It can be said that this is the driest chicken soup book, a practical reference book full of positive energy, and a record of juvenile growth. The whole book is amazing. With the growth and progress of the author, readers feel the same way. I read it all by myself. I was deeply impressed by my efforts in memorizing English words, various preparations in the application stage, Yale's admission notice, my tenacity in writing papers at Yale, my friendship with Yale's good friends, my hope in the despair of Goldman Sachs and my study experience at Harvard.
This is a naturally excellent child, but what I see is his efforts, his wisdom, his struggle and his maturity. He also has all the shortcomings of ordinary people, because of human nature, but he does not lie on his past achievements, but keeps growing and constantly correcting chicken blood! It is said that people who are better than you work harder than you! Excellent, can learn! This is what this book tells you. The secret of the author's success lies in this sentence.
How to achieve Excellence, in the author's last words, is "reading is better than thinking", "asking is better than thinking", "catching up is better than thinking" and "doing is better than thinking".
On average, in a 90-minute game, the players on each football field only touch the ball for 3 minutes, and most of the time, they are running. If the opportunity comes, the difference between Messi and others lies in his high probability of grasping it. What you do after 87 minutes without the ball determines your value. Messi is not only running, but also thinking and creating. Like Messi, "Better Rush" tells you that the success of life and the grasp of opportunity depend on the choice before the opportunity comes. In addition to running on the court, this choice is mostly an ascetic practice off the court. Behind asceticism is great interest and "unstoppable" exploration.
"It's better to rush" also tells you that you only have to be yourself, and you won't follow suit. Qi Baishi once famously said, "If you learn from me, you will live with me." Envy is ignorance, imitation is suicide. Polishing one's cognitive system carefully, cultivating one's ability to analyze and solve problems, independent thinking and free spirit are the key differences in grasping opportunities.
Max Weber, a German sociologist, once said, What is man? Man is an animal hanging on the meaning web he weaves. If the web of meaning collapses and you fall, it's a carnivore. What's the difference between you and a salted fish? Jobs said that "living is to change the world", which is the whole meaning of life. Even if you can't change a country, you can change the people around you, your family, your friends and your children. Dumas said in a letter at the end of The Count of Monte Cristo: All human wisdom can be contained in two words-waiting and hope. Now the two words are only valuable if they are given "meaning"! The famous psychologist Victor frankl's book "Living the Meaning of Life" tells his experience in Auschwitz concentration camp. What finally kept him alive was the meaning he gave himself!
"It's better to rush" also tells you how to find this meaning. Life lies in experience, in pursuit and in attitude! In the final analysis, it lies in the pursuit of meaning! This means a kind of faith. As Dante said, faith means believing in what we haven't seen, and the return of this faith will eventually let you see what we believe.
People who have heard of Mexican parrots say that Mexican parrots have no chains on their feet. That's because, shortly after they were born, the trainer kept them standing on a stick and falling. Because of fear, the Mexican parrot learned to hold the stick firmly. Even if it can fly when it grows up, it will not leave the stick easily, so it will not fly away without being tied. This story tells us that the most terrible thing is that the inner fear occupies the bandwidth of the mind. "It's better to rush" tells you that even if the result is not good, it doesn't mean that we are at the end of the road. Life can still be heroic. As long as people are still here, we can start all over again. Buddhist scriptures say that everything is impermanent, "impermanence" is the normal state of life, and dharma is rare in the world. A result is determined by too many factors, many of which you don't know, and what's more, you can't control it. "It is your own judgment, your reputation is heard by others, and your gains and losses are counted."
"I know a lot of truth, but I still have a hard time." "It is better to hurry" also tells us that life needs to constantly reflect on the past "choices", and don't mistake what you see, think and know for what you have achieved and can practice. We must understand this, always reserve the right to choose our own life, work hard and keep learning. The real state is one in which you can choose, practice, and know and do. Unfortunately, however, this state often chooses its own perspective to act unconsciously, so even if you are practicing, you need to be alert from time to time, instead of shrinking and moving on.
Max cruz, the author of The Story of Civilization, said: I believe that at least 99% of people, when they leave this world, simply don't realize how rare opportunities life is for them. Cherish every day you are in the world and repay your life with growth. This is the "call of duty". Call of Duty makes people who are better than you work harder than you!
If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.