Change until the world gives way to you

Chapter 15 Stretch out your hands to grasp the miracle (2)
Why do people have the urge to seek extreme experiences?The well-known scholar Zhou Guoping wrote in his notes on a field trip to Antarctica: "It is at the place where the limit of life is approached that the human sense of life is most acute and intense. From the perspective of life, modern people's life has two disadvantages. On the one hand, civilization has created more and more affluent material conditions for us, far exceeding the needs of sustaining life. The excess provides enjoyment, but at the same time complicates our way of life, which is far from the life in nature. The original state is getting farther and farther away. On the other hand, the rich material conditions also make us easy to indulge in ease, lose the courage and strength to face great dangers, and become mediocre in spirit. Our lives are far away from the limits in both directions state, without the endurance to bear the scarcity downwards, without the explosive power to challenge the danger upwards, hiding in the middle of comfort and safety, the feeling is becoming increasingly numb. Therefore, in essence, the pursuit of extreme experience is a protest and betrayal of modern civilization , is an effort to reclaim the raw power and original feeling of life."

This "primitive power of life" should include two aspects: one is the discovery of one's own potential; the other is the courage to take risks.

Human potential is like a gold mine waiting to be developed, with infinite reserves and incomparable value. In fact, each of us has a potential gold mine.

Nature bestows great potential on everyone, but due to lack of various intellectual training, everyone's potential seems to have not been brought into full play.In the process of seeking extreme experience, with the arrival of the "extreme moment", your potential will be stimulated again and again, and you will feel that your own power is unlimited.

The same is true in real life. According to scientific research, at least 90% to 95% of the potential of the human brain has not been fully tapped, and only a very small part of it is used by humans.To bury talent is to waste talent, and to make good use of talent will lead to good results.If a person can fully tap his talents, his chances of success are much greater.

A poem entitled "Danger" reads: "Laughing at the risk of appearing a fool / Crying at the risk of appearing sentimental / Approaching others at the risk of being involved / Expressing emotion at the risk of revealing one's true self / Showing all Show your ideals, your dreams / in danger of losing them / love in danger of unrequited / life in danger of death / hope in danger of disappointment / try in danger of failure / risk nothing / do nothing people/There will be nothing, nothing."

Adventures will have unexpected rewards.If you know the joys of adventure, you will be addicted to it, and you will not give it up.Adventure is to enrich the limit of Everbright life.If you could predict how much joy your life would bring you after an adventure, I'm sure you'd be eager to start looking.

For a man who gives himself, life is a glorious adventure, as long as you can take a positive attitude towards the problem, half of your problem is solved, as long as you take the risk bravely, show more effort, victory will come early.You have to dare to think bigger, dare to be a great person.Then you will have a richer life.The world is full of opportunities, and those who dare to take risks will inevitably have rich harvests.

Being willing to take risks is often the key to discovering your talents and helping you become a better person.The Danish philosopher Kierkegaard once said: "To try is to take risks and worries, not to try is to lose oneself."

Hopefulness and humor are the antithesis of fear and insecurity, and they keep you going despite the odds.

Conquer fear with joyful emotions and strong beliefs, and thus be able to unleash the enormous potential within your body.At least once in this life, you must experience the feeling of heart-pounding and exhaustion. The extreme sports that are currently in the limelight give ordinary people the opportunity to challenge themselves. "Only when the torrent of the mind breaks through the absolute control of the universe, the game can become possible, can it become a conceivable and ideal thing." As you drift downhill, the desire for adventure and self-transcendence seduces you tremendously, pitting you against inertia and laziness, overcoming your latent inferiority complex...the meaning of which can only be grasped by experiencing it firsthand.

Everyone knows what it means to transcend oneself. I am afraid that everyone wants to achieve it, but there is always a feeling that it can be met but not sought.Maybe when you put aside the hustle and bustle of trivial matters, face yourself with concentration, seek the limit, and challenge the limit, you will find that it becomes so natural to surpass yourself in the transition between extreme tranquility and extreme movement; potential.

Open your eyes and take the initiative to create opportunities

Of course, we always remind ourselves not to pass by the opportunity, but we never know when the opportunity will come, let alone in what form it will promote our success.And to really grasp the existing time, we must start to learn to create opportunities for ourselves.

One day, a grand banquet was about to be held in Signo Farrero's mansion, and the master invited a large number of guests.On the eve of the banquet, the dim sum maker in charge of table setting sent someone to say that the large dessert ornament he designed to be placed on the table was accidentally damaged, and the housekeeper was in a hurry.

At this time, a servant who was doing rough work in the kitchen of Signor's mansion walked up to the butler and said timidly: "If you let me try it, I think I can build another one to replace it."

"You?" The steward shouted in surprise, "Who are you to say such big words?"

"My name is Antonio Canova, grandson of the sculptor Pisano," replied the pale child.

"Little guy, can you really do it?" the butler asked suspiciously.

"If you'll let me try, I can build something to put in the center of the table." The little boy began to look calmer.

The servants seemed at a loss at this time.So, the housekeeper agreed to let Antonio try it, while he watched the child closely, watching his every move, to see what he would do.The little kitchen helper asked for some butter without haste.After a while, the humble butter turned into a squatting giant lion in his hands.The butler was overjoyed, opened his mouth wide in surprise, and quickly sent someone to place the lion made of butter on the table.

The dinner party has begun.The guests were ushered into the restaurant one after another.Among these guests were the most famous industrialists in Venice, noble princes, arrogant princes and nobles, and discerning professional art critics.But when the guests saw the butter lion lying on the dining table, they couldn't help but praise it, thinking that it was really a work of genius.They couldn't bear to leave in front of the lion, and even forgot what their real purpose of coming here was.As a result, the banquet turned into an appreciation for butter lions.The guests could not help but admire carefully in front of the lion, and kept asking Signo Farrero, what great sculptor would waste his genius on such a quickly melting sculpture? things.Farrero was also stunned, and he immediately called the butler to come over to ask questions, so the butler brought little Antonio to the guests.

When these distinguished guests learned that the exquisite butter lion in front of them was actually the child's hastily made work, they couldn't help being very surprised, and the whole banquet immediately turned into a praise party for the child.The wealthy owner immediately announced that he would pay for the best teachers for the child so that his talents could be fully utilized.

Sure enough, Signo Farrero did not break his promise, but Antonio was not dazzled by the favor in front of him, he was still a simple, eager and honest child.He worked tirelessly, hoping to train himself to be an excellent sculptor under Pisano's school.

Maybe many people don't know how Antonio made full use of the first opportunity to show his talent.However, no one does not know the name of the later famous sculptor Canova, and no one does not know that he is one of the greatest sculptors in the world.

There is a saying that I believe everyone is familiar with: smart people create opportunities; ordinary people look for opportunities; stupid people wait for opportunities.Whether or not this statement is pertinent, the creation of opportunities proposed in it is actually very meaningful.

Everyone is eager for their own success, everyone is eager for their own ideals, and their goals can be realized as they wish.However, in reality, there are indeed many people who just wait blankly for the opportunity to come, and they wait for others to help him.Others are struggling to find opportunities. They are always watching the changes in the surrounding environment in an attempt to gain opportunities from them.Both of these types of people, however, pale in comparison to those who create opportunities.People who create opportunities do not see themselves as being outside the environment, they realize that there is a difference between themselves and the surrounding environment, and at the same time, there is a unity.They realize that they are one of the shapers of the environment, so changes in the environment may also be promoted by themselves.They will work hard to create change, trying to create opportunities for themselves.Such people are often successful.

Don't be afraid of being rejected, it is inevitable to be rejected in life, who has never been rejected by others.

The eldest sister of the former Soviet dramatist Stanislavsky was a handyman in the troupe who fetched water, swept the floor, managed costumes, and moved props. No one believed that she would become a famous actress in the future, because in the troupe even the role of a walk-on It is rarely her turn.However, an accidental opportunity changed her fate.That time, the heroine was sick and couldn't perform on stage, so she stepped out bravely: "Let me try?"

The troupe leader looked at her in astonishment: "You, can you do it?"

"I don't know, I just want to try."

"If you want to try it, just try it!" The troupe leader reluctantly agreed.

During the rehearsal, she overcame her low self-esteem and timidity, and her acting talent was fully displayed.When it was officially performed, her performance was an unexpected success.A Moscow newspaper once reported on the incident under the headline "A Genius Who Jumped Out of His Own".

In it, it can be said that the opportunity did not come to the future famous actor, because it is impossible for her to have this possibility according to common sense.We don't say she took the opportunity as much as she created it for herself.Just imagine, if she didn't summon up the courage to tell the crew leader to give it a try, she would never be able to have a brilliant future.In this world, there are many talented but unknown people all their lives. The reason is that they will not create opportunities for themselves, and showing their talents should occupy a very important part.

We should learn to create opportunities for ourselves. We cannot rely too much on external objects for the emergence of opportunities. We cannot sit and wait for opportunities to come. We should improve our abilities and prepare for seizing opportunities. There is another kind of action, which is to create opportunities and promote the emergence of opportunities.

He is a middle school history teacher.In the days when he first became a teacher, some people slept in class, some did math homework, some read extracurricular books, and few students really listened to his lectures.He was not angry about this, thinking that the students didn't like to listen to it because he didn't speak well. If he could tell the boring history vividly and vividly, the students would definitely be willing to listen.

So, immerse yourself in hard study and study.Take the initiative to listen to other teachers' lessons and learn from others' strengths.On holidays, when other teachers rest, he rides a bicycle to read in the National Library 10 kilometers away from home.After one year, he took more than 4000 pages of notes in the library.

His efforts are paying off.At the beginning of each class, he will first talk about some historical mysteries related to the class, ask some questions, and attract the students' attention.When talking about the historical events in the textbook, he will interject some anecdotes, so that students can have a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of every historical figure and event.

In this way, the boring history became vivid under his explanation.In his classes, no student is ever distracted from doing other things.In every class, he can win the applause of his classmates.

He taught history for 20 years.He sent away class after class of students.Every session, the historical grades of the students he leads are the best among middle schools in Beijing.

Every time CCTV "Hundreds of Lectures" has an idea: Find a history teacher to talk about the famous and important officials of the Qing Dynasty.The editor-director received a large number of recommendation letters, and the selection was not very satisfactory.While worrying, the director received four calls one after another. These four calls came from different provinces, and they all came to recommend teachers.To the surprise of the director, all four recommended the same person.Ji Lianhai, a history teacher at the Second Affiliated Middle School of Beijing Normal University.

The choreographer personally ran to the school, walked into the classroom, and listened to him give a lecture.After class, I said to him: "Mr. Ji, you made it hard for me to find it. It's you."

In this way, he stepped onto the podium of CCTV's "Hundreds of Forums" and told audiences across the country about historical figures.What is unexpected is that an ordinary middle school teacher actually set a record for the highest ratings since "Hundred Schools Forum" was broadcast at that time.Thus, he changed from an unknown history teacher to a star scholar.

Teacher Ji Lianhai and all the celebrities are not much different from us before becoming famous. The only difference is that they have their own beliefs and goals, and they are working silently to achieve their goals.Yes, opportunities are closely related to our life and career.In a person's life, sometimes an accidental opportunity may lead you to embark on a broad road, and from then on, you will rise to the top and make a lot of money.However, this accidental opportunity will not come to everyone. This opportunity will only come to those who are fully prepared. This opportunity will only come to those who have a solid foundation. man of opportunity.In other words, opportunities will not fall from the sky inexplicably, and any opportunity comes because of one's past efforts and good fortune.

There will be stars in every field, and everyone has the opportunity to stand out. The difference is that only those who have been working hard and doing better than others can let the opportunity radiate a beautiful aura on themselves.

Opportunities cannot be waited for, they must be obtained by our usual hard work and hard work; opportunities are also equal, the key is to see if you know how to seek opportunities, how to create opportunities, and turn them into success in life cornerstone.There will be no pies in the sky, and opportunities will not fall into the arms of one person.A mediocre person waits for an opportunity, but a wise person will continue to create, search for and obtain opportunities, and let the opportunities truly serve themselves.In fact, the person who can best give you opportunities is yourself, because only you can create opportunities for yourself, and only when you create opportunities will opportunities come to you.

Take the initiative to see the scenery in advance

Opportunities are everywhere, all the time, especially in shopping malls.The more successful a businessman is, the more he can detect the changes around him one step ahead of others, and sniff out huge business opportunities from them. So when others are still ignorant, he has already started to act, and when others realize it, He's already made a lot of money.When he occupies a certain position in the market, it is not so easy for others to enter.

(End of this chapter)