Success is just a state of mind.

There used to be a conscientious old cleaner in the Kremlin. She said: "My job is similar to Yeltsin's. Yeltsin is cleaning up Russia and I am cleaning up the Kremlin. Everyone is doing their own thing. " How relaxed and happy she spoke, very touching and thought-provoking. The old cleaner in the Kremlin is a common people with low status in front of dignitaries, but she does not feel inferior. She also humorously compares her work with that of the president, which shows that she is open-minded. Both the king of a country and the people at the grass-roots level are doing what they should do. Therefore, she carefully cleans up the dust and garbage in the red wall every day, and at the same time cleans up the depression and confusion scattered in her heart.

Here's to your enemies.

On the 60th anniversary of Emperor Kangxi's accession to the throne, a "grand banquet" was held to celebrate. At the banquet, Kangxi offered three glasses of wine: the first glass was to the Queen Mother Xiao Zhuang, thanking Xiao Zhuang for assisting him to ascend the throne and unify the whole country; The second cup is to propose a toast to the ministers and the people all over the world, and thank the ministers Qi Xin for their cooperation and loyalty to the court. All nations bow down and the world prospers. When Kangxi took the third glass of wine, he said, "Here's to my enemies, Wu Sangui, Zheng Jing, Gerdan and Ao Bai." The ministers were dumbfounded, and Kangxi went on to say, "They forced me to make great contributions. Without them, there would be no me today. I thank them. " A man's value depends on his opponent. Opponents will always bring you pressure, forcing you to throw yourself into the "struggle" and strive to be a winner. Only in the confrontation with opponents can we really hone ourselves. In this sense, your enemy is the driving force for your progress and the catalyst for your success.

Manage people's hearts

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Li Shageng, a shopkeeper with a little heart in Nanchang, won a room full of customers with genuine goods. However, after making money, adulterating fakes, ignoring customers, and business is getting colder and colder. One day, Zheng Banqiao, a famous painter and calligrapher, came to the shop for dinner. Li Shageng was very surprised. Please write down the name of the store. Zheng Banqiao wrote the word "Li Shageng's Dim Sum Shop", and Mo Bao was vigorous and powerful, which attracted people to watch, but no one ate it. The word "heart" is a little missing, and Li Shageng asked to add it. But Zheng Banqiao said, "There is nothing wrong. You used to be prosperous because of this, but now your business is light because of this. " Li Shageng realized the importance of managing life. Since then, I have repented, won the hearts of the people and won the market again.

The human heart is an intangible asset and a great wealth that cannot be ignored. For enterprises and businesses, managing people's hearts is the key to the healthy and sustainable development of the cause.

The greatest misfortune

A man was framed at the age of 23 and spent nine years in prison. Later, the unjust case was solved and he finally walked out of the prison. After he was released from prison, he began to repeatedly accuse and curse all the year round: "I am really unfortunate. I was wronged at the youngest and most promising time and spent the best time in prison. Such a prison is not a place where people live at all, and it is so narrow that it is difficult to turn around. There is almost no bright sunshine in the only small window, which is unbearable in winter; Mosquito bites in summer ... I really don't understand why God doesn't punish the guy who framed me. Even if he is chopped into pieces, my hatred is hard to eliminate! " At the age of 73, he was finally bedridden in poverty and illness. On his deathbed, the priest came to his bedside: "Poor boy, before you go to heaven, confess all your sins in the world …" As soon as the priest's voice fell, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "I have nothing to confess. What I need is to curse those who have given me unfortunate fate …" The priest asked: "How many years have you been in prison for unjust imprisonment? How many years have you lived since you got out of prison? " He maliciously told the priest the figures. The priest sighed: "poor man, you are really the most unfortunate person in the world." I really feel very sympathetic and sad about your misfortune! " But others imprisoned you for only nine years, and when you got out of prison, you should be free forever, but you imprisoned yourself for 4 1 year with heartfelt hatred, complaints and curses! "

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choose

Three disciples of Socrates, the master of ancient Greek philosophy, once asked their teacher how to find the ideal partner. Socrates did not answer directly, but asked them to go to the ridge, only allowed to move forward, and only given one chance, the requirement was to pick the best and biggest ear. The first disciple saw a big and beautiful spike without walking a few steps, and happily picked it off. But when he walked on, he found that there were many bigger ones ahead, but he didn't have a chance and could only walk the whole course with regret. The second disciple learned his lesson, and whenever he wanted to pick it, he always reminded himself that there was something better to come. But when he was near the finish line, he found that all the opportunities were missed. The third disciple learned the lesson of the first two disciples. When one third of the trip is completed, it is divided into three categories: large, medium and small; When you walk another third, verify whether it is correct; In the last third, he chose a beautiful ear that belongs to a big category. Although this ear is not the best and biggest in the field, it is enough for him.

give up

A young man asked a rich man how to succeed, but the rich man put three watermelons of different sizes in front of the young man. "If each watermelon represents a certain degree of interest, which one do you choose?"

"The biggest piece, of course!" The young man answered without hesitation.

The rich man smiled: "Well, please!" The rich man handed the biggest watermelon to the young man, but he ate the smallest one himself.

Soon, the rich man finished eating, then picked up the last watermelon on the table, proudly waved it in front of the youth and stuttered.

The young man immediately understood the meaning of the rich: although the rich eat melons that are not as big as those of the young, they eat much more than the young.

If each watermelon represents a certain degree of interest, then the rich naturally have more interests than the young.

After eating the watermelon, the rich man said to the young man, "If you want to succeed, you must learn to give up. Only by giving up immediate interests can we get long-term profits. This is my road to success. "

Refuse temptation

A young man asked the old man, "How can I successfully climb to the top of my dream?" The old man smiled, picked up a piece of paper from the ground, folded a boat and put it on the river beside him. The boat was quiet and impatient, and sailed forward in the current without saying a word. On the way, butterflies and flowers flirted with it, but it was unmoved and moved on silently ... The old man said, "There are too many temptations in one's life, such as money, beauty, status and reputation. Choose the goal of struggle, stop on the way because of thinking about money, sink because of lust for beauty, be impetuous because of longing for fame, and lose sleep because of grabbing status. Therefore, it is difficult to sneak silently toward the established goal like a boat, unmoved by temptation. This is why some people often give up halfway and can't succeed. " The young man suddenly realized, packed his bags and climbed to the top of the mountain against the wind.

Damn diligence

Rutherford, the founder of modern atomic physics, highly praised thinking. Late one night, he happened to find a student still immersed in an experiment and asked curiously, "What were you doing this morning?" The student replied, "I'm doing an experiment." Rutherford frowned and continued to ask, "What about that night?" "I am also doing experiments." Diligent students thought they could get some praise from their tutors, but Rutherford was furious and scolded sharply: "You do experiments all day, when do you spend time thinking?" Diligent students were reprimanded, seemingly wronged, but in fact, Master was passing on the Truth. Many times, people would rather let the years drown in the seemingly valuable busyness, but they are extremely unwilling to take the time to think, so that their thinking lingers at a low level and eventually gets nothing. If wisdom is the source of creation, then thinking is the starting point of wisdom.

Always be a diligent person.

In America, there is a man who does almost the same thing every day of the year: at dawn, he leans over his typewriter and starts writing for the day. This man's name is Stephen? Jin is an internationally famous novel master. Stephen? Kim's experience is very difficult. He was too poor to pay the telephone bill, so the telephone company cut off his telephone line. Later, he became a world-famous master of horror novels. He keeps writing appointments all day, and often a novel is still stored in his mind, so the publishing house pays him a high deposit. Today, he is a world millionaire, but he still works hard. Stephen? The secret of gold is very simple, with only two words: diligence. There are only three days in a year. He is an exception and doesn't write. These three days are: birthday, Christmas, American independence day (National Day). Diligence brings him endless inspiration. Ji Xianlin, an academic master, once said, "Diligence inspires people."

Ordinary and extraordinary

When comparing the seriousness of China and Japan, Mr. Zhang Ruimin, president of Haier, once said: If a Japanese is allowed to wipe the table six times a day, the Japanese will carry it out to the letter and insist on wiping it six times a day; But if you let a China person do it, you may rub it six times on the first day, six times on the second day and five, four or three times on the third day. In the end, it went away. In view of this, he said, doing ordinary things well is extraordinary.

Stupid power

Einstein, a great scientist, once did an experiment: he found two people from the village, one was stupid and weak, and the other was smart and strong. Einstein found an open space of about two acres, gave them the same tools, and let them race to dig wells to see who dug the water first. After receiving the tools, the stupid man took off his coat and began to work without saying anything. Smart people make a small choice and then start working. Two hours passed, and both of them dug two meters deep, but there was still no water. The wise man decided that this choice was wrong and that it was foolish to continue digging in the same place, so he chose another place to dig again. Foolish people are still struggling to dig in the same place, and two hours have passed. Stupid people only dig one meter, and smart people dig two meters deep. Stupid people are still digging hard in the same place, and smart people begin to doubt their choices, so they choose another place to dig again. Two hours later, the fool dug half a meter and the wise man dug another two meters, but neither of them saw the water. At this time, the wise man became discouraged and decided that there was no water here. He gave up digging and left. The fool is exhausted at this time, but he is still digging in the same place. When he just dug up a shovel of soil, a miracle appeared, and I saw a stream of clear water gurgling out.

As a result of the game, the stupid man won. Einstein later told the students that it seems that people with slightly higher IQ and superior conditions may not succeed. Success sometimes requires an almost stupid power!

Tai Lihua: Deaf people dance with life.

Different from Yang li Ping's interpretation of "sparrow spirit", Tai Lihua, a deaf-mute artist, created a beautiful and gentle bird, which always blooms for people inadvertently, and then suddenly turns everything into a plain bird. This 25-year-old girl, without any music or beat, performs the charm of moving people. Dance, for her, is a childhood game, a spiritual sustenance, a concrete way to feel the world, and a weight to reposition life. She turned herself into a spinning top and danced all the time except eating and sleeping for 24 hours. Music is the natural catalyst of dance. It is under the stimulation of music that dancers express all their feelings about music as the flow of their bodies. For Tai Lihua, who is in a silent world, the only way to make the dance completely close to the beat is to remember, repeat, remember and repeat. She will accompany with her heart, and she will worship life with body dance and music in her heart. 1992 10, Italy's Scala Grand Theatre held the "Borderless Civilization Art Festival", which is called an art event. All the invited dancers are superstars in today's dance world. Tai Lihua, as the only disabled dancer, performed a dance with oriental charm, Dunhuang Painted Sculptures, which caused a sensation. On September 18, 2000, Tai Lihua won the audience with her passionate dance in the splendid Carnegie Hall in new york. The President of the General Assembly, several senior officials of the United Nations and officials of 43 delegations to the United Nations also watched the performance.

Tai Lihua conquered audiences of different colors with her "peacock-like beauty, nobility and lightness". With her persistent pursuit of art, she became the only artist in China who boarded two famous "art halls" in the world.

The strongest thing

What is the strongest thing in the world? It is the will hidden in the flesh and blood. There is a resume of such a person in front of me: 2 1 year-old failed to do business; At the age of 22, he lost the state legislature election; At the age of 24, I failed in business again; At the age of 26, my lover died; At the age of 27, he had a nervous breakdown and thought about suicide. At the age of 34, he lost the election of the Federal House of Representatives; At the age of 36, he was re-elected to the Federal House of Representatives; At the age of 45, he lost the election of the federal Senate; At the age of 47, he nominated the vice president and lost the election; At the age of 49, he failed to run for the federal Senate again; At the age of 52, he was elected as the first 16 president of the United States. This man is Abraham? Lincoln-one of the greatest presidents in American history.

Bitterness is a problem of Tao addition.

There is a well-known group boss. Before the age of 40, he was down and out, and his family was surrounded. No one respects him, including his wife. But he went into the sea alone, starting from a small business, and in just ten years, he expanded a manual workshop into a private enterprise with assets of hundreds of millions. A reporter interviewed him: "If you were born in a city, received a good education and had a stable living environment, your achievements will be even greater now." He was silent for a while and said, "Maybe. But I believe that if I didn't live in the countryside and didn't suffer so much, but like other urban people, I would live in peace of mind and never open my own family workshop. In this sense, I want to thank life. "

Pain does not mean eternal pain, and happiness does not mean eternal happiness. People's best work is often done in adversity, and mental pressure and even physical pain may become spiritual stimulants. The United States once conducted a sample survey of 1000 rich people, and found that most of them were born in ordinary families, and even some teenagers spent their time in black areas. Sometimes life is really like magic, which can produce incredible results.

Suffering is not terrible. The terrible thing is that you don't realize that suffering itself contains endless opportunities. If you think this is a subtraction problem, then you already know the answer. This problem will subtract everything from you, including your life. If you think it is an addition problem, then the result of calculation may be infinite.

Prepare for failure

It is reported that during the US-Iraq war, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein threatened that he had set up a guerrilla street fighting in the city to welcome American soldiers. American troops who suffered street fighting in Mogadishu dare not take it lightly. They are practicing how to win a big battle and how to become a prisoner after a big defeat. The name of the training course for prisoners of war is "Overpressure Infusion", which includes four subjects-survival in the wild, hiding and escaping, active resistance and life-saving. Training is carried out in an almost cruel way, but it is necessary. It can improve people's physiological and psychological endurance,

Once you are in a desperate situation, you can deal with it calmly. "Everything is established in advance, and if it is not planned, it will be abolished." Countless facts show that whoever can prepare for failure can save the day and turn defeat into victory.

Failure is the best compass.

An explorer set out for the North Pole, but finally reached the South Pole. Someone asked him why, and he said, "I have a compass and I can't find the North Pole." The other party said, "How is that possible? Isn't the North Pole opposite to the South Pole? Just turn around. " Success and failure are the same wilderness, a deep pool that will drown you and a sweet spring that can quench your thirst. Who can see clearly from the beginning and find the way to a bright future? You must experience failure, eliminate all impossible fakes and seemingly reasonable fantasies one by one, and the rest will be the only right. When we are bumped again and again in life, failure is the best compass. It tells us the wrong direction with its unchanging pointer and reminds us that turning around is success.

Examples of mistakes made by China people in the history of science

1. American chemist Louis put forward the valence bond theory of * * * in a paper of 19 16, but it was called Langmuir theory in the 1920s. The reason is that although Louis is very clever, he is introverted and not good at talking. After he put forward the valence bond theory, it didn't cause much response. This theory is on the verge of extinction. Fortunately, three years later, the sharp-thinking chemist Langmuir saw the great significance of valence bond theory. Therefore, on the one hand, he published a series of papers in influential journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society with vivid and fluent writing, and on the other hand, he made many speeches at large-scale academic conferences in China with his eloquence, which finally got this theory out of the predicament and gained universal recognition.

2. Wiener, an American scientist, is recognized as the founder of information theory, because he systematically expounded information theory in 1950s and established Wiener filtering theory and signal prediction theory. As early as 1930s, China mathematician Shennong put forward information theory. The reason why information theory was first put forward is very complicated, but one thing is certain: Shennong failed to make full use of Chinese tools to systematically expound and widely publicize information theory.

Faraday, a famous physicist, discovered electromagnetic induction as early as 1873, but this important scientific discovery was shelved for 26 years because of his obscure language when discussing this phenomenon. Later, thanks to Maxwell, a physicist who loves poetry, he described it with his unique image thinking and concise language, making this important scientific discovery public.

Change your mind, the world is vast.

In Germany, a paper-making worker accidentally made a mistake in the formula when producing paper, and produced a batch of unwritten waste paper. As a result, he was fired by his boss. Just when he was frustrated and sad, one of his friends advised him, "Everything has two sides. You might as well look at it from another angle, maybe you can find something useful from your mistakes. " So, he found that the water absorption performance of this batch of paper is quite good, and it can absorb the water on household appliances. Then, he cut the paper into small pieces, named it "absorbent paper" and sold it in the market, which was very popular. Later, he applied for a patent and made a fortune specializing in the production of absorbent paper.

Promotion of gold coins

In a remote alley of a French city, people were packed. I saw a man in his fifties, took out a bottle of super glue and then took out a gold coin. He put a thin layer of glue on the back of the gold coin and stuck it on the wall. Soon, one after another came to try their luck to see who could take off the gold coins worth 5000 francs on the wall. People came and went in the alley, and finally no one could get the gold coin, which was firmly attached to the wall. It turns out that the man is a boss. Because of the remote location of his shop and the sluggish business, he came up with a wonderful advertising method: stick a gold coin worth 5000 francs on the wall with the glue he sells, and whoever takes it off will get it. On that day, no one won gold coins, but everyone knew a kind of super glue. Since then, the supply of glue in that shop has been in short supply.

One plus one can be greater than two.

A Jew taught his son, "Our only wealth is wisdom. When others say 1 plus 1 equals 2, you should think of it as greater than 2. " In document 1974, the US government publicly invited tenders to clean up a large amount of waste generated by the renovation of the Statue of Liberty. But after a few months, no one should bid, because in New York State, there are strict regulations on garbage disposal, and it may be sued by environmental organizations. The son of the Jew was traveling in France. After hearing the news, he immediately terminated his vacation and flew to new york. After seeing the mountains of copper blocks, screws and wood under the Statue of Liberty, he immediately signed an agreement with the government department without saying anything. After the news spread, many transportation companies in new york were snickering, and many of his colleagues also thought that waste recycling was thankless, and the value of the resources that could be recycled was really limited, which was really stupid. While these people are watching jokes, he has begun to organize workers to sort garbage. He melted the scrap copper and cast it into the little Statue of Liberty, while the old wood was processed into the base, and the scrap copper and aluminum were made into the key to new york Square. He even packed all the dust cleaned from the Statue of Liberty and sold it to a flower shop. These scrap copper, scrap iron, scraps and dust are sold at a price several times or even dozens of times higher than the original value, which is in short supply. In less than three months, he turned this pile of waste into $3.5 million, and the price of copper per pound increased by 654.38+00000 times. There will never be an equation in a commercialized society. When you complain that business is difficult to do, maybe someone is panting while counting money. The secret is that you think 1 plus 1 is equal to 2, but he insists that 1 plus 1 can be greater than 2.

The value of old newspapers

Old newspapers, if sold to waste collectors, cost about thirty or forty cents a catty. However, there is an old newspaper library on Wujiang Road in Shanghai, which specializes in People's Daily, Guangming Daily, People's Liberation Army Daily and Wen Wei Po. In the 1960s, ordinary newspapers sold 2 18 yuan, and even in the 1980s, they sold 128 yuan. Ordinary old newspapers that are considered to have no collection value are still selling well.

It turns out that the propaganda played by merchants is like this: buy an old birthday newspaper for yourself or your loved ones! Old newspapers that turn yellow in nostalgic packaging have some historical charm. Customers are mainly 23-year-old Shanghai residents. They either buy newspapers on the day they were born to see what happened in the world on the day they were born, or buy newspapers as gifts for their elders to remind them of their youth.

The boss's name is Liu Debao, and he is always interested in collecting old newspapers. He positioned the selling point of the old newspaper as a birthday present, which was ingenious, elegant and charming; It can not only satisfy young people's curiosity about the age of birth, but also arouse middle-aged and elderly people's memories of the past years. An old newspaper at 34 cents a catty can be sold at a high price in 200 yuan, and the price has increased by more than 1000 times, which can be described as extremely high added value!

Sell underwater sound to make big money.

There is a man named Fenech in America who has been to many famous mountains and rivers. On one occasion, he was attracted by the gurgling sound of running water around him during his trip. The sound is harmonious and melodious, which makes people linger. So, he had a brainwave, recorded the sounds of many streams, rivers and waterfalls with a stereo recorder, and copied them back to the city for sale at a high price, and buyers came in an endless stream. Fenech made a lot of money from it.

Don't break the cleverness.

What if the vase is broken? What most people do is throw away the debris! So, are there any rules here? Yes! After weighing the fragments in order of size, you will find that: 10- 100g is the least, 1- 10g is slightly more, 0, 1g- 1g and below are the most! It is particularly interesting that there is a strict multiple relationship between the weights of these fragments: the weight ratio of the largest fragment to the second largest fragment is 16: 1. The weight ratio of the second largest fragment to the medium fragment is 16: 1, that of the medium fragment to the smaller fragment is 16: 1, and that of the smaller fragment to the smallest fragment is 16: 1. Therefore, people who find this proportional relationship will use this law in archaeology or celestial research, that is, as long as this law exists, they can infer its original state from the fragments of known cultural relics and meteorites, thus quickly restoring its true colors!

This is the power of thinking! This wise man is Danish scientist Jacob? Bor. We must have accidentally broken vases, but when the relevant laws slip away from us playfully, do we accept them with pleasure? It is not terrible that the vase is broken. The terrible thing is that if we are not careful, our intelligence and thinking will also be broken!

Wal-Mart: No diploma.

Wal-Mart, the American retail empire, ranks first among the top 500 companies in the world and is recognized by the management as one of the companies with the most cultural characteristics. Fortune magazine commented that it "won the loyalty and enthusiasm of employees by spending a lot of money on training and upgrading internal employees." 60% of managers start from coolies. "At Wal-Mart, many employees don't have college degrees. Having an MBA degree may not win the appreciation of executives unless you prove your strength through your own efforts and excellent work performance. But this does not mean that the company does not attach importance to the quality of employees. On the contrary, the company encourages employees to be proactive in all aspects and provides training and promotion opportunities for everyone who wants to improve themselves. In general retail companies, people without more than 10 years of work experience will not be considered for promotion to manager at all. At Wal-Mart, after six months' training, if they perform well and have the potential to manage employees and merchandise sales, the company will give them a chance to try their hand. Be an assistant manager first, or help open a new store. If you do well, you will have the opportunity to manage a branch. So today, the vast majority of Wal-Mart managers are born in the company's management training program, and they are all promoted from within the company.

Sony: Not superstitious about experts.

In recent years, Sony Corporation of Japan has adopted the "three noes" policy of "don't ask, don't tell, don't write" when recruiting college students. The company believes that in the fierce competition and changing times, enterprises need all kinds of talents. Only by bringing all kinds of people together can we give full play to our creativity and develop new products. Recruiting talents only in a few prestigious schools will make enterprises lose their vitality. Masaru Ibuka, one of Sony's founders, said: "I never trust experts. Experts tend to argue why you don't do or can't do something, while we tend to emphasize doing things from scratch. " So Sony likes people who are sharp-minded, unconventional and brave in exploring and innovating. They encourage scientific and technological talents to "jump ship", find new jobs in any department of the company, and "volunteer" to participate in project development and research. The company believes that such people are open-minded, active in thinking, with wide interests, creative consciousness and innovative spirit. He is a doer, not an empty talker. He has a promising future and should be reused.

Harmonious and valuable thoughts coordinate people's development

In the 20th century, mankind began to realize the importance of protecting biodiversity and realizing sustainable development. Some scholars even find that there are problems in the existing basic theoretical concepts, which leads to the existence of institutional crisis in human society and increasingly fierce ethnic and cultural conflicts. Some people even say that the clash of civilizations will replace the clash of ideologies and become the theme of the world. In response to this phenomenon, experts quoted Dr. Alvin, a Nobel Prize winner, as saying: If human beings want to survive, they must go back to the 25 th century and learn the wisdom of Confucius.

Some scholars believe that the wisdom of Confucius can play a leading role in moral ethics. More than two thousand years ago, Confucius put forward the idea that "gentlemen are harmonious but different". "Harmony" mainly refers to the unity of diversity, which is the premise of "harmony" and the objective existence of nature and human society. It is not enough for things to stay in diversity, but also many things need to live in harmony, learn from each other's strengths and develop together. Harmony without difference, difference without conflict. Harmony and * * * grow together, and differences and complementarities. The development of human society shows that it is impossible for several big countries to carve up the world for a long time.