1. Qi Baishi never has a day off

Qi Baishi, the famous Chinese painter, paints shrimps, crabs, chickens, peonies, chrysanthemums, morning glories, or Chinese cabbage. It is said that one morning when he was eighty-five years old, he wrote four banners and wrote a poem on them: "Yesterday there was a strong wind and I felt uneasy, so I did not paint. I would like to add this now." , It’s impossible to spend a day without teaching.”

2. Corot’s Time

A young painter brought his work to the great painter Corot for advice. Corot pointed out several things that he was not satisfied with. "Thank you!" said the young painter, "I will revise everything tomorrow." Corot asked excitedly: "Why tomorrow? Do you want to revise it tomorrow? What if you die tonight?" This shows how much Corot cherishes it. time.

3. Churchill worked hard

Churchill, one of the three giants in World War II, worked an average of seventeen hours a day and kept ten secretaries busy all day. In order to improve the work efficiency of sluggish government agencies, Churchill also formulated a system. He put "take action today" stickers on the canes of slow-moving officials.

4. Chen Jingrun

The famous mathematician Chen Jingrun cherishes time very much. He once drew up a work schedule for himself and made full use of every second of the 24 hours a day. . Even while walking on the road, he was reading and memorizing. This is how he mastered the words of four foreign languages: English, Russian, French, and German.

5. Goethe

Goethe was a great German poet, novelist and playwright. He wrote world-famous works such as "Getz" and "The Sorrows of Young Werther". He never wanted to waste time. He once said: "Those who are good at utilizing time will always find plenty of time." He studied hard all day long and wrote tirelessly. A friend once asked him how much property he had, and he wrote on a piece of paper:

How beautiful my property is,

How broad, how broad!

Time is my property,

My field is time.

6. Franklin

American scientist Franklin formulated a work and rest schedule for himself. Get up at five o'clock, plan the day's affairs, and ask yourself: "What good things have I done this day?" From 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., work; from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., read, and have lunch; From six to nine in the evening, have dinner, entertainment, review the day's work, and ask yourself: "What good things have I done today?"

A friend advised Franklin: "Is it too hard to do this every day... ..."

"Do you love life?" Franklin waved his hand and interrupted his friend: "Then don't waste time, because time is the material of life."

7. Edison

Edison only attended elementary school for three months in his life. His knowledge was obtained through his mother's teaching and self-study. His success should be attributed to his mother's understanding and patient teachings from an early age. Edison, who was originally considered an imbecile, became a world-famous "invention king" when he grew up.

Edison has been curious about many things since he was a child, and he likes to experiment until he understands the truth. When he grew up, he devoted himself to research and invention based on his interests in this area. He established a laboratory in New Jersey and invented more than two thousand things in his lifetime, including the electric light, the telegraph, the phonograph, the movie player, the magnetic separator, the crusher, and so on.

Edison's strong research spirit enabled him to make a significant contribution to improving human life style. "Waste, the greatest waste is time." Edison often said to his assistant. "Life is too short, you have to think of more ways to do more things with less time."

One day, Edison was working in the laboratory, and he handed his assistant an empty lamp without a lamp. Glass bulb, said: "You measure the capacity of the bulb." He lowered his head to work again.

After a long time, he asked: "What's the capacity?" He didn't hear the answer. He turned around and saw the assistant holding a soft ruler to measure the circumference and slope of the light bulb, and took the measured numbers and leaned on the table to calculate.

He said: "Time, time, why does it take so much time?" Edison came over, picked up the empty light bulb, filled it with water, handed it to his assistant, and said: "The one inside Pour the water into the measuring cup and tell me its capacity immediately." The assistant immediately read the number.

Edison said: "This is such an easy measurement method. It is accurate and saves time. How could you not think of it? If you still calculate it, wouldn't it be a waste of time?" The assistant blushed. .

Edison murmured: "Life is too short, too short. Save time and do more things!"