Chapter 1 Seven compulsory courses in the era of entrepreneurship Lesson 1 Destiny is an eagle in a chicken coop Speaking of the general trend of life, success or failure depends on one heart.In layman's terms, no matter whether you are rich or poor, whether you are a common man or a business tycoon, everyone is using his own ideas to determine and enter his state of existence, and interpret his state of existence as success, failure, or success. destiny.There is a classic saying in the field of educational psychology: "Sow a thought, reap a behavior; sow a behavior, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a Harvest a kind of destiny." It well explains the interaction between thought and destiny.Liu Bei, a young man from a poor background, used his own life history to interpret this classic saying well.

Liu Bei is a student in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province.Because he lost his father when he was young, he relied on his widowed mother to support his family, and his life was extremely difficult.One night in the winter of the third year of high school, Liu Bei returned home from his evening self-study and saw his mother still sewing cotton boots under the dim light.Liu Bei said: "Mom, it's freezing cold, go to bed early!" My mother replied: "You will take the college entrance examination next year. If I make an extra pair of cotton boots, I can sell them for an extra ten yuan, so that I can pay for your college tuition."

Liu Bei squatted in front of his mother's knees, his nose was sour, and tears were about to well up.He whimpered and said, "Mom, it costs a lot of money to go to college. Our family is so poor, what is the use of this little money? Don't count on it!" His mother's shoulders trembled, and she asked him, "Are you going to spend your whole life in this poor house?" Liu Bei said bitterly: "Then what can be done? Maybe, this is called destiny, right?" The mother put down her needle and thread, looked at her son, and said, "I read it when I was a child, and I can still think about some problems. What you said is predestined, is it something that happens at the beginning of a person, or something that happens after a person? Let me tell you a story. The story may help you find the answer."

An eagle's egg rolled out of the nest and fell into the grass.Someone found him, thought it was an egg, took him home, and put him in a chicken coop.In the coop there was a hen hatching an egg, and he was hatched like the other eggs. Therefore, he was regarded as a chicken since he was a child and lived a life like a chicken.Because of his weird looks, many of his friends bullied him.He feels alone and miserable. One day, he was pecking at the rice field with a flock of chickens.Suddenly, a black shadow flew over from the other side of the mountain, and the chickens panicked and hid everywhere.When the crisis passed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"What kind of bird was that just now?" he asked. His buddy told him: "That's an eagle, the supreme eagle." "Oh, that eagle is really amazing, it flies so gracefully!" He expressed his inner envy, "If one day, I can fly like an eagle, that would be great!" "It's wishful thinking!" His partner reprimanded him mercilessly: "You were born a chicken, and even the chickens are ashamed of your ugliness. How can you fly like an eagle?" After the mother told the story, she asked: "Son, the so-called fate is an eagle that has fallen into a chicken coop. Now, would you choose to live like a chicken, or fly high like an eagle?"

Liu Bei asked his mother blankly: "Do you think your son is the little eagle that unfortunately fell into the chicken coop?" The mother said affirmatively: "Yes, you are a descendant of the eagle, you should go after the blue sky that belongs to you, and don't sigh for the one or two grains in front of you!" She told her son that his grandfather's grandfather's grandfather belonged to Emperor Han Jing The son Liu Sheng, traced back from this, is actually a descendant of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the royal blood of Hongmiaozheng. Liu Bei came to his senses, and resolutely said to his mother: "Mom, I understand what you mean, and I will definitely live up to your expectations!" After studying hard, in the second year, Liu Bei finally passed the Changjiang International Business Administration University.On the day when the admission notice was received, the mother and son were full of sorrows and joys, and wept with each other behind closed doors.

Lesson 2 God helps those who help themselves The name of the Changjiang International Business Administration University comes from the opening words of the Chinese classic "Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water". It has created countless heroes throughout the ages and is an internationally renowned university.Liu Bei can become a student of this university, and his future prospects are enough to make people start unlimited associations. Uncle Liu Yuanqi knew that the child would be promising when he grew up, so he came over to his sister-in-law and said, "This child has finally won over his dead father. As for you, it's not easy for you to be a widow for many years. How about the tuition for him to go to college?" , let me take care of it!" The uncle's family opened a store, and the uncle buys goods and the aunt does business on weekdays, but she has a small savings.

Liu Bei and his mother were pleasantly surprised and surprised.Surprisingly, the high tuition fee has finally been settled.The strange thing is that my uncle has always disliked the poor and loved the rich, and was very indifferent to his sister-in-law and nephew. Why is he suddenly willing to give generously and enthusiastically to help? The uncle laughed and explained: "As the saying goes, God helps those who help themselves. Since God is willing to help you, let alone me as an uncle?" God helps those who help themselves?Liu Bei's heartstrings twitched.Until he came to the university, until he graduated from the university, until he experienced every difficulty, he fell into meditation again and again, and asked the god in the confusion again and again: What is the relationship between self-help and God's help?

He listed the following answers for himself: 1. A real self-help person is an admirable enlightened person. He will despise difficulties, and difficulties will make people fall to the ground strangely in front of him-this process is like a god helping. 2. A true self-help person is like a firefly that glows in the dark, not only illuminating himself, but also winning the appreciation of others—when people appreciate a person, they often express love in the form of help—and good luck comes from this. 3. It is believed that a true self-help man will eventually achieve his success, and all those who have helped him will be relieved by it.

4. If a self-help person knows how to repay his kindness, people will give him more help, so he can face life more easily. He used his own way of understanding to apply this mythical philosophical quote, and it has been tried and tested repeatedly.In view of his self-improvement in the face of financial difficulties, the school is also helping him in many ways, giving him tuition fee reduction, giving him scholarships, and giving him work-study opportunities.When he graduated from senior year, he suddenly looked back, and the poverty problem that once weighed him down had already quietly passed away in the morning light like the night.

Lesson 3 Love Attracts Happiness He believed that the famous Confucian scholar Lu Zhi taught him the third lesson in his life when he was still a freshman.Lu Zhi smiled and walked onto the podium to welcome the new students. He said: "As a teacher, I hope to give you a kind of mentor (good teacher and helpful friend/Bole) help that can guide you. As for whether you can The real success depends on your own understanding and pursuit.” He told the students that what they learned in four years of university is not just about books, nor is it just to get a diploma, but It is to obtain a vision (foresight), a way of logical thinking. "Has anyone ever played with crickets?" he asked suddenly. A boy named Gongsun Zan replied, "I played it, it was fun." A girl named Cai Wenji said: "I know that crickets also have a nickname called 'Cuzhi'. My father said that this kind of insect makes people lose their minds." Teacher Lu said: "Some people think that playing with crickets will make people lose their minds. Some people think that crickets bring children's fun to our world, and a world full of children's fun is relaxed and pure. Here, we will not discuss the crickets. Yes and no, but there is another purpose. I will tell you a story about an entomologist and his cricket, about an entomologist's businessman friend and a coin. I hope this story will be useful to everyone. Inspired by..." With Mr. Lu's charming body movements, his story box is opened: An entomologist was walking and chatting with his businessman friend in the park.Suddenly, he stopped, as if he heard something. "What's the matter?" his businessman friend asked him. The entomologist exclaimed in surprise: "Did you hear it? The chirping of a cricket, and it is definitely a top-quality big cricket." The businessman friend listened with great difficulty for a long time, and replied helplessly: "I didn't hear anything!" "You wait." The entomologist said as he trotted towards the nearby woods. Soon, he found a big cricket and came back to tell his friend: "See it? A cricket with white teeth and purple gold wings, this is a cricket of the general level! How about it, I heard it right, right?" ?” "Yes, you heard it right." The businessman asked the entomologist inexplicably: "You not only heard the cricket, but also the species of the cricket—but how did you hear it?" The entomologist replied: "Big crickets chirp slowly, sometimes two or three times in a few hours. Small crickets chirp quickly and frequently. Crickets of various colors such as black, purple, red, and yellow chirp. The sounds are all different, for example, there is a metallic sound in the chirping of the yellow cricket. There are only very subtle, even indescribable differences in all the chirping sounds, and you have to use your heart to distinguish them." While talking, they left the park and walked on the busy sidewalk beside the road.Suddenly, the businessman also stopped and bent down to pick up a coin that fell on the ground.But the entomologist was still striding forward, without hearing the sound of the coin falling to the ground. "What does this story explain?" Teacher Lu asked. Everyone is thinking, but no one is answering. After waiting for a while, Teacher Lu gave the answer himself: "The entomologist's heart is in the bugs, so he can hear the crickets. The businessman's heart is in the money, so he can hear the sound of coins. This The story shows that where your heart is, there is your wealth." Teacher Lu continued: "After four years of university study, you are also pursuing wealth in life. Please seriously consider, what is your wealth? Put your heart on your wealth, so that you can get your wealth— In order to help everyone understand this truth, let’s do an experiment together.” He took out a large cardboard box full of sand, and while showing it to everyone, he said, "The sand is mixed with iron filings. Can you use your eyes and fingers to pick out the iron filings from the middle?" Everyone shook their heads. "We can't find iron filings from a pile of sand with our eyes and fingers, just as it is difficult for us to find our customers from a sea of ​​people. However, there is a tool that can help us quickly find iron filings from the sand. You may I’ve figured it out, this tool is a magnet.” Teacher Lu took out a magnet from his bag, put it in the sand and stirred it, and iron filings like arrowheads quickly gathered around the magnet.Teacher Lu showed the group of iron filings to the students. He said: "This is the magic power of magnets. What we can't do with our hands and eyes, it can easily do very well." The students all stared wide-eyed, watching the common miracle in Teacher Lu's hands.Teacher Lu said: "If this box of sand is like the life, setbacks and boring books we face, then this magnet is a heart full of love. Where your heart is, your wealth will be there—if If you have a heart full of love, then it will search in your books and in your life, and find a lot of beneficial knowledge from it, just like a magnet can attract iron filings. But a heart that does not know how to love But the heart is like your finger. It searches in the sand, but it can't find any iron filings. Isn't it? Students, as long as you have a heart that loves life, you can always find it. Every day has harvest, every day has accumulated, and every day has something to be happy about." While giving a speech, Teacher Lu asked the students to take turns playing sand and magnet games.With unquestionable gestures, he told the children loudly: "Where your heart is, there will be your wealth - no matter what difficulties, adversity, or confusion you encounter in the future, you must believe in this famous saying .No matter when and where, as long as you have a true love, you will be like a magnet, attracting useful resources, beautiful things and a happy life.” Lesson 4 Be a popular person Only one week after arriving at school, Liu Bei was called to lecture by the student office for fighting in the dormitory.Teacher Lu Zhi happened to pass by, took a closer look at Liu Bei, and asked the teacher in the student office: "What mistakes did he make?" The teacher in the student office said: "The classmates in their dormitory jointly sued him, saying that he likes to swear. He has only been in school for a few days, and he actually got into three fights. Look at his thorny face!" Lu Zhi said: "I know this boy, please give him to me!" So, Liu Bei followed Mr. Lu to his office.Teacher Lu asked Liu Bei to sit down and poured Liu Bei a cup of tea, which made Liu Bei's heart as warm as this cup of tea. "Tell me, what's going on?" Teacher Lu asked. Liu Bei said aggrievedly: "They all look down on me and deliberately make things difficult for me." "Why do they have trouble with you?" Teacher Lu asked again. Liu Bei scratched his head and replied, "They say I'm a country bumpkin. In fact, there are seven people in our dormitory, and all seven of them are from the countryside. Why should they look down on me?" Lu Zhi knew what was going on, he looked into Liu Bei's eyes sincerely, and said, "If you don't mind, I want to tell you a story." After obtaining Liu Bei's consent, Teacher Lu said Nice start to tell a story about a dog. A dog named "Lonely" accidentally broke into the practice room of a modeling school.The four walls of the room are inlaid with glass mirrors, reflecting countless shadows of dogs. Seeing so many dogs suddenly appear at the same time, the lonely dog ​​was taken aback. It instinctively flinched, bared its teeth, and let out low-pitched growls. All the dogs in the mirror flinched in unison, baring their teeth one by one, and the echo of barking echoed in the practice room. The lonely dog ​​began to panic, it resisted, it struggled...it bounced around the house, more and more frantic, more and more confused...until it passed out from exhaustion and despair. Liu Bei asked strangely: "Do you think I am that lonely dog?" "What do you think?" Teacher Lu Zhi asked back. Liu Bei said: "My personality is somewhat withdrawn. But, what is the relationship between the classmates in the dormitory and the dog in the mirror?" Teacher Lu Zhi said: "Don't you understand? The classmates in your eyes are dogs in the mirror. Remember, if we are friendly to others, others will be friendly to us; Let's fight with an eye. You said that your classmates are against you, so how do you treat your classmates?" Liu Bei fell silent. "You want to be a popular person, don't you? Can you become a popular person by fighting and swearing? No." Teacher Lu Zhi smiled and said, "I have a secret recipe. Within three months, make you a popular person." Back in the dormitory, Liu Bei immediately copied this "Secret Recipe for Popularity" respectfully on the title page of his notebook: First, practice smiling in the mirror every day; Second, when meeting classmates, greet them cordially; Third, take the initiative to help others with a kind heart; Fourth, people are not sages, who can be blameless?Treat everyone around you with compassion and tolerance; Fifth, firmly believe that being kind to others is a public relations philosophy that is kind to oneself. From then on, Liu Bei followed Master Lu Zhi's words and practiced these secrets devoutly.In a short time he was the most agreeable, popular, and unassuming of his classmates.In "Three Kingdoms", Chen Shou commented: "The former master (Liu Bei) is generous and generous, and he knows people and treats scholars. He has the style of the ancestor (Liu Bang) and the weapon of a hero." It means that the reason why Liu Bei was able to grow into A hero in the business world, the most important thing is that he treats people with sincerity, generosity and affinity. Because of Liu Bei's charisma, he has become a good student liked by many teachers and a good friend trusted by classmates.Even in those difficult days when he started his business, no matter how hard he worked and how he was displaced, there were still some talents who were willing to follow him and share weal and woe with him.Among them, the most famous are Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who married Liu Beiyi to Jinlan, "not to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but to die in the same year, the same month and the same day". Lesson 5 There are mysteries in the eggshell In the first semester of senior year, when the mid-term exam was approaching, Liu Bei accidentally met teacher Lu Zhi who was shopping for vegetables in the supermarket on campus, and suddenly had a strong urge to get close to him.At that time, Lu Zhi had already left the podium and was the general manager of a school-run company.Liu Bei took the initiative to meet him and helped him carry the vegetable basket.Then they went out together and unknowingly came to the downstairs of Lu Zhi's house. Lu Zhi said: "Let's go, go to my house, let's make dinner together!" Liu Bei hesitated for five seconds, his face flushed, nodded and said, "Okay!" What happened next made Liu Bei a little dazed.He and Mr. Lu chose vegetables, did housework, chatted together, talked about his family, his mother and the story of the eagle, and talked about the career he was about to graduate. Teacher Lu said, "Whether it's a chick or a young eagle, do you know how it hatches?" Liu Bei shook his head blankly. "What a miracle it is to turn an egg into a fresh life!" Teacher Lu held up an egg and said, "You can think of it as an eagle's egg—we break it, you Look inside, there are no feathers, eyes, or legs at all. It is unbelievable that the mystery of the beginning of life is hidden in this sticky mass. Put it in a warm In the right environment, after the right time, it will become a lovely young eagle." Teacher Lu turned his head, looked at his students, and said meaningfully: "The same is true for people. After a person's potential is cultivated, he will show his talents and advantages that are appreciated. Four years of college life have passed , now you are like the young eagles in the eggshell, you want to break through that layer of shell. Get out of the eggshell, and a whole new world is waiting for you!" Liu Bei said: "That's right, I am a young eagle that flew from the fields of Zhuozhou, Hebei. After four years of study in the eggshell of Yangtze University, I am now facing another new life!" Lesson 6 Use all your strength Almost all senior students are looking for jobs or preparing for postgraduate entrance examinations, and everyone is caught up in busyness and panic.The same is true of Liu Bei, but until the winter vacation approached, there was still no clue about his work problems. It was a Saturday afternoon, he came back from the talent exchange market, and sat on the edge of the school playground in a daze.He has participated in many job hunting conferences with various names and submitted hundreds of job applications, but there is still no effect at all. I don't know when Liu Bei began to notice that there was a bunker about 100 meters away from him, and a little boy was using sand to build a road.Next to the sandpit, there are some toy cars. The little boy wields a plastic shovel and works with great enthusiasm.The sun shone warmly on his busy figure, and the sand turned into beautiful roads, bridges and tunnels under his creation.However, during the construction process, a large rock unexpectedly appeared. The little guy started digging in the sand around the stone, then hugged it and tried to move it away.He is so small, but the stone is so big, when he tried his best to move the stone to the edge of the bunker, there was nothing he could do.He gritted his teeth, shouted, and struck the stone again and again.However, every time he made a little progress, the stone slipped and fell into the bunker again. The little boy yelled loudly, rushed forward resolutely, and pushed the big rock violently with all his strength.The big rock rolled down again, hurting his foot.He sat down on the sand and wept sadly. Liu Bei saw these scenes clearly, and he wanted to help the little boy.He stood up, went to the sandpit and knelt down and asked: "Little brother, do you want to move this stone out?" "Yes. But I can't move it," sobbed the little boy in frustration. "I've exhausted all my strength, but I still can't move it!" Liu Bei corrected him kindly and said, "Little brother, you are wrong. You didn't use all your strength, and you didn't ask for my help." Liu Bei jumped off the sandpit, picked up the stone, and moved it out, just like moving it out of his heart. He suddenly realized something, quickly returned to the dormitory, sat in front of the desk, wrote down the difficulties he encountered on the left side of a piece of paper, and listed all the resources and strength he could use on the right side.He found that using this method of power balance is indeed a good way to effectively solve difficulties. He wrote in his diary: From now on, no matter what kind of setbacks and difficulties you encounter, no matter how hopeless you feel, you should think about that stone and ask yourself: "Did you really use all your strength?" ?" Lesson 7 Let the Heart Be Passionate The lively Spring Festival passed quickly, and senior students ushered in an exciting last semester.Liu Bei still hadn't found a job yet, so he couldn't help but sighed and asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, "Tell me, why can't I even find a job?" Zhang Fei said bluntly: "Look at you, you look sad all day long, who wants you?" Guan Yu also said: "Liu Bei, we are not saying you, you must be active. When you are active, your energy will also come out. The examiners who are in charge of recruitment want energetic young men. If you are passive like you, you can only It can backfire." Liu Bei sighed again, and said, "I want to be active too. But, for some reason, I just can't do it." Zhang Fei put two glasses together on the table, poured clean water into them, then grabbed a handful of dust from the ground and sprinkled them into one of the glasses, and asked Liu Bei, "See? I'm a glass of clean water, so I can't You are carefree. What about you, you are a glass of muddy water, with a gray head and a gray face all day long. Tell me, how can you clear this glass of muddy water?" Liu Bei said: "There are two methods, one is the precipitation method, and the other is the filtration method." Guan Yu was reading "Zuo Shi Chunqiu", he put the book down, and said: "What Zhang Fei means is that this glass of clear water represents positive thoughts, and this glass of muddy water represents negative thoughts. The precipitation method means hiding those melancholy deep in the heart. Sometimes you think you have forgotten it, but you never thought that the wind and waves would fill your heart again. Poets often use words like "the eyebrows are lowered, but the heart is on the heart" to describe this state, so the precipitation method Inadequate." Liu Bei asked: "So, what about the filtering method?" Guan Yu said: "The filtration method can solve the problem quite thoroughly, but it also has two disadvantages. The sand blocking the outside of the filter is easy to block the filter holes, and it is easy to break the filter when the pressure outside the filter is too high. Therefore, the filtering method can only keep it clean for a short period of time, but 'one misstep will cause eternal hatred' is the normal state of the world." Liu Bei asked: "Don't you have other good ways?" Zhang Fei said: "Of course." He took the two good friends to the bathroom, put the glass of muddy water under the faucet, and turned on the water source.Under the impact of a clear stream, the muddy water in the cup was continuously diluted and overflowed.In less than a minute, the murky water had completely turned into clean water.He said to Liu Bei: "See? The water in the tap represents happiness, vitality and positive thoughts. It can dilute your troubles, wash away your confusion, and remove all negative things. Just like you need a glass of clear water , you should choose those positive and uplifting thoughts and let it keep washing your mind.” Liu Bei said: "You know, although I came from a poor background, I have never given up on self-motivation. But for some reason, my attention is easily turned to the other side, which prevents me from being active." Zhang Fei said: "Yes, during this process, it is normal for you to feel shy, awkward, panicked, sad, and repelled. However, you should not let certain phenomena in the process affect your determination. You must Put your focus on the 'end result' and put those positive thoughts in service of the 'end result'." Liu Bei said, "Where can I find such an endless supply of positive thoughts?" Zhang Fei said: "It's very simple. As long as you don't doubt, those joys, affirmations, philosophical quotes, beautiful imaginations about things, praise for yourself, and even just a motto can continuously stir your heart. However, As long as you doubt, you will be silent—as long as you are silent, those positive thoughts will stop working—and the world's troubles, like drifting dust, will take the opportunity to muddy your clear water." Liu Bei smiled and said, "Your inference is right. I do often doubt it. I think this is why I can't be active. Zhang Fei, I usually see you carelessly, but I never thought you would be so wise and foolish." Guan Yu said: "You look like a rough man, but in fact, the beauty draws pictures more beautifully than anyone else, and also writes well with a good handwriting!" Liu Bei pondered for a while, and said, "Zhang Fei, how about you sum up your grand theory just now into one sentence, and write it into a picture, as my motto?" "Wow!" Zhang Fei agreed generously, and immediately returned to the dormitory, spread paper and ink, and wrote: "Don't doubt success, always be passionate!" Summary The graduation thesis submitted by Liu Bei is "Seven Compulsory Courses in the Age of Entrepreneurship".In the third year of high school, his mother gave him the first class, which made him struggle to skip the threshold of the college entrance examination and become a student of the famous Changjiang International Business Administration University.His uncle gave him a second class and told him to work hard, and finally passed the four years of university study smoothly.Teacher Lu Zhi taught him the third, fourth and fifth lessons, enabling him to understand the meaning of love, society and growth.The little boy taught him the sixth lesson, letting him know what it means to go all out.Guan Yu and Zhang Fei used the demonstration effect of two glasses of water to teach him the seventh lesson, allowing him to truly understand the relationship between positivity and success.He is like the young eagle that is breaking out of the egg in Mr. Lu Zhi's fable. Because of the upbringing of these seven lessons, he will use his immature and strong feet and wings to go to the new world outside the egg shell without hesitation. Life. It is worth mentioning that he, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei sworn brothers with different surnames in the Taoyuan on the west hillside of the school.Ranked by birth date, Liu Bei is the eldest brother, Guan Yu is the second brother, and Zhang Fei is the third brother.Liu Bei said: "The traditional habit of Chinese scholars is that the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, but our wish is not only to inspire words, but also to gallop across the country and enter a space for entrepreneurship. As the saying goes, three people with one heart, their profits cut gold .Concentrate the strength of the three of us to pursue success, and success will be achieved!" As a result, the story of Taoyuan's sworn brotherhood spread throughout the world, and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the era of entrepreneurship began. Milu, who once served as the coach of the Chinese football team, said a famous saying: "Attitude is everything." However, only few people can understand the true meaning of this sentence. There are all kinds of people in the world, and everyone is learning how to be successful.It is worth noting that many people will complain about his objective conditions and thus be unable to pursue success.It must be admitted that disappointing dilemmas are indeed a fact of life—and it must also be admitted that certain possibilities of success constitute another fact of life.Therefore, how to understand one's own life and objective conditions depends entirely on one's own attitude. All resources and strengths are available to support you in realizing that possibility of success.The more positive your attitude, the greater your determination, the more resources and strength you can mobilize, and the probability of success will increase accordingly.Attitude determines the greatest probability of success and all the knowledge of success. These studies include "seven compulsory courses in the era of entrepreneurship".Let this learning support your successful start and help you manage the process.Success is waiting for you at the other end of the process.