Self-esteem: Don’t do anything despicable whether in front of others or when you are alone: ??the most important thing is self-respect. ——Pythagoras

After graduating from middle school, Hua Luogeng was forced to drop out of school because he could not afford the tuition. Returning to his hometown, he continued to study and study tenaciously on his own while helping his father work. Soon, he contracted typhoid fever again and was critically ill. He lay in bed for half a year. After recovering from the disease, he was left with a lifelong disability - the joint of his left leg was deformed and he was lame. At that time, he was only 19 years old. In those days of confusion, confusion, and near despair, he thought of Sun Bin who was practicing the Art of War with his legs behind his back. "The ancients could still be disabled physically and mentally, but I am only 19 years old. I have no reason to give up on myself. I want to replace my weak legs with a sound mind!" This is how young Hua Luogeng stubbornly fights against fate. During the day, he dragged his sick leg, endured the severe pain in the joints, and worked with a cane. At night, he studied by himself under an oil lamp late at night. In 1930, his paper was published in the magazine Science. This paper alarmed Professor Xiong Qinglai, chairman of the Department of Mathematics at Tsinghua University. Later, Tsinghua University hired Hua Luogeng as an assistant. In the Tsinghua campus where famous scholars gathered, Hua Luogeng worked as an assistant and audited in the mathematics department. He also spent four years studying English, German, and French by himself, and published ten papers. When he was 25 years old, he was already an internationally renowned young scholar.

When encountering difficulties and setbacks, people with self-esteem and confidence can work hard, strive for self-improvement, conquer setbacks and failures, and achieve success amidst setbacks and failures. People who have lost self-esteem often give up on themselves and look down on themselves when they encounter difficulties and setbacks. When people who lack self-confidence encounter difficulties and setbacks, the first thing they think of is that they are in trouble, and thus give up their hard work. Therefore, it is impossible for people without self-esteem and self-confidence to succeed in their careers.

Confidence: People with self-confidence can turn the small into the great and the mediocre into the magical. ——Bernard Xiao

Seiji Ozawa is a world-famous symphony conductor. In a final competition of a world outstanding conductor competition, he conducted the performance according to the score given by the jury, and keenly discovered the discordant sounds. At first, he thought there was something wrong with the band's performance, so he stopped and played again, but it still wasn't right. He thought there was something wrong with the music score. At this time, the composer and the authorities present on the jury insisted that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the score and that he was wrong. Facing a large number of music masters and authorities, he thought again and again, and finally said loudly and resolutely: "No! The score must be wrong!" As soon as he finished speaking, the judges on the judges' bench immediately stood up and applauded warmly. Congratulations to him for winning the competition.

It turns out that this is a "trap" carefully designed by the judges to test whether the conductor can stick to his correct opinions when he discovers errors in the music score and is "denied" by authorities. Although the first two conductors who participated in the final also discovered their mistakes, they were eventually eliminated because they echoed the opinions of the authorities. Seiji Ozawa won the World Conductor Competition because of his confidence.

Self-reliance: A person can only lead the way for others, but cannot walk for them. ——Romain Rolland

The little snail asked his mother: Why do we have to carry this hard and heavy shell since we were born?

Mom: Because our bodies do not have the support of bones, we can only crawl, but not very fast. So you need the protection of this shell!

Little Snail: Sister Caterpillar has no bones and can’t crawl fast. Why doesn’t she have to carry this hard and heavy shell?

Mom: Because the caterpillar sister can turn into a butterfly, the sky will protect her.

Little snail: But the earthworm brother doesn’t have bones to crawl fast, and he won’t turn into a butterfly. Why doesn’t he carry this hard and heavy shell?

Mom: Because the earthworm brother can drill into the earth, the earth will protect him.

The little snail cried: We are so pitiful, the sky does not protect us, and the earth does not protect us either.

The snail mother comforted him: So we have shells! We do not rely on heaven or earth, we rely on ourselves

Self-improvement: Self-confidence is the foundation of a wonderful life, and self-improvement is the starting point of a brilliant career.

Zhao Jing was born in 1969. When he was just 20 years old, he was working underground in a gypsum mine in Dingyuan County, Anhui Province. Unfortunately, he was accidentally injured and disabled while clearing a dumb gun accident, and he lost both his hands. The arm changed the course of his life.

After recovering from treatment, Zhao Jing felt deeply confused and lonely at first. He had nothing to do all day long and his thoughts were depressed for a time. Encouraged by his co-workers, relatives and friends, he faced life again. He did not bow to fate, no longer surrendered, and had the courage to challenge himself. With extraordinary perseverance, he worked hard to practice "oral writing" and determined to be a right person. A socially useful person. In the process of learning "oral calligraphy", Zhao Jing did not know how many pen holders he chewed off and how many blood blisters appeared in his mouth... It’s true: he cultivated his writings and inkstones all over the world, and worked hard to overcome all difficulties. Oral fluid drips onto a thousand sheets of paper, and I don’t feel tired even if I run out of three cylinders of ink. In order to improve his calligraphy skills, he traveled around and learned from famous masters, and his calligraphy and painting skills continued to improve. In recent years, his works have won more than 30 awards in national calligraphy and painting competitions, and some of his works have been collected by calligraphy and painting enthusiasts at home and abroad.