Who's there to imagine? Who's out there to have fun? If you spend today doing nothing, you are giving up on tomorrow, and a lazy person can never succeed, and no opportunity is an excuse for a loser to not succeed.

Ideals are not imagination, and success is most afraid of utopia. If you want to succeed in life, you must work hard. Lying on the ground and waiting for an opportunity will never succeed, because the opportunity has already floated overhead. Those who succeed are out-and-out doers. Looking at their life and life, they have not only accumulated ways to enter the game in person for specific things, but also experienced the significance of actively entering the game for major events in the world.

On the contrary, many of us have a lot of ideas, but most of them are just fantasies, and we end up with nothing. This weakness is often found in adventurous people who, when developed, are like the Greek Midas, who makes money in whatever business they do. They and others believe that they will continue to rise. The problem is often when they fall.

The basic problem with these people is that the goals are too spread out to be centralized.

The world always has a path for those who have a purpose. If a person has a goal, an object, and knows where he is heading, then he is more successful than those who wander and do not know where to follow. Without objects, there can be no rapid progress. Someone once said, "If you don't know where you're going, you're not going to achieve anything." ”

Too many ideas, or too many goals to achieve, are just as harmful as not having ideas and no goals.

In a period of frustration, everything in the past always seems to linger, and we seem to be crucified to it. We'll always think about it and make some corrections from time to time. It seems that before we can act, we must first look back and understand what it means. All people are destined to be historians of their own lives.

One of the most important things to do when you have a major setback is to be honest with yourself. Unless we answer the question of why we fail, we can't turn failure into the mother of success.

Only with the sober eyes of an analyst, rather than emotional blame, can we be liberated from the character of failure. Failure is not a big deal, even the best people are inevitable, and it's great to be able to learn from it.

The only thing that makes smart people different is that they are able to remember the lessons of their own character failures – such as falling into fantasy. Zeng Guofan disliked the practice of often fantasizing, complaining, and complaining about the world, and put forward the principle that "it is always useless to shout and discuss the affairs of the world from the outside, and you must enter the game in person in order to have hope for change".

Zeng Guofan's success in life is related to his advocacy that things must be practiced. Regarding this point, Cai Guanluo at the end of the Qing Dynasty said: When Zeng Guofan was the former governor of Liangjiang, the documents discussed and studied were clear and rigorous. There is no constitution that is not made by hand, and there is no document that is not circled by oneself. When he returned to serve as the governor of Liangjiang, he was grateful to the emperor for his kindness, and still let him sit in the southeast, and he himself said that if he was a little lazy and comfortable, he would feel very guilty in his heart. He used his spare time to meet with guests from all walks of life, and after seeing them, he would visit them thoroughly, and give diligent guidance and encouragement. As for whether the subordinates of the staff are wise or not, there is no one who does not silently remember the original nature of the matter. He couldn't afford to be sick, which was really caused by the fact that he had to personally inquire about everything on weekdays, and he exhausted his energy and thoughts. To enter the game in person, you must first do it right yourself.

Zeng Guofan said: Whether the wind is right or not, it is all based on one's own body and heart, every move, every word, and silence, everyone turns it into an atmosphere. Therefore, those who are superior to others, focus on self-cultivation, and the following effects are fast and wide. Zeng Guofan mentioned in "Four Maxims for Li Yuxian" that the way to enter the game in person, that is, to the body, heart, eyes, hands, and mouth.

The so-called "personal visit" means, for example, as a grassroots official, he should personally go to the village to investigate the relevant human life, theft and other cases; As an officer, you should personally inspect the barracks and personally charge into battle. The so-called "heart" means that everything must be carefully analyzed, and all aspects and links of things must first be broken down and finally synthesized. The so-called "eye-sightedness" means that we should be attentive to others and carefully study official documents. The so-called "hand-to-hand" means that people's strengths and weaknesses and key points of things should be recorded at any time to prevent forgetting. The so-called "mouthful" means that in terms of sending people and warning people, it is necessary not only to have an official document to inform others, but also not to be afraid of tiresome and repeated hard words. Regarding Zeng Guofan's "mouth", there is such a record:

Liu Mingchuan led the division to chase the army at the turn of Hubei and Henan, and met with Bao Chaojun, one day, Liu saw Zeng Guofan, and asked: "See Bao Chunting?" He said, "Yes." Zeng said: "Wearing a yellow coat? He said, "No." Zeng Guofan was surprised and asked why he didn't wear it? He asked again: "What are the merits of the Syrian war?" He said: "The master is a guest, and the name is fortunate to see it, and he will be humble and not let go, and there will be no more merit to be recounted." Because the host does not say his own merits, he also respects the host. Zeng Guofan laughed. Looking at this, you can know the way to control the general, although it is in the subsection, but you must know it. This incident can be described as a vivid manifestation of Zeng Guo's mouth.

Being able to do things in person and doing it right has a very significant impact. The Analects states: "His body is upright, and he does not give orders; His body is not right, although he does not obey orders. In other words, if you don't behave properly, then no matter what policies and regulations are formulated, your subordinates will not follow them.

Zeng Guofan and Lin Zexu both deeply realized the importance of hands-on practice. When Lin Zexu was a governor in Jiangsu, he once said to his subordinates: "I hate that I am not from a pastoral background, and I have to practice everything myself." When Zeng Guofan was the governor of Liangjiang, he also said: "To be an official, you should start from the state and county, so that you can stand on your feet." ”

It is precisely with this rigorous attitude of "everything must be done personally" that Zeng Guofan actively operates every step he thinks, and strives to do his best every step he takes, and his life has benefited a lot. It can be seen from this that personality and dignity are self-inflicted, and utopian dreams will only lead to mediocrity, but by no means success.

However, there is no shortage of dreamers in reality, and such people always talk about it and talk about ideals. They have countless ideals, hundreds of plans and programs, but they never do a single thing. They are accustomed to making excuses for themselves, such as lack of energy, lack of time, etc.; When they see others succeeding, they always comfort themselves - "He has a good chance, but I don't have this life...... So, they sketched their dreams year after year, but until they grew old, they still achieved nothing. It's scary.

A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier! But a general is not something you can do if you want to, you must not only dare to think, but also be willing to work! If you always think about "commanding the three armies", but you don't even do what a "soldier" should do, then how can you talk about "sweeping the world with a horizontal sword"? Who would believe you have what it takes?

Therefore, if you want to do something, you have to enter the game first. Enrich yourself in practice, show your talents, do what you need to do well, and prove your worth, so that you can be recognized by others.

You know, those successful people do it little by little. When they are penniless, they have already set great ambitions for themselves and are willing to pay for their ideals. They worked down-to-earth, sacrificed their lives and forgot to die, and fought unswervingly, so they had the infinite scenery later.

This is the difference between a doer and a visionary. And if we can realize this, then we can immediately draw the line between dreams and fantasies, and realize our dreams in a down-to-earth and step-by-step manner.

There is no doubt that utopian dreams will not succeed, and the effort will be rewarded. In the process of realizing the ideal, some people give up from beginning to end, and some people give up halfway, which stems from the difference in the degree of personal attachment. But no matter what, as long as you persist and persevere, you will have different degrees of gain. If you have empty dreams but never act, it is tantamount to getting by. This kind of laziness or numbness brings immeasurable damage to life. Therefore, we must make ourselves practical, we can visualize our dreams, make them into pictures and texts, and stick them on the head of the bed or somewhere where where we can see them, so that it can remind us at all times and spur ourselves to act, so as to accomplish every goal that we need to achieve.