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Chapter 48 The Perfect Career 4
Let yourself keep innovating

The glory of novelty does not last long.Only by constantly innovating, people will respect you more.Novelty is infinitely variable, so it can be enjoyable and refreshing.

Elephants have been known to lift a ton of luggage with ease on their trunks, but we've been watching a circus show where these gigantic animals are peacefully chained to a small stake.Because they have been tied to a solid iron post by heavy iron chains since they were young and weak. At that time, no matter how hard it tried to pull, the iron post was too heavy for the young elephant and could not move.Soon, the baby elephant grew up and its strength also increased, but as long as there was a stake around it, it never dared to move rashly.This is the way of thinking.

When an elephant grows up, it can easily break the iron chain, but because of its childhood experience, it has the illusion of "absolutely pulling continuously", so it doesn't even try to pull.People take advantage of the "stupidity" of elephants, but never realize that they are not smart. Many people make the same mistakes as elephants every day, and gradually ignore their own innovative ability.

Conventional ideas often freeze our imagination and interfere with our creativity.In fact, our imagination is extremely rich. If we can fully arouse our curiosity, dare to imagine, and break the traditional thinking, we will find that our once mediocre self is so outstanding.

Henry Ford was such a person.His business was not successful until he was 40 years old.He had little formal education.After building his business empire, he turned his sights to making eight-cylinder engines.He called the designers together and said, "Gentlemen, I need you to build an eight-cylinder engine." These smart, well-educated engineers knew math, physics, engineering, and they knew what could be done, What is not working.They looked at Ford with a tolerant attitude, as if to say: "Let's accommodate the old man, after all, he is the boss." They explained to Ford very patiently how economical the eight-cylinder engine was. Inappropriate, and explain why it is inappropriate.Ford didn't listen, just insisted: "Gentlemen, I must have an eight-cylinder engine, please build one."

The engineers reported to Ford after a while of absent-minded work: "It is becoming more and more impossible for us to build an eight-cylinder engine." However, Mr. Ford was not easily persuaded, insisting: "Gentlemen, I've got to have an eight-cylinder engine, let's do it faster." So the engineers moved again.This time, they worked harder and invested more time and money than before.But their debriefing to Ford was the same as last time: "Sir, an eight-cylinder engine is out of the question."

With Ford, however, there was no such thing as "impossible."Henry Ford looked at everyone brightly and said: "Gentlemen, you don't understand. I must have an eight-cylinder engine. You are going to make one for me. Do it now." As a result, the engineers finally produced an eight-cylinder engine. engine.

The traditional ideas are not all wrong, but they are not all right. The possibility of realizing a new idea is small, but it does not mean that it cannot be realized.Some people are effective in innovation because they dare to think and do, while some people remain unknown throughout their lives, not because they lack talent, but because they put a heavy shackle on their hearts.

People are always from the unknown to the known, and the ability is always from nothing to possession.Always think "I don't have that talent", sometimes those abilities are exactly what you have, but you completely waste them.Physically and mentally, you are always changing and developing, and your strengths and abilities are constantly improving.If you put yourself in the position of a loser from the beginning, all your active cells will be buried, and you can only be an elephant circling around the stake all day long.

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