The word "defeat" means either arrogance or laziness.

The reasons for success are always diverse and numerous; there are only several reasons for failure, and pride and laziness are the main causes.

In life, if you are entangled in laziness, everything will fail and nothing will be accomplished;

If you are arrogant and arrogant in dealing with the world, you will lose all your friends, and your words will not be true.

As for the word "arrogance", predecessors have long known the harm and made great efforts to get rid of it.

And the word "lazy" is even more hated and abandoned by promising people. All talented people are ashamed of it and regard it as the enemy of their achievements in life.

Many people say that even though they know so many truths, they still cannot live a good life.

Easy to know but difficult to do. It has always been the defense of the cowardly.

So, since we know that laziness and arrogance are the two most destructive words, how can we overcome laziness and be diligent, and stop arrogance and become humble?

Zeng Guofan was not very smart since he was a child. The gentlemen in Liang Shang mocked him for his stupidity, but they did not know that he was diligent and diligent in studying day and night.

Ordinary people have unique and consistent shortcomings. No one is born to know it. All great figures grew up from ordinary people like you and me.

The difference is that they transcended their shortcomings and illnesses and thus transcended themselves; while ordinary people got stuck in them and lost themselves and their lives.

Zeng Guofan was diligent and frugal throughout his life, modest and prudent, and never dared to slack off in the slightest. He was even more strict in educating his children and students.

"Whoever writes history in the past ten thousand years wants to be named a prince three thousand miles away."

He is deafening and enlightening, his spirit is not low, and his ambition is not small. However, Zeng Guofan said that he was ambitious but not talented, and was exaggerated but not practical.

He is Li Hongzhang, also known as Shaoquan, and a minister of Ming Dynasty in the late Qing Dynasty.

Zeng Guofan even told the truth: Shaoquan, since you have come to my shogunate, I have a word to tell you that everyone who comes to me must be honest.

Since then, Li Hongzhang got rid of this shortcoming, got up early every day and implemented it throughout his life without slacking off. His ability to achieve great achievements in the future may also be due to the good habits and self-discipline he developed at this time. Relate it.

Zeng Guofan said that getting up early has three major benefits:

1. More time to study.

2. Think clearly and work efficiently.

3. Develop a person’s good character.

In fact, everyone is not aware of the benefits of getting up early, but they just don’t do it; if they don’t admit it, they just have difficulty persisting.

Therefore, life often does not depend on how much you know better than others, but only on how much you insist on than others.

Diligence is the foundation for a happy life.

Leonardo da Vinci said: If you work hard for a day, you can have a good night's sleep; if you work hard for a lifetime, you can have a happy sleep.

Zeng Guofan summarized the meaning of "diligence" into three points:

1. In the individual - health and quality.

Zeng Jize was in poor health, and Zeng Guofan had always opposed taking medicine, believing that medicine was three-part poison. He gave his son a health checklist and asked him to follow it, and his health would definitely improve.

Walk more than a thousand steps after meals; sweep the house and clear the floor, make tea and pour water; plant early and cultivate a variety of vegetables.

Let Zeng Jize stop being pampered, do more housework, practice more exercise, and stay healthy naturally.

2. At home - everything goes well.

Everything will prosper if the family is harmonious, and everything will prosper if the family is diligent.

He said: No matter whether you are a small family, a scholar, a peasant, an industrialist or a businessman, you are always diligent and frugal, and you are not unfavorable; you are arrogant, extravagant and tired, you are not invincible.

The prosperity of a family is due to hard work and frugality; the failure of a family is due to arrogance, extravagance and fatigue. If all members can be diligent and humble, the family will surely prosper and talents will emerge in large numbers.

3. In the team - form a good team atmosphere.

The situation in the late Qing Dynasty was corrupt, rebel armies swarmed up, and wars continued throughout the world. However, the government army, which enjoyed the most complete armament supply, was unable to quell the chaos. The Hunan Army, which was recruited and trained by Zeng Guofan alone, supported half of the country. As the pillar of the Qing Dynasty, what is his secret to training the army?

He said: I have been in the army in recent years. I don’t care about the skill of the war, but I want to be diligent and lazy.

Zeng Guofan’s key to military training is one word: diligence!

Appendix: Zeng Guofan’s work schedule:

Diligence is the foundation of a solid life.

Of course, you must also pay attention to a certain scale. Don't do it too hastily or overwork, which will damage the essence of the body.