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Life without ideals, without goals, there is no direction. Without direction, there is no passion for struggle, and without passion, there is no success. Therefore, everyone who wants to succeed must set a good goal for himself. But the goal is not general, it must be clear and practical, and it must not be too general or too illusory. An unclear goal is like having no goal. When you set a clear goal and work towards it, you will get what you want one day.
How to plan the ideal? Analyze from eight aspects.
First, learn to foresee.
Tell you a story.
Gu Qing, the founder of Jiujiuya, was admitted to Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 2000, but the consulting company he founded this year also made him lose all his savings. At this time, Gu Qing was in the "bottleneck" period of his career and could not find his own direction, so he was very depressed. But Gu Qing has a hobby, that is, he loves to eat Wuhan duck neck, especially when he is depressed, and this hobby accompanies him every day. Gu Qing sometimes thinks while eating, why isn't there a decent shop for such delicious food? They are all family workshops. At the same time, he also found that many people like to eat this kind of food, so he decided to seize this opportunity and sell duck necks.
He borrowed more than 500,000 yuan from a friend, registered the trademark "Jiujiu Duck", and then rented a 2,000-square-meter factory with a cold storage room, a thawing room, a cooking room, a cooling room and a packaging room. There is a disinfection pool in the workshop, which is well ventilated and equipped with air conditioning and other cooling systems. Everything is designed according to the standards of big international enterprises, and then production begins. At that time, no one did this industry as vigorously as he did, so it went smoothly at first. In 2002, he opened his first store in Shanghai, but unexpectedly, he only sold goods from 80 yuan on the first day, and the long-term sales were not good.
Gu Qing thought the duck neck he produced was of good quality, but he didn't expect that it couldn't be sold. Later, it was found that it was because the wrong store site was chosen. There were few people walking around here and there was no geographical advantage at all. In view of this, he relocated and opened another shop. As a result, the supply of duck neck in the store is in short supply day by day. Within a few months, he successfully opened more than 20 chain stores in Shanghai. Later, his stores opened in Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and other major cities across the country and became well-known brands.
Because no one invested in the production of this product, and because many people like this special food, Gu Qing took the opportunity to choose a place with a large population when he first opened a shop in Shanghai, which was conducive to promoting the product and occupied a favorable geographical position. Therefore, he can succeed in a short time.
Foresight refers to the ability to think about the future. If a person wants to get good development, he can't do it without foresight. Only people with foresight can see clearly the direction of progress, seize opportunities, improvise, keep pace with the times and achieve success. On the contrary, a person who is eager for quick success and instant benefit has a small development vision, will not consider his long-term goals, and will not seize the opportunity to become a winner in the competition.
As the saying goes, "those who have no long-term worries must have immediate worries." People who don't think about the future, people who don't have foresight, only see the immediate interests. Because they are short-sighted, they can't see the essence of things and predict the development direction of things, so they can't make a good plan, so they can't achieve anything.
Steve forbes, editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine, concluded that successful entrepreneurs have many common characteristics: foresight, hard work, persistence in a certain point, good at accepting criticism, and courage to stand up after falling. The most important of these is foresight and persistence.
To turn our dreams into reality, we must do three things. First, we must have correct foresight; Second, think deeply; Third, put it into action. "Correct foresight is an inevitable prerequisite for ensuring correct action and the key to achieving the goal.
Second, establish a reliable ideal goal.
There was once a son of equestrian who used seven pieces of paper to describe his ideal in the composition class of junior high school. He wanted to own a horse farm of his own, carefully drew a design drawing of a 200-mu farm, which marked the positions of stables and runways, and then built a mansion covering an area of 400 square meters in the middle of this big farm.
After the composition was handed in, the teacher not only didn't praise him, but gave him a "fail" and criticized him very severely: "You are still young, don't daydream all the time. You have no money, no family background and nothing. Building a farm is a costly project. You have to spend money to buy land, buy thoroughbred horses and take care of them. " The teacher went on to say, "If you are willing to rewrite a more reliable volunteer, I will give you the score you want." The boy thought about it for several days after he came home. Finally, he decided to return the manuscript word for word. He told the teacher, "Even if I fail, I won't give up my dream."
Twenty years later, the boy really realized his original dream and invited the teacher who had poured cold water on him to visit his luxurious farm. The little boy proved by personal experience that ideals provide you with the opportunity to change your destiny and the motivation to realize the value of life; Ideal is also a way to bring you happiness.
A man with an ideal, he has a very clear goal and a firm goal in life. He knows what he wants, and what he is looking for will not be easily shaken by outside views. Such people must have the determination to devote themselves to their ideals. So they don't have time to care about other people's gossip, let alone doubt whether others are slandering themselves.
To set a lofty goal in life is to work hard for it for a long time. In the process of striving for the goal of life, we are bound to encounter some big or small failures, but in the face of lofty life goals, these failures can only be regarded as some experiences on the road, and can only be the cornerstone of sharpening our will, and will not be the difficulty of defeating the strugglers. Therefore, people with weak personalities should set lofty goals in life.
The most precious wealth of mankind is hope, which relieves our distress while enjoying the pleasure of present life and paints a vision for our future life. "Ideal is hope, and ideal is the goal that calls us to make constant efforts. Ideal is the fairest. It gives you equal opportunities, whether you are poor or rich, whether you are healthy or sick, whether you are a civilian or a noble.
Third, don't give up your dreams and persevere.
Constance was born in a poor family. When he was in high school, his father was killed in an accident, his mother was ill and could not go out to work, and his family was unable to support him to continue his studies. As a result, constance dropped out of school and went home without complaining, helping his mother to shoulder the burden of the family. Not only that, he also has to pay the tuition fees of his younger brothers and sisters.
Constance was only 18 years old when he dropped out of school. He wants to make money, but he can't find a way. Later, he considered using a flat land in front of the door to grow vegetables. So you don't have to spend money on food at home, and you can reduce your expenses. More importantly, you can take those endless dishes to the market and earn some pocket money to subsidize your family. With this in mind, constance began to work. After turning over the land, he bought vegetable seeds and planted them in the ground. However, because he had no money to buy fertilizer, he had to water the vegetables. As a result, the vegetables were confiscated, and finally the money for buying vegetable seeds was gone. After this incident, constance became the local laughingstock, and everyone thought he was poor and stupid.
Constance ignored other people's eyes and was bent on making money again. Once, he heard people say that raising ducks can make money. Not only duck meat is valuable, but duck feathers are also valuable. So he borrowed $65,438+0,000 from the bank as capital to raise ducks at home. Ducks grow well, but just when they grow fast enough to sell money, they are infected with the plague. A few days later, all the ducks died. The sum of $65,438+0,000 yuan may be a lot of money for others, but it is undoubtedly a huge expenditure for a poor family like constance. In this attack, constance's mother also died of excessive anxiety.
Since then, constance has engaged in all kinds of manual labor: he worked as a bricklayer in a construction team, a blacksmith, and dug coal in a coal mine ... but he didn't make much money.
In a blink of an eye, constance is almost 40 years old and doesn't even have a wife. Who will marry a poor man? Widows who are as poor as him or have children look down on him. Constance still lives his own life, regardless of other people's gossip and supercilious look. He just wants to make money and change his life.
Although all previous ventures failed, constance still didn't want to give up his entrepreneurial dream, so he decided to continue his struggle. So he traveled all over the homes of relatives and friends, and finally got enough money to buy a second-hand truck, which was specially used for transportation in the stone factory. However, constance was unlucky this time. Just before he worked for two months, one night, when it was dark and the road was slippery, he drove his car into a ravine. Fortunately, the ravine was not deep, and he only broke one leg and one arm. However, his second-hand truck is not as lucky as him. When the old man was dragged out by the rescue team, he was beyond recognition. Finally, constance had to sell it as scrap metal.
After this time, everyone sentenced constance to death, and no one believed that his life would have a bright future.
However, constance still didn't lose heart, he still didn't want to give up his dream of starting a business, and he still tried his best to find a way out ... Ten years later, after some exploration, he became the boss of a company with assets up to $300 million. When many people talked about his bitter experience and legendary road to entrepreneurship, the media also rushed to interview him.
A reporter asked him, "Mr constance, it took you decades to get here. I want to know, in those difficult years, what power supported you to go on? "
Constance, who achieved great success, said indifferently: "When I was studying, a teacher once said a famous saying of Harvard University,' No one can succeed casually, and success comes from the perseverance of individuals who never give up'. Since then, this sentence has become my motto. Whenever I suffer setbacks, I will think of this sentence. So no matter how difficult it is, I will not give up my dream. "
Carnegie, the famous master of success, said: "The secret of successful cooking is to put your ambition into a hard-working pot, judge whether to make seasoning, and then stew it with a small fire with perseverance." In the process of running towards your dreams, you will inevitably encounter difficulties and setbacks. Whether a person can persist will directly determine whether he can taste the sweetness of success. Keep working hard and stick to it for a long time. Only in this way can you have more beautiful scenery in your life.
Fourth, think further.
Tell you a story.
Many years ago, at West Orange Station in New Jersey, a man in rags jumped off a van. His name is Edwin Barnes, and he is a tramp. Unlike other vagrants, he always wanted to be a partner of the great inventor Thomas Edison.
When he came to Edison's company, he clearly told the receptionist that he wanted to be Edison's partner. His overreaching made him mercilessly laughed at by employees.
However, Barnes did not give up because of this. Edison heard about him and made an exception to allow him to work as a cleaner and equipment repairman in the company. Barnes worked in this position for many years, until one day, he heard Edison's sales staff laugh at a new invention-it was a dictation machine, and everyone thought it would never be sold: secretaries were obviously better than machines. At this point, Barnes stood up: "Let me do it, I can sell it!" " "
Since then, he has changed from a cleaner to a salesman. In a month's time, Barnes traveled all over new york. The long-term efforts paid off, and he sold seven dictation machines. When he came to Edison's office with his national sales plan, he finally achieved his goal: he became a business sales partner of Edison's dictation machine.
In fact, in order to do this, Barnes gave up almost everything. He has only thought about one thing: becoming Edison's partner. He always thought of himself as Edison's partner and thought of himself as a partner.
In other words, before he officially became Edison's partner, he had made a clear position for himself: to be a successful person like Edison. Although he has always been a trivial clerk in real life, he is already a king in thought.
You should have heard the story.
Three workers are building a wall. When someone passes by, ask them what they are doing. A said, "We are building a wall." B said, "We are building a tall building." C said, "We are building a city." A few years later, A was still building a wall, B became an architectural engineer and C became an urban planning designer.
This story clearly tells us how deeply a person thinks and how far he will go on the road to success. Those who don't want to use their own thinking and can't think can only stand still until the end of their lives.
During the gold rush in the west, many people flocked to Alaska and other gold producing areas for gold. However, some people don't go for gold. They found it difficult to find water in the gold-panning place, so clean water became the scarcest thing there, so they shipped water from other places to sell it. In order to survive, the gold digger had to exchange the gold he dug for water.
A few years later, few people really found gold, but those who sold water to gold diggers by the roadside made a lot of money. Finally, most of the gold diggers died of hunger and thirst, while most of the water sellers went home in clothes. Why didn't the gold digger succeed, but the water seller became a real gold digger? There is only one reason, that is, because the water seller opened his mind according to the local conditions and thought of a better way out. It's all about getting rich anyway. Since selling water can also make a fortune, and it is simpler and safer, why not sell water?
All roads lead to Rome, and there are thousands of roads to success. As long as you look carefully, you will always find a way suitable for your own development. This requires us to practice a pair of discerning eyes, think more according to our own conditions, and choose a unique road to success that suits us.
Fifth, do a good job in short, medium and long-term planning.
1984, in the Tokyo International Marathon Invitational Tournament, the little-known Japanese player Ibn Yamada unexpectedly won the world championship. When people all over the world are wondering why he made such amazing achievements, he wrote in his autobiography:
"Before every competition, I have to take a bus to watch the route of the competition carefully, and draw the more eye-catching signs along the way, such as the first sign is the bank, the second sign is the big tree, and the third sign is the red house ... so I have been painting until the end of the competition.
"After the game started, I rushed to the first goal at a speed of 100 meters. After reaching the first goal, I rushed to the second goal at the same speed. In the race of more than 40 kilometers, I broke it down into several small goals and ran it easily. At first, I didn't understand this truth. I set my goal on the national flag at the finish line more than 40 kilometers away. As a result, I was exhausted after running for more than ten kilometers. I was frightened by the long journey ahead. "
It can be seen that the power of the target is enormous. However, this story emphasizes more: dividing levels under the big goal to achieve the big goal step by step, which is planning. Ibn Yamada's plan is not to cut corners to shorten the distance, but to break down the complex schedule into several parts and simplify it into several fragments, so as to turn the seemingly endless orbit into a small destination that is easy to reach. This is to apply psychology to the next round of struggle with a sense of accomplishment. Because of joy, fatigue is reduced a lot, and the next goal is not far away, so there won't be too much psychological pressure. Therefore, it is good to have long-term goals, but we should also know how to set short-term goals. In this way, the short-term goals and medium-term goals are realized one by one, and finally one's own life goals are realized.
One year, a group of high-spirited college students graduated from Harvard University in the United States, with almost the same intelligence, education and family conditions. Before leaving school, Harvard University investigated their life goals. The result is this:
27% people have no goals; 60% people have vague goals; 10% people have clear but relatively short-term goals; 3% people have clear long-term goals.
Twenty-five years later, Harvard surveyed this group of students again. The result is this: those 3% people have made unremitting efforts in one direction for 25 years, and almost all of them have become successful people in all walks of life, including industry leaders and social elites; Those 65,438+00% people constantly achieve their short-term goals and become professionals in various fields, most of whom live in the middle and upper classes of society; Those 60% people live and work in peace and contentment, but they have no special achievements, and almost all of them live in the middle and lower classes of society; The remaining 27% people have no goals in life and live a very unsatisfactory life. They often complain about others, society and the world of "refusing to give them opportunities".
In fact, the only difference between them is that 25 years ago, some of them made short, medium and long-term life plans for their own life goals, while others did not.
Life is like a business. The development of enterprises needs planning, and so does life. We should set different goals in different periods, realize our short-term and medium-term goals according to different situations, and finally realize our life goals. "Make a goal plan at different stages, and you can compare it with the actual progress according to the planned progress and timetable, so as to fully understand whether you have deviated from the right track and predict the future direction.
Sixth, learn to discover your talents.
Each of us has our own characteristics, some are good at it and some are not good at it. It is unfair to ask for a unified standard in some aspects, whether from the physiological structure or the thinking structure. Some people are good at sports, some are good at reading, some are good at music, and some are good at painting. We can't say that people who can't play basketball are worse than those who can, nor can we say that people who can't sing are worse than those who can sing. If you want to succeed, the most important thing is to make good use of your strengths and learn to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses. It will be ridiculous and generous if you give up your advantages and try to compete with others in areas where you are not good at.
Lena is a girl who loves beauty very much. Since she was a child, she often secretly put on makeup for herself. After graduating from college, unable to resist the persuasion of her family, she became a teacher and taught in a middle school. But because I love dressing myself up too much, I was called to talk by the leader because I was too fashionable before I became a full-time intern teacher. After several times, Lena resigned in a rage and went to a vocational school in the south to study makeup. Because of this incident, she also had a lot of conflicts with her family. However, two years later, Lena became a top makeup artist, earning a lot of money every month, and even her family looked at her with new eyes.
Lena's success is no accident. The reason why she gave up her job as a teacher with a stable salary and devoted herself to a completely unfamiliar industry can't be described by just using the word "commendable courage". Knowing your strengths, understanding and making good use of them, and turning them into a kind of wealth, this is the secret of Lena's success.
Some people may think that the only way to succeed is to work hard. As long as you work hard to a certain extent, you can't do anything, which has little to do with whether you have strength in some way. Yes, we don't deny that there is some truth in this sentence. Such examples are not uncommon in life.
Children who have no interest in art are forced by their families to apply for art colleges in order to be admitted to universities, and even find jobs after they come out. Women who are super insensitive to numbers also work as accountants in order to support their families. There are also people who can't bear to give up their old jobs, often because they have given up their work feelings for more than ten years, even if they are no longer suitable for this profession, they will continue to fight in their original jobs.
For various reasons, there are countless such examples, and there are not a few people who have obtained high positions. But can it really be called success? How many unnecessary costs did they pay for this success?
We don't deny that we can achieve great success through continuous efforts. But knowing how to manage your strengths is like being a skilled chef, knowing what kind of ingredients to use, what kind of staple food to match, and knowing where to make delicious broth with sliced meat. People who only know how to work hard can cook, but the taste is not as good as the former.
Knowing our own strengths and following the guidance of strengths to success will make our road to success happy and comfortable. Only when you know the cows like the back of your hand, can you move your knife with ease. Not only will it take a lot of effort and cost, but the pressure may not be what you can bear.
Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, so when doing things, you must do what you are good at, and never compete with others' strengths with your weaknesses.
Seventh, reduce desire and improve ability.
Desire is endless. Everyone expects more and better things, and life can satisfy the expanding vanity. The more things you want, the more things you carry, so as long as your desires expand aimlessly, your troubles will never end.
Lear has been learning to play the piano since he was a child. His favorite musician is Beethoven. He always believed that he had Beethoven's talent and vowed to be the second Beethoven. However, with the growth of age, King Lear was found to be hard of hearing, but despite the dissuasion of his family, he insisted on learning the piano and firmly believed that he was Beethoven's reincarnation. Everyone sincerely admires King Lear's diligence and creativity. However, Lear became increasingly dissatisfied. He has to work harder than people with hearing impairment. He is more and more aware of the gap between himself and Beethoven, so he is deeply in pain.
In fact, Lear has done a good job and is not discouraged when he meets any difficulties. His efforts and talents have been unanimously affirmed by the people around him. However, the high expectations of himself have become the source of King Lear's pain. Once, this expectation inspired him to move forward, however, the increasingly strong expectation became a kind of self-torture.
Many times it is not that we are not doing well enough, but that our expectations are too high. We always think that we are superior, that we have extraordinary talent, that we deserve more than we do now, that we should stand higher than we do now, and that we will never be satisfied, so we are more and more miserable and disappointed in ourselves, as if we can't achieve our goals no matter how hard we try, as if all our abilities have been denied.
Tell a story:
It is said that centipede used to crawl on the ground like a snake, and its movements were agile, but it was envious when it saw that other animals with long feet could run on the ground, and asked God to put more feet on it as much as possible. God agreed to the centipede's request, and then covered its feet. However, when the centipede was ready to run fast, it found that all its feet were difficult to coordinate, and the speed was much slower than before, so it was remorseful.
Samuelson, a doctor at Harvard University and a famous economist, put forward a happiness equation: happiness = utility/desire. The so-called "utility" refers to the amount of disposable substances that your personal ability brings to yourself, and desire refers to your requirements for personal life. Everyone's personal ability cannot be greatly improved in a short time, that is to say, the material wealth that an individual can control in a short time will not be greatly improved, and happiness depends mainly on narrowing his desire. Therefore, everyone should have a lesson on how to get happiness, so that they can live happily without losing their minds.
Eighth, act, act immediately.
All great actions and thoughts have an ordinary beginning.
Peter and Carter grew up in the same village. They are good friends who talk about everything. The village where they live has been short of water, and there is only water far away from the village. They have been carrying water home from outside the village together since they were very young. This is twenty years. Over the years, many people in the village have thought about changing this situation, but this idea just passed away in people's minds like a meteor across the sky and never put it into action.
Carter always wanted to change this annoying situation, so he said to Pete, "Brother Pete, why don't we dig a pipe together to bring water to the village?" It's really too much trouble to carry water. " Peter thought Carter was just talking casually and readily agreed, but when he realized that Carter was really determined to dig the pipeline, he began to back down.
He faltered and said to Carter, "Brother Carter, it's not that I don't want to dig a pipeline with you. It's just that this thing is too big. We not only need to plan, but also need to buy pipelines. More importantly, we need to install water pipes for all families. " Too much trouble. Have you thought about it? Besides, maybe, we will get hurt in the process of digging the pipeline ourselves. "
Carter listened to Pete's words and said firmly, "It is because we have been thinking about these troubles that we have to carry water all our lives." This time I made up my mind to dig a pipe for everything! "Say that finish, turned and left Peter's house and decided to dig a pipeline.
It was very difficult for Carter to start digging pipes. In the first few months, his efforts made little progress. He digs pipes every night and weekend. Although hard, there are still many people who don't understand and wait to see his jokes, but Carter keeps reminding himself that his dream will come true in today's action. Bit by bit, he tried to dig ...
When the pipeline excavation project was halfway through, Carter spent extra time laying the pipeline, and the completion date was finally getting closer and closer. Pete has been struggling to carry water home.
Finally, Carter's pipeline was completed, and the villagers swarmed to watch the water flowing out of the pipeline. The history of drinking water for generations is over. Carter became famous and the villagers called him a miracle worker. Even the mayor came to see him and his pipeline after hearing the story about him. Pete was too remorseful to see Carter.
Carter's success lies in his ability to put his ideas into action. However, in real life, many people are just immersed in fantasy, but there is no trace of action. These people are destined to spend their lives in mediocrity. They blame their mediocrity on an unchangeable past or an uncontrollable fate. Immersed in dreams all day, I don't know that success depends on my own actions.
My friends, big dreams attract small dreams, but small dreams don't attract dreams. Whether you have a dream or not, take action, and then take action, and the night will be longer. As long as you are running, it will eventually usher in the dawn! Forward together!