Materials for writing stories about celebrities cherishing time 1
Ding Zhaozhong talks about " The famous scientist Ding Zhaozhong said: "Watching movies is a waste of money and time, especially time." Ding Zhaozhong is very attentive when he reads books. Even when the thunder roared loudly, he couldn't hear it, so it could be said that it was untouchable. If he encounters a difficult problem, he will never retreat halfway. He will either consult reference books or ask teachers and classmates for advice. He won't give up until he finds the right answer and gets to the bottom of things, so he doesn't always have enough time. When working in the laboratory, I often sleep only two or three hours a day, or even stay up all night. In order to engage in scientific research, he needs to contact research institutions around the world. When he flies, he "buys a monthly pass." Most people can't sleep on a plane. On the contrary, flying is the best way to rest. It's common to see him get off the plane and go straight to the laboratory with bloodshot eyes. Mahathir hates doing unnecessary things - he never wastes time. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is a very efficient person. When interviewed by reporters, he always designs content that can be completed within a certain period of time, and is never sloppy. There are absolutely no unnecessary actions or words during the interview, and guests are sent off as soon as the time comes. He also hates doing useless things that take up working time. Once, Mahathir visited a certain country. Since the visit was extremely successful, his entourage quietly prepared a grand party on the plane back to celebrate. I wanted to give Mahathir a surprise, but I didn't expect that he would get angry when he found out, thinking that this was not only a waste of money but also a waste of time. A Malaysian writer disclosed in a book called "The Other Side of Mahathir": The three things Mahathir hates most are getting a haircut, cutting nails and going to the toilet, because when doing these three things , cannot do other things at the same time.
Qian Xuesen first became dean and then vice dean - time is more precious than position. Qian Xuesen's resume often includes the words "deputy dean and dean of the Fifth Academy of the Ministry of National Defense", but in fact Qian Xuesen first became the dean and then the deputy dean. Although the 45-year-old Dean Qian was full of energy, he not only had to hold "literacy classes" for China's missile industry, but also led everyone to carry out technical research, and he also had to worry about the daily necessities of the institute's entire family. Sometimes the reports from the institute and the kindergarten will be waiting for his approval together. These administrative matters took up a lot of his time. For this reason, he wrote to Nie Shuai, requesting to "retire" and become a deputy, and concentrate on scientific research and technical research. His superiors agreed to his request.
Balzac cherishes time like gold - creation requires every second. Balzac is a prolific writer, and his time is not wasted. Once, Balzac was too tired and said to a friend: "I'll sleep for a while, and you wake me up in an hour." An hour later, the friend couldn't bear to wake him up. After Balzac woke up, he found that it had been more than an hour. He almost furiously said to his friend: "Why didn't you wake me up? How much time you wasted!" He usually wrote sixteen or seventeen hours a day, shutting himself up. In the room, three meals a day were put in by servants through a specific window. In 1850, at the age of 51, Balzac felt he was about to suffer a heart attack. He asked the doctor how long he could live, half a year, or six weeks? The doctors all answered by shaking their heads. Balzac said anxiously: "At least 6 days will be enough, right? I can also write an outline and revise the 50 volumes that have been published."
Franklin's timetable - the time is The stuff that life is made of People asked Franklin: "How can you do so many things?" "Just look at my schedule." What does his work and rest schedule look like? Get up at 5 o'clock and plan the day's affairs. , and ask yourself: "What should I do this day?" 8 am to 11 am, 2 pm to 5 pm, work; 12 pm to 1 pm, read, have lunch; 6 pm to 9 pm, Use dinner, talk, entertainment, review the day's work, and ask yourself: "What did I do today?" The friend advised Franklin: "Is it too much to do this every day?" "Do you love life?" Franklin waved his hand and interrupted. A friend said, "Then don't waste time, because time is the material of life."
"I don't have time to go to the theater" - scientific research must race against time. Einstein never wasted time for no reason. No matter when he was young or when he was old, he cherished time very much and focused his energy on exploring the mysteries of nature. Once, several physicists wanted Einstein to take a break and asked him to go to the theater. Einstein didn't even raise his head, and said coldly: "I don't have time to go to the theater." His friends tried to persuade each other, but Einstein said sincerely: "When you live to be 60 years old, you will cherish the experience given by you." Dominate every hour." When he was seriously ill, his students asked him what he wanted.
He whispered: "I just hope that there are still a few hours so that I can put some manuscripts in order."
Earn 4 more hours a day - Seizing the day and night, Mao Zedong had to take care of everything. Taking time to study, time is as valuable as gold to him. He has his own way of using time rationally. In his words, he "earns 4 more hours a day." Mao Zedong's day was based on a 28-hour cycle. For example, if he went to bed at 12 midnight and got up at 5 a.m. the next day, he would go to bed at 3 or 4 a.m. and get up at 8 a.m. on the third day. Go to bed at 7 or 8 in the morning and get up at 12 noon. In this way, Mao Zedong formed his own unique day - 4 hours longer than a natural day. Edison's childhood friend Chiyoen once came all the way from the countryside to visit him. When he arrived at the door of Edison's laboratory, he asked the doorman to report. The doorman replied: "The master has something important to do at the moment and it is inconvenient to report. Please go to the reception room and wait!" Entering the reception room, he saw a female guest already. Sitting on the sofa and reading a book. After half an hour, Chiyoen asked the doorman irritably: "Can I inform you?" The doorman said: "I'm sorry, please wait a moment." At this time, the female guest looked at her watch and stood up. , whispered a few words to the gatekeeper, and walked away listlessly. After another quarter of an hour, Chiyoen shouted angrily to the doorman: "Well, is it possible?! Don't underestimate me, a countryman." Before he could finish his words, the doorman asked: "You know Who was the female guest just now? "Qiyoen said: "I came all the way here, who cares about your male or female guests?" The gatekeeper smiled slightly and said: "To tell you the truth, she belongs to our master. Madam! She has been waiting for three hours to discuss something today. The master has not finished her work today, so she has to go home first. "It turns out that Edison often forgets everything after walking into the laboratory every morning. Until the work is completed, there will be no visitors. Even if the wife wants to see her, she will have to "turn back the ticket."
Lu Xun cherishes time like gold - time is squeezed out. Mr. Lu Xun, a great literary figure, cherishes time very much. He wrote and translated 6.4 million words in his life, writing an average of 2,000 words a day, leaving an extremely rich legacy for the proletarian cultural treasure house. When Xu Guangping recalled Lu Xun, he said: "He often accumulated time to study bit by bit. He was most afraid of playing at home all day long and sitting around at home and gossiping. If a friend came to chat while he was working, Even his best friend would say unceremoniously: 'Oh, you're here again, don't you have anything else to do? '" Lu Xun regarded time as his life. He said: "Saving time means making a person's limited life more effective, which is equivalent to extending a person's life." As he said, he spent all the time others drank coffee on work. . He spent his life running at the speed of running. Shortly before his death, Lu Xun was still writing in his hospital bed. He has a famous saying: Saving time makes a person's limited life more effective, which also extends a person's life.
Sima Guang’s “Warning Pillow” - You must seize all the time to study. Sima Guang loves to read and always seizes all the time to study. In his study, in addition to bedding and books, there is also a unique pillow . This pillow is made of logs, smooth and round. It was made by Sima Guang to restrain himself from sleeping too long. When he sleeps too deeply or for too long, when he turns over, the pillow will roll, so he will wake up and quickly get up to continue reading. For this reason, he also named this pillow "Alarm Pillow" to remind himself to save time and study hard.
Goethe regarded time as his property - "Time is precious wealth". Goethe, the German poet, playwright and thinker, wrote many works in his life. In his early years, he had the script "Gervon Berlingen", the epistolary The novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther" and other important poems and plays include "Faust". Goethe worked tirelessly on writing throughout his life and cherished time very much. He wrote in a poem: How beautiful, how wide, how wide my property is! Time is my property, and my field is time. Goethe's words are very insightful. Because time is life and career. Only by cherishing time can you extend your life and achieve career success.
"Reasonable way" - to save time, do not hesitate to "disfigure" Victor Hugo is a famous French writer in the 19th century. Once, in order to create a new work, he nervously threw himself into work. However, people kept coming to invite him to the banquet. Out of etiquette, he had to go, which wasted a lot of time. Finally, he came up with a brilliant idea: cut off half of his hair, cut off his beard, and threw the scissors out the window. In this way, he could not go out to meet guests and had to stay at home. So he concentrated on his creation and dedicated another masterpiece to people. He called this approach a "reasonable approach."
"Why tomorrow" - Do today's things today Corot is a French painter. He is a representative figure who made French landscape painting transition from traditional historical landscape painting to realist landscape painting. He traveled to Italy three times, traveled all over France, went deep into nature, and created a number of landscape and figure paintings that are concise, simple, inheriting tradition and creating new ideas. One day, a young painter came to Corot's house and showed his works to Corot.
Corot pointed out several places in the other person's work that he was dissatisfied with. The young painter was very moved and quickly said: "Thank you, I will revise them all tomorrow." Corot asked excitedly: "Why tomorrow? You don't want to wait until tomorrow." Do you want to change it? What if you die today? "
Xu Teli is punctual - to cherish time, you must be punctual. Xu Teli has a strong sense of time. He cherishes his time and also Cherish other people's time. You must arrive on time for meetings; you must attend appointments on time; if there are any changes, you must notify them first. He said: "If you are late for one minute, a meeting with 60 people will waste one hour of others' time; a meeting with 600 people will waste 10 o'clock of others' time. The more people, the greater the waste. This is an intolerable mistake. . Didn’t Mr. Lu Xun say? Wasting other people’s time is equal to killing one’s fortune!” Xu Teli was best at squeezing in time to study in his life. He was busy with work during the day, so he squeezed in sleep time at night. His spirit of being tireless and conscientious in reading and studying persisted until his later years without slacking off.
Franklin sells books - time is money. Franklin, the famous physicist and political scientist, opened a bookstore next to his laboratory. One day, a young man walked into this bookstore and picked a book worth one dollar. He and the clerk had a dispute over the price of the book, and the clerk had to invite Franklin from the laboratory. The following is the conversation between the two people: "Take the book away, I don't want your money. I would rather give you a dollar than put down my busy work." "Sir, you are wrong, I just I want it to be cheaper." "Well, this book is now sold for two dollars." "What? Didn't you just say you don't want money?" "The price I can offer now is three dollars." After saying that, Franklin turned back. own laboratory. The young man silently took out three dollars and bought the book. He thought it was worth spending the three dollars, because he understood a lifelong benefit: time is money.
Napoleon did not wait for anyone to eat - be punctual and cherish other people's time. Napoleon was a person with a strong sense of time, and he hated unpunctuality the most. Once he invited some generals to dinner, but when the time came, the generals still hadn't come. Napoleon anxiously paced back and forth around the dinner table, then sat down by himself and started eating. By the time the generals arrived, he had already finished eating and ordered his servants to clear away the dishes. And said to the generals: "Everyone, the dinner time has passed, let's start studying things now!" Those generals couldn't sit or stand, they were so embarrassed that they wanted to crawl into the cracks in the ground. From then on, no one dared to be late for an appointment with Napoleon.
Verne never gave up time - the secret of success is to cherish time. Verne is a famous French science fiction novelist. He gets up at 5 o'clock every day, and except for meals and a short rest, he stays at his desk writing until 8 o'clock in the evening. His wife said with concern: "You have written a lot of books, why are you still holding on so tightly?" Verne replied: "Do you remember Shakespeare's famous saying? 'Those who give up time will also give up time. He said, "Why don't you hurry up!" Verne wrote 66 novels and some collections of short stories, as well as several plays and other works, with a total of seven to eight million words. Regarding such fruitful results, someone quietly asked his wife, what is the secret? Verne's wife said frankly: "The secret? It is that he never gives up time."
Jüzhe Then Zhuangzhou went to borrow grain from the Marquis of Jianhe. The Marquis of Jianhe said, "Yes, but I have to wait until the year-end tax comes up. Then I can lend you 300 catties." Zhuangzhou was very angry and said, "Yesterday I On the way, I met a crucian carp and begged me to give it a ladle of water to survive. I promised it that I could go to the south and divert water from the Xijiang River to save it. Now just a scoop of water can save me, but you have to go thousands of miles away to divert water from the Xijiang River. When you come back, you might as well go to the fish shop to find me.
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