greatest wisdom book

Chapter 84
There is a poem by Zheng Banqiao: "Don't let go of the green hills, and the roots are originally in the broken rocks. After thousands of blows, you will still be strong, let you be windy from east to west." Only by confirming and firming one's direction can one know how to choose the path under one's feet, and then one can There is still the power of faith to keep you going in the face of adversity.

Abandon fluke, rely on strength to speak
Therefore, the method of using soldiers is not to rely on them not coming, but to rely on what I have to wait for;

Tolstoy wrote in his biography: "I don't ask God to let me be safe and sound. I only ask God to test me and give me the courage and strength to overcome difficulties." Everything in life is almost accidental. They may appear when they are most needed, or they may add to the chaos at the most critical moment. The most important factor in determining success or failure is always yourself.

Sun Wu also agreed with this point very much. He said: "Therefore, the way to use troops is not to rely on them not to come, but to rely on what I have to wait; If you don't have an idea, you must have the strength to make the enemy unable to attack.He believes that the battle between the two armies is fundamentally a contest of the comprehensive strength of the two sides. To make oneself invincible, one must first strengthen one's own strength. Victory. It is up to oneself not to win, but to the enemy to be victorious."

It can be seen that "Sun Tzu's Art of War" is not just emphasizing the "little tricks" of tricks. While paying attention to tactics, Sun Wu emphasizes the idea of ​​"cautious warfare", and the most important part of this idea is how to make oneself strong.Let yourself become stronger, and there is no fluke mentality, and misfortune and difficulties will naturally be inaccessible.

People love to call the elephant a big stupid elephant, which means that it is big and stupid.Big is for sure. The highest record weight of an African elephant is 7 tons, and the maximum weight of an Asian elephant is 5 tons. There is no doubt that even the lightest elephant can be called the "giant" of beasts on land today. champion.The heavy weight makes it a bit clumsy to walk, not light and flexible enough.But stupid is stupid, slow is slow, the elephant walks step by step, and every step contains strong strength.

Only those who are down-to-earth and have real strength can make others feel safe and are willing to give you more responsibilities.Because of impetuousness and eagerness for quick success, many people are trying to find a shortcut to success every day. They just try to take advantage of loopholes and take advantage of it, instead of doing it in a down-to-earth manner. They lose the chance of success and even more Possibility for self-development.

A truly wise person never puts the success or failure of things on unknowable luck, but clearly understands that only strong strength is the root of success or failure.

A university professor who once taught Bill Gates commented on him: "He is the best student among the students I have taught. I can't imagine anyone smarter than him. It is almost impossible for him to engage in software. Effortless." A classmate of Bill Gates also said: "He is a genius, the problem is as simple as that. He said that his mind is full of some software development solutions, and we have to believe him." From From these words, it is not difficult to see that Bill Gates has a unique strength, which makes him have an extraordinary influence on the people around him.

An important reason for influence is the recognition of your strength by others.In other words, one of the important reasons why an influential person is different from ordinary people is that he is seen by others as unique, even unique.Once this belief arises, people will not only accept him willingly, but also follow him.For such people, it becomes much easier to turn ideals into reality and go from ordinary to successful.

Although there are many kinds of power in life, strength is the most important means and the most basic power to build life.On the arduous road to success, Zhuge Liang may need the courage and courage to devise an "empty city plan", but it is not a long-term solution after all.Just like the object of Sun Tzu's analysis—war, there are certainly some examples in history of winning more with less, but more often than not, what we see is that strength determines the outcome.Therefore, we must not be too ambitious, what we need is strength, only strength can help and promote our career and ideals, and add value to life.

(End of this chapter)