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Heaven and Hell
—— Letter from Rockefeller, the oil magnate, to his son Dear John, there is a fable that is very meaningful and makes me feel a lot. The fable said: In ancient Europe, when he died, there was a man who found himself in a wonderful place where he could enjoy everything. As soon as he stepped into the promised land, a waiter-looking man came over and asked him, "Sir, do you need anything?" Here you can have everything you want-all the delicious food, all the possible entertainment and all kinds of pastimes, among which you can enjoy the beautiful women who are not young. " After listening to this, the man felt a little surprised, but he was very happy. He secretly said, Isn't this my dream in this world? All day long, he was tasting all the delicious food and enjoying the beauty. One day, however, he was bored with all this, so he said to the waiter, "I'm tired of all this. I need to do something." Can you give me a job? " Unexpectedly, the answer he got was shaking his head: "I'm sorry, my husband, this is the only thing we can't do for you here." There is no job for you here. " This man is very depressed. He waved his hand angrily and said, "This is terrible! Then I'll just stay in hell! " "Where do you think you are?" The waiter said gently. John, this is a humorous fable, which seems to tell me that losing your job means losing happiness. But unfortunately, some people have to be unemployed before they can realize this. This is really unfortunate! I can proudly say that I have never tasted unemployment. It's not that I'm lucky, but that I never regard work as a drudgery without fun, and I can find infinite happiness from it. In my opinion, work is a privilege, which brings more things than subsistence. Work is the foundation of all business, the source of all prosperity, and the shaper of genius; Work is that young people work hard and do more than their parents, no matter how rich they are; Work is expressed by the most humble savings and lays the foundation for happiness; Work is salt that adds flavor to life, but people must love it first, so that work can give the greatest favor and get the greatest result. When I first entered the business world, I often heard that it takes a lot of sacrifices for a person to climb to the top. However, as the years passed, I began to understand that many people who are climbing to the peak are not "paying the price". They work hard because they really enjoy their work. Anyone who climbs up in any industry is a person who is fully engaged in what he is doing and devoted to it. If you sincerely love what you do, you will naturally succeed. Love of work is a belief. With this belief, we can chisel the mountain of despair into a rock of hope. A great painter put it well: "The pain will eventually pass, but the beauty will last forever". But some people are obviously not smart enough. They are ambitious, but they are too picky about their jobs and have been looking for the "perfect" employer or job. In fact, the employer needs employees who work on time, are honest and hard-working. He only leaves the opportunities for salary increase and promotion to those employees who are extra hard-working, extra loyal, extra enthusiastic and spend more time doing things, because he is running a business, not doing charity, and he needs those who are more valuable. No matter how ambitious a person is, he must at least start before he can reach the peak. Once you start, it's not too difficult to move on. The more difficult or unpleasant a job is, the more you should do it at once. The longer he waits, the more difficult and terrible it becomes. It's a bit like shooting a gun. The longer you aim, the less chance you have of hitting it. I will never forget the experience of my first job as a bookkeeper. At that time, although I had to go to work at dawn every day and the whale oil lamp lit in the office was dim, the job never made me feel boring, but it fascinated and delighted me. Even all the red tape in the office could not make me lose interest in it, and as a result, the employer was always arrogant about raising wages. Income is only a by-product of your work. If you do what you should do well and do what you should do well, an ideal salary will surely come. More seriously, the highest reward for our hard work is not what we get, but what we will become. Those people with active minds never work hard just to make money. What keeps their enthusiasm for work going is more noble than the desire to collect money-they are engaged in a fascinating career. To be honest, I am an ambitious man, and I have wanted to be a millionaire since I was a child. For me, the Hewitt-tuttle Company I am employed by is a good place to exercise my ability and let me try my hand. It sells all kinds of goods, owns an iron mine, and operates two technologies that make it survive, namely, railways and telegrams that have brought revolutionary changes to the American economy. It brought me into an interesting, vast and gorgeous business world, taught me to respect figures and facts, showed me the power of the transportation industry, and cultivated my ability and accomplishment as a businessman. All these have played a great role in my future business. I can say that without the hard work of Hewitt Tal, I might have to take many detours in my career. Now, whenever I think of Hewitt Tal Company and my old employers Hewitt and two gentlemen, I can't help but feel grateful. That working life was the beginning of my life's struggle and laid the foundation for my rise. I will always be grateful for those three and a half years' experience. Therefore, I have never complained about his employer like some people, saying, "We are just slaves. We are crushed under the dust by our employers, but they are enjoying themselves in their beautiful villas. Their safe is full of gold, and every dollar they have is squeezed by honest workers like us. " I don't know if these complainers have ever thought: Who gave you the opportunity to get a job? Who gave you the possibility to build a family? Who made it possible for you to develop yourself? If you have realized that others are squeezing you, just walk away? Work is an attitude, which determines whether we are happy or not. They are all masons, and they are also sculpting stone statues. If you ask them, "What are you doing here?" One of them might say, "Did you see that? I'm chiseling a stone, and I can go home after this. " This kind of person always regards work as punishment, and the most common word in his mouth is "tired". Another person may say, "Did you see that? I am making a statue. This is a hard job, but it pays well. After all, I have a wife and four children who need food and clothing. " This kind of person always regards work as a burden, and one sentence that he often spits out in his mouth is "family life". The third person may put down the hammer and proudly point to the stone carving and say, "Did you see it? I am making a work of art. " This kind of person is always proud of and takes pleasure in his work, and the most common sentence in his mouth is "very interesting". Heaven and hell are built by themselves. If you give meaning to your work, no matter how big or small it is, you will feel happy, and no matter how high or low your self-determined achievements are, people will be interested in your work. If you don't like doing it, anything simple will become difficult and boring. When you shout that this job is tiring, you will feel exhausted even if you don't work hard, and vice versa. That's what happened. John, if you regard work as a pleasure, life is heaven; If you regard work as an obligation, life is hell. When he finally made it to college and thought he could take over his father's company, his father not only refused to let him take over the company, but was even more harsh on him. He doesn't understand that his father is the chairman of a company, and his family is not short of money. He often donates money to welfare homes, but he can't bear to give him more money, and even the living expenses have to be asked from his father regularly. He was finally forced out of the house by his father. He felt that he was definitely not his father's own son. Otherwise, how could he be treated like this? He thought that he had nothing to do with his father anyway, so he might as well go outside and make another living. He wanted to go to the bank for a loan to do business, but his father refused to guarantee him. Without a guarantor, he can't borrow a penny from the bank. So he had to work for others, because of the complicated interpersonal relationship, he was squeezed out of the small company. After losing his job, he opened a small shop with a little money accumulated by working. The business of the small shop is good, and he has opened a small company. Small companies gradually became big companies. To his great sorrow, the company went bankrupt because of poor management. He thought about jumping off a building, but he was really unwilling to die like this. He seriously thought about his past, why his father was so cruel to himself, and why he was repeatedly defeated in his job and business. He summed up the lessons of his failure. But he didn't lose heart and decided to grit his teeth and stand up and start all over again. Just as he braced himself for another job, his father unexpectedly found him, gave him a big hug with open arms, and decided to let him take over his company. He was very puzzled by his father's decision. He said, "I am now a man with nothing or even a failure. Why do you want me to take over your company?" The father said, "No, son, although you still have no money like a few years ago, you have had a valuable experience. This experience is a hard exercise for you, but it is valuable." If I handed over the company to you a few years ago, it would be difficult for you to manage the company well, and you might lose the company sooner or later and eventually become nothing. But now that you have this experience, you will cherish it, manage the company well, and let it continue to grow and develop. Children, no matter what they do, they can't do well without some tempering. " Sure enough, he lived up to his father's expectations and developed a small company into a big company that attracted worldwide attention. He is Warren Buffett, the president of Berkshire, with the title of "American stock god". His assets only depend on Bill Gates, and his father's name is Howard Buffett. Influenced by his father, Warren Buffett was thrifty and cautious all his life. His suit, wallet and car are old, and even the house where he lives is old. He now has more than $35 billion in assets, and he is a real rich man with almost zero debt ratio. From Warren Buffett's story, we can see how important it is for a person to experience hardship and temper. It's not that you can't succeed without suffering and tempering, but suffering and tempering at least make people accumulate experience and strengthen their perseverance, so that people know how to love and cherish their career and life, how to be a man and live, and how to do well, make their career bigger and stronger. Therefore, it is not a bad thing to experience more hardships and tempering in life, and it is even more valuable for young people!