1. Edison

Edison is a famous inventor in the world. He has more than a thousand inventions, such as the electric light, the phonograph, and the movie player. ?However, due to his poor family, Edison only went to school for a few years in his childhood. When he was twelve years old, he went to sell newspapers on the train. Unable to go to school to study, he studied on his own. He loves learning very much. He reads books and newspapers while selling newspapers, and seizes the time to study and do experiments.

Edison’s father was very strict with his family. He stipulated that the whole family must turn off the lights and go to bed before 11:30 every night. However, it was often eleven o'clock in the evening when Edison returned home from selling newspapers, so he had no time to do his favorite experiments after returning home.

This was simply unbearable for Edison, who liked to learn and explore on his own. So he thought about it and finally came up with a good way to get his father to support his experiment.

One day, Edison used copper wire to set up a wire on a tree and connected it directly to his good friend's house. He left the remaining newspapers and a telegraph machine at his friend's house.

After arriving home from the evening meeting, his father wanted to read the newspaper. Edison said that today's newspaper was sold out. At first his father was not very sorry. In order to arouse his father's interest, Edison began to talk about how fresh and interesting the content of today's newspaper was. It was a pity that he did not read it. Edison's father heard him talk so vividly and really wanted to read it.

So he asked Edison if he could still find a way to find one. Edison said that his friend Belle also had a copy, and he could send the contents of the newspaper over by telegraph. At this time, Edison's father became addicted to reading newspapers, so he readily agreed to it.

Edison's father was very happy when he saw that his son's home-made telegraph machine actually worked. I thought to myself, this kid is not simple either! From then on, he never stopped Edison from conducting telegraph experiments at night. Later, after hard work, Edison finally became a great scientist in the world.

2. Plato shook his hands

One day, the famous ancient Greek philosopher Socrates said to his students: "Starting from today, I want you to do one thing and shake your hands 300 times a day. , to exercise your will." The whole class burst into laughter and waved their hands. This is the simplest thing, who can't do it!

The next day, Socrates asked how many people waved their hands 300 times, and 100% of the students raised their hands excitedly. A month later, when Socrates asked for the second time, 80% of the students raised their hands, indicating that they persisted.

Two months and three months... a year later, Socrates once again mentioned the matter of throwing away his hands. The whole class was silent. Everyone looked at each other, feeling very ashamed. Only one person raised his hand. The teacher saw it and nodded to him.

The student raising his hand is Plato. It was through this perseverance that he became another philosophical figure in ancient Greece.

3. The Wright Brothers’ Dream of Flying

More than a hundred years ago, a poor shepherd took his two young sons to make a living by tending sheep for others. One day, a group of wild geese flew over their heads and quickly disappeared into the distance. The shepherd's youngest son asked his father: "Where are the wild geese flying?" The shepherd said: "They are going to a warm place to settle down and spend the cold winter."

The eldest son blinked The shepherd said with envy, "It would be great if I could fly like a wild goose." The younger son also said, "It would be great if I could be a flying wild goose!" The shepherd was silent for a while, and then said to him The two sons said: "As long as you want, you can fly."

The two sons tried but failed. They looked at their father with suspicion. The shepherd said: "Let me fly to show you." So he opened his arms, but he failed to fly. However, the shepherd said with certainty: "I can't fly because I am old. You are still young. As long as you keep working hard, you will be able to fly in the future and go where you want to go."

Two The son firmly remembered his father's words and kept working hard. When they grew up - the elder brother was 36 years old and the younger brother was 32 years old - they were able to fly because they invented the airplane. These two men are the Wright Brothers of America.

4. Stallone

When it comes to Stallone, everyone knows that he is a world-class movie star, but his life experience is even more sad and inspiring.

Stallone grew up in a violent gambling and drinking family. His father would take out his anger on him and his mother when he lost in gambling, and his mother would take it out on him when she was drunk. He often suffered from bruises and swollen face.

After graduating from high school, Stallone dropped out of school and worked as a gangster on the streets until he was 20 years old, when an accidental incident stung his heart.

I can't go on like this anymore, otherwise I will become the trash of society like my parents. I must succeed!

Stallone began to think about planning his life: the possibility of entering politics was almost zero; entering a large company, he had no academic qualifications or experience; doing business, he did not have any funds, and there was no job suitable for him. Then he thought about being an actor, which requires no capital or fame. Although being an actor also requires qualifications and talent, he just decided on the path of becoming an actor!

So Stallone came to Hollywood, looking for stars, directors, producers, anyone who could make him an actor, and begged everywhere: "Give me a chance. I must be able to succeed!" But all he got was rejection after rejection.

"There is nothing impossible in the world! I must succeed!" Stallone remained obsessed with it. Two years later, he suffered more than 1,000 rejections and spent all his money. Worked in Hollywood, doing menial odd jobs to support himself.

"Am I really not made to be an actor? Can children from a drinking and gambling family only be drunkards and gamblers? No, I have to succeed!" Stallone secretly wept and cried uncontrollably.

"Since I can't be an actor directly, can I change my approach?" Stallone began to re-plan his life path and began to write scripts. After more than two years of hearing and seeing, more than two years of failed job hunting Experience, Stallone at this moment is no longer the person he used to be. A year later, the script was written, and Stallone took the script and visited the director everywhere, "Let me be the leading actor, I must do it!"

"The script is good, and being the leading actor is simply heaven. What a joke!" He was rejected again and again. "Maybe next time! I must be able to succeed!" He was disappointed again and again, but his expectations supported him one after another! "I don't know if you can act well, but your spirit touches me again and again.

I can give you a chance, but I want to change your script into a TV series. At the same time, first I'll just shoot one episode and let you be the leading actor. If it doesn't work out, you'll give up on this idea." One day after he encountered more than 1,300 rejections, one person had rejected him more than 20 times! The director finally gave him a glimmer of hope.

After more than three years of preparation, Stallone was finally able to show off his skills. Therefore, he did not dare to slack off at all and devoted himself wholeheartedly. The first episode of the TV series set a record for the highest ratings in the United States at that time. In the end, Stallone succeeded!

5. Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci, a famous painter during the European Renaissance, loved painting since he was a child. His father sent him to Florence, a famous city in Italy at that time, to learn from the famous painter Frochio. The teacher asked him to start by painting eggs.

He painted one after another for more than ten days. Seeing that he was a little impatient, the teacher said to him: "Don't think that drawing eggs is easy. You must know that no two eggs in 1,000 are exactly the same; even if it is the same egg, just change the angle to see the shape." It would be different, and the oval outline of the egg would be different.

So, if you want to express it perfectly on the drawing paper, you have to work hard." From then on, Leonardo da Vinci studied hard. Sketch, after a long period of diligent and arduous artistic practice, finally created many immortal paintings.