In the 1940s, when a German worker was producing a batch of writing paper, he accidentally adjusted the wrong formula and produced a large amount of unwritten waste paper, so the worker was fired. Seeing that his life and mood were at a low ebb, a friend of the worker advised him, "If you look at the problem from another angle, maybe you can find something useful from your mistakes." A casual remark is like a spark. Soon, he was surprised to find that this batch of waste paper had good water absorption performance and could quickly absorb the ink on the manuscript and the moisture on the furniture.

So, he bought all the waste paper from his boss, cut it into small pieces, put it on the packaging, named it "absorbent paper", and sold it in the market, which was very popular. Later, he applied for a patent and organized mass production, which made him rich.

We often encounter such a situation: if we only consider the problem from one direction, the road will get narrower and narrower, and usually even come to a dead end. At this time, we might as well think about it from another angle, and there may be unexpected gains.

If there is difficulty, there is height.

Listening to a middle school teacher playing "To Alice", in the empty piano room, it feels wonderful, and the pure beauty of sound quality can't be explained by the set of stereo at home.

Envy, ask her, if I can play this song for Alice so well, how long will it take? She smiled and said, "10 minutes." I said you were joking. She said no, it's true. I said one day 10 minutes.

She is a Chinese teacher and started practicing piano three years ago. This piano was donated by a private company and has been kept in the piano room. There was a music teacher in the school, but he left because of the low salary in the school. So she became the owner of this piano. Every break 10 minutes, she goes to the piano room to practice, starting with the initial scales. However, she only has 10 minutes. 10 minutes later, she must stop when the bell rings.

I remember the story of a little boy who practiced piano for four hours every day. When her teacher knew this, she said to him, "You can't practice like this. Stop it immediately. Because I don't have more time to practice the piano when I grow up, I have to get into the habit and practice as soon as I have time, even for a few minutes. " He followed the teacher's advice and put the time warp of practicing the piano into various periods. At other times, he used to keep a diary, cultivate specimens and play football on the grass, but all these did not affect his piano skills.

The little American boy later became a famous poet, novelist and excellent pianist. He has made brilliant achievements in various fields because he can break down his hobbies into his daily life. Even if he has only five minutes of leisure, he will use it to write some poems and play a tune.

A few minutes is not a long time, but if we can make use of it and become a habit, these short times may make a person, because the years and decades needed for a great career and achievement are accumulated in just a few minutes. Of course, these should be a few minutes without delay, make full use of them.