ayrton Prague, was the first black journalist in the world to win the Pulitzer Prize.

Twenty years later, Ito Prague recalled his childhood and said, "At that time, our family was poor or black, and both parents lived by selling coolies. For a long time, I always thought that it was impossible for humble blacks like us to achieve anything. It was my father who made me know Van Gogh and Andersen, and it was my father who made me realize that blacks were not humble. The experiences of these two people let me know that God does not look down on blacks. "

Truth: The rich are not necessarily great, and the poor are not necessarily humble. God is fair, he spreads opportunities to everyone, and even humble people have opportunities. Inferiority is the nail of the soul. If you don't pull it out, it will always torture people.

1 1. application

In the early 1970s, American McDonald's Company was optimistic about the market in Taiwan Province Province, China. Before formally entering the market in Taiwan Province Province, they need to train a group of senior cadres locally, so they made the choice of open recruitment. Due to the high standards, many young people who have just started have failed.

After repeated screening, a young man named Han Dingguo stood out. Before the last interview, the president of McDonald's talked to Han Dingguo three times and asked him an unexpected question: "If we want you to wash the toilet first, will you?"

Before he could speak, Mrs. Han casually replied, "He washed all the toilets in our house."

The president was very happy, so he skipped the final interview and decided to hire Han Dingguo on the spot.

Later, Han Dingguo learned that the first lesson of McDonald's staff training began with washing toilets, because the basic theory of service industry is "not to serve people, but to serve people". Only by starting from humble work can we understand the truth of "taking home as the respect". Han Dingguo later became a well-known entrepreneur because he was able to start from humble things and do things that others did not want to do.

Truth: Don't underestimate every little thing, because every big thing is made up of small things. Only by doing every little thing well with a positive attitude can we do great things.

12. Be kind to your opponent

The zoo recently introduced an extremely fierce jaguar from abroad for people to watch. In order to better entertain this distinguished guest from afar, the zoo keeper prepares exquisite meals for him every day, and specially opens up a large area for him to play. However, it is always depressed and listless all day.

Maybe you just arrived in a foreign land and are a little homesick? Who knows that after more than two months, the leopard is still the same and doesn't even want to eat food.

Seeing that it was dying, the director panicked and quickly asked the veterinarian to make a diagnosis and treatment. The test results are not serious. In desperation, it was suggested that it might be better to put some jaguars on the grass, and there might be some hope.

It turned out that people inadvertently found that whenever a tiger passed by, the jaguar always stood up and glared at each other.

Sure enough, with the jaguar's participation, the jaguar immediately became active, vigilant and restored its former prestige.

Truth: Only when you have an opponent in your life, will you always be inspired to maintain a strong fighting spirit and constantly tap your potential. Be kind to your opponent, because his existence is like a shot in the arm; Thank your opponent, he will make you a majestic "Jaguar".

13. Emotion

When Socrates was a bachelor, he lived with some friends in a small room of only seven or eight square meters. Although life is inconvenient, he is always cheerful.

Someone asked him, "With so many people crowded together, it's hard to turn around. What is coke? "

Socrates said: "when friends are together, they can exchange ideas and feelings at any time. Isn't that very gratifying?"

After a while, friends got married and moved out one after another. Socrates is alone in the room, but he is still happy every day.

The man asked again, "What are you happy about alone?"

"I have a lot of books! A book is a teacher. There are so many teachers that you can ask them for advice at any time. How can it be unpleasant? "

A few years later, Socrates became a family and moved into a building. This building has seven floors, and his home is on the ground floor. The environment on the first floor is the worst in this building. Sewage has been poured on it, and rats, broken shoes, smelly socks and miscellaneous dirty things have been thrown away. Seeing that he was still enjoying himself, the man asked curiously, "Are you happy living in such a room?"

"yes! You have no idea how wonderful it is to live on the first floor! For example, you don't have to climb high stairs to enter the door; It is convenient to move things without much effort; It's very convenient for friends to visit, and there is no need to knock on the door one by one to ask questions ... What makes me particularly satisfied is that I can raise a bunch of flowers and grow a bunch of vegetables in the open space. These pleasures are endless! " Socrates couldn't help saying.

After a year, Socrates gave up his room on the first floor to a friend, who had an old man with hemiplegia, so it was inconvenient to go upstairs and downstairs. He moved to the seventh floor, the highest floor of the building, but he was still happy every day.

The man teased and asked, "Sir, does living on the seventh floor also have many benefits?"

Socrates said: "Yes, there are many benefits! Just to name a few: going up and down stairs every day is a good exercise opportunity, which is good for your health; Good light, reading and writing articles does not hurt your eyes; No one interferes overhead, and it is quiet day and night. "

Later, the man met Plato, a student of Socrates, and asked, "Your teacher is always so happy, but I feel that his environment is not so good every time."

Plato said: "It is not the environment that determines a person's mood, but the mood."

Truth: At work, a peaceful and optimistic attitude is the most important. Any dissatisfaction with the objective environment and complaints about others are useless. Only by facing the work with a positive spirit is the best way to solve the problem.

14. How to shorten the long queue

A master fighter took part in the championship and thought he was a shoo-in. He is sure to win the championship.

Unexpectedly, in the final, he met an opponent with equal strength, and both sides tried their best to attack. When the battle is halfway through, the fighting master realizes that he can't find the flaw of the opponent's count, but the opponent's attack can often break through the loophole of his own defense.

The result of the game can be imagined. The master fighter was defeated by his opponent and lost the championship trophy.

He angrily found the master, showed him the process of fighting with him one by one, and asked him to help find out the flaws in the opponent's moves. Based on these flaws, he made up his mind to practice hard enough to conquer each other. He made up his mind to beat each other in the next game and win back the championship trophy.

Master smiled without saying a word, and drew a line on the ground to make it as short as possible without erasing it.

The fighting master is very confused. How can he shorten the frozen line? There was nothing I could do but ask Master again.

Unexpectedly, Master drew a longer line next to the original line. Compared with the two, the original line is really much shorter.

Master said: "The key to winning the championship is not only to attack the weakness of the opponent, just like the long and short lines on the ground. Only you become stronger, and the opponent becomes shorter in comparison, just like the original line. How to make yourself stronger is the root of solving the problem. "

Truth: If you want to beat your opponent, you must find ways to make yourself stronger. Only when you get longer will your opponent appear shorter.

15. The "barrel" rule

An old king gave his two sons some boards of different lengths to make a wooden bucket, and promised that whoever made the wooden bucket could hold the most water would inherit his throne.

The eldest son tried to make his bucket bigger, so that there was no wood on the last baffle of the bucket wall; The youngest son used these boards on average to make a barrel that didn't look very high.

The old king asked two men to fill their own buckets with water. As a result, the youngest son got the most water in the crude barrel and finally got the throne.

Truth: Many times, our development depends on that "short board", so we should always pay attention to learn from each other's strengths and turn disadvantages into advantages.

16. Basket full of stones

A person feels that life is very heavy, so he goes to see the philosopher Plato and seeks a way out.

Without saying anything, Plato gave him a basket to carry on his shoulder, pointed to a gravel road and said, "You pick up a stone and put it in every step to see how you feel." The man began to do what Plato said, and Plato quickly walked to the other end of the road.

After a while, the man came to the end of the path. Plato asked him how he felt.

The man said, "I feel heavier and heavier."

"This is why you feel that life is getting heavier and heavier." Plato said: "Everyone comes into this world with an empty basket. Every step they take on the road of life, they have to take something from this world and put it in, so they will feel more and more tired. "

The man asked, "Is there any way to lighten these heavy burdens?"

Plato asked him, "Which do you prefer, work, love, family or friendship?" The man was silent after hearing this.

Plato said: "Since it is difficult to give up, don't think about the heavy burden, but about the happiness you have." Each of us has not only the gift from heaven, but also the responsibility and obligation. When you feel heavy, maybe you should be glad that you are not the other one, because his basket may be much bigger and heavier than yours. Think about it this way. Isn't there more happiness in your basket? "After hearing this, the man suddenly realized.

Truth: There is a lot of happiness and happiness in life. Don't always carry the burden of the past, take it to heart. With an optimistic attitude, think more about happy things and you will find that your heart will naturally relax.

17. Pressure

A lecturer is giving a class to the students, and everyone is listening carefully. A deep voice came from the silent classroom: "How much do you think this glass of water weighs?" Say, the lecturer picked up a glass of water. Some people say 200 grams, others say 300 grams. "Yes, only two hundred grams. So, how long can you hold this glass of water in your hand? " The lecturer asked again. Many people laughed: only 200 grams. How long will it take?

The lecturer didn't laugh, and then he said, "Take a minute, you must feel no problem;" After taking it for an hour, you may feel sore hands; Take a day off? How about a week? Then you may have to call an ambulance. " Everyone laughed again, but this time it was an approving smile.

The lecturer continued: "In fact, this glass of water is very light, but the longer you hold it, the heavier it will feel." . It's like putting pressure on your body No matter whether the pressure is heavy or not, you will feel more and more heavy and unbearable after a long time. What we must do is to put down this glass of water and take a rest before picking it up. Only in this way can we hold it longer. Therefore, we should put down the pressure at the right time, have a good rest, and then pick it up again, so that we can bear it for a longer time. "

Say that finish, applause rang out in the classroom.

Truth: With the progress of society, people are getting busier and busier. Then, the burden becomes heavier and heavier. Might as well put down the burden at an appropriate time, relax, adjust the state and then pick it up again.

18. Looking for horses in Washington

Washington was the first president of the United States. When he was young, he had an anecdote about finding a horse.

One day, his father's horse was stolen. Washington and a policeman went to steal the horse thief's farm and begged for it back, but the man refused to return it and insisted, "This is my horse."

Washington put his hand over the horse's eyes and said to the horse thief, "If this horse really belongs to you, you must know which eye of the horse is blind?"

"Right eye." The horse thief hesitated.

Washington put down his blindfolded hand, and the horse was not blind in its right eye.

"I remember wrong, the horse's left eye is blind." The horse thief quickly defended.

Washington put down his left eye again, and the horse's left eye was not blind.

"I was wrong again ..." The horse thief wanted to prove it.

"Yes, you are wrong. These fully show that the horse is not yours. You must return the horse to Mr. Washington. " The police officer said.

Truth: Use your head to lead your opponent astray. His mistake is your victory.

19. election speech

This happened to former US President Bill Clinton during his campaign.

Once, he was making a campaign speech. Suddenly, a destroyer shouted, "garbage!" Shit! "

Obviously, what this person means is: "Nonsense!" Or: "Less empty talk!"

However, Clinton responded with a tolerant smile, ignoring his original intention and only said calmly, "Sir, I'm going to talk about this messy question you raised soon!" " "

Truth: Smart people are good at turning disadvantages into advantages.

20. flies on the horse's stomach

When Lincoln was in power, he hired several people from the opposition as consultants. Whenever a policy is put forward, the opposition will raise objections. Government officials offered to resign from these consultants. Lincoln told such a story:

One day, a man was walking along a country road and saw a farmer driving a horse to plow the land. When he stepped forward to meet the farmer, he suddenly saw a big cow flying around on the side of the horse. Obviously, the fly is biting the horse, which makes it uncomfortable, so he wants to drive the cow fly away.

Just as he raised his hand, the farmer stopped him. The farmer said, "friend, please don't drive it away." Do you know that this old horse has been moving because of this fly? "

Truth: Many times, it is these people or things that bring you troubles and misfortunes that push you forward.

2 1. Jefferson building

There is a magnificent building in Washington Square, USA, which is the Jefferson Memorial Building. The building has gone through many vicissitudes, fallen into disrepair for a long time, and its surface is mottled and outdated. The government was very worried and sent experts to investigate the reasons.

The initial investigation results showed that acid rain eroded buildings, but later studies showed that acid rain did not cause such great harm. Finally, it was found that the detergent contained in wall washing has a strong corrosive effect on buildings, and the walls of this building are washed much more times every day than other buildings, so the corrosion is more serious.

The question is why do you clean every day? Because the building is dirty and there is a lot of bird droppings. Why is there so much bird droppings in the building? Because there are many swallows gathered around the building. Why do swallows love to gather here? Because there are spiders that swallows like to eat upstairs. Why are there so many spiders here? Because there are flying insects that spiders like to eat best on the wall. Why are there so many flying insects here? Because flying insects breed very fast here. Why do flying insects breed so fast here? Because the dust here is most suitable for flying insects to breed. Why is the dust here most suitable for flying insects to breed? The reason is not the dust, but the dust forms a unique stimulus under the strong light outside the window, which accelerates the reproduction of flying insects, so a large number of flying insects gather here and reproduce with extraordinary passion, thus providing a rich and delicious meal for spiders. The extraordinary gathering of spiders attracted flocks of swallows to stay. Swallows are full and convenient on the spot, leaving a lot of feces for the building. ...

Therefore, the ultimate solution to the problem is to close the curtains. Jefferson building is still intact.

Truth: Some problems are not as complicated as we seem, but we haven't found a simple solution yet.