1 Rockefeller, the world-famous American oil giant, turned out to be just a small employee of an oil company. Moreover, his job is the lowest, most mechanical and least creative inspection and confirmation of whether the fuel tank cover is welded automatically.
He watches this kind of homework thousands of times every day, and his eyes are almost cocoon. It's really boring
Well, if someone else does this job, they will either jump ship immediately or die of old age by the machine forever. Cautious Rockefeller became a millionaire because of this work.
Once, he suddenly found that every time the fuel tank turned, 39 drops of flux fell, and the welding work was over.
Since then, he has been thinking: can the flux be less? If we can reduce the flow by one or two drops, can we save some costs?
He began to observe and study this problem for a long time, which was considered boring at that time.
Soon after, he developed "35-drop welder", "36-drop welder" and "37-drop welder". However, the continuous tests were all accidental oil leakage after welding, and they were unsuccessful. People advised him not to eat and have nothing to do. If he is free, he might as well take a part-time job after work. However, Rockefeller did not flinch because of this, and developed the "38-drop welding machine". After the trial, it was unexpectedly successful. Soon after, he applied for a patent and found someone to invest in the production of this new energy-saving machine.
Rockefeller only saved a drop of flux, but "one drop" brought the company hundreds of millions of dollars in profits every year. He eventually became a famous American oil giant.
When Napoleon was young, he pursued success no matter what he did, and he developed a habit over time.
There is always a "war" between little boys. Once, Napoleon, who was in the fourth grade, was "at odds" with a boy two years older than him. Napoleon is short, how can he be the opponent of a big boy? Soon, he was beaten into a panda eye by the big boy. Coincidentally, Napoleon went to class as soon as the bell rang. After class, he ran to find the boy again, but this time it was even worse, and his mouth turned into sausage. Napoleon did not stop there. He went to see that boy after class every time until he got tired of him.
"Why do you always come to me? You obviously can't beat me! " The boy finally asked Napoleon.
Napoleon, like a proud rooster, said confidently, "You have offended me, so you must apologize to me!" " ! Or I'll keep fighting you! Until you say sorry! "
Perhaps the big boy was shocked by Napoleon's words, or he was tired of fighting Napoleon, a weak opponent. He hesitated for a long time and finally said "sorry" to Napoleon.
Although Napoleon was badly beaten, he left contentedly after hearing the words "I'm sorry".
No matter what Napoleon did, he tried his best to win the final victory. In the end, his great ambition was successfully realized. When he has his own empire, he must not know how happy he is!
In America, there is a poor young man who sticks to his dream wholeheartedly, even though all his money is not enough to buy a decent suit. He wants to be an actor, make a movie and become a star.
At that time, there were 500 film companies in Hollywood, and he had more than one family. Later, he went to visit with his tailor-made script according to his carefully delineated route and arranged list order. But for the first time, none of the 500 film companies wanted to hire him.
Faced with 100% rejection, the young man didn't lose heart. After coming out of the last rejected film company, he resumed his second visit and self-recommendation from the first one.
On his second visit, 500 film companies still rejected him.
The results of the third round of visits remain the same as those of the second round. The young man gritted his teeth and began his fourth visit. After visiting house 349, the boss of film company 350 promised to let him leave the script for the first time.
A few days later, I informed the young man and asked him to discuss it in detail.
It was in this discussion that the company decided to invest in filming and let the young man play the leading role in his script. The film is called Rocky.
The young man's name is Sylvester Stallone. Now let's look at the history of movies. The movie Rocky and the superstar who will be popular all over the world are on the list.
Fan Zhongyan, a great writer in the Song Dynasty, lost his father at an early age. In order to keep herself and her son alive, the mother had to remarry to Zhujiajian Island's home in Changshan.
When Fan Zhongyan grew up as a teenager, he realized that this father was not his own. Xiao Zhongyan felt that he was a seven-foot man and it was shameful to change someone else's surname. He said that he would restore the original "Fan" surname, so there was a contradiction with health care. He came out from home and lived in a monk's room on Liquan Temple Hill. He has been studying hard day and night and persevering.
Life in the temple is very hard. Fan Zhongyan, who is only a teenager, is growing up and eating a lot. Every time he eats, he picks up the bowl and only peels off a few mouthfuls. Before the next meal, he is so hungry that he can't concentrate on reading. Thinking about what we should do, he came up with a way to cook a pot of porridge every morning. When the porridge cools and condenses into porridge, he cuts it with a knife, cuts it into four pieces, and eats two pieces for breakfast and dinner. As for the next meal, it's even simpler. Just cut some pickles.
During his stay in Liquan Temple, Fan Zhongyan read a lot of books, learned a lot of truth and learned a lot. In order to broaden his horizons and increase his knowledge, three years later, he came to Yingtianfu (now Shangqiu, Henan Province), a famous academy at that time, not far from Wan Li, to learn from the famous scholar Wei. At first, he had gruel to eat every morning and evening, just like when he was in Liquan Temple. Later, even gruel could not be supplied.
Whenever the sun goes down, he just eats something casually, which is a day's meal. However, he has never been distracted by the problem of eating, but he is working harder and harder in his studies. He made a strict study plan for himself, and he didn't sleep until he finished it every day. On a cold winter night, whenever he feels tired from studying, he washes his face with cold water to boost his spirits. Although the learning environment is so hard, Fan Zhongyan has never complained about suffering.
It is with such a firm belief that Fan Zhongyan studied hard every day and became a famous politician, strategist and writer in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty.
Success requires perseverance. All the property owned by Colonel Sanders after his retirement is just a small restaurant near the highway. Although the hotel is small, it is quite distinctive and unique. But the most popular and favorite dish for the guests is the crispy and delicious fried chicken he invented and cooked, which brought him considerable wealth. For years, his guests have been praising his fried chicken.
But what he never expected was that due to the diversion of the expressway, the hotel business suddenly plummeted and finally had to close down. In desperation, Colonel Sanders decided to sell his fried chicken recipe to other restaurants in exchange for a meager return.
In the process of sales promotion, no restaurant is willing to buy his recipes and laugh at him from time to time. It is not pleasant for a person to be laughed at at at any age, let alone at retirement age, and it is even more unacceptable. This is exactly what happened to Colonel Sanders.
He was not only laughed at but also rejected one after another, which shows how much these experiences have influenced him. But he never gave up. Before finding a buyer, he drove all over the country, eating and living in the car. After being rejected 1009 times, someone finally agreed to adopt his idea and buy his formula. Since then, his chain stores have spread all over the world; It is also recorded in the history of business. This is the origin of KFC.
In memory of Colonel Sanders, people set up his statue in front of all KFC stores as the image brand of KFC. As the saying goes: "A sharpshooter kills with one shot!" Lack of perseverance or thinking that you can't get what you want is the key reason that prevents most people from being brave enough to change.
If you can stick to your goals and persevere, you will soon surpass most people. Remember, you control your life. If you are determined to achieve a goal, there will be a way to succeed.
Celebrity Case 6: Success requires perseverance. Just as Beethoven was bent on music, fate showed him a ferocious face.
From 1796, Beethoven found that his hearing dropped sharply. For a young pianist and musician, hearing loss is tantamount to the end of the world. However, Beethoven waged a tenacious struggle and uttered the famous saying that has been passed down through the ages: "I will seize fate by the throat, and it will never make me yield." Beethoven still loves a girl named Juliet, and the famous piano sonata Moonlight is dedicated to her.
However, the naive and romantic Juliet failed Beethoven's love and later got engaged to a baron. The cure of deafness is fading, and a beloved lover is lost, which makes the tenacious Beethoven unable to support it.
1802, he wrote the last letter, which is now called Heiligenstadt's suicide note. In the letter, he vividly expressed his innermost ideals and pains. Anyone who misunderstood Beethoven can find the real reason and forgive his shortcomings if he carefully summarizes his will. However, he rallied again, and his strong personality could not yield to fate.
Still in that will, Beethoven said, "It's art, but it's art that makes me, ah! I don't think I can leave this world until I feel that my mission has been completely completed. He is more energetic and diligent than before. " No rest! I don't know what rest there is besides sleeping. ..... "In the last few years of his life, he created a series of excellent works, especially the Ninth Symphony completed by 1824, which became the crown of all his works.
Although WilmaRudolph was disabled by polio, she suffered from pneumonia and polio when she was a child. A little girl who needed iron braces to walk still won three gold medals in the track and field events of 1960 Rome Olympic Games. The Olympic legend was born on June 23rd, 1940/kloc-0, the child of a railroad worker's family in Tennessee, USA.
When I was a child, pneumonia and scarlet fever caused high fever and polio, resulting in atrophy of my left leg and inability to walk. She had to rely on iron braces to correct her shoes to barely walk. 1 1 years ago, she couldn't walk, so she could only follow others reluctantly in iron shoes. 1 1 years old, she took off her iron shoes for the first time and played basketball with her brothers barefoot.
By the age of 12, she has completely got rid of the iron shoes. After taking off her iron shoes, her athletic talent gradually developed. Only four years later, at the age of 16, she was selected for the American 1956 Melbourne Olympic sprint team and participated in the Olympic Games for the first time. She failed to reach the final in the 200m individual event, but she was a member of the American women's 4x100m relay team and won the bronze medal for the American team.
She won a sports scholarship from Tennessee State University, entered the university and received retraining. She was successfully selected for the Olympic team in Rome, USA. * * * won three gold medals in the100m, 200m and 4x100m relay, all of which were far ahead of her opponents. Because of its light and graceful running posture and coordinated pace, it is known as "black antelope" by Italians.
1962, she retired from the track and field competition and began to teach. In the 1980s, she set up a foundation named after her to train young athletes. 1994165438+1October 12. Black antelope died of brain cancer at the age of 54. 1983 was elected to the American Olympic Hall of Fame, and 1993 won the American Sports Award.
On July 14, 2004, the US Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp for her. This stamp has a face value of US$ 0.23, with 20 stamps in one edition and a circulation of 1 100 million. This is the 2004 edition of the outstanding American series stamps of the US Postal Service, and it is also the fifth stamp in this series.
At the age of thirteen, I did something "earth-shattering".
I was in the fourth grade of primary school at that time. By chance, I saw an essay notice in the newspaper. I held back my frantic heartbeat and wrote a composition entitled "My Ideal" on a deserted night. The next day, throw the letter into the mailbox like a thief.
Fire is a flower blown by the wind. I was immersed in happiness and anxiety for a long time after the manuscript was sent out. However, nothing seems to have changed. The sun still works at sunrise, but goes down at sunset, and still goes to school every day.
One day, I went to the classroom after lunch and saw many classmates laughing around the monitor. Seeing me come in, laughter is more like a flood that burst its banks. They pointed at me and said loudly, "Look, the great writer in our class is coming!" " "I was surprised and suddenly remembered the submission. Has my article been published? Just when I was at a loss, the monitor came over excitedly: "Comrade writer, our class is proud of you! ""As soon as his words were finished, laughter broke out again.
For so many years, I have been waiting silently in the corner of the classroom. Many teachers don't know my name, and now I am suddenly pushed to the forefront. I am very anxious. "Why, what's the matter?" "What's the matter?" The monitor's face lit up. "Your article has been published." "ah!" I suddenly had a feeling of being thrown into the air, jumped up at once, and then grabbed the monitor's shoulder and shook it hard: "Really, really?" Haha, laughter broke out in the classroom again, and some simply knocked on the table. "Really!" The monitor said, throw me an open letter. I opened it in a hurry, and there was my article, except for a few words on the first page: "Go back and continue your efforts."
Time suddenly froze, and my heart suddenly fell into the abyss of disappointment. I wish I could find a crack in the ground. "Your ideal is not to become a writer? I think you can be a' family writer' and' work' at home! " His words, like the sound of firecrackers, once again set off the whole class. I am like Kong Yiji, bringing happy air to the classroom and outside.
I don't know how I got here at noon. When I got home, my mother was sitting in the kitchen cooking, and I couldn't help crying. Mom panicked and asked what happened. I sobbed and told her what happened. After listening, she said nothing.
I don't know how long it took, but she took out a box of matches and struck it gently, and suddenly a flame like a bean burst into flames. She said, "Blow it, son." I don't know what my mother is going to do. I just "poof" at the flame, and the fire went out, leaving a wisp of curled smoke and a charred stick. Mother picked up the burning firewood at the bottom of the pot with a fire stick and said to me, "Blow it into it." I took a deep breath and then blew hard at the bottom of the pot. Fire burns like oil, and flames come out of the stove angrily. Mother conveniently added a handful of firewood to the bottom of the pot and said to me, "Keep blowing and blow it out." I shook my head blankly and said, "The fire is too big to blow out."
After a long time, my mother said earnestly, "The match is easy to blow out in one breath, and the fire under the pot is getting stronger and stronger." Do you want to make matches or firewood? "
"I want to make firewood." I said heavily.
When I finished that sentence, I felt as light as a swallow as a heavy burden. In the fifth grade, I finally published my first article in a primary school book, and then the second and third articles came one after another. I became a veritable "writer" in my class and school. Facing the envious eyes of my classmates, I finally understood that I was satirized because I was not good enough.
No matter what I do now, whenever I see other people's strange eyes, hear others' sarcastic blows, and want to stop when I encounter difficulties and setbacks, I will think of the pile of firewood under my mother's pot. It is like a beautiful flower blooming in the wind, urging me to move on.
Demosthenes, a famous ancient Greek orator, was born stuttering. I can't pronounce clearly because of stuttering. Although I have full opinions, I can't express them. In order to overcome this physical defect, Demosthenes often put stones in his mouth and ran to the seaside to practice speaking in the face of the sea. Every day, he actually corrects his stuttering. In order to concentrate on practicing speech, Demosthenes climbs mountains and recites poems, sometimes standing in front of the mirror to practice gestures. In order to practice eloquence wholeheartedly, he built a basement at home, where he practiced all day and didn't come out for two or three months. He also made a determined effort to shave off half his hair and completely gave up the idea of going out to play. Although he failed countless times in public speaking, he never lost heart. After tenacious efforts, Demosthenes finally became a famous speaker. A natural stutterer can also become a famous speaker. It can be seen that difficulties and setbacks are also afraid of a person's strong perseverance. Socrates' request
Socrates was a famous philosopher in ancient Greece and had a great influence on later western philosophy. A student once asked Socrates how he had such profound knowledge. Socrates said to his students, "Today we only learn the simplest and easiest things. Everyone tries to throw their arms forward and then try to throw them back. " Socrates demonstrated it again and said, "Starting today, everyone will do it 300 times a day. Can everyone do it? " The students all laughed and said that anyone can do such a simple thing. A month later, Socrates asked the students, "Last time I asked the students to do 300 simplest actions every day, which student insisted on doing it?" Please raise your hand. "This time, 90% of the students raised their hands proudly. Unconsciously, a year later, Socrates asked the students: "Which students insist on cutting?" At this time, only one person in the whole classroom raised his hand. This man is Plato who later became another master of philosophy.
10 scientist hawking seems to have a weak learning ability when he was a child. Hawking learned to read very late, and his grades in class after school never reached 10. Moreover, because his homework is always "untidy", teachers think Hawking is "hopeless" and students regard Hawking as the object of ridicule.
When Hawking 12 years old, two boys in Hawking's class took a bag of candy and bet that Hawking would never succeed. The students ironically nicknamed Hawking "Einstein". Who knows, after more than 20 years, the little boy who was not outstanding in those days really became a master of physics. What is the reason?
As it turns out, with the growth of age, Hawking became interested in how everything works. Hawking often takes things apart to get to the bottom of them, but when he reassembles them, Hawking is helpless. However, Hawking's parents did not punish Hawking for this. Hawking's father even coached Hawking in mathematics and physics.
At the age of thirteen or fourteen, Hawking found himself very interested in the study of physics. Although middle school physics is too easy, too simple and particularly boring, Hawking thinks it is the most basic science, which is expected to solve the problem of where people come from and why they are here. Since then, Hawking has started a real scientific exploration.
Zhang Haidi 1 1 was born in an intellectual family in Jinan in September. She had a happy childhood, happy and lively, jumping around all day and flying around like a swallow. Unfortunately, the skipping time is so short. 1960 One sunny morning, just after a lesson in the toy room, she and her friends ran to the door with a smile and suddenly fell down. Since then, his legs have lost consciousness, and Zhang Haidi has lost his memory about them.
Zhang Haidi didn't know that he was suffering from spinal hemangioma, and his condition recurred, which was difficult to treat. In five years, she had three major operations, removed six spinal plates, and finally was paraplegic. In this way, originally naive and lively Zhang Haidi can only lie in bed all day. At that time, doctors agreed that paraplegic patients like this were generally difficult to live beyond the age of 27.
Looking at the partners happily carrying schoolbags to school, finally one day, Zhang Haidi couldn't hold back his desire and said to his mother, "Mom, I'm going to school!" "But because they can't take care of themselves, all schools don't accept it.
Disease is merciless. Whenever illness tormented her, the strong Zhang Haidi did not shed tears. When the pain was really severe, in order to distract her, she yanked her hair, intending to replace one kind of pain with another. Gradually, the hair she pulled down can be braided!
For Zhang Haidi, home is a special school. In this special school, Zhang Haidi, who is smart and studious, learns pinyin, looks up dictionaries and learns one new word after another. She was lying in bed, her arms propped up, copying books, and she learned one textbook after another in primary school. No one urged her, no one checked and urged her, and there was no competition between exams and exams. She relies on self-study. Double your efforts and double the joy of success. Therefore, her awareness of learning, interest in learning, will to live and thinking ability all increase with her knowledge. Through extraordinary efforts, she also practiced sketching, learned to sketch, copied famous paintings, learned to know the notation and staff, and played songs with accordion, pipa and guitar.
1April, 970, Zhang Haidi followed his parents who led the educated youth to the countryside, and went to the countryside where there was no electric light and running water, and life was very difficult. She found that there was no music teacher in primary school, so she took the initiative to go to school to teach singing. After class, she also helps students organize self-study groups to give them haircuts, buttons and clothes.
Seeing the pain caused by the lack of medical care and medicine for the local people, Zhang Haidi came up with the idea of learning medical skills to relieve the suffering of the people. She used her pocket money to buy medical books, thermometers, stethoscopes, mannequins and medicines, and studied books on acupuncture, human anatomy, internal medicine and practical pediatrics. In order to identify the internal organs, she cut open the hearts, lungs, livers and kidneys of small animals for observation. In order to be familiar with acupoints, she drew red and blue dots on herself, practiced needles on her body and felt the acupuncture sensation.
At first, she stuck it on cabbage bumps and radishes. A few days later, she stuck a needle in herself. She thinks that if the doctor wants to do this, she must feel it first. Someone once asked her, is Heidi unconscious below your legs and chest? Doesn't it hurt to stick a needle yourself? She said, "On the contrary, when I first started acupuncture, I pricked my most painful places, such as the acupoints on my face, including Tang Yin. I want to know how I feel after stabbing them. " Many things happen. She finally mastered certain medical skills and was able to treat some common and frequently-occurring diseases. For more than ten years, she has treated 10000 people.