During the Anti-Japanese War, he once gave a report in Yan'an, talking about the research and development of Marxism-Leninism.
At this time, Chen Geng, who was listening to the lecture below, suddenly asked:"Why is my memory so good?What's the secret?”
**I thought for a moment and said:The secret is two words: rote memorization. ”
Speaking of which, **'s memory is indeed very good, the books he read when he was young, and he can still recite them in his later years, not only Marxism-Leninism, which needs to be read intensively, but also some wild histories, poems and songs, **can also come with his mouth open, so, listening to *** speech is very exciting, and it is fascinating, relying on super memory.
So, is there a secret to memory?Is it really just what *** calls "rote memorization"?
First of all, we must admit that there is a gap between people and people, some people can see ten lines at a glance and never forget them, while some people can't even memorize a poem a day, and there is indeed a big gap between people and people's brains.
A great character like ***, of course, has a brain that can be compared with people, and it may be underestimated to describe it with "one glance and ten lines, never forget".
For example, the secretary of *** recalled, ** seems to have three brains, which can perform three different tasks at the same time, the eyes are reading documents, the ears are listening to a person's report, and the mouth is still giving orders to another person, three things are carried out at the same time, but they are orderly and not chaotic!
Once, the next cadre came to report on the work, ** was reviewing the documents, while discussing the problem with another person, this cadre wanted to wait for *** to finish the report again, but** said to him, you just report, I can hear.
This cadre began to report, but he felt that *** was busy with other things and would not pay attention to the work he reported, so he reported a little emotionally, and as a result, he said the wrong number.
At this time, ** immediately interrupted him and said that what you said earlier is not this number, you can take a good look.
As soon as this cadre checked, he really said something wrong, and he couldn't help but admire *** very much, even he didn't notice this mistake, and *** was single-minded, but he could accurately hear this mistake, what a god!
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, cadres at all levels often expressed their admiration for their work ability, and asked him how to work as quickly and accurately as he did.
These methods are of course effective, however, there is still no one who can work as quickly and efficiently as ***, after all, ** is really not an ordinary person!
Back to the story at the beginning, **said***The secret of good memory is "rote memorization", in fact, it is just one aspect, after all, he can't tell everyone, **Good memory is innate, no matter how much you learn, you can't learn it, don't bother with that!
Of course, talent is one aspect, and acquired efforts are also very important, ** having such a good memory is also inseparable from hard work.
On this topic, ** also said later.
On July 3, 1975, he presided over a conference on the reform of political education in military academies and universities, and called on everyone to learn from the Xi, saying:"**'s life is penance, hard training, hard study, and hard work. We must learn Xi revolutionary spirit of hard struggle, take the word "bitter" as the head, and cultivate hard as we shouldThe skills that should be exercised should be practiced hard;The knowledge that should be possessed should be studied hard;The work that should be done should be done hard. In order to make our academies and academies set an example for the army and train a large number of strong cadres, the leading cadres of the academies and universities must take the word "bitterness" as the first step and eliminate the word "laziness." ”
In Ye Shuai's view, the reason why ** has been able to achieve so much in his life is because of four words: hard work, hard practice, hard study, hard work, specifically, that is:"The proper cultivation should be ascetic;The skills that should be exercised should be practiced hard;The knowledge that should be possessed should be studied hard;The work that should be done should be done hard. ”
Ye Shuai's words show that acquired hard work is more important than talent.
In modern history, there have been many heroes, from the early warlords, to the later Kuomintang, the Communist Party, and other parties, and in all fields, there have been countless outstanding figures, all of whom are talented and talented, so why did these people not succeed, only *** achieved the final victory?
It's not that *** has the highest talent, but *** knows how to learn Xi best.
Compared with memory, the group of people who studied in the Soviet Union are no worse than ***, and they are the way to memorize Marxism-Leninism, but they only know how to memorize the dogma of Marxism-Leninism, but they do not know how to combine it with the actual situation of the Chinese revolution, or even if they do, they do not have so much perseverance to put it into practice.
For these people, it is much more difficult to go to factories and rural areas to conduct investigations and to be friends with workers and peasants who are covered in stinky sweat than to sit in a classroom and recite the dogma of Marxism-Leninism.
However, he was the least afraid of hardship, not only studying Marxism-Leninism, but also working hard with the workers and peasants, and even more so cultivating his own self-cultivation and practicing his skills, so that he finally found a road that was truly suitable for the Chinese revolution.
(References: "The Road to Learning Xi and Learning" and "History Chooses the Endless ***.")