The story of positive energy?
The story of positive energy: pay attention to everything and learn.
I know that I did badly in chemistry and mathematics in high school: I feel that both courses are boring and complicated. But I didn't get better grades in English, which made me very disappointed, because I like this course. I tried to learn English better, but I failed, which made my father more convinced that my true talent might only be revealed when I became a tailor.
I am the only son of my parents, and I should inherit my father's tailor shop in Ocean City, New Jersey-a precious craft handed down by my father's grandparents from Napoleon's time in Italy. I spent most of my spare time as a reporter at school, and my grade in senior three dropped, so my father insisted that I spend it in his workshop. He taught me how to cut, sew trouser legs and buttonhole.
He said that being a tailor is at least an "iron rice bowl" that can keep me alive, and repeated a wish I said: "Don't you want to live in Paris after graduating from high school?" In fact, I know that even in Paris, I only live in the living room of my uncle's apartment. Uncle 19 1 1 left Italy and opened a tailor shop in Paris. Many celebrities are his clients and I can be an apprentice there.
However, watching my father work, I feel that being a tailor is boring, time-consuming and demanding. My father sews every dress stitch by stitch. When sewing silk or wool clothes, he should feel the direction of the needle with his fingers. If he thinks this dress is not perfect, he will take it down and make it again.
I never wanted to be a tailor, but whenever my father mentioned Paris, I listened respectfully. Once, after I carefully wrote a paper about Adof Oakes, a senior publisher of * * *, my father took pains to talk about my English achievements-I only got a B in that paper.
B- That's not the lowest score the teacher gave me. Most of my grades are C, and sometimes even D. Once I misspelled Shakespeare's name in a composition about Hamlet, and I even got an F. The female teacher criticized my composition for being too wordy and beating around the bush, and sometimes she wrote me a comment in red ink: "Grammar! Grammar! Grammar! "
No tailor in America appreciates Oaks more than my father. 1920 After immigrating to the United States, my father read * * * books every day and read newspapers with the help of a dictionary to expand his vocabulary. So whenever he is disappointed in me because I didn't do well in the English exam, I will make excuses for myself by not having time to read the newspaper.
Ox himself started his career without the encouragement of his teacher-he didn't do well in school, but he showed his talent in his later life.
My parents live on the top floor of our shop with me and my sister. Although there is a spacious kitchen and dining room at home, my mother is one of the few Italian Americans of her generation who don't want to go into the kitchen. On the contrary, she is a professional woman, a businessman who regards her old customers as her best friends.
She will entertain customers in her own women's clothing store. She often sends me to the grocery store to buy them soda, tea or ice cream as if these people were her guests. She will talk to them privately to win their confidence and trust, and sooner or later she will persuade them to buy most of the clothes she suggested.
My mother's clothing store meets the needs of tasteful but careful women, including priests' wives, bankers' wives, bridge lovers and so on. These are ladies in white gloves. They try on clothes one by one and talk about their lives.
Against the background of my mother's elegant manners, our store was like a talk show. I learned many useful ways to get along with people from my mother, and these methods came in handy when I started interviewing authors about some articles and books many years later. I've learned that when a person wants to explain himself and it's hard to explain for a while, never interrupt their conversation. At that moment, people are usually very frank, and their pause or sudden change of topic may indicate something embarrassing or annoying to them. I overheard this sentence when I was running errands in my mother's clothing store when I was a child, and their voices left a deep impression on me in the following decades.
Recalling that my parents have maintained a harmonious relationship for more than 60 years, and how they combined love, tolerance and many talents, I understand that I learned more from them than from the classroom or teachers. It was because of these accumulations that I later became a reporter and writer of Time Weekly.
The story of positive energy: walking in front of the point
When Xiao Chen and Xiao Wang walked into the unit gate, the sign-in book was just put away. This is often the case at ordinary times, and the leaders turn a blind eye and sign it. Today, the leader of the unannounced interview team came, of course, he can't sign it. They cried grievances and said that they were obviously not late, just for a few seconds.
Therefore, the leader of the unannounced interview team said: "Don't say that a few seconds on the battlefield, even a few seconds, you are doomed to failure. Besides, you must have stepped on working hours. If you leave home five minutes earlier, you won't be late even if you leave home two or three minutes earlier. Step on the time and walk faster, just right. If you walk slowly, you will be late. "
This is absolutely correct. This reminds me of climbing mountains. I am a climber. Every holiday, I call my friends to climb the mountain. Besides, I'm not physically strong. Every time I climb a mountain, I obviously start with my friends. If I am not careful, I will fall behind them, so naturally I will catch up with them. Seeing that I was behind, they stopped to enjoy the scenery and waited for me ... the next journey, and so on. I always catch up with them breathlessly, and mountaineering becomes a catch-up, and it's no fun at all. Later, I learned to be smart and made an appointment to climb the mountain. I started climbing the mountain before everyone started. When I left them, I began to rest and enjoy the blue sky, white clouds and wonderful peaks. When my friends caught up with me and they started to have a rest, I had a good rest and started the next journey ... In this way, the fun of mountaineering came out, and I was not only calm but also had time to enjoy the beautiful scenery.
I remember that when I was in college, I was going to apply early, so that I could see my yearning school one day earlier. So, I reported to school two days in advance, thinking that I must be the first among the freshmen. When I arrived at the dormitory that the school had already allocated, I saw a distant roommate arrive three days ago. He said that he not only wanted to see the school, but also wanted to welcome new students. Freshmen still welcome freshmen?
Since then, this man has been walking in front of us. When we were preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination, he began to prepare his graduation works. When we were preparing for graduation, he began to use his spare time in his senior year to work everywhere. When we concentrated on graduate school, he used his experience in various jobs to start a small company ... when we were looking for jobs everywhere, his company had begun to make a profit. When we were working hard for the car loan and mortgage, he took the basin he earned. In the dormitory of the university, he often talks about his ideal. He has read many reports about poor places. He is determined to "spin a thousand pieces of silver, and all of them will come back!" . Now, he has begun to realize his ideal.
There may be nothing wrong with improvisation, but improvisation is always flustered and the strings in my heart are tight. If you are not careful, you will miss this place. If you choose to leave before the scenic spot, you must be much calmer, enjoy the scenery and realize your dream. Chen Wenxi said in "The Tree is Gone": "We can choose to stay, but others will choose to run away. The world inadvertently changed its face in the running of others. " We can also say, "We choose to walk on the scene, but others will leave before the scene." . The world has inadvertently changed its appearance in the progress of others. "
The story of positive energy: don't make money, make a living.
Mr. Zhu started from scratch and is the boss of a construction company. Although the family business is very large at present, the entrepreneurial process is not without storms. He is good at finding land and thinking, and his local political and business relations are also quite good, which can withstand the long-term recession experienced by the construction industry in Taiwan Province Province.
Mr. Zhu hasn't read any books. I really hope that children can read more books and have a higher education. But his only son studied modern art, which seems to have nothing to do with his family business. He also generously sponsored children's exhibitions because they lacked funds.
Many people heard that he didn't try hard to arrange for his children to take over, so they asked him, "Why don't you let your children inherit the family business?" He always smiles and says, "Of course there are hints. I hope he can study business or architecture and give him all my resources. But he was only interested in painting since he was a child, and I couldn't help it. " "I'm afraid I have problems even eating when I study art?" If a nosy person asks this question, Mr. Zhu will shrug his shoulders and smile: "Maybe he won't make money, but he should do a good job in life." Haha, my job is different from my dad's. My father is a farmer. If my dad had let me inherit the family business, I'm afraid I wouldn't have today's career map. The previous generation never thought about the development of the next generation. Maybe my son will open an animation company bigger than Pixar in the future. "
In the past, the more successful a father was, the more limitless his son's future was. Nowadays, many enlightened parents are willing to let their children do what they like. They understand that it is difficult for a person to succeed in doing what he doesn't like. If he doesn't succeed, he will blame his parents for their wrong choice. This burden should be unbearable for modern parents.
In fact, there are only four possible situations in the relationship between our life and money: making money is also life; Do not make money to earn a living; Make money but lose your life; If you don't make money, you lose your life.
What kind do you belong to?