Having a skill is the greatest confidence of adults.

I'm learning to dance jazz recently.

Because it is a zero foundation, coupled with the lack of motor cells, it is really difficult to learn every movement. The reason why we haven't given up yet is largely inspired by our dance teacher.

She is a post-90s girl, very young, but every movement can show her profound dance skills, and she has made a name for herself in the industry by virtue of her strength, which is very popular with her classmates.

Watching her dance is a visual enjoyment for us students. With the music and movements, the beauty and strength of jazz dance will be fully displayed.

It's a pity that she is calm and confident, but when we learn, it's extremely difficult.

I can't get rid of the flavor of basic movements such as jazz step. I always feel stiff feet and uncoordinated hands and feet.

Once, watching me practice a little impatiently, she patted me on the shoulder and cheered me up: "Don't worry, I have to practice every movement repeatedly to be proficient."

One minute on stage, ten years off stage. Although the teacher didn't say how long it took her to get this result today, it's not hard to imagine how much effort she put behind her elegant and skillful movements.

I have to say, in the teacher, it fully embodies the charm of specialization.

In fact, as long as you try to contact, you will find that no skill can be easily acquired. If you want to become a professional, you can only rely on long-term dedicated time and self-tempering, and the time and energy you need to invest are often only your own experience.

This point, I also have deep feelings in my writing. I used my spare time to write for four years, from a little white who knew nothing about writing to being able to give lectures. The hardships I experienced are self-evident.

But there is a reward for giving. Now, I can confidently tell my students that I am a professional writer and have my own writing experience and feelings.

In any field, having a skill is the best way to get a person respected and recognized. How professional you are and how outstanding you can be.

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What does it feel like to have a skill?

There was a short answer in Zhihu, but it was also very interesting: "I've always wanted to fire my boss."

It sounds like a joke, but in fact, when you think about it, it is.

When you do something as a specialty, you get not only a sense of accomplishment, but also confidence in coping with life.

Because you know, in the workplace, you have the initiative and choice, you can say what you want and do what you want, and you don't have to be afraid of unemployment anymore.

On the contrary, if you don't have a skill, it may be a matter of time before you fall into a career crisis.

I know a friend who has been looking for a job since he was laid off from a state-owned enterprise. As long as he hears any good business opportunities, he will try, but the result always ends in failure.

I once advised him that instead of rushing to see a doctor, it is better to calm down and learn a skill. But at that time, in his view, he was so old and had the responsibility to support his family, and he had no time to learn anything at all.

Facts have proved that the more anxious you are, the more you will accomplish nothing.

Because there is no professional knowledge and no time to study, every time I encounter a little problem when starting a business, I can only fall into a helpless situation and have no ability to solve the problem at all.

In a chat last month, he finally sighed and admitted a fact: in recent years, he was not not diligent enough, nor lacked vision, but was defeated by lack of technology.

In the final analysis, a skill is also the foundation of life.

As a western proverb says, a thousand things are important, and one skill is the most important.

Adult life seems to be full of competition, but in fact, the way to break through the tight encirclement and gain a foothold is also very simple. Nothing more than finding a direction you like, studying hard and expanding hard until you become your major and specialty.

When one thing, others can only achieve 60 points, and you can achieve 90 points or even 100 points, you naturally become a winner.

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Not long ago, I watched a documentary about Mr. Qi Baishi, and I was particularly impressed by his experience of learning to draw shrimps.

In order to draw shrimps well, Qi Lao insisted on sketching shrimps every day and observed their expressions and postures in the water. Every move of the shrimp, the scene of foraging, and the reaction when he was frightened were all drawn on paper by him, and then he observed it repeatedly, and improved if there was anything wrong.

Qi Lao has been doing this boring action for decades. With the deepening of observation, the shrimp in his works began to become more and more vivid.

In his later years, he only used simple strokes to outline the shape of shrimp. Although there is not a drop of water in the picture, he can create a real feeling of shrimp swimming in the water. The shape is accurate and vivid, and it can be said that the shrimp was finally painted to a high level.

"The rest of the shrimp painting has been changed several times. At first, they were slightly similar. Once they become realistic, they will change colors in different shades. It will take decades to get their magic. " This is Qi Lao's experience in painting shrimps all his life when he was in his eighties. His concentration and professionalism are really convincing.

After all, no one is born good at anything, and a skill cannot be achieved overnight. Not only do you need to practice hard, but you also need to accumulate step by step over time.

Of course, this process is not easy, but it also opens the gap between people.

If you can't eat the bitterness of focusing on learning, you must eat the bitterness of life and let yourself be eliminated at any time.

And truly wise people will understand that this is the only way to gain a foothold in the world and practice a skill. Practice well in the first half of your life, and you will have enough confidence to live the life you want in the second half.

I like this sentence very much:

If people want to, why not live a leisurely life, practice their skills and be quiet and self-sufficient.

There's nothing to be afraid of if you rely on something.

Although the road in front of everyone is different, the best sense of security can only come from yourself forever.

No matter how complicated the world is, please remember that it is always fundamental for us to treat our work realistically and polish our skills with our heart.