In college, Professor Wan, who taught us, often asked seemingly careless questions.

Once, Professor Wan asked: "Which mountain is the highest mountain in the world?" Can such a pediatric question be moved to a university classroom? Of course, everyone dismissed the answer and only echoed with the lowest decibel: "Mount Everest." Unexpectedly, the professor followed up by asking: "Where is the second highest mountain in the world?" At this time, everyone was stupid. Someone argued: "I haven't seen it in books!" The professor said nothing and asked again: "So, who was the first person to enter space?" Unexpectedly, no one dared to answer this time. It’s not that Gagarin has been forgotten, but because everyone knows the professor’s next question. The painful thing is that they don’t know who the second person is. So, the professor smugly asked several sets of similar questions. It is very strange that almost no one knows the answer to the first question, but almost no one knows the answer to the second question.

Professor Wan was very happy and seemed to have successfully completed a difficult task. But we were baffled and didn't know what tricks the professor was playing. Fortunately, the professor turned around and a line of words quickly appeared on the blackboard: There is no difference between being in second place and being unknown! It turns out that the professor is encouraging us to always strive for first place!

The professor then stated the conclusion of one of his experiments. Twelve years ago, a professor asked his students to enter a spacious auditorium in no order and find a seat by themselves. After repeating it several times, the professor found that some students always liked to sit in the front row, while others were blind and casual and sat everywhere. Some students seemed to particularly like the seats at the back. The professor wrote down their names respectively. Ten years later, the professor's survey results showed that the success rate of students who like to sit in the front row is much higher than that of the other two types of students. The professor also said that the reason why he is regarded as a "talented talent" by many large companies is because he applied this conclusion. When a professor is entrusted with recruiting talents for a company, he always makes those candidates choose their seats inexplicably. The professor smiled calmly: "Actually, the knowledge and strength of those applicants are almost the same. How do I know who is a thousand-mile horse? I just know who likes to sit in the front row."

Finally, the professor said sincerely: "It's not that I am sure. I want you to sit in the front row, but this kind of positive attitude is very important. In your long life, you must have the mentality of always striving for the first place, so that you can continue to make progress and reach the peak of your career! ”