Willing to waste 99% of your efforts.
1996, Yang Lan, who is still studying in the United States, interviewed Dr. Kissinger for the first time.
Dr. Kissinger is a famous contemporary American diplomat, but at that time, Yang Lan had just started to do interview programs and had no experience at all. In order to have a theme in the interview, Yang Lan learned something about the conversation between Dr. Kissinger and Premier Zhou. But things are not what Yang Lan expected. His knowledge of this history is far from enough to have a complete dialogue with Dr. Kissinger. During the whole interview, Yang Lan asked a lot of irrelevant words: Premier Zhou invited you to eat Beijing roast duck. How much did you eat? How many diplomatic incidents did your doctor handle?
In Kissinger's persistent confusion, the interview program ended. Yang Lan's first high-end interview ended in no bright spot or even failure! This made Yang Lan realize that she must be fully prepared before the interview! However, what kind of content is the most suitable for a world celebrity like Dr. Kissinger with a very rich life background?
Yang Lan went to ask her tutor, and the tutor asked her, "How much water does it take to wet a one-pound fish?" Yang Lan said that it doesn't need much. Soaking cotton in water is enough to wet the fish. The tutor asked again, "How much water does a fish drink a day?" Yang Lan said that if it is a freshwater fish, it will never drink water for a lifetime. The tutor said, "In other words, what a fish really needs is enough water to wet its body!" " ! Because no matter where it swims, its body can only touch that little water! But if you keep a fish, do you just rely on the water in the cotton? ""my god, then he can't live at all. I have to fill her fish tank with water! " Yang Lan said in surprise.
"The interview is the same. Be sure to be 100% ready, even if you waste 99% of your efforts in the end!" The tutor said,
These words gave Yang Lan infinite enlightenment and sentiment, and made Yang Lan walk out of his own road to success after years of hard work.
Not long ago, Yang Lan interviewed Dr. Kissinger again. Before the interview, Yang Lan collected the papers and speeches written by Dr. Kissinger when he was a professor at Harvard, as well as his biography and seven thick books, all of which were read. Although the interview lasted only 27 minutes, it achieved remarkable results. After the event, Yang Lan said, "I read so much information, and although I only used one or two questions in the end, it doesn't mean that it is not necessary to prepare in advance! For example, a fish only needs to dip in cotton water, but to feed the fish, it is necessary to fill a fish tank with water, and it is these seemingly redundant water that grasp the direction of any fish! "
Any effort made by a person will not be in vain, even if only 1% of the effort comes in handy, just like a fish, it can't swim without the extra water in that tank!
Try to be a clown.
In the apartment building where I live, everyone knows Ah Ch 'ou. Ah Chou is a male cat who lives here. In this world, it likes two or three things best: fighting, eating garbage thrown away by people, and one more thing, we should say, love.
Living outside, together with these three things, has consequences for Ah Ch 'ou. First of all, it has only one eye, and the other eye is a deep hole. On the same side, it is missing an ear. Its left leg was broken once, but it was not connected at right angles, which made it look like it was going to turn all the time. Its tail is long gone, only a stubble is left, and it will stand up and suddenly shake.
Ah Ch 'ou was originally a dark gray cat, but his head, neck and even shoulders were covered with thick and yellow scars. Whenever someone sees Ah Chou, there is always the same reaction: "What an ugly cat!" " "
All the children were warned not to go near it. When it tries to enter their house, adults will throw stones at it, water it with a hose, or clamp its claws with a door when it doesn't want to leave the house. Ah Ch 'ou always has the same reaction. If you water it with a hose, it will stand there and let its body soak in the water until you have no choice but to give up. If you throw something at it, it will generously curl up its thin body.
Whenever it sees children, it will run, scream wildly and bump its head into their hands, trying to get a little love. If you catch it, it will lick your shirt or earrings immediately as long as it can find anything.
One day, Ah Ch 'ou made love to the Eskimo next door. Their reaction was not so mild. Ah Ch 'ou was hit hard with a wooden stick. I heard Ah Ch 'ou screaming in the house, so I ran out to help. When I got there, Ah Ch 'ou was already lying on the ground, and it was obvious that his life was coming to an end.
Ah Chou is wet. His hind legs and back were twisted and deformed, and a tear ran down the white stripes on his hair. When I picked it up and wanted to take it home, I could hear it panting, and I could feel it shaking. I think it must be badly hurt.
Suddenly my ears are pulled and sucked by something, and this feeling is familiar. It's Cho. He was badly hurt and dying, but he tried to suck my ear. I'll hold it tighter. He leaned his head in my hand and looked at me with golden eyes. I could clearly hear his snoring. Although in great pain, this ugly, scarred cat still needs to beg for a little love, maybe a little pity.
At that moment, Ah Ch 'ou was the most beautiful and lovely creature I have ever seen in my life. It didn't want to bite or scratch me at all, and it didn't try to escape, and it didn't even mean to break free. Ah Ch 'ou looked up at me, fully convinced that I could relieve his pain.
Before he reached my room, Ah Ch 'ou died in my hands. But after a long time, I sat with it. I wonder how an ugly tramp covered with scars has profoundly changed my opinion. Its soul is so pure and simple, and its love is so complete and sincere. Compared with many books, speeches and talk shows, Ah Ch 'ou taught me more about giving and sympathy. For this, I will always thank it. Ah Ch 'ou's appearance is full of scars, but my heart is full of scars. Now, it's time for me to move on and learn how to love and be sincere. I will give everything I have to the people I care about.
Many people want to be richer, more successful, more popular, or more beautiful, but as far as I am concerned, I just want to try to be a clown forever.
fortune
We like an old thing because it records an old state of mind, a state of mind or an unforgettable event. What happens to us, the people who smile at each other and the things that accompany us are undoubtedly our destiny takes a hand. Just like a song sings: "What is a gust of wind that makes you float into my life? Why must it be you and not others? "
Life is a constant acquaintance and farewell. There are too many things to give up and too many things to look back on. Life is kind, you always have a chance to get on a new train; Life is harsh, we can't step into the same river twice.
Everyone has a background and everyone has a past. The significance of the past lies in the experience of life and emotion, and the warmth and strength of life contained in it. Human memory is quite like purgatory in the kingdom of heaven. The past either dies or comes back to life, and most of the reborn people appear with beautiful faces, which is probably in our human nature. The past is meaningless because we can't turn back on the road of time. The past is just a cloud, just a missed bus. I can't hear you crying or laughing.
I believe that each of us has had touching smiles and glimpses in our lives, but most of them just passed by. At this point, it seems that we are not as good as the ancients, because the current life is too fluid and there seem to be too many opportunities, so the "infatuation" with a person or a thing has become a rare feeling. Often, with sadness, I don't know who to tell; With joy, I don't know who to share it with. Many people rush to old age, only to find that only strangers are left around them. And "beauty knows herself" and "friends who will never turn against me" seem to have become distant legends. We laugh at the ancients for being too pedantic, but we don't know that the ancients are laughing at us: can you have tea to add fragrance to you on a cold night, and can you have someone who can be called a friend to accompany you until dawn?
Life is like a mirror, you smile at it, you cry at it, and if you cherish it, it will cherish you. I remember an old man said, "When you are young, you must be gentle with love, because when you are old, you will remember these gentleness." The cause of true love and true love are only once in a lifetime, and both deserve our gentle treatment, because that feeling can never be replicated. There are not many things that really belong to you in this world. If you don't cherish it, it will leave you, including opportunities, including love, including life.
In this era full of utilitarianism and eschatological complex, perhaps ambition is often misunderstood, sincerity is often hurt, and idealism seems to have nowhere to escape, but there are always some "laggards" who hold the sword of salvation, sincerely regret it, and stubbornly believe that there is always a bunch of flowers waiting for them with the feelings and persistent beliefs of waiting for true love. The long wait is just paving the way for each other to meet. After a hard journey, they will be the best.
Although the autumn wind is cold, it can't cover the freshness everywhere; The spring rain is hazy, but it can't stop recruiting people. In the crowd coming and going, do you have a desire for life and are on your way to the "holy mountain" in your heart?