Once, a man reminded Edison that he failed to invent the storage battery 25,000 times, but the great inventor replied, "No, I didn't fail. I found the reason why 24,999 kinds of batteries didn't work. " Edison obtained 1093 patents for inventions, such as phonograph, film, electric pen, waxed paper and fluorescent lamp. We can imagine how many failures he experienced in his extraordinary career. We should be glad that he has the indomitable spirit of refusing to accept failure.
Endure hardships to achieve some ambition.
In 496 BC, He Lv, the king of Wu, sent troops to attack the State of Yue, and was defeated by the State of Yue. He Lv was seriously injured and died. Two years later, He Lv's son, Fu Cha, led an army to defeat the state of Yue, and Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was escorted to the state of Wu as a slave. After serving the King of Yue in humiliation for three years, Fuxi cleared his guard and sent him back to Yue.
In fact, Gou Jian did not give up revenge. On the surface, he obeyed the king of Wu, but secretly trained elite soldiers, strengthened political supervision and governance, and waited for an opportunity to fight back against Wu. Hardship can exercise the will, and ease will kill it. Gou Jian was afraid that he would covet the comfort in front of him and kill the will for revenge, so he arranged a hard living environment for himself. He sleeps at night without a mattress, just laying some firewood (called salary in ancient times) and hanging a gallbladder in the house. In order not to forget the shame of the past, he will taste the gallbladder from time to time.
In order to encourage the people to join the Queen and the people in the labor, Gou Jian made the State of Yue strong with the help of Vietnamese Qi Xin, and finally found the opportunity to destroy the State of Wu.
Zhang heng
When Zhang Heng, an ancient scientist in China, invented the seismograph, he was demoted and used by the court at that time. Others laughed at him for doing nothing but doing science. However, he was not shaken by fame and ridicule, and he still studied hard and finally succeeded.
There is a story about a pedestrian who fell down because of the uneven road surface. He got up, didn't walk a few steps and accidentally fell down, so he lay on the ground and couldn't get up. Someone asked him, "Why don't you get up and keep walking?" The man said, "since I will fall when I get up, why should I get up?" I might as well lie down like this so that I won't fall down again. "
Such a person, you must think he is a ridiculous person, because he is afraid of falling, so he dare not get up and walk, so he will never reach his destination.
You must have seen a toy called "tumbler". The center of gravity of the "tumbler" is below, so no matter how you push and poke, as long as you let go, it will stand up again immediately, so it will never get down. Life is like this. People can become stronger because of constant suffering. You have learned far more from failure than from successful experience.
There are many reasons for failure. Han Feizi in the Spring and Autumn Period once said, "People who are not overwhelmed by mountains may trip over stones." If there are some bad factors in your personality, such as arrogance and complacency, then you should try to change it, because this personality factor is the direct cause of failure, and the failure caused by this factor will make you suffer heavy losses.
To be sure, no one likes failure. Because, failure is mostly some painful experiences, even those that make your life suffer great losses. However, no matter who has a smooth life and has never tasted failure, it is estimated that there is no such thing. No matter how great and ordinary you are, as long as you are a person and follow your life step by step, then you have experienced failure more or less, but the severity is different.
Of course, you don't have to admit this. You can say that you have never failed, because your life is very smooth, without any blow or failure. Then, I can also believe what you said, you are successful. But I want to tell you that if you really haven't experienced failure, then I can definitely say that your life is meaningless and your so-called success is an illusion, because life without failure is boring, meaningless and even impossible.
It is true that most people almost deny failure, and some people even turn pale when it comes to failure. In fact, failure is not shameful. What is really shameful is those who don't admit their failure. Because on the journey of life, failure is normal and failure is abnormal. What matters is your attitude towards failure and whether you can turn it into victory. If you are devastated by a temporary failure, then I can say that it is not failure that defeats you, but your failed heart that defeats yourself.
"Failure is the mother of success!" This sentence is not unfamiliar to you. All people who are eager for success must be ready to meet failure at any time. Success without paying the price is impossible. If you want to achieve something, you have to pay courage, which is the courage to face failure calmly. You should know that failure is a very important wealth for a person, and how to cherish this failed wealth will become a prerequisite for you to decide your future.
Failure is a test of money and time. If you can't make full use of this test agent, then you can't be a winner. No matter what kind of failure, as long as you can get up immediately after falling, the lessons of falling will become useful experiences and help you achieve future success.
Therefore, being unwilling to face failure is as undesirable as being unwilling to admit failure. The biggest failure in life is never failing and not daring to fail. In fact, if you can take failure as one of the compulsory courses in life, you will find that almost all failure experiences will bring you some unexpected benefits. Taking failure as the basis of success in life is your best choice.