Chapter 55 Find the best option for you

What is choice?It is to be able to pinpoint the position of one's own life, that is, to position accurately.Many people waste opportunities, make bad choices, and get nowhere.This is the lesson!But there are also many people who can choose correctly, so they have achieved great things. Years ago, there was a boy who would sacrifice everything to become an opera singer.His parents paid for his lessons, just as parents pay their children for music lessons and dance lessons today.But after several years of practice, his teacher gave up any hope of him becoming a professional singer. "Son," the teacher told him, "you sound like the wind blowing the blinds!"

However, the boy's mother believed in her child and was in the room listening to him practice hard every day.Later, she sent him to study with another, more experienced teacher.To pay for her son's tuition, she has no money for new shoes -- and sometimes goes hungry.The boy who went on to become the greatest tenor of his time - he was Caruso. Your talent is your calling.what can you do?This is the question of the times.If a man is in the wrong place, working from his weaknesses instead of his strengths, he sinks into perpetual lowliness and disappointment.On the contrary, if you choose your strengths to work, you will realize your unlimited potential and succeed.

When the famous British general and politician Wellington was young, even his mother thought he was imbecile.He was pretty much the worst kid in the school, and everyone said he was dull, stupid, and lazy, as if he couldn't do anything.He has no special skills, and it never occurred to him to enlist in the army.In the eyes of parents and teachers, his hard work and perseverance are the only desirable advantages.But at the age of 46, he defeated Napoleon, the greatest general in the world at that time except him. From the above story, we can draw the conclusion that when choosing a career, you should not consider how to make the most money or how to become famous, you should choose the job that can make you go all out, and you should choose the job that can make your character The job that develops the strongest and best at uniting people should choose the job that allows you to realize your unlimited potential the most.

Among the great men, there are many who were born in poverty, but they continue to fight against their fate, accumulate their talents, and finally achieve success.Anyone, no matter whether he is born poor or noble, if he has a firm and correct goal and moves forward steadily, then neither man nor devil can stop his progress. There are so many forks in life that we don't know how to choose.Here, I propose the following methods of facing choices for your reference. In fact, many people try here and there, and finally find their true direction.American painter Whistler initially wanted to be a soldier, but later dropped out of the military academy because he failed chemistry.He said: "If silicon is a kind of gas, I should already be a major general." Scott wanted to be a poet, but his poems were not as good as Byron's, so he rewrote the novel.Introspect yourself, use more thought when setting your goals, and don't be delusional.

During the 1912 U.S. presidential election, there was a rally in a small city in New Jersey, where Roosevelt spoke to the villagers.In his speech, Roosevelt mentioned the benefits of women's suffrage.Then a loud voice from the audience shouted from behind: "Sir, you didn't say that five years ago!" Roosevelt's answer was enough to show his personality."Yes, I was not educated enough then, I was wrong. Now I've improved," he said. He didn't say "but", "if" or other evasive words, but published a candid and brave confession of a strong and thoughtful person, showing the spirit that he can move forward with the times, and bravely and candidly admitting that he It is growth and progress.

Even if the decision you make doesn't go your way, taking action increases the likelihood of more action; doing nothing only increases the likelihood that you will choose next time, when you're sure to drift with the flow again. Going with the flow is easy, and it can be tempting, especially when faced with the choice to go against the current. When Capps was asked how he had the courage to leave his comfortable position in a New York City company to start his own small business in New Hampshire, he answered a series of questions: What's the worst thing that could happen? I could fail, I could go bankrupt. If I went bankrupt, what's the worst thing that could happen? I'd have to work any job I could get. The worst that could happen What's the thing? I'll hate the job again because I don't like being employed, so I'll find another way to run my own business. And then? The second time I'll be successful because I know how to avoid failure."

Be careful with your choices - otherwise, you may end up reeling from the consequences. Hard choices, like hard practice, will push you all the way and make you stronger.It’s tempting to duck and go with the flow, but one day you’ll look back and realize: Going with the flow was a choice — but never the best. Your life is not a test run, nor is it the preparations for the official race.Life is life.Don't let life go by because of your irresponsibility.Remember that all your years will eventually pass, and you can only live through them if you make the right choices.