Chapter 28 Business Road 27 Making excuses is a breeding ground for poverty

The essence of business: Wen Shang never makes excuses for himself under any circumstances. They know that no matter how perfect an excuse is, it will not work for him at all.What they are looking for is solutions to problems and lessons learned from failures.These are also a step, but these steps will send Wenzhou people to the pinnacle of their careers. The excuse is that it is more addictive than heroin. This kind of thing can have a calming and tranquilizing effect when first used, and it also has the effect of producing beautiful hallucinations.However, if it is used for a long time, it will have the side effect of corroding the nerves and body, destroying a person's spirit and will.

A person can find many excuses to justify his failure, but these excuses also form a step, so that the poor will naturally walk into the bottomless abyss that cannot be turned over, and finally be an honest poor for a lifetime. Stephen, in his 20s, is an ordinary American boy.A few years ago, after studying in a tailor shop, he came to a city in Florida and opened a small tailor shop.Because of his outstanding craftsmanship, serious workmanship, and extremely cheap prices, he quickly became famous and many people came to him to make clothes. One day, the graceful and noble Mrs. Ben asked Stephen to make an evening dress for her to attend a business party a few days later.When Stephen finished, he realized that the sleeves were half an inch longer than Mrs. Benn had requested.But Mrs. Benn would be in for the dress in a minute, and he had no time to modify it.

As expected, after a while, Mrs. Ben came to the shop to pick up the clothes.She put on her evening dress and looked around in front of the mirror, praising Stephen's excellent workmanship incessantly.It can be seen that she is quite satisfied with this evening dress.So she gave Stephen the agreed price.To Mrs. Ben's surprise, Stephen refused to accept the money, and his attitude was very firm.Stephen explained: "Ma'am, I can't take your money. I made the sleeves of your evening dress half an inch longer. I am very sorry for that. Of course, if you will give me a little more time, I will very much like it." Modify it to the size you requested."

After listening to Stephen's explanation, Mrs. Benn repeatedly stated that she was quite satisfied with the evening dress and did not mind that the sleeves were half an inch longer.But no matter what Mrs. Benn said, Stephen refused to accept her money, and finally Mrs. Benn had no choice but to give in. On the way to the party, Mrs. Benn said to her husband: "I was shocked by this young man's courage to admit his mistakes, take responsibility, meticulousness, and seeking truth from facts. He must have a bright future." Time bears out Mrs. Benn's words.Stephen later became a world-renowned senior fashion design master.

Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor, clearly pointed out that he wanted to build an engine with 8 cylinders inside when he was making the famous V-8 car, and instructed his engineers to start designing immediately. But one of the engineers believed that it was impossible to install 8 cylinders in one engine.He said to Ford: "My God, this design is simply a fantasy! Judging from my many years of experience, it is absolutely impossible. I am willing to bet you that if anyone can design it, I would rather give up one annual salary." Mr. Ford agreed to his bet with a smile, and he firmly believed in his idea: "Although there is no such car in the world, in any case, as long as we collect more information and analyze and improve their strengths extensively, It can be designed and produced completely.”

Later, other engineers collected, sorted out and carefully designed automobile engine data all over the world, and a miracle happened. Not only did they successfully design an 8-cylinder engine, but it was also officially produced. The engineer said to Mr. Ford, "I'm willing to fulfill my bet and give up a year's salary." At this time, Mr. Ford said to him seriously: "No, you can take your salary, but it seems that you are not suitable to work in Ford." The engineer performed well in other areas, but he jumped to conclusions based on his existing knowledge and experience, instead of actively collecting relevant information extensively, not looking for ways, just blindly looking for excuses.It is very difficult for people who only find excuses but not methods to achieve success in their careers.Because a person always does everything possible to find excuses for his work, he will naturally neglect his work, will not introspect himself, and will not think of ways to succeed, such a person will naturally achieve nothing.

"I'm too old!" is a classic excuse. Napoleon Hill's survey of many wealthy people showed that many successful people did not achieve their goals until they were middle-aged or even older.As the saying goes, "Martyrs are full of ambition in their old age"!However, when so many years of hard work have finally come to fruition and are about to reap rich fruits, many people have nothing to do with other things except the idea that they should retire.As everyone knows, work is not a loss of life, on the contrary, laziness is really the deadly enemy of health and longevity.Consequently, those who retire early tend not to live longer than those who continue to work.It turns out that many people go into second or even third careers, and among them the most successful are often late bloomers.In this way, age is definitely not an issue.Even if you may fail, the rich experience accumulated over the years is your invaluable treasure.

"I'm not capable!" is also an excuse, but what we should believe more is that we have the potential to succeed.As long as you have strong self-confidence, you can discover your potential. Different views on ability are also a very important difference between Wenshang and ordinary people: how to view their own ability and level.Yes, every move we take requires some ability, even the smallest amount.This ability refers especially to both intellectual and physical abilities, and low enthusiasm inevitably brings low motivation.Therefore, the underestimation of self-ability leads to low enthusiasm and negative attitude towards doing things. This is really another vicious circle that must be formed.You must know that the ability to treat oneself correctly can indeed become a spark, igniting the source of quietly dormant energy in one's body.The potential energies everyone has, in fact, are enormous, and can ignite a raging fire, prompting you to achieve success quickly, but in many people, these energies are still in a kind of hibernation state, waiting to be absorbed by you. Activated by a positive attitude and ambition.

"I have no capital!" Yes, in this world, we all know that "money is not everything, but without money is absolutely impossible".But the vast majority of Wenzhou businessmen do not have any capital from the beginning, that is to say, money is not the only basic element for their success.And an excellent business idea or business concept, as well as a positive and broad vision, are the must-haves.Of the multitude of beings in the world, every one of them possesses some financially beneficial talent, passion, or hobby, or at least one such condition.The question facing the soon-to-be rich is how to use those talents, passions, or hobbies properly.