Qing Wang Yongbin's "Fireside Night Talk": "If you know what your identity is, you don't dare to be arrogant; When you think of how he ended up in the future, you can be angry. ”
The meaning of this passage is that if you have a clear understanding of the state of your own abilities and qualities, you will not dare to boast of pride; Thinking that if you don't work hard now, the future will be bleak, so you should work hard as soon as possible.
This passage contains two meanings, one is to know oneself clearly, and the other is to try to be early.
01 Only by recognizing oneself can we accurately position
Lao Tzu said: "Those who know themselves are clear." "A person who can recognize himself is a wise person.
Many people tend to look outward, see how others are, and then judge him, saying that people are short and long, and they are often "dark under the light" to themselves, and rarely take a serious look at themselves. Because many people think they know themselves very well, they talk about their strengths and weaknesses and feel that they don't need to take the time to introspect.
No, if you don't conduct a deep self-analysis, you will not find your own deep-seated problems if you only understand the surface of yourself.
Socrates said, "You must first examine your usefulness and ability as a human being before you can know yourself." ”
Only by figuring yourself out can you accurately locate the direction and goal of life, so that you can live a clear life, instead of living a life in a daze.
To recognize oneself, we must first understand what strengths and strengths we have, and what our shortcomings and shortcomings are. Strengths and advantages are based on the foundation of society, according to the strengths to determine their own goals, plus the blessing of advantages, it is easy to achieve the goal; Deficiencies should be made up in accordance with actual needs, shortcomings should be corrected in a timely manner, and deficiencies and shortcomings should not be allowed to become stumbling blocks on the way forward.
To recognize oneself, it is also necessary to make horizontal comparisons. If a person is alone in his own world, he will undoubtedly be a frog at the bottom of the well, short-sighted, and cannot see how vast the world outside is. Only when you really see the sea can you know how small the puddle of water you have.
You must know that the strong have their own strong players, and a mountain is higher than a mountain. Some people think they are arrogant, arrogant, have no one in their eyes, and their words and deeds are exaggerated. Maybe his ability is stronger than that of someone who is inferior to himself, but there is a certain gap compared to someone who is more capable. Therefore, no one should overestimate themselves, let alone publicize them.
Recognize your own hypocrisy, see the gap with others, let go of self-righteousness, learn Xi with an open mind, make up for your own shortcomings, constantly enrich yourself, and make yourself stronger and stronger.
Lao Tzu said, "The self-winner is strong." "Self-victory" is to overcome oneself and surpass oneself in the past, which is a process of self-improvement that constantly challenges one's own limits, and it is also a process of self-improvement, so those who can "self-win" are qualified to be called truly strong.
02 A better future is built on anger.
How much development a person has in the future, and if there is no good future, the key depends on how much effort has been made for the future in the past.
Gu Shiyun: "If the young man does not work hard, the boss is sad." "You can't succeed without your own efforts, and only when you work hard at a young age can you achieve something in the future. If you don't know how to work hard when you're young, you won't achieve anything when you grow up, and you won't be able to wake up until you're old.
National hero Yue Fei Shiyun: "Don't wait, the young man's head is white, empty and sad." A good man should work hard while he is young, and he must seize the time to make contributions to the country, do not waste his time, waste his youth, and when he is old and has nothing to do, he can only regret and grief alone.
Mr. Lin Yutang once said: "A person in the world is like this: when he was young, he thought he didn't understand anything, when he was in college, he thought he knew everything, and after graduation, he thought he didn't understand anything; In middle age, he thought he understood everything, and it was only in his later years that he realized that he didn't understand everything. ”
Life is a long-term process, and every success only represents the past, not a substitute for the future. Only by constantly working hard can life be prosperous.