We all long for a successful life, and we should always look for something to look at. So what are they? Let’s take a look.

: Where does the confidence to succeed come from?

A corporate president is deeply mired in debt and cannot see a glimmer of hope. No one would lend him money anymore. Suppliers also urged him to pay for goods. He sat on a park bench, clasping his hands and searching his guts, wondering if there was any way to save the company from the brink of bankruptcy. At this time, an old man appeared in front of him.

"I can tell you're in trouble now," he said. After listening to the CEO's story, the old man said, "I believe I can help you."

After asking the CEO's name, the old man wrote a check and stuffed it into his hand: "Take it." This money. Meet me here one year from now, and you can pay me back then." After saying that, he turned around and left as suddenly as he came.

The president lowered his head and saw in his hand a $500,000 check signed by John Rockefeller, the richest man in the world.

"I can be freed from financial difficulties immediately!" the president realized. However, instead of cashing the check, he decided to put it in a safe. He thought that as long as he had the backing of a check, he would have enough power to figure out a way to save the company.

With renewed optimism, he negotiated more lucrative deals and extended payment terms. Finally, several big deals were made. Within just a few months, he was free of all debt and the company was profitable again.

Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the uncashed check. At the appointed time, the old man appeared. Just as the president was about to hand him the check and share with him the success of the past year, a nurse ran over and grabbed the old man.

"I'm so happy that I caught him!" she shouted, "I hope he didn't bother you. He often breaks out of the sanatorium and tells others that he is John Rockefeller." After that, She took the old man's arm and led him away.

If you face a huge challenge that is very difficult, will you lack confidence? But if you know that you have strong backing, final success will be inevitable, will you become more confident? Above The little story should give you some inspiration.

: A wall changes a person's destiny

Walton received an admission notice from the famous Yale University. However, because his family was poor, he could not afford the tuition fees and faced the crisis of dropping out of school. He decided to take advantage of the vacation to work and become a painter like his father.

Walton received a business of painting a large house. Although the owner of the house, Michael, was very picky, the reward was very high. Walton happily accepted the deal. Walton is naturally meticulous in his work, and his serious and responsible attitude satisfied Michael, who came to check several times. Today is the day when it is about to be completed. Walton had just put the last coat of paint on a dismantled door panel and had just set it up to dry. After doing all this, Walton let out a sigh of relief and wanted to go out for a rest. However, he stumbled over the bricks under his feet. It was broken. Walton knocked down the propped door panel, and the door panel fell on the newly painted wall. A clear mark appeared on the wall, with a red paint mark. Walton immediately cut off the paint mark with a cutter and mixed some paint to fill it up. However, after doing this, he felt that the color of the added paint was different from the original one, and the newly added paint also seemed inconsistent with the surrounding areas. What to do? Walton decided to paint the wall again.

It took Walton about half a day to finish painting the wall. However, the next day Walton was dismayed to find that the newly painted wall looked inconsistent in tone, and it became more and more obvious the more he looked at it. Walton sighed and decided to buy more materials and repaint all the walls. Although he knew that doing so would cost him nearly double the original cost and he would not make much money. However, Walton Dun decided to paint it again. What he had in mind was to be responsible for his work.

As soon as he bought the materials he needed, Michael came to inspect the work. Walton apologized to him and truthfully told him what happened and his inner thoughts. After hearing this, Michael was not only not angry, but gave Walton a thumbs up. As a reward for Walton's responsible attitude towards his work, Michael offered to sponsor him through college. Eventually, Walton accepted the help. Later, he not only successfully completed college, but also married Michael's daughter after graduation and entered Michael's company. Ten years later he became the company's chairman. Now, when it comes to Wal-Mart, the world's largest retail company, I don't know, but not many people know that the current chairman of the company is the poor boy who painted the wall. A wall changed Walton's destiny. To be more precise, it was his responsible attitude towards work that changed his destiny.

: Most people’s talents are dormant.

Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who wanted to tell his three sons an important secret before he died. So he called his sons to the hospital bed and said to them: "Children, I am about to die. So I want to tell you that there are many treasures buried in our family's vineyard. If you dig hard, you will find it. After you find it, you will find it." It can be divided equally among three people.

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After their father passed away, the three sons picked up hoes, shovels and iron forks and went to dig for treasures in their own vineyards. They dug over and over the entire vineyard; but found nothing. The three sons were very discouraged and did not understand why their father would lie to them. However, after the vineyard was thoroughly excavated, there was an unprecedented harvest of grapes, and the wine produced was extremely sweet, making the three brothers a considerable fortune. Only then did they truly understand their father's intentions.

William James, the father of modern psychology, once said that the average person’s mental capacity utilization rate does not exceed 10%, and most people do not know what talents they have. He wrote: "If we take the level of what we should be able to achieve as a standard, more than half of our abilities are actually asleep. We only use a small part of our physical and mental abilities. It can be said that people only live within the limits set by themselves. ”

So, instead of envying the things and abilities that others have, it is better to spend more time developing your own potential. Moreover, the wealth and abilities gained through hard work are truly your own treasures. The American philosopher Emerson said in his wise essay "Self-Reliance": "A man will one day learn that envy is useless and imitation is suicide; for good or bad, only himself can help a man You are better. Only by cultivating your own fields can you get nutritious corn, so let us all remember to manage our own small gardens of life well, so that we can realize our potential and have a greater sense of accomplishment: being yourself is the blessing and joy of life.

Key point: Most people’s talents are dormant. They can naturally develop their potential by running their own small garden of life.