The first success is very important, and constantly striving for "the first success" is actually gaining momentum and accumulating. This is why success is
The first success is very important, and constantly striving for "the first success" is actually gaining momentum and accumulating. This is why success is sustainable. I have carefully collected and sorted it out for everyone. Let's have a look.
1: Clinton gave up three times
1963, Bill Clinton, a boy of 17 years old, met President Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden. At the moment of shaking hands, he had a crazy idea: I also want to be the master of the White House.
Since then, Clinton has given up going to Washington three times in a row. 1973, he graduated from Yale Law School, and some big politicians in Washington took a fancy to his campaign experience for Democratic presidential candidate McGovern and invited him to work. Clinton considered it for ten days and refused. He is tired of canvassing for others. It happened that the University of Arkansas Law School needed an assistant professor, and he decided to be a teacher.
1974, he came up with the idea of running for the Arkansas House of Representatives. At this time, an old friend named John Doyle called: "I am now the chief adviser of the Federal House of Representatives, and I am responsible for investigating whether President Nixon should be robbed by bullets. I need young lawyers. Come to Washington. " This time, Clinton only considered it for a day and declined. John Doyle was shocked: "You made a stupid mistake. This is impeachment of the president! How many people dreamed of the historic opportunity, and you gave it up? "
"All talented young lawyers in America are willing to work for you at any cost. Except me, no young man is willing to fight for Arkansas." Clinton politely ended the call and voted for Congressman Zheng. He works 18 hours every day, and has traveled to 2 1 counties all over the state. In every remote town, he walked into shops, cafes, gas stations and even funeral homes. "I like one-on-one' retail' politics. These shopkeepers and undertakers know everyone in the town, and they are the most important votes. " As a result, he won 48% of the support rate for the first time, but the elders * * * and party member still won.
At the end of 1975, supporters urged Clinton to run for Congress again and "conquer Washington political circle". An hour later, Clinton said "no". "Since I want to work for Arkansas, I don't have to be a congressman. I can do something else." He decided to run for the state attorney general, and this time he succeeded. From 65438 to 0978, he became the youngest governor in American history and was re-elected for five times.
1992, Clinton, who had never "mixed up" in Washington politics, became the owner of the White House. Looking back, he said, "It is not what you choose, but what you choose to give up that determines your life. If I go to Washington, I will never be elected president. "
Chapter 2: The first success is very important.
Ouyang Xiadan said that her hometown Guilin is a suitable place to live. The softness of Lijiang River, the interest of Elephant Trunk Mountain, and the city surrounded by mountains and rivers contain exquisite beauty in green. This southern woman nourished by Guilin's landscape is full of gas. She is brilliant and has an extraordinary temperament. It seems that every time I appear, I just want to make people shine.
Some people say that such a woman is always more likely to be favored by the goddess of luck.
In the third year of high school, the teacher told her that Beijing Broadcasting Institute was just about to enroll students in Guilin and encouraged her to apply. The examination was held in the provincial radio, film and television bureau. There were thousands of applicants that year, and only one person was admitted.
Near graduation, Shanghai TV station went to Guangyuan to select candidates. Although Ouyang Xiadan's appearance is not outstanding, the director said close to the board of directors, "Her connotation will inject a fresh blood into the news program." At that time, Guangyuan had decided to accompany her to graduate school, and going to Shanghai was a breach of contract. Shanghai Taiwan made a "breach of contract payment" to the school for Xia Dan, and she had no regrets. Guangyuan also reserved her qualification for the postgraduate entrance examination for two years, which was a great luck.
Four years later, in 2003, CCTV's second set of economic channels "auditioned" the host in various channels across the country. The head of the second program group turns on the TV from morning till night every day and acts as a talent scout. Ouyang Xiadan again, a smiling woman. She once again made people shine, and became the first choice among the candidates after the audition.
Why does she always encounter "good things" and have a smooth sailing? While others are envious, Ouyang Xiadan has no time to be proud of the spring breeze. When more people appreciate this indomitable spirit, she pays more attention to her first success. Because it is the numerous "first successes" that have brought her to where she is today.
As soon as she entered junior high school, her father began to be ill and hospitalized, and she had to do chemotherapy, and her family's economic conditions also shrank significantly. This made the naughty Ouyang Xiadan suddenly wake up. "He seems to have suddenly become sensible." Since the first grade, his grades have advanced by leaps and bounds. But what changed her life was a speech contest in her class.
Seeing that she only knows how to study and doesn't like to take part in group activities, Luo Zongchang, the head teacher, encouraged her to take part in the speech contest in the class and patiently practiced with her again and again. As a result, she won the first prize in the city's speech contest. This first success gave her a great shock: she has such great energy and potential! Since then, she has won the first prize of the city's middle school students' speech contest for three consecutive years from senior one to senior three.
High school study was intense and full, and she participated in the school drama "Necklace" and won the "Best Actress Award". This success made her more confident and clear her interest tendency. Therefore, she will have enough courage to apply for the Beijing Broadcasting Institute and stand out among thousands of people.
In Guangyuan, she got the first grade in culture class, but her major was average. After all, students in Beijing have obvious advantages in language ability. But she didn't "accept her fate." At 6 o'clock every morning, she gets up and goes to the school playground to practice her voice against poplars and walnut trees. In the second year, without the teacher's urging, fewer students insisted on practicing their voices, and she still insisted. Because of her persistence, when she was a sophomore, the cultural class was the first, while the professional class had reached the upper-middle level.
The teacher always likes students who make rapid progress, so she is recommended to host the "singer contest" of the school art festival. This makes her feel quite nervous, because students in Guangyuan are generally very active and will pee on such occasions. But that night, the students watched the program quietly and no one clapped their hands. She once again achieved Guangyuan's "first success" on her own. This also makes her more confident and calm, and the success behind it is logical, natural, and even some are scrambling.
Greater success means more efforts. At 4: 30 every morning, two alarm clocks and a mobile phone wake her up and wake her up for work. Rain, snow, wind and frost, she will go straight to her post.
Although he has become the representative of CCTV's "new anchor", Ouyang Xiadan has not stopped. He is making some study plans in stages, supplementing some fresh knowledge, strengthening English learning and moving towards the goal of being a bilingual anchor.
The first success is very important, and constantly striving for "the first success" is actually gaining momentum and accumulating. This is why success is sustainable.
Chapter 3: Do what you like.
At the age of 76, I began to pick up a brush.
In America, there is an old lady who is known to all women and children. Her full name is Anna Mary Robertson Moses, but everyone addresses her as "Grandma Moses". She was born in a poor peasant family in Greenwich Village, new york, and her mother gave birth to 10 children. Moses received only sporadic education in his childhood. /kloc-When he was 0/2 years old, he left his parents to work on other people's farms to earn money to support his family. At the age of 27, she married Thomas Moses from Staunton, Virginia, who was also a farm worker. They all work on a farm in Shenandoah Valley, Staunton. Like her mother, she gave birth to 10 children.
Later, Mrs. Moses returned to New York State and lived at her home in Igbridge Farm, not far from Greenwich Village where she was born, for nearly 20 years. She is busy sweeping the floor, milking the cows, canning vegetables and other trivial things all day, and also takes time to embroider the pastoral scenery and enjoy it. After her husband died, she continued to run the farm with the help of her youngest son. Later, because of my age, I had to retire and live with my daughter. Mrs. Moses suffered from arthritis at the age of 76 and had to give up embroidery because of the pain in her hands. However, as an art lover, she didn't give up and began to pick up the brush.
Mrs. Moses exhibited her paintings in the local area, and her daughter also took her paintings to the grocery store in the town for consignment, each for only $ 2-3. It is these meager incomes that may provide the most basic living expenses for her 1 1 grandchildren.
One day, Louis Cadol, an art collector, was attracted by the works displayed in the window of the grocery store. He is interested in buying and asking for more. In order to help the talented Mrs Moses, Cardo took her works to the gallery of Ott Ahmed Khalil, an art dealer in new york. Since then, Mrs. Moses has become more and more famous in the local art world.
Hold a solo exhibition at the age of 80
When Mrs Moses was over 80 years old, she held a solo exhibition in new york. This matter became big news and caused a sensation. From then on, she became a celebrity and received many greeting cards every day. Her works sell well in the art market, and demand exceeds supply. In many competitions, Mrs. Moses became an award-winning "professional". Because of interviews and reports on radio and television, her popularity surpassed that of other artists.
In the eyes of the public, the most touching thing about Mrs. Moses is her persistent pursuit of getting rid of the fetters of age and breaking through the educational restrictions, and the most enviable thing is her great success and happy old age. Although she has never received formal and systematic artistic training, her love for beauty has made her generate show amazing creativity. For an old man in his seventies, it is really not easy to create a painting of 1600 in his painting career for more than 20 years. She is down-to-earth, step by step, starting with copying pictures and postcards of Cliff and Ives, and then creating according to her early farming life. Mrs. Moses' works are rich and colorful, including descriptions of childhood pastoral scenery, records of personal life, sadness and nostalgia for the past, and yearning for eternal things ... Grandma Moses's landscape paintings are good at capturing the harmonious artistic conception between man and nature, reflecting the subtle differences of seasons, weather and time. Through her own discovery and feeling, she created a wonderful life with a brush, which made people see the hope of struggle and meritorious service.
Mrs Moses has appeared on the cover of Time and Life magazine, and her works have been exhibited in the first-class Museum of Modern Art in new york, collected by the Metropolitan Museum and the White House, and held solo exhibitions from the United States to France and Britain. When Grandma Moses/Kloc-0 was 0/00 years old, New York named her birthday "Grandma Moses Day", which gave her great honor. When Grandma Moses died at the age of 10 1, the US Postal Service issued a special stamp for her to commemorate her. The centenarian left more than 1000 oil paintings in his life, such as crossing the river to see his grandmother, catching Thanksgiving turkey and cooking sugar in Shu Qi Garden. From these topics, it is not difficult to appreciate her simple and unique "local flavor". Incredibly, more than 20 of them were created after100th birthday.
100 years old is a tour guide.
In the exhibition "Grandma Moses in 2 1 Century" held by the Washington Museum in 200/KLOC-0, there are 87 classic paintings and relics collected by her at home and abroad. Among them, a postcard sent by Grandma Moses at 1960 was particularly eye-catching, attracting many viewers, especially young people, to stop and stare. Although the postcard is small, it tells people a shocking and thought-provoking story-
In Japan, a young man named Chun Shuishang went to the hospital as a surgeon after graduating from Sapporo Medical College. However, he loved literature since childhood and held the dream of being a writer. What should we do? Give up this job with stable income to pursue our goals, or do we want to be doctors all our lives? The tangled spring water decided to ask the long-admired Grandma Moses for advice.
When the old lady read this 28-year-old boy's letter, she couldn't help thinking of her life experience, and her heart was filled with emotion. Although he is 100 years old, he still insists on writing back to the young man. She drew a barn symbolizing a bumper harvest on a blank postcard and wrote, "Do what you like, and God will happily help you open the door to success, even if you are 80 years old now." News from.
After receiving the postcard, Chunshui saw the hope of struggle and success, rekindled the passion of life, followed Grandma Moses's example, and finally became famous in the literary world. He is the famous Japanese writer Junichi Watanabe, who has created 50 novels and other works, including The Lost Garden, Light and Shadow, and The Distant Sunset.
A famous person put it well: the thing you want to do most is your real talent. There are no clear rules about when people should do what. If we want to do it, let's start now. Some people always complain that it's too late. In fact, "now" is the most appropriate time. For a person who really has a pursuit, every period of life is young and timely. Grandma Moses's experience tells us that no matter how old you are, you can succeed if you follow your dreams.