Edison, Mobersan, and Gao Shiqi are all known as great geniuses, and people all call them great achievements and outstanding contributions.

In addition to admiration, people will wonder if these leaders are born geniuses, why they are successful, and whether there is a secret to their success?

Someone asked the great inventor Edison about the secret of his success, and Edison said, "Ninety-nine percent diligence adds one point of genius." ”

This famous quote is the culmination of Edison's decades of practice, and so do celebrities.

Edison, whose teacher made him drop out of school because of his stupid qualifications, studied hard and finally became a great inventor. He worked for thirty-four or even thirty-six hours, experimenting with more than 1,600 materials just to study the heat resistance of filaments.

Maupassant wrote for ten years, and the manuscript paper was as tall as one person, and finally wrote "Sheep Fat Ball" that shocked the literary world.

Gao Shiqi, a popular science writer in China, has been paralyzed for decades, often conceiving from dusk to late at night, and from late night to dawn and finally succeeding.

The path they followed was the same as that of the three great men.

Judging from their practice, genius is not congenital but acquired, and they all rely on the word "diligence" to obtain talent and become skilled craftsmen. "Neng" and "skillful" here are a combination of genius.

Furthermore, there is a dialectical relationship between what can and can't, between clumsiness and ingenuity, there are both opposing sides and unified sides, as long as people create appropriate conditions, the two can be transformed, the key to this transformation is the word "diligence", it can be seen that "diligence" is the basis of talent, is the only way to obtain genius.

"Diligence" is a mirror, hanging high at the peak of success, it can not only reflect the majestic posture of people with lofty ideals and perseverance, but also reflect the ugly state of cowards and lazy people who are drunk and dreaming of death.

Those who are successful in their studies and careers must be "diligent", otherwise, they will become dull and have no career success.

There are no shortage of such cases.

Fang Zhongyong, who has been brilliant since he was a child, writes poetry, can be described as a congenital genius.

But later, his father took him all day long to "worship the people of Yuyi" and stopped studying, and as a result, his talent was lost and he became a layman and a mediocre person.

This proves the opposite: genius comes from hard work.

Genius out of diligence, is the crystallization of thousands of years of people's practice, "the mountain of books has a road diligence for the path", this famous saying is popular, however, not all people can do this, this is also the watershed between great men and mortals.

Great men can do it, mortals can't do it, that is, Han Yu said, "The reason why saints are holy and fools are stupid is because of this." ”

Diligence comes from great motivation, great people like Edison, Maupassant, Coatsge, they are diligent because they are determined and love their careers, they can treat life correctly, they have lofty ideals and grand ambitions.

Diligence also requires courage, that is, to have the spirit of not being afraid of hardship, tiredness, and difficulty.

In the face of the vast ocean of knowledge, do you have the courage to break the waves or hesitate?

One should follow Marx's teaching: "There is no smooth road in science, and only those who are not afraid of toil and climb the steep mountain road can hope to reach the glorious summit." ”

Ye Jianying said, "Attacking the city is not afraid of being strong, and attacking the book is not afraid of difficulties." Science has dangers and obstacles, and hard work can be passed", which motivates people to study hard.

Diligence also has perseverance, if there is no perseverance, no perseverance, three minutes of blood, two minutes of condensation, then there will be nothing.

If you work hard, be diligent, and suffer for a while, everyone can do this, but if you want to do it month after month, year after year, and for decades, not everyone can do it.

So, there must be perseverance.

Diligence also requires a correct attitude, a good style of study, but also down-to-earth, modest and cautious, not ashamed to ask, humbly seek advice, only in this way, can you become a genius.

(Written in the 70s of the 20th century)