Inspirational story: To achieve a great thing, you must start with small things

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a young man named Chen Fan, who was pretentious and only wanted to do great things. One day, Xue Qin, a friend of Chen Fan's father's, came to visit and saw that the courtyard where he lived alone was filthy, so he said to him? Why doesn't the boy sweep for the guests?

Chen Fan replied? When a man is a man, he should sweep the world and settle down in a house.

Xue Qin immediately retorted:? If you don't sweep a house, why sweep the world?

Chen Fan was speechless.

This story is not unfamiliar to all of us. The reason why Chen Fan disdains to sweep the house is just to show his ambition and desire? Sweep the world? . This spirit is valuable, but he doesn't realize it? Sweep the world? Is it? Sweep a house? On the premise. Everything is always from small to large, accumulate over a long period, and everything has its initial link and basic steps. Sweep the world? To achieve a career, you must start from? Sweep a house? Start with the little things around you.

Lenin has such a famous saying: To achieve a great cause, we must start with small things. ? Lenin not only said so, but also did so. In December 192, Lenin personally wrote to the Russian State Electrification Commission, asking them to solve the problem of 2 million light bulbs. Shortly thereafter, he wrote to the post and telecommunications department, asking them to solve the problems such as the loudspeaker in a conference hall in Moscow, and reprimanded those who procrastinated and shirked specific trivial matters for their bad habits of being old-fashioned and lazy. Lenin did these little things in those days, which were linked to the major events such as the electrification of all Russia. If the light bulb problem is not solved, people's lighting will be difficult and their work and production will be affected; If the megaphone problem is not solved, important meetings will not be held well, which will inevitably delay the electrification of Russia and the economic recovery and development. There are many small things like this, and big things are bound to be damaged.

in his works, Lenin repeatedly clarified the connection between small things and big things, thinking? Doing small things is the most reliable stage to strive for big things? .

I often hear some young friends sigh with emotion:? I really want to make a great event and make my parents and teachers look at me with new eyes. But I was unlucky, and I never met anything important, so that my talents could not be brought into play. ? This reminds us of an ancient saying:? Don't do it because of the small good, and don't do it because of the small evil. ? Yes, any successful person starts with small things. A small thing may seem insignificant, but it may decide a person's fate. The experience of countless successful people proves that people who can do great things are often those who are not tired of small things.

former us secretary of state Powell is a good example. When he first joined the company, he had only one thing to do because he was a black man? Clean up. It is such a job that is not valued by everyone, but he does it methodically, and after summing up experience in his work, he soon finds a' mopping posture' that can mop the floor quickly and well, and he is not very tired when he works. Powell's performance was seen by the careful boss. After a period of observation, the boss concluded that he was a talent, so he made an exception and promoted him. Many years later, when Powell wrote his memoirs, he still remembered his first life experience: doing every little thing carefully.

Because of his continuous efforts, he attached importance to every little thing around him and gave every little thing 1% work passion, he grew from a cleaner to a secretary of state.

Only by starting from small things can we do great things well. Everyone's work is made up of small things, so we must never take a perfunctory or contemptuous attitude towards small things in our work. Many times, a seemingly insignificant little thing, or an unremarkable change, can achieve a breakthrough in work, and even change a victory or defeat in the shopping mall.

Start with small things, gradually increase your talents, win the approval of leaders, and win the opportunity to do big things, and then you can do big things in the future.

American Standard Oil Company, founded and operated by oil magnate Rockefeller, was the largest distributor in the world at that time. At that time, the price of oil per barrel was $4, and the company's propaganda slogan was: Standard Oil of $4 per barrel.

As one of many salesmen, Akibote is only a little-known clerk in the company, and his status is humble, but he never forgets to write when he goes out, shops, eats, pays bills, or even writes to friends, as long as he has the opportunity to sign? Four dollars a barrel of standard oil? . Sometimes, Akibot doesn't even write his own name, but only writes this sentence instead of his signature. After a long time, colleagues joked about calling him? Four dollars a barrel? .

despite all kinds of ridicule, Archibald was never moved by it.

One day four years later, Rockefeller, the chairman of Standard Oil Company of the United States, was very happy to have such a loyal employee in the company when he heard about it, and he met and talked with Akibot with great interest and had dinner. During dinner, Rockefeller asked Archibald why he did it, and Archibald said: Isn't this the company's slogan? Every time you write more, one more person may know. ?

five years later, Rockefeller stepped down, and Akibote succeeded as the second chairman of American Standard Oil Company.

American Standard Oil Company is a big enterprise. No matter in talent or ability, there are many people above Akibot, but only Akibot has become the chairman.

when signing, it is accompanied by the following words? Four dollars a barrel of standard oil? In the eyes of ordinary people, this is a trivial matter, and such a trivial matter is not within the scope of Akibot's work. However, Akibot did it consciously and took this little thing to the extreme.

what makes these successful people extraordinary is that they start from ordinary things, not because of small things, but are good at starting from small things, making unremitting progress and eventually achieving great things.

Many people have dreams, hoping to become independent talents one day, but if they only cherish dreams and don't want to start from small things, then such dreams can only be castles in the air. If you are unwilling to do small things, great things will never succeed.

Success is by no means an overnight success. Everything must be started from a young age. Only by doing small things well can great things be achieved. ;