The Story of 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 significant contributions 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 box 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 number. He leaned over the table and calculated. 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 the assistant, and said: "Pour the water inside into the measuring cup, immediately Tell me its capacity."

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!"

Edison was a poor worker before he became famous. Once, his old friend met him on the street and said with concern: "The coat you are wearing is too worn out. You should get a new one."

"It will come in handy. No one knows me in New York?" Edison replied nonchalantly.

A few years later, Edison became a great inventor.

One day, Edison met that friend again on the streets of New York. "Oh," the friend exclaimed, "Why are you still wearing this shabby coat? This time, you have to get a new one anyway!"

"Is it useful?" Everyone here already knows me." Edison still replied nonchalantly.

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Lu Xun races against time

Lu Xun, whose original name was Zhou Shuren, was an outstanding writer in modern times.

An important secret to Lu Xun’s success is to cherish time. When Lu Xun was twelve years old and attending a private school in Shaoxing, his father was seriously ill and his two younger brothers were still young. Not only did Lu Xun often go to pawnshops and pharmacies, but he also had to help his mother with housework. To avoid affecting his studies, he had to do a good job Precise timing.

After that, Lu Xun squeezed time almost every day. He said: Time is like water in a sponge, as long as you squeeze it, there is always time. Lu Xun had a wide range of interests in reading and writing. He was also deeply interested in folk art, especially legends and paintings. Because he dabbled extensively and studied in many aspects, time was really important to him. He was sick all his life, and his working conditions and living environment were not good, but he would work until late at night every day before giving up.

In Lu Xun’s eyes, time is like life. Americans say that time is money. But I think: time is life. If you waste other people's time for no reason, it is actually tantamount to seeking money and killing people.

Therefore, Lu Xun hated those people who spent all day running around and gossiping. When he was busy at work, if anyone came to him to chat or gossip, even if they were very good friends, he would not politely say Say to others: "Hey, you're here again, don't you have anything else to do?

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Wang Yanan sleeps on a three-legged bed

Wang Yanan was ambitious and loved reading when he was a child. When he was in middle school, in order to gain more time to study, he deliberately slept on a wooden board. One of the legs of the bed was cut half a foot short to make a three-legged bed. After reading late at night every day, he went to bed to take a nap when he was tired. Then he turned over in a daze and the bed tilted toward the short leg. He was suddenly awakened and got out of bed immediately. , studying at his desk at night, every day, without interruption. As a result, he achieved excellent results every year and was known as one of the three outstanding figures in his class. Due to his diligent study in his youth, he eventually became an outstanding economist in our country. Home.

Saving time means making one’s limited life more effective, which is equivalent to extending one’s life span.

——Lu Xun

< p>I think the most precious thing in the world is "now", and the easiest thing to lose is "now". Because it is the easiest to lose, I think it is even more precious.

——Li Dazhao

We must remember that our time to study is limited. Time is limited not only because of the short life, but also because of the complexity of people.

— ——Spencer

The more a person knows the value of time, the more painful it is to lose it

——Dante

◇The dead are like the dead! Sifu, never give up day and night (Confucius)

◇In life, if a white horse passes through the gap between heaven and earth, it will happen suddenly (Zhuangzi)

◇The sky can be mended, the sea can be filled, and the southern mountains can be moved. . The sun and the moon have passed and cannot be traced back. (Zeng Guofan)

◇Do you love life? Then don’t waste time, because time is the material of life. (Franklin)

◇Waste. Time is equal to wasted life. (Kawabata Yasunari)

◇Those who abandon time, time also abandons him. (Shakespeare)

◇Time is life, time is speed, and time is power. (Guo Moruo)

◇Time is like water in a sponge, as long as you are willing to squeeze it, there is always some. (Lu Xun)

◇Time is accumulated in minutes and seconds, be good at utilizing it. Only those who have sporadic time will achieve greater results. (Hua Luogeng)

◇Among all critics, time is the greatest, most correct, and most genius.