Author: Zifan Tea Ceremony.
Will life be lost at the starting line? How does the starting line affect self-confidence?
Now when it comes to educating the next generation, what we often talk about is: don't let your child lose at the starting line of life. The starting line of life is certainly important. A good starting line has a high starting point, there are natural advantages, just like running, the same end point, you start in front of others, shorter than others, if the same speed, then you will definitely reach the end first. However, if the tortoise is promising, like the tortoise and the white rabbit race, then let's leave it at that. In short, the starting line of life is very important, and it also has a certain effect on a person's self-confidence.
Well, as most turtles, there are still the majority of people who have no advantage and stand at the front of the starting line. That is to say, there is no way to choose the family in which you are born, and there is no way to choose the family environment and the cognition and quality of the parents. And the talents of each of us are not chosen.
On the other hand, everything has both subjective and objective aspects. So, can we be one step ahead of others and achieve achievements through acquired efforts? My answer is also yes. It's difficult, but it's okay. Writing this, I suddenly remembered the famous Zeng Guofan. It is said that his congenital conditions are not too good. Especially not the smart kind. History has circulated that he recited "The Story of Yueyang Tower", saying that the thieves who hid in his house and waited for him to sleep and steal things recited it, but Zeng Guofan did not recite it until dawn, and the angry thieves said that he was stupid, and he hid all night and had no chance to steal things.
In fact, this shows that success in life does not depend entirely on the starting line. Take Dong Yuhui of New Oriental now, for example, his family is poor and has no innate advantages. He later relied on his own hard work to learn and succeed. Including his president Yu Minhong, and Liu Xiuxiang, who moved China to go to college with his mother behind his back in 2023. Their family backgrounds are not very good, and the starting line of life is not high. Because of his unremitting efforts and strong support of self-confidence, as well as the help of well-wishers, there was a counterattack in life.
And some people have good congenital conditions, good family environment, and good talents, but they can easily have a good job if they are high up and pampered. So, just stop and enjoy it. In the end, it is also plain to become a mediocre person. If you are arrogant and act recklessly, the consequences will be unbearable.
How can such a person talk about self-confidence? Self-confidence is for people who have goals or lofty ideals and ambitions, and for people who want to change themselves through hard work and are not willing to be mediocre.
However, if the starting line of life is good, the starting point is high, family education and acquired education keep up, and people who can establish lofty ideals from an early age, then they are full of self-confidence, and they will take a plane to the sky and take a step forward. There are many such examples. For example, it is common for the sons of generals to be colonels or above, and it is quite difficult for the sons of ordinary people to become colonels, but it is not impossible.
A philosopher once said that there are two kinds of creatures in the world that can climb the pyramids: one is the eagle and the other is the snail. The eagle's talent makes it easy for it to soar into the sky; The snail's qualifications are mediocre, but it is confident and persistent, when the snail no matter how much time it has experienced, as long as it climbs to the top of the pyramid, its bird's-eye view is no different from that of an eagle.
Let's look at Yu Minhong again, he often said that his family's poverty was a problem to eat, but his achievements today tell the world: life can be counterattacked, and it can be created with his own efforts.
It is often said that self-confidence is half the battle. This means that self-confidence is very important in life. It's more important than the starting line of life. So, how do you look at the relationship between the starting line of life and self-confidence? Looking at the development of successful celebrities throughout history and the friends around me over the decades, we need to look at the problem in two.
I admire the great writer Su Dongpo, whose life's ups and downs tell us that self-confidence is in the original family, as well as the things and people encountered in his life, and he constantly summarizes and understands his attitude towards life. The reason why he became a strong person in life has an important relationship with the strong self-confidence in his heart. Otherwise, he would not have been able to write "Dingfeng Bo, Mo Listens to the Sound of Forests and Leaves" in Huangzhou, where he was degraded, "a cloud of smoke and rain Ren Pingsheng", "There is no wind and rain and no sunshine".
Then look at my friends and classmates of the same age around me. Most of the achievements and career development are often from rural areas. They have enjoyed the dividends of reform and opening up, and they are also the lucky ones in the college entrance examination. With his own self-confidence and hard work, there has been a turning point and counterattack in life. However, most of the sons and daughters of so-called cadres who used to eat commercial grain and had better conditions than them have lived an ordinary life and have satisfied the status quo. Only a few people who can keep up with family education have ushered in the second spring of life and remarkable achievements. From this point of view, family poverty has little to do with it, but family education is very crucial. It is often said that parents are their children's first teachers. The perception of parents determines the height of the child.
Although Yu Minhong's father and Dong Yuhui's father did not have advanced education and qualifications, they taught them the first lesson in life. Their father used simple labor and simple words to make them realize the great truth of life growth. Become the driving force for their unforgettable growth.
Therefore, if we want to have a good life, family, education, experience and other factors. We believe that self-confidence is half the battle. Let's give ourselves a smile and confidence no matter what.
Dong Yuhui said, when you run a marathon, do you care that others run one second earlier than you? Do you care if others are one step ahead of you?
What do you say, friend? How do you see your starting line and do you feel confident? Tell us your story and thoughts! Let's keep cheering for our lives together! Applaud! Boost your self-confidence and keep working hard!