In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a young man named Chen Fan, who was pretentious and only wanted to do great things. One day, Qin Xue, a friend of Chen Fan's father, came to see him and found that the yard where he lived alone was very dirty, so he said to him? Why doesn't the boy sweep the floor for the guests?

Chen Fan answered? When a man is a man, he should sweep the world and settle down.

Qin Xue immediately asked tit for tat:? If you don't sweep a house, why sweep the world?

Chen Fan was speechless.

We are all familiar with this story. The reason why Chen Fan disdains to sweep the house is just to show his ambition and desire? Sweep the world? . This spirit is precious, but he doesn't realize it? Sweep the world? Is it? Cleaning the house? The premise is. Everything is always growing up and accumulating over time, and everything has its initial links and basic steps. Sweep the world? To achieve something, you must start from? Cleaning the house? Start with the little things around you.

Lenin has such a famous saying:? To achieve great things, we must start from small things. ? Lenin not only said this, but also did it. 1920 12. Lenin personally wrote to the Russian State Electrification Commission, asking them to solve the problem of 20 million light bulbs. Shortly thereafter, he wrote to the post and telecommunications department, asking them to solve the problems of speakers in a conference hall in Moscow, and reprimanded those who delayed and shirked specific trivial matters for their bad habits of being old-fashioned and lazy. These little things that Lenin did in those days were linked to major events such as electrification in Russia. The light bulb problem is not solved, people's lighting is difficult, and work and production are affected; If the megaphone problem is not solved, the important meeting will not be held well, which will inevitably delay Russia's electrification and economic recovery and development. There are many small things like this, and big things are bound to be damaged.

Lenin repeatedly expounded the connection between small things and big things in his works. Doing small things is the most reliable stage to strive for big things? .

I often hear some young friends sigh with emotion: I really want to make a big event to impress my parents and teachers. But I'm unlucky, and I haven't met anything important, which keeps my talents from playing. ? This reminds us of an old saying:? Don't do it because of small goodness, and don't do it because of small evils. ? Yes, any successful person starts with small things. A small thing may seem trivial, but it may decide a person's fate. The experience of countless successful people proves that people who can do great things are often those who are not tired of small things.

Former US Secretary of State Powell is a good example. When he first joined the company, he had only one thing to do because he was black? Clean it up It is such a job that people don't pay attention to, but he does it in an orderly way, and after summing up experience in his work, he quickly finds a' mopping posture' that can mop the floor quickly and well, and it is not very tiring to do it. Powell's performance was seen by the careful boss. After a period of observation, the boss decided that he was a talent, so he made an exception and promoted him. Many years later, when Powell wrote his memoirs, he still remembered his first life experience: doing every little thing carefully.

Because of his continuous efforts, he paid attention to every little thing around him and gave 100% enthusiasm to every little thing. He grew from a cleaner to a secretary of state.

Only by starting from small things can we do great things well. Everyone's work is made up of small things, and we must never take a perfunctory attitude towards the small things in our work, nor should we despise slackness. Many times, a seemingly insignificant little thing, or an insignificant change, can achieve a breakthrough in work, and even change a victory or defeat in the shopping mall.

Start with small things, gradually increase your talents, win the approval of leaders, win the opportunity to do big things, and then you can do big things.

American Standard Oil Company was founded and operated by the oil giant Rockefeller, and was the largest distributor in the world at that time. At that time, the price of oil per barrel was $4, and the company's slogan was: standard oil of $4 per barrel.

As a member of many salesmen, Akibot is just a little-known clerk in the company, with a humble position, but he doesn't forget to write when he goes out for shopping and eating or even writes to his friends, as long as he countersigns organically? Four dollars a barrel of standard oil? . Sometimes, Akibot doesn't even write his own name, just write this sentence without writing his own signature. After a long time, my colleague joked to call him? Four dollars a barrel? .

Despite all kinds of ridicule, archibald was never moved by it.

One day four years later, Rockefeller, the chairman of American Standard Oil Company, was very happy when he heard that there was such a loyal employee in the company. He met and talked with Akibot with great interest and had dinner together. During the dinner, Rockefeller asked archibald why he did this, and archibald said, Isn't this the slogan of the company? Every time you write one more article, one more person may know. ?

Five years later, Rockefeller stepped down and Akibot succeeded as the second chairman of American Standard Oil Company.

American Standard Oil Company is a big enterprise. Regardless of talent or ability, there are many people above Akibot, but only Akibot has become the chairman.

Write with it when signing? Four dollars a barrel of standard oil? In the eyes of ordinary people, this is a trivial matter, and such a trivial matter is not within the scope of Akibot's work. However, Akibot did it consciously and took this little thing to the extreme.

The reason why these successful people become extraordinary is that they start from ordinary things, not because of trivial things, but because they are good at starting from trivial things, making unremitting progress and finally achieving great things.

Many people have dreams and hope to become independent talents one day, but if they only cherish their dreams and don't want to start from small things, then such dreams can only be castles in the air. If you are unwilling to do small things, great things will never succeed.

Success can never be achieved overnight. Everything should start from a young age. Only by doing small things well can great things be achieved.

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