Madame Curie said: "The weak wait for opportunities, and the strong create opportunities." This is really a wise saying.
In Taipei's National Evening News, a story of Dr. Lin Yutang was described:
One day, a gentleman gave a banquet in honor of the famous American writer Ms. Pearl Buck. Mr. Lin Yutang was also invited, so he asked his host to arrange his seat next to Pearl Buck. During the dinner, Pearl Buck knew that most of the writers in the audience were from China, so she said, "Why don't you publish your new book for the American publishing industry? I want to introduce myself. "
At that time, everyone in the audience thought it was just an ordinary perfunctory speech, but they ignored it. Dr. Du Lin agreed on the spot, and returned to China two days later to collect his English papers published in China into a large volume and send them to Pearl S. Buck for revision. Sai was very impressed with Dr. Lin, and later tried his best to help him succeed.
It is said that there are Wu, Wen and Quan Zengqi. He was one of the guests that day, and their English attainments were no less than those of Dr. Lin. If they are serious, they can also give their works to Sai's on the same day, and today's winner may not be Lin.
From this story, it seems that a person's success depends on genius and hard work, but he is good at creating opportunities, grasping opportunities in time, not following rules, not waiting, not shrinking, not hesitating, doing what he wants, being brave in trying, and having the determination to practice. All these factors add up to make a person successful. Therefore, although some people's success lies in a very accidental opportunity, it is no accident that this accidental opportunity can be discovered, seized and fully utilized.
Waiting is the biggest reason for people's failure, so "the weak wait for opportunities, and the strong create opportunities." The so-called "creating opportunities" is just to add one thousandth of one's own strength to the operation of thousands of factors, hoping to make the operation of "opportunities" a moment that is beneficial to oneself. Dr Lin Yutang's story can be said to be the best proof.
There is also a widely circulated story.
A well-known philosopher is born with a special literati temperament. One day, a woman knocked on his door and said, "Let me be your wife!" " ! If you miss me, you will never find a woman who loves you more than me! Although the philosopher liked her very much, he replied, "Let me think! " "
Afterwards, philosophers listed the advantages and disadvantages of getting married and not getting married in the spirit of forever studying knowledge, and found that the advantages and disadvantages were equivalent. I really don't know how to choose. As a result, he fell into a long-term distress. No matter what new reasons he found, it only increased the difficulty of choosing. Finally, he concluded that I should agree to the woman's request.
The philosopher came to the woman's house and asked her father, "Where is your daughter?"? Please tell her that I have made up my mind and I have decided to marry her! " The woman's father replied coldly, "You are ten years late. My daughter is a mother of three children now! " "
The philosopher almost collapsed when he heard this. He never imagined that his philosophical mind, which he had always been proud of, was actually a pity. Later, philosophers became depressed and sick. Before he died, he only left a comment on life-if life is divided into two parts, the philosophy of life in the first half is "don't hesitate" and that in the second half is "don't regret".
Opportunity is a gap that many complicated factors in different things accidentally fill in your favor. This gap is fleeting, and it is really necessary to "seize" the opportunity quickly, instead of sitting there waiting or delaying.
The western proverb says, "Opportunity won't knock on your door again." This is not to say that it has a big shelf, but that it is also manipulated and squeezed among all things.
Wandering and waiting are the enemies of our success. Many people have no confidence in the opportunity before them, but they let it go gently between hesitations. "Opportunity is hard to come again", even if it is willing to come again and visit at home, it will still slip away if you still don't get rid of the lingering concern.
—— Quoted from Yanbian People's Publishing House, there are always more methods than problems.