(appreciate a small advantage)

A poor young man wandered to Paris, expecting his father's friends to help him find a job to make a living. "Are you proficient in mathematics?" Father's friend asked him. The youth shook his head shyly. "What about history and geography?" The youth still shook his head shyly. "What about the law?" The youth hung his head in embarrassment. "How about accounting?" Father's friends ask questions one after another, and the young people can only shake their heads and tell each other that they seem to have nothing, even the slightest advantage. "Then write down your address first. I have to help you find a job." The young man wrote down his address in shame, and hurriedly turned to leave, but his father's friend held him back: "Young man, your name is beautifully written. This is your advantage. You shouldn't just be satisfied with finding a job for a living." Is it an advantage to write your name well? Young people see the affirmative answer in each other's eyes. A few years later, young people really wrote world-famous classics. He is a well-known French writer Dumas in the 18th century.

Turgenev and Tolstoy

(Master of Appreciating Achievements)

In the autumn of p>1852, while hunting in Spaskoye, Turgenev stumbled upon a crumpled Modern People magazine in the pine forest. He flipped through a few pages and was attracted by a novel entitled "Childhood". The author was a fledgling nobody, but Turgenev appreciated it very much and loved it. He inquired about the author's residence everywhere, and finally learned that the author lost his mother at the age of two and his father at the age of seven. He was raised and cared for by his aunt. In order to get out of the mud on his way, the author just stepped out of school and went to serve in the Caucasus army. Turgenev devoted great sympathy and attention, and after many twists and turns, he found his aunt to express his appreciation and affirmation of the author. My aunt soon wrote to tell her nephew, "Your first novel caused a great sensation in Valeryan, and even Turgenev, a famous writer who wrote The Hunter's Notes, praised you. He said:' If this young man can continue to write, his future will be limitless!' "After receiving the letter from my aunt, the author was ecstatic. He wrote graffiti because of the depression of life, and he didn't dream of being a writer. Thanks to the appreciation of the famous Turgenev, he suddenly lit the fire in his heart and found his self-confidence and the value of life, so he wrote it down and eventually became an artist and thinker with world reputation. He is War and Peace, Anna? 6? 1 lev tolstoy, the author of Karenina and Resurrection.

A word can change a thief

(Appreciation can make people turn over a new leaf)

When Lin Qingxuan, a writer in Taiwan Province, was a reporter in his youth, he reported that a thief had a very delicate modus operandi and committed thousands of crimes. At the end of the article, he couldn't help but sigh: "A thief with such meticulous mind, clever technique and unique style will make achievements in any line!" It never occurred to Lin Qingxuan that these words, which he unintentionally wrote 2 years ago, actually affected a young man's life. Today, the thief of that year is already the big boss of several mutton stoves in Taiwan Province! In an encounter, the boss sincerely said to Lin Qingxuan, "The feature article written by Mr. Lin broke the blind spot in my life and made me wonder why I didn't want to do anything decent except be a thief?" Since then, he has been thoroughly remoulded and turned over a new leaf.

A life-changing sentence

(A compliment can change a life)

Carnegie was recognized as a very naughty bad boy when he was a child. When he was 9 years old, his father married his stepmother into the house. At that time, they lived in a poor family in Virginia, while their stepmother came from a better family. While introducing Carnegie to her, her father said, "Dear, I hope you can pay attention to the worst boy in the county. He gives me a headache. Maybe he will throw a stone at you or do something else before tomorrow morning, which will make you hard to prevent." To Carnegie's surprise, his stepmother came up to him with a smile, held his head up and looked at him, and then said, "You are wrong. He is not the worst child in the county, but the smartest one, but he has not found a place to vent his enthusiasm." The stepmother made Carnegie's heart warm and tears almost rolled down. It was with her words that he and his stepmother began to establish friendship; That is, this sentence became a kind of motivation for him, which enabled him to create 28 golden rules for success in the future and help millions of ordinary people in Qian Qian embark on the bright road of success and wealth. Because no one praised him for his cleverness before his stepmother, his father and neighbors decided that he was a bad boy, but his stepmother only said one word and changed his life. When Carnegie was 14, his stepmother bought him a second-hand typewriter and told him that she believed he would become a writer. He accepted her idea and began to contribute to a local newspaper. He knows how his stepmother's enthusiasm can improve their family. This force from his stepmother inspired his imagination, inspired his creativity, and helped him get in touch with infinite wisdom, making him one of the most influential figures in the 2th century.

My mother's kiss made me a painter

(Appreciating children's behavior)

One day, a little boy was taking care of his sister Sally at home. He accidentally found several bottles of colored ink. His mother was not at home, and those bottles were a great temptation to him. The little boy couldn't help but open the bottles and began to draw a portrait of his sister on the floor. Inevitably, he spilled ink stains all over the room, making the house messy. When his mother came back, she was shocked by what she saw, but she also saw the portrait on the floor-a messy ink, to be exact. She turned a blind eye to the messy ink stains, but said in surprise, "Oh, that's Sally!" " Then she bent down and kissed her son. This boy is Benjamin West, who later became a famous painter. He often proudly said to people, "It was my mother's kiss that made me a painter."