On September 15, 2008, due to the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis, Lehman Brothers in the United States suffered huge losses and filed for bankruptcy protection. As one of the giants on Wall Street, the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers impacted the entire financial market and triggered a global "financial tsunami." In such an economic crisis environment, how to choose and how to give up is the key to whether enterprises and individuals can survive and develop.

Many things in life are the result of choices, and every choice must have its opposite, which is giving up. Take newspaper publishing as an example, from front-page news to film and television reviews, the composition of each page is the result of the editor's choice. By choosing to publish this news, you are giving up some other content. This is just to try to put the most valuable things in front of readers in the small space that is increasingly squeezed by advertising. For another example, after graduating, every college student will definitely consider whether to work, go abroad, take the postgraduate entrance examination, or go to the west to volunteer. If you choose one of them, you will have to give up several other paths. It can even be said that only when Only when you can give up other ways can you choose the remaining one with peace of mind.

After the French retreated from Vietnam, a farmer and a businessman searched the streets for their belongings. They found a large pile of burnt wool, and each man divided half of it and carried it on his back.

On their way back, they found some more cloth. The farmer threw away the heavy wool and chose some better cloth that he could carry. The businessman picked up all the wool and remaining cloth abandoned by the farmer and carried it on his back. The heavy load made him panting and struggling.

Not far away, they found some silver tableware. The farmer threw away the cloth and picked up some better silverware and carried it on his back. However, the merchant found it difficult to pick up the remaining silverware because the heavy wool and cloth made him unable to bend down.

It rained heavily, and the merchant's wool and cloth were soaked by the rain. He walked hungry and cold, and finally fell in the mud; but the farmer welcomed the cool rain home relaxed. He sold his silverware and lived quite a prosperous life.

Yes, there are too many opportunities, too many temptations, and too many desires in life, but after all, we are so incapacitated that we will sway in two boats, let alone three or four. ? Many times, gaining means losing, and losing means gaining. If you are willing to give up, you will be willing to give up, just like the farmer, only when you give up can you gain!

Life is like this. While insisting on choosing something, you also choose to give up something else. It is often because people are reluctant to give up that the choice becomes extremely painful. But it is precisely because of the reluctance to give up that life becomes extremely heavy, and even premature death due to being overwhelmed. You know, a bird with gold on its wings cannot fly.

While playing, a little boy put his hand into the vase, as if he was looking for something. The worst part was that when he tried to take his hand back, he couldn't pull it out. After the boy's father found out, he tried several times with him, but all failed. The boy's father wanted to break the bottle to get his son out of trouble. However, the vase was too expensive, and my father could not make up his mind. Finally, the boy's father decided to try another method one last time, and if it didn't work, he would smash the bottle.

"Son, please straighten your hands, put your fingers together, and then pull them out. Just like me." The father said as he demonstrated to his son.

The little boy's subsequent answer surprised him: "Dad, I can't do that. If I let go of my hand, the coin I'm holding in my hand will fall. That's one cent!" "The father who couldn't laugh or cry finally understood the real reason why his son couldn't pull out his hand.

After listening to this story, you may smile at the little boy's innocence. A coin of pitifully small face value almost destroyed a valuable vase.

In fact, isn’t that true for us adults? Often we hold on to some worthless things and are reluctant to give them up. As a result, other more valuable things are ignored or given up by us.

Learn to make choices, learn to give up, your life and your world will be very different