One flower, one world, one person, one life. Although everyone has their own unique life, no one's life is smooth. We all have moments when the weather is either sunny or stormy.

Especially when there is thunder and lightning and heavy rain, such adversity is the most painful.

But some people say that adversity is not terrible. It is more important to have good adversity quotient to face adversity, because this determines the direction and height of a person's life.

What is reverse quotient?

Adversity quotient refers to your degree of resistance when facing adversity and your ability to get rid of it.

Zeng Guofan used his own life to tell us a sentence: Your reverse quotient determines the height of your life.

01 Adversity: The imperial examination road that becomes more and more courageous with every setback

Before Zeng Guofan, there were no scholars or officials in the Zeng family. Until my grandfather's generation, he was determined to make his descendants a learned person.

Zeng Guofan's father was a celebrity in the imperial examination circle. He was a "celebrity" who failed to make the list after taking the exam many times. Fourteen-year-old Zeng Guofan was criticized when he came to take the exam for the first time with his father.

Perhaps Zeng Guofan himself did not expect that this was just the beginning and was far from over. In the subsequent scientific examinations, he failed like his father, and more and more ridicule came to Zeng Guofan.

What hit him the most was that in the year when his father was in high school, he was "reprimanded" for not being proficient in arts and sciences. What is this concept?

Each imperial examination examiner will select a few negative examples for everyone to learn from. Those who are proficient in arts and sciences are divided into six grades, and those who are not proficient in arts and sciences are classified into sixth grade, which is the worst level.

This suspension of criticism turned Zeng Guofan from a township joke to a province-wide laughing stock.

Most people will define themselves at this time, saying that they are not capable enough and are not suitable for studying, and thus give up this path. But Zeng Guofan was not. He locked himself in his study and learned from the pain, reflected on himself, and found out the reasons for his failure.

During this year, Zeng Guofan went to bed late and got up early, and continued to write articles every day. Make an outline before writing an article so that the article has overall coherence and overall momentum.

In the imperial examination a few years later, Zeng Guofan became a scholar, and he also passed the imperial examination immediately. At this moment, Zeng Guofan went from being the butt of laughter to someone who everyone wanted to please.

So when you are in adversity in life, you must not give up, believe in yourself, and work hard to become stronger. After the Phoenix Nirvana, you will surely usher in a better life.

02 Adversity: career was severely damaged

After establishing the Hunan Army and severely damaging the Taiping Army, Zeng Guofan gained unlimited fame and fortune. But fate always likes to see jokes. Although Zeng Guofan won many great victories, he had no real power, and his upright behavior offended many interest groups. After falling out with the emperor, he was stripped of his military power in Jiangxi and returned home to retire.

Zeng Guofan once again fell into underestimation. The former officialdom was now lukewarm. The former great hero was now humiliated and demoted in Jiangxi. He became a useless pawn in the hands of the emperor.

This gap and frustration made him miserable and depressed.

After a period of decadence, Zeng Guofan began to reflect on himself. What's the problem?

Who can be comfortable with such a person who insists too much on his own opinions, speaks directly without leaving any room for error, and speaks bluntly without turning around when facing the emperor?

"The most soft in the world is the strongest in the world." "The most soft is not soft, the most hard is not hard." Being too tough is a sign of weakness. You should overcome hardness with softness and be open to all rivers.

Failure and setbacks are not terrible, but decadence and cowardice are. Zeng Guofan was not defeated, but reflected on the problem and discovered the cause.

A few years later, fate favored him again. Emperor Xianfeng invited him to go out again to quell the Taiping Army.

This time, Zeng Guofan changed. He was gentle and humble in his treatment of others, and he recruited talents from all over the world. Enemies established in the officialdom gradually transformed into ordinary colleagues and friends. Understand the difficulties of others and face difficulties together.

"When we come to Jiangxi again, everyone is happy." He turned into Zeng Guofan, whom everyone respects and has fame and fortune.

The famous American General Patton said this: The measure of a person's success is not the height he reaches the top, but his resilience when he hits the bottom.

Look at Zeng Guofan’s life of ups and downs. Not everyone can bear it. Excellent and continuously successful people have astonishingly high adversity quotients. They are not afraid of failure and denial, but become more courageous with every setback!

03 Adversity quotient determines a person’s height in life

Even if you have high IQ and high EQ, when you encounter adversity, whether you can withstand the test? The more frustrated you become, the stronger you become?

Emotional quotient and IQ are the cornerstones, but reverse quotient determines the pattern and height of a person's life.

The higher a person’s adversity quotient, the greater the chance of success! So don’t be afraid of falling, stand up and start again! In the adult world, there is no such thing as easy. Each of us has our own difficulties. Life is so cruel. Who hasn’t cried bitterly late at night?

But not being knocked down by the hardships of life, even if you are injured, you still stand up with tenacious perseverance. This is the courage of a man!