Carnegie, the American steel magnate, is famous for his decisive execution. Once, a young supporter proposed a bold plan to him. Everyone present was attracted and obviously worth considering. According to the normal procedure, we should consider it calmly first, then discuss it, and finally decide what to do. But when everyone else was thinking about the plan, Carnegie suddenly reached for the phone and began to send a telegram to Wall Street to quickly state the plan.
Unexpectedly, the investment project of $6.5438+million was signed because of this news. If Carnegie procrastinates, the plan will probably lose its original meaning in their careful ramble.
Many people admire Carnegie's success. In fact, his success is largely due to the habit of "immediate execution" formed in his long-term training.
There is nothing absolutely perfect in the world. "Everything is ready" is just another way of saying "it can never be done". Deliberate procrastination is more wrong than impulse. Once things are delayed, meeting the prerequisite of "everything is ready" will not only double the hard work, but also make inspiration lose its due fun. An efficient person will not wait until everything is ready to act.
By the end of 19, people already knew that there was one thing-the telephone, a communication tool that might change the world. At that time, many scientists in the United States were studying the telephone to make people contact information more quickly. Later, we learned that Bell invented the telephone. In fact, everyone doesn't know that while Bell invented the telephone, a man named Gray was also studying the telephone with great concentration. And from the point of time, the two of them can be said to have found this method at the same time. But Bell made a very clever move. After he invented the telephone, he immediately went to the patent office to apply for a patent. But gray didn't think of applying for a patent. He put it off again and again, calling friends and relatives to watch and celebrate together, thinking it was a success. After he celebrated and enjoyed the joy of success, Gray thought of applying for a patent in the Patent Office. But he was a few hours late when he went. Bell has been registered in the same way for a long time, so most people in the world only know Bell and don't know Gray at all.
It is because of procrastination that Gray lost the chance of immortality. Opportunity sometimes flies. When everything is ready, success is far away from you. Especially for small inspiration, we should act immediately, because small inspiration is fleeting.
When it comes to Coca-Cola, we naturally think of its unique bottle, which looks beautiful and comfortable to handle, but you don't necessarily know who invented this bottle, do you?
This kind of bottle was designed and invented by an American young man named Root decades ago. Root was just an ordinary bottle factory worker at that time. He often dated his beloved girlfriend.
Once when he was dating his girlfriend, he found her skirt beautiful, because the upper part of the skirt was narrow at the knee and the waist was attractive. He thought that if the glass bottle could be designed as a girlfriend's skirt, it would be very popular.
The idea is simple, but what is commendable is that Root didn't just think about it. He began to design and manufacture such a bottle. After repeated trials and improvements, he finally made a bottle with a unique shape; When grasping the bottleneck, there is no feeling of slipping; The bottle is full of liquid, which looks more than the actual weight and has a unique and beautiful appearance.
He believed that such a bottle would have a good market, so he applied for a patent for its design. Unexpectedly, the Coca-Cola Company just took a fancy to the bottle he designed and bought the patent of the bottle for $6 million. As a result, Root became a millionaire from a worker.
Root is not a design expert, he is just an ordinary worker. We sometimes have similar inspiration, but we don't necessarily act immediately after we have an idea. If Root doesn't take immediate action, his inspiration may pass by, and he may never become a millionaire.
When the inspiration that may change fate erupts in the secular world, most people are used to suffocating it and then returning to the original track of life. They don't realize that the inner impulse is a direct express train from the subconscious to the objective world.
Therefore, putting an end to procrastination and taking immediate action can bring us many benefits: putting an end to procrastination can win us precious time, develop our cause and let inspiration realize its practical value.
William james said: "Every time inspiration flashes and leaks, it slips away like a gas without a trace, which is worse than losing an opportunity, because it virtually blocks the normal channel of passion eruption. In this way, human beings will not be able to gather a firm and ever-changing force to deal with sudden changes around them. "
Quick response and immediate action are the working concepts that a highly efficient person should uphold. No good plan and blueprint can guarantee your success, only actions are different. Many people's achievements today are not planned in advance, but through constant adjustment and step-by-step practice in action. Because all plans are on paper, there is always a certain distance from reality. Only by taking immediate action will the plan not become a daydream.
-Quoted from Yanbian People's Publishing House, a high-profile director and a low-key person.