A good mother is better than a good teacher

Chapter 24 Work hard and seize every opportunity to knock on the door of opportunity (3)
At this time, a servant 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 create 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 will let me try, I can build something to put in the center of the table." The little boy began to look calm.

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 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 turned out to be the child's work made hastily, they were all 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.

mother heart words
Opportunities will not find you automatically. You must constantly and prominently show yourself to attract the attention of others to find opportunities.Therefore, you must try bravely and knock on the door of opportunity again and again, believing that there will always be a door that will open for you.

"Cowboy King" Levi's
There was such a legend in the history of the "Cowboy King" Levi's fortune in the west: Like many young people, he went to the west with a dream to catch up with the gold rush.

One day, a big river blocked his way to the west.After waiting for several days, more and more pedestrians were blocked, but none of them could cross the river.As a result, some people made detours to the upstream and downstream one after another, and some people went back home, and there were more complaints.And Levi's, who gradually calmed down, remembered a magic weapon of "thinking to win" that someone taught him. It was a passage: "It's great, such a thing happened to me, and it gave me another growth opportunity." Everything happens for a reason, and it will help me." So he came to the big river, very excitedly repeating to himself: "It's great, the big river is blocking my way, and it's coming to me again." An opportunity for me to grow up. Everything that happens must have its cause and effect, and it will definitely help me.” Sure enough, he really had a wonderful entrepreneurial idea—ferry.No one skimped on a penny to take his ferry across the river, and soon, the first fortune in his life was actually obtained because the big river was in the way.

After a period of time, the ferry business began to slow down.He decided to give up and went west to pan for gold.When he came to the west, there were people everywhere. He found a suitable open space, bought tools and started panning for gold.Not long after, some villains surrounded him and told him to get out of his way and not to invade their territory.As soon as he reasoned a few words, the group lost patience and beat and kicked.In desperation, he had no choice but to leave in despair.It was so easy to find another suitable place, and not long after, the same tragedy happened again, and he was kicked out again.He was bullied many times during his early days in the West.Finally, after being beaten by someone for the last time, looking at the backs of those people walking away, he thought of his "magic weapon" again: "It's great, such a thing happened to me, and it gave me another A chance to grow. Everything that happens must have its cause and effect, and it will help me.” He repeated to himself sincerely and excitedly, and finally, he came up with another brilliant idea—selling water.

There is no shortage of gold in the west, but it seems that they are unable to compete with others; the west is short of water, but no one seems to think about it.Soon his water business was booming.Slowly, some people also participated in his new industry, and later, more and more people joined him.Finally one day, a strong man selling water next to him issued an ultimatum to him: "Little man, don't sell water in the future, and the water selling site here will belong to me from tomorrow morning." Just kidding, he still came the next day. Unexpectedly, the guy came up immediately, beat him up without any explanation, and finally demolished his water truck.Levi's had to accept the reality helplessly again.However, when this guy walked away, he immediately began to adjust his mentality, forced himself to be excited again, and kept saying to himself: "It's great, this kind of thing happened to me, and it gave me another growth opportunity." Everything happens for a reason, and it must help me." He began to adjust his focus again.He found that the clothes of people who came to the west to pan for gold were easily worn out, and at the same time he found that there were abandoned tents everywhere in the west, so he came up with a brilliant idea - to collect those abandoned tents, wash them, and that's it. , he sewed into the world's first pair of jeans!From then on, he was out of control and eventually became the world-famous "Cowboy King".

mother heart words
If we only know how to say that sentence, we will become an out-and-out Ah Q; if we use that sentence as an aphorism for us to get out of frustration, change our mentality when facing failure, think and act from another angle, success will be It will come unexpectedly!

little boy learning judo

There was a 10-year-old boy who lost his left arm in a car accident, but he wanted to learn judo very much.

So the little boy worshiped a highly skilled Japanese judo master as his master.However, after three months of apprenticeship with a master, the master did not teach him anything else, but only taught him one trick. The little boy was very puzzled.

He finally couldn't bear to ask the master: "Should I learn other moves?"

The master replied, "Yes, you do know only one move, but that's all you need."

The little boy didn't understand it very well, but he believed in the master, so he continued to practice.

A few months later, the master took the little boy to a competition for the first time.The little boy himself did not expect to win the first two rounds with ease.The third round was a bit difficult, but the opponent quickly became a little impatient and attacked again and again. The little boy quickly used his move and won again.In this way, the little boy entered the final in a daze.

The opponent in the final was much taller, stronger and seemed more experienced than the boy.The little boy seemed a bit overwhelmed. The referee was worried that the little boy would be injured, so he asked him to time-out, and planned to terminate the game. However, the master refused and insisted: "Go on."

After the game restarted, the opponent relaxed his vigilance, and the little boy started to use his trick, subdued the opponent, and thus won the game and won the championship.

On the way home, the little boy reviewed every detail of each match with his master. The little boy mustered up the courage to ask the question in his heart: "Master, how did I win the championship with one move?"

The master replied: "There are two reasons: first, you have almost mastered the most difficult move in judo; second, as far as I know, the only way to counter this move is for the opponent to grab your left arm."

mother heart words
Sometimes a disadvantage is not necessarily a disadvantage, and the use of wisdom can turn it into an advantage, and finally become the trump card to defeat the opponent.

Immortal work completed in 10 months

It is said that it took only 10 months for Hugo to create "Notre Dame de Paris".How did Hugo write in such a short time?

(End of this chapter)