Not only that, he also has many stubborn bad habits: lust, lying and laziness.
In any case, he is an ordinary person with mediocre qualifications and is doomed to failure.
To correct his lust, he made up his mind to keep a diary. He reflected on the mistakes of the day in his diary to alert himself. This diary lasted for decades, and together with the letters he sent to his relatives, it formed Zeng Guofan's rich family instructions and became the code of conduct that the world believed in.
In order to correct the falsehood, he listened to other people's suggestions and sat quietly for an hour every day to cultivate his self-cultivation. This kind of meditation, he insisted firmly all his life. Abruptly polished his sharp and short-tempered temper to calm down.
In order to correct laziness, he kept studying for decades. Zeng Guofan didn't study every day in his life. Even if he was blind in his later years, he still didn't stop.
It is with the ultimate self-discipline that Zeng Guofan finally achieved the counterattack of life. From a stupid child with ordinary talent to a "perfect person" in the eyes of the world.
It can be seen that as long as a person can be self-disciplined, he has already embarked on the right track of life.
Those who indulge themselves can only struggle in the quagmire of life.
Life is like a marathon. Most people don't fall before the finish line, but give up halfway, and they have already given up halfway.
There are many people shouting slogans of self-discipline, but few people can really be self-disciplined.
This is the gap between people.