Celebrity success stories 1: Edison
Edison only attended primary school for three months in his life, and his knowledge came from his mother's teaching and self-study. His success should be attributed to his mother's understanding and patient teaching since childhood, which made Edison, who was originally considered an imbecile, become a world-famous invention king when he grew up.
Edison was curious about many things since he was a child, and he liked to try it himself until he understood the truth. When he grew up, he devoted himself to research and invention according to his interest in this field. He established a laboratory in New Jersey, and invented the electric light, telegraph, phonograph, film machine, magnetic mineral analyzer, crusher and so on for more than 2000 kinds of things in his life. Edison's strong research spirit made him make great contributions to the improvement of human lifestyle.
Waste, the biggest waste is wasting time. Edison often said to his assistant. Life is too short, so we should try our best to do more with less time.
One day, Edison was working in the laboratory. He handed his assistant an empty glass bulb without a lampholder and said, Measure the capacity of the bulb. He bowed his head to work again.
After a long time, he asked, what is the capacity? He didn't hear the answer, turned to see the assistant measuring the circumference and inclination of the light bulb with a soft ruler, and poured the measured figures on the table for calculation. He said: time, time, why do you spend so much time? Edison came over, picked up the empty light bulb, filled it with water, handed it to the assistant, and said, Pour the water into the measuring cup and tell me its capacity at once.
The assistant read out the numbers at once.
Edison said: how easy it is to measure, accurate and time-saving. Why didn't you think of that? Still going to calculate, isn't that a waste of time?
The assistant's face turned red.
Edison murmured: Life is short, too short, save time and do more!
Celebrity success story 2: Lincoln
Lincoln is one of the greatest presidents in the United States, but he is also a strong man who has emerged from all kinds of misfortunes and failures. If it weren't for his spirit of facing difficulties and being upright and upright, he wouldn't be stationed in the White House after so many blows.
18 16, his family was driven out of their place of residence and he had to go out to work to support them. He was less than 10 years old that year.
18 18 years, my mother died. 183 1, she failed in business.
1832 ran for the state legislature, but lost. That year, he also lost his job and wanted to study law school, but he couldn't get in.
1833, he borrowed some money from his friends and started business again, but he went bankrupt at the end of the year. It took him 16 years to pay off his debts.
1834 re-elected for the state legislature. This time, fate took care of him and he won!
1835, when he was about to get married after his engagement, his fiancee died and his heart was broken.
1836, he completely collapsed and was ill in bed for 6 months.
1838, he tried to be the speaker of the state legislature, but failed.
1840, he tried to become an elector, but failed.
1843 participated in the national assembly election, but lost.
1846, he participated in the parliamentary election again, and fate took care of him for the second time. He was elected! I went to Washington, D.C., and my performance was excellent.
1848, he sought to be re-elected as a member of parliament, but failed.
1849 wanted to be a land director in his own state, but he was rejected.
1854, he ran for the United States Senate, but lost.
1856, was nominated by the vice president at the National Congress of the Communist Party of China, but the number of votes was insufficient 100.
1858, he ran for the United States Senate again and lost again.
1860 was elected president of the United States.
Someone once made statistics for Lincoln, saying that he only succeeded three times in his life, but failed 35 times. However, his third success made him the president of the United States. That's true. In the end, it was his strength that made him get the third favor of fate, or the third success. When he failed to run for the Senate, he said: the road was hard and muddy, and I slipped on one foot and made the other unstable. But I took a deep breath and told myself that it was just a slip, not death, and I couldn't get up.
I believe that only Lincoln, who is always strong in the face of any difficulties, can say such lofty words, and the second person is absolutely impossible. Only people who are strong in the face of any difficulties like Lincoln can climb to the top of the pyramid like Lincoln after countless falls.
What is failure? It is a ravine between the weak and the mountains, but for the strong, it is just a pit on the road and a stream in the green hills. After it, the road leads to the sky and the mountain is beautiful.
Example 3 of celebrity success: Beethoven
Beethoven is Caesar in western classical music. But who knew that Beethoven got ear disease at the age of 25 and was deaf at the age of 45? Beethoven's music brought endless enjoyment to future generations, but he could not appreciate his own works before his death.
Please pay attention to this natural musician.
1770 65438+On February 6th, Beethoven was born in a musical family in Bonn. He played the harpsichord at the age of 4 and performed on the stage at the age of 8, which earned him a reputation as a musical prodigy. /kloc-at the age of 0/0, he studied under Nie Fei, the most famous music educator in Prussia. /kloc-when he was 0/2 years old, he was recommended by Nie Fei to be an assistant organist in Earl Wollstein's court band. Is this Beethoven? Music servant? The beginning of a career.
/kloc-at the age of 0/7, Beethoven visited Mozart, a great musician, and was warmly received. Mozart said excitedly after listening to several piano pieces played by Beethoven. Ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention to this young man, who will win the praise of the world in the near future! ? Mozart also promised to give Beethoven lessons. Unfortunately, Beethoven's mother died suddenly two months later. In this regard, Beethoven's father was depressed and drunk all day, and Beethoven had to shoulder the burden of supporting his family and return to the original opera house as a pianist.
19 years old, a long journey broke out in France. Beethoven wrote a chorus of "Who is a Free Man" with passion, expressing his desire for freedom and democracy. Later, Beethoven introduced himself to Duke Li Xi Novsky. He admired Beethoven's talent and accepted him as a music servant. Beethoven also quickly fascinated the Viennese with his impromptu piano performance. His music melody is sometimes like a trickle, sometimes like a stormy wave, sometimes like a bird singing, and sometimes like a storm. Has anyone commented on Beethoven's impromptu? Full of vitality and beauty? .
I want to hold my destiny.
At the age of 30, Beethoven fell in love with a countess, Juliet Chichildi, but her father thought Beethoven was from humble origins and decided to marry his daughter to an earl. This gave Beethoven great spiritual stimulation, and it is said that his famous song "To Alice" was written during this period.
Of course, being lovelorn made him sad, but what made him sad even more was that his ears began to become deaf. He wrote in a letter to a friend:? I lead a miserable life? If you do other work, maybe you can; But in my business, this is the most terrible experience! ? Beethoven tried his best to treat it, but it didn't help. He moved to the countryside of Vienna to recuperate for two years. As a result, the condition did not improve, but worsened, and even the church bells through the window could not be heard.
In despair, Beethoven thought of death many times, but he didn't want to die like this. He firmly believes that only music can save him. He wrote in a letter to a friend:? I want to hold my destiny by the throat and not let it destroy me! ? Beethoven was determined to make music for the rest of his life. Since then, Vienna Guanting Music Club has lost an excellent pianist, but an immortal composer has been born in the world music scene.
Beethoven began to write music at the age of 32. After nearly two years of hesitation and exploration, he finally created his first work with distinctive characteristics-the third symphony (Hero Symphony). Its most prominent feature is the ups and downs of tone, sometimes quiet and thoughtful, and sometimes angry and roaring, which makes people angry. Beethoven wrote the Heroic Symphony, which was originally intended to be dedicated to Napoleon, but when he heard that Napoleon was crowned emperor in Notre Dame de Paris, he flew into a rage and erased the original dedication and changed it to the Heroic Symphony-in memory of a great man.
There is only one Beethoven.
1809 and 10 years, the French army occupied Vienna, and Austrian nobles, including Duke Li Xi Novsky, competed to flatter the occupiers. He forced Beethoven to play the piano for French officers, which made Beethoven unbearable. He picked up a stool and threw it at the duke. He left the count's house that night. Leave a note before you leave, saying:? Duke, you only became a duke because of your accidental birth; I became Beethoven because of myself. There are many dukes now and there will be many in the future; And Beethoven has only one! ?
On another occasion, Beethoven was walking with Goethe when he bumped into a queen, a prince and a group of nobles. Facing them, Goethe immediately gave way, while Beethoven said frankly: They should give way, not us! ? But Goethe took off his hat and stood by the road, while Beethoven strode forward with his hands behind his back. As a result, the prince recognized Beethoven and quickly took off his hat to pay tribute to him. His attendants stood respectfully on both sides and watched Beethoven pass by. Only then did Beethoven truly feel the dignity of being a man.
Beethoven composed the Ninth Symphony (Ode to Joy) at the age of 54. It took him six years to compose and revise this piece of music. 1824 On May 7th, the Ninth Symphony premiered at the Wernacard Theatre. Beethoven personally conducted the performance. He didn't read the music in front of him, nor did he hear the slightest piano sound. He directed the performance entirely from his own memory. As a result, the audience was so excited that they burst into warm applause from time to time, with applause as many as five times! The royal family only applauded three times.
Psychoanalysis of Beethoven's Self-motivated Personality
Psychologically speaking, Beethoven wrote brilliant music chapters again and again under extremely difficult conditions, which has a lot to do with his positive personality. The outstanding feature of self-motivated personality is that it can quickly transform the pressure in life into the motivation of self-motivation, and obtain spiritual satisfaction through constant struggle. Self-motivated people are also very good at sublimating personal mental pain, and they will regard every setback in life as an opportunity for personal growth, thus honing their will.
Beethoven's value lies in that when he is frustrated in life, he always seeks inner balance in his music creation. For example, Beethoven wrote "To Alice" because he was lovelorn, wrote the third symphony (Hero Symphony) because he longed for freedom, and wrote the ninth symphony (Ode to Joy) because he was deaf. His music creation is full of deep feelings about life and passion. What's his greatest quote? I want to hold the fate by the throat. ? He spent his whole life trying to prove to the world that he has this ability!
Beethoven's value also lies in that he will always look down on dignitaries and will not try to please them because of his humble origins. His pride is also highlighted in his music creation, and the melody he wrote is comparable to stormy waves and full of personality characteristics.
A deaf person can also write the most beautiful and wonderful music chapters of human beings, which is the immortal legend of Beethoven's self-motivated personality.