In the wrong direction, efforts are in vain

The long road, the hard search, why? Strive for knowledge.

Sometimes, why can’t you stop even if you feel like you are dying? Keep working hard, just to wait for the dawn.

Why study hard in the cold window? When you write your name for the gold list one day.

Some are working hard for the rise of China, while others are struggling to have three meals of food and clothing.

They are all efforts, and there is no difference in essence.

What is the essence of effort?

The essence of effort is labor. Like ordinary labor, it requires energy and mental effort.

The essence of effort is purposeful labor. It can be working hard for your ideals, striving for a better life, and working hard to realize your own life value.

The essence of hard work is labor with purpose and strong ambition. It is the absolute determination not to hit the wall and never look back for the flower of the other side that you want.

If the direction is wrong, efforts will be in vain

Historically, there are many examples of efforts in the wrong direction and efforts in vain.

Xiang Yu (Wujiang committed suicide)

Since Xiang Liang's death, Xiang Yu independently led the army to fight for the world, and there have been scenes of political jokes. In just three years, Liu Bang snatched the world from his hands, and finally Wujiang committed suicide.

It’s not that Xiang Yu didn’t work hard. He was originally a famous general, but he became a politician.

Zhuge Liang (died of illness in Wuzhangyuan)

Zhuge Liang’s dedicated spirit is praised by the world, but in the end he died of illness in Wuzhangyuan, which is sighing.

Zhuge Liang has become a workaholic since Liu Bei left him alone. Although he is the prime minister, he does almost everything himself. Especially after Ma Di lost the street pavilion, Zhuge Liang had to take seriously the personnel, food, training and other matters of the army, and even found time to design repeating crossbows and wooden cows and flowing horses. However, a person's energy is always limited, and he died of exhaustion in Wuzhangyuan.

Zhuge Liang tried his best, but his talents lay mostly in domestic affairs and diplomacy, not military affairs.

The above two big figures are good at martial arts and literary skills, but the result is that they are in the wrong direction and their efforts are in vain. The outcome is also inseparable from the direction of efforts.

There are many examples around us of people going in the wrong direction and making efforts in vain.

The competition essay is off-topic, and no matter how hard you write it, it will not be competitive; you go in the wrong direction when you go out, and the farther you go, the more effort you put into it; you also spend a lot of effort to verify thesis materials, interviews, internships, etc., but the result is The theme went astray and the work fell short.

In summary, if the direction is wrong, no matter how hard you try, it will be in vain.

How to grasp the direction?

If you go in the wrong direction, your efforts will be in vain. Therefore, seeing the effort and its direction clearly is more important than the effort itself. Therefore, it is very necessary and important to judge the direction. It can be grasped from (but not limited to) the following points.

1. Fully understand what to do and what purpose you want to achieve. How many methods or approaches are there? Is there any power we can use? Evaluate the difficulty and possible outcomes and consequences. Make adequate preparations before starting.

2. Process inspection. In the process of doing it, constantly check whether it deviates from the target and have an effective measurement plan. Once discovered, no matter how much work you do, you must stop the loss resolutely and promptly. It is not easy to retract and release freely in this step.

3. You can ask others to help supervise and guide. This is more efficient and timely.

4. Feedback. If there is only input but no output, or the output is of poor quality, you can also follow up.

The essence of hard work is to want to be faster and better. If you find the right direction and work harder, you can get twice the result with half the effort.