My view on twenty opportunities

1. Don't stop until you get what you want.

Hou Linbao, a language master, has only been in primary school for three years. Because of his diligence, his artistic level has reached perfection and he has become a famous language expert. Once, in order to buy the joke book "The Waves" of Amin Dynasty that he wanted to buy, he went to all the old book stalls in Beijing and didn't buy it. Only later did he know that Beijing Library had this book. It was winter, and he braved the heavy wind and snow and went to the library to copy books for 18 days in a row. A book with 65,438+10,000 words was finally copied by him. It is with the strong perseverance of "never give up until you reach your goal" that Hou became a master of cross talk.

Analysis: Linguists often tell us this truth with actions: If you want to achieve something, you must study hard and persevere.

Read it a hundred times and you will understand what it means. (Jin "Three Kingdoms". Shu Wei).

★ Industry is diligent, and you are happy. (Tang Hanyu, "Learning Solution")

★ There is diligence in reading, but no diligence is empty. (Tang Hanyu's "Fu Shu Shu Cheng Nan")

★ Perseverance, the stone can be carved. (Xun Kuang's Xunzi in the Warring States Period. Persuade to learn ")

★ One tenth of the things in the world are destroyed by difficulties and nine tenths by laziness. (Yan Zhitui's Yan Jiaxun in the Southern and Northern Dynasties)

Theme: "Success comes from diligence" and "Learning makes a genius"

2. Legless Flying General

During the Soviet Patriotic War, Alexei? Melesier's big plane was shot down. He climbed 18 days and nights with his injured and frozen legs, and finally reached his position together. After his leg was amputated, he exercised and flew the fighter again. He attaches great importance to people's enthusiasm for sports, which is indispensable for health and mental state. He likes sports, boating, playing football and being a goalkeeper since he was a child. He worked hard every morning after being grounded. Take a cold bath every morning to prevent colds.

Analysis: It is absolutely a miracle for a man who returned to the cab after amputation of both legs. Miracles need a support point, and that is perseverance.

★ Therefore, if the sky is going to fall to the people of Sri Lanka, we must first suffer from their minds, their bones and muscles, starve their bodies, empty their bodies, and mess with their actions, so we must be patient and get what we can. -Mencius

Suffering and hardship are the highest schools to temper personality. -Liang Qichao

Unfortunately, it is the steps of genius, the baptism water of believers, the priceless treasure of capable people, and the bottomless abyss of the weak. -Balzac

One of the great advantages of outstanding people is their perseverance in adverse and difficult encounters. -Beethoven

Obviously, the future does not belong to those who are hesitant, but to those who will persevere and never give up once they decide. -romain rolland

Topic: "Real Disability" and "Perseverance"

3. One success is enough

The following is a person's life resume: 5-year-old father died: 14-year-old dropped out of school and began to wander: 16-year-old lied about his age and joined the army, and military life was unsatisfactory everywhere; /kloc-when he was 0/8 years old, he married a daughter-in-law, but only a few months later, the daughter-in-law sold all his property and fled back to her family. He studied law by correspondence, but soon gave up; Later, he sold insurance, tires, ferries and gas stations, but all failed.

In middle age, he worked as a chef and bottle washer in a restaurant, but the restaurant was demolished because the government built roads, and he lost his job. Time flies, and after a lifetime, he still has nothing. At the age of 65, the postman sent him the first social insurance check, and he started his new career with this 105 insurance money. At the age of 88, his career finally achieved great success. He is the founder of KFC-Harend? Sandoz

Analysis: you have been pursuing it all your life, and you will succeed as long as you have one chance; If you give up your pursuit, no matter how many opportunities you have, you won't succeed.

Topics: "Frustration is a fortune" and "Dilemma and Success"

4. Haier's inspiration

In the eyes of many people in China, Haier, a successful enterprise, is already very powerful and remarkable. However, a reporter who has followed Haier for many years said that among the many enterprises he contacted, Haier's "sense of hardship" is the strongest. Zhang Ruimin, CEO of Haier Group, often said: "Treading on thin ice with fear." An enterprise with an average annual growth rate of 8 1.6% in 16 and an annual sales income of more than 40 billion yuan is well-known not only at home but also abroad, and it is worth our deep thinking. According to Zhang Ruimin, their strategy of marching into China is simple? Winner takes all. Their goal is not to leave you any market or territory. Needless to say, many of our enterprises, not to mention small and weak enterprises, are outstanding people like Haier. Compared with the world's top 500 companies, there is still a gap, and we dare not relax and slack off. Face up to the seriousness of the challenge realistically, fully estimate the strength and difficulties of competitors, think about the worst and work hard for the best, which will do more good than harm.

Analysis: "Treading on thin ice with trepidation", Haier's success tells us that if there is no sense of urgency and no progress, it will bring about its own destruction.

★ After the success of luxury, it is easy to be happy and know the double danger-Wang Anshi

★ Harmony without forgetting danger, survival without forgetting death, and governance without forgetting chaos-I Ching

★ He who has no long-term worries will have near worries. -The Analects of Confucius

★ Worry and fatigue can rejuvenate the country, and leisure can die-Ouyang Xiu

★ Be prepared for danger in times of peace, and refrain from extravagance and frugality —— Ten thoughts on Wei Zhi's admonition to Taizong.

Topic: "Worry Consciousness" and "Know Yourself and Know Yourself"

Step 5 prepare for failure

During the US-Iraq War, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein threatened that he had set up a guerrilla street fighting in the city to welcome American soldiers. American troops who suffered street fighting in Mogadishu dare not take it lightly. They are practicing hard how to win the battle and how to be prisoners after losing the battle. The name of the training course for prisoners of war is "Overpressure Infusion", which includes four subjects-survival in the wild, hiding and escaping, active resistance and life-saving. Training is carried out in an almost cruel way, but it is necessary. It can improve people's physical and psychological endurance, and once they are in a desperate situation, they can cope with it calmly.

Analysis: "Everything is established in advance, and it is abolished if it is not predicted." Countless facts show that whoever can prepare for failure can save the day and turn defeat into victory.

Topic: "sense of hardship" and "success factors"

2. Personality endowment

1. weakness

During the second world war, Bernie, a senior instructor of the US Army Anti-Spy Team? Federman was unfortunately captured by the Germans during a battlefield duty. In view of Federman's special status, German interrogators used various means to extract information from him: extorting confessions by torture, nailing, psychological pressure, playing tricks and giving preferential treatment. However, it didn't work, so that German interrogators had no choice but to tunnel: Feldman would probably like us to torture him and give him a chance to be a hero. But the tough guy made of steel was finally betrayed-it was his own weakness that betrayed him.

It turned out that the Germans later sent him to a cadre school in Germany to train leading spies and asked him to accompany an instructor to class every day. The instructor didn't know whether it was intentional or not, and most of what he told the students was wrong. At first, Federman tried his best to endure and scoffed at it. One day, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he couldn't help criticizing the Germans, telling the inside story of some works of American and British institutions, and giving the Germans some suggestions on how to figure out the communication network. Naturally, these are exactly what the Germans want to know.

Federman's tragedy lies in his holiness and strong professionalism. The Germans took advantage of this and wanted what they wanted, but they lured him first, which made him "itch for a moment" and fell into the trap of the other side in safeguarding professional dignity.

Analysis: Federman's sense of professional sacredness and strong professional quality are advantages, but advantages sometimes become weaknesses of others' attacks. It was by grasping this point that the Germans achieved their goal.

★ Use the way of employing people, take the advantages of people and make up for their shortcomings; Teach people, grow up, and get rid of their shortcomings (clear? Wei Yuan)

★ You are responsible for the difficult things, and the easy people do it as easy as blowing off dust; Make up for its shortcomings, and its elders will fail-(see son)

★ Don't hide the great good with small evils, and don't abandon the long with short ones (Song? Zhu)

★ Small goodness is not enough to cover all evils, and small flaws are not enough to hinder great beauty.

★ Use the advantages of others to make up for your own shortcomings.

Topics: "Advantages and Disadvantages" and "Your greatest enemy is yourself"

2. Trapped in prison.

Nicolo Paganini, an Italian violinist and composer, is called "the violinist trained in piano solo".

His artistic path is bumpy. He was born in a small businessman's family. It is said that he has been in prison for 20 years for political crimes. But even in prison, he never lost heart, but insisted on studying in prison. At the window of the prison, he practiced hard with a violin with only one string left. After decades, he finally reached a superb position in playing skills. His creation and performance are unrestrained and full of passion, which has a great influence on contemporary romantic composers.

Analysis: Being imprisoned and eventually becoming a talent requires firm faith and perseverance on the one hand, and a desire for life and persistence in art on the other.

Theme: "Never give up" and "Faith and perseverance"

Only top students have no top students.

Lu Jiaxi is a famous chemist in China. In 1930s, he was a math teacher in Changxia Middle School. At that time, a student deliberately embarrassed Lu Jiaxi with a math problem published in a foreign magazine for reward, but he didn't mind. He just said, "I'll keep it and see if I can solve it." After more than a day of accurate calculation, Lu Jiaxi answered the question. He introduced the method and concrete process of solving problems to the students in detail, and the students admired Lu Jiaxi's erudition from the bottom of their hearts. Lu Jiaxi sincerely said to the students: "We have an old saying in southern Fujian, which is called' only the students who win the top prize, but there is no Mr. Top Prize'. Although I am your husband now, there are still many things I don't understand and need further study. "

Analysis: "Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, but knowing." Never think that you know everything, or that you are ignorant.

Don't brag about yourself, Niu Yi. Pride and complacency will pass. Looking at many things in ancient and modern times, from humble to luxurious. -Chen Yi

★ Dissatisfaction is the upward wheel. -Lu Xun

Proud people always destroy themselves in pride. -Shakespeare

Those who attribute too much luck to their cleverness and cleverness will have an unfortunate ending. bacon

Modesty is an indispensable virtue. -Montesquieu

Topic: "Knowledge and Ignorance" and "Modesty"

A hundred catties of gold is not as good as a promise.

Lu Bu, a native of Han Dynasty, is famous for his sincerity and trustworthiness. As the saying goes, "a promise is worth a thousand dollars." It means that a word from Ji Bu is more valuable than gold. Later, Lu Bu followed Xiang Yu's defeat and was wanted by Liu Bang. Many people came out to protect him and helped him through the difficulties safely. Finally, Jibu was valued by the Han Dynasty for his honesty.

Analysis: Only those who treat others honestly can be treated honestly by others.

★ Life cannot blossom brilliantly from lies-Heine

★ Only sincerity can be false to the sky, and reality can be false to the sky-Cai E.

★ If you don't believe in yourself, you will fail-Mozi

★ Men are treacherous and have a bad reputation-Liu Xiang.

★ False sincerity is more terrible than the devil-Tagore

Topics: "Honesty and Life", "Mutual Assistance" and "The Value of Honesty"

5. Ba Jin's endorsement

Ba Jin, a famous writer, recited several books at the age of twelve or thirteen, including China's View on Ancient Literature. Later, when he talked about his prose creation, he said: "Now there are more than 200 books in my mind. Although I haven't studied any of them well, such a concrete thing can at least make me understand what the so-called' article' is, and it can make me understand that the article is not mysterious, but it is also organized and related along our way of thinking. "

Analysis: "Read 300 Tang poems by heart, even if you can't recite them." Don't wonder why people who read more books are superior in their articles. The old man Ba Jin has told us the answer.

Topics: "Reading and Writing" and "The Importance of Accumulation"

Three. moral cultivation

1. Tsunami story

There is a story about a girl in Phuket, Thailand. When the tsunami came, Tilly, a British girl aged 10, first discovered the white waves at the junction of the sea and the sky. She thought about the knowledge about huge waves in geography textbooks-just before Christmas, she was still thinking about the discussion topic about huge waves arranged by her teacher. Realizing that the disaster was coming, she immediately persuaded her parents and mobilized the tourists on the beach to evacuate with them. When more than 100 tourists just arrived in the highlands, the tsunami mercilessly swallowed up the beach.

Analysis: Tilly's story is like a wonderful flower, adding a touch of bright color to this unfortunate disaster. Thanks to Tilly, she showed us what a real quality education is and how knowledge can be turned into action and generate strength. Thanks to Tilly's parents, only in an equal, democratic and harmonious family atmosphere can parents be patient and fully respect their children's ideas and opinions, instead of simply and rudely suppressing them; Thanks to Tillies, when the disaster comes, they not only consider their own safety, but also actively help others out of danger. Tilly's story shows us the organic unity of school education, family education and social education and its great power. When we worry about the education of minors all day, Tilly's story seems to give us more enlightenment.

Topic: "Observation and Thinking" and "Quality Education"

Spend the worst days.

Where is it? Before becoming a painter, Gao worked as a priest in a mining area. Once, he went down with the workers. In the elevator, he fell into great fear. Trembling chains rattled, boxes swayed from side to side, and everyone was silent, allowing the machine to transport them to a bottomless black hole. This is a feeling of going to hell. After the event, where? Asked an old worker coldly, "Are you used to it and no longer afraid?" The old worker who has been in the elevator for decades replied, "No, we will never get used to it, and we will always be afraid, but we have learned to exercise restraint."

Analysis: You will never get used to some life, but as long as you live, you will live like this day by day, so you should learn to be restrained and patient. Face a day, get through the worst, and the rest are good.

Topic: "Learn to control" and "Habit"

3. Niu Qinyu's Green Mile

1993 One day, the United Nations Food Organization grandly awarded the "Dr. Rao Award" to rural women cattle in China. Only three people in the world have won this honor this year. 1995, China selected the top ten outstanding women, with cattle among the best.

Zhang Jiawang, the husband of a farmer cow in northern Shaanxi, contracted a sandy wasteland at 1983 and decided to turn it into an oasis. Shortly after he died of cancer, Niu Qinyu continued to work hard with his three sons. They paid unimaginable hardships and finally put green clothes on 1.7 million mu of sandy wasteland. After her success, she followed her husband's wishes and took out her first income of 7,000 yuan to build a primary school. She took a word from Zhang Da and her own name and named it "Lin Jiayu Farm" and "Qin Wang Primary School" respectively. Her behavior touched a visiting Hong Kong businessman, who quietly left 55,000 yuan to sponsor the reconstruction of the primary school, but left no name. People praised Niu Qinyu for creating a "green mileage".

Analysis: Niu Qinyu's deeds prove to people the determination and achievements of human beings to change their living conditions. Without hard work, miracles are impossible.

Theme: "Miracle", "Success and Persistence"

5. "One day becomes three days" and "Life is only three days"

Obruchev, a famous Russian geographer, divided every working day into three days. The first day is from morning to 2 pm,

He thinks this is the most precious time to arrange important work. The next day is from 2 pm to 6 pm. During this time, he thinks it is appropriate to do lighter work. For example, writing book reviews or various notes. The third day is from 6: 00 p.m. to 12: 00 p.m., which is used for meeting and reading. He said that this is equivalent to prolonging his life.

Students on the island of Hawaii in the United States always recite a prayer first in class: I have been with you today, but it will pass soon. Tomorrow will come and die. Come on, life is only two days.

Analysis: The core of the above two materials is to cherish time. To allocate the time of the day reasonably, we must have a sense of urgency. In a sense, cherishing time means prolonging our lives.

Topic: "Life Attitude" and "Cherish Time"

4. The road of science and technology

1. Leave the lightning in the bottle

/kloc-in the 0/8th century, people still can't correctly understand what lightning is; Benjamin then? Franklin thought that lightning was a discharge phenomenon, which was essentially the same as electricity generated in the laboratory. But I was laughed at.

Franklin was determined to prove everything with facts. 1752 One noon in June, it was overcast, with thunder and lightning, and a storm was coming. Franklin and his son William came to an open place with a kite with a metal pole on it. Franklin and his son are pulling a kite string together, and the father and son are anxiously looking forward to it. At this moment, just a flash of lightning passed over the kite. Franklin approached the string on the kite with his hand, and there was a terrible numbness at once. He couldn't restrain his inner excitement and shouted, "William, I got an electric shock!" " "Later, he introduced the electricity from the kite string into the bottle. After returning home, Franklin conducted various electrical experiments with lightning, which proved that lightning in the sky has exactly the same properties as electricity generated by artificial friction. Franklin's hypothesis that electricity in the sky and electricity on the ground are the same thing has been well confirmed in his own experiments.

Analysis: In the face of people's accusations, our best answer is to prove everything with facts. Science is not lazy, only diligent and rigorous.

Topic: "True knowledge comes from practice" and "Facts speak louder than words"

2. The value of scientists

An American general commented on Heisenberg, a famous German atomic physicist, in the book Now Can Say: "A scientist like Heisenberg is worth the army of Germany 10 division."

In 1950s, US Deputy Navy Secretary kimball prevented Qian Xuesen from returning to the motherland. He said in a telegram to the US Immigration Service:

"I would rather shoot this guy than let him leave the United States. He knows too much about what is most precious to us. No matter where he is, he is worth five divisions! "

Analysis: if you master science and technology, you will master the power to lead the world trend. Because science is the driving force of history.

Theme: "Talent" and "Power of Science and Technology"

3. Ten pounds of regret

The role of steam engines in the world is epoch-making. With it, large machines have gained great power. It was the appearance of the steam engine that led to the beginning of the great industrial age.

"1789", this time is recognized as the first year of age of steam in Watt's patent specification. However, this time should have been advanced. If there had been a gentleman who was a little more tolerant at that time, it would have been possible for mankind to have a preliminary practical steam engine technology in 1689. Because in this year, the French invented a demonstration steam engine. This cautious and poor gentleman sincerely applied to the Royal Society for a research fund of only 65,438+00 to improve and perfect his invention. However, the stingy Royal Society thinks that funding a naive idea is a waste of money, so it puts forward a condition that is unacceptable to explorers: the experiment must be successful! It is precisely because of the lack of tolerance that we lose the opportunity of communication, ignore the potential value of mistakes and even mistakes, and mercilessly deprive us of the opportunity of success.

Analysis: We really should reflect more on the issue of tolerance. The virtue of tolerance is conducive to people's communication and the embodiment of value.

Topic: tolerance, communication and exchange, cultivation and strangulation.