For example, if you encounter a difficult problem in the process of learning, and you can't solve it, you will naturally "retreat". However, when you think that "learning is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat." Sometimes, why can't you think that learning is like sailing against the current? If you don't advance, you will retreat. If you think about it, you will "advance despite difficulties."
For another example, when you are doing a housework, and it happens to be difficult to do, you will of course have the idea of "not wanting to do it". But the idea of "learning is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat". I think doing housework is different from studying. If you don't study all the time, you will never go forward, and you will go backwards. In other words, if you don't learn such housework, you will never learn it, and some housework you have learned before will be forgotten. Therefore, when you think of this sentence, you will be confident to learn such housework.
In terms of eating, "learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. " It's still helpful for eating. For example, if you see others eating shredded beef with Chili with relish, you want to eat it yourself, but you are afraid that Chili is very spicy and dare not eat it. But when you think of this famous saying, you will not be afraid of spicy, and boldly taste the delicious shredded beef with Chili.
Look, "Learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. " How helpful it is to us!