Keeping up with the times is not only a fashionable slogan, but also an effective strategy for adaptation. If we can't keep up with the times, we'll have to follow other people's butts, and it's impossible to catch up. It's like taking the second or third bus and not being able to catch up with the first bus.

In order to grasp the initiative in order to keep pace with the times, it is necessary to take the initiative to attack like a military offensive, and not to take measures to catch up when certain changes have already come obviously. Of course, this kind of initiative is not illusory, but the result of research based on new phenomena, new problems, and new situations. American psychologist Bursius Skinner emphasized that when you find something interesting, you should give up all other things and concentrate on studying it, which is an important principle of the scientific method. The same goes for Bill and Dale who dropped out of school to start their own business. But too many people ignore the knock on the door because they have to complete a plan that has been made beforehand, just as Bill and Dale's parents asked them to finish their school first. And geniuses do not wait for the gift of opportunity, but actively seek serendipitous discoveries. They are not only prepared for change, but also very sensitive.

A new kangaroo has arrived at the zoo, and the caretakers have kept it in a meadow with a one-meter-high fence.

Early the next morning, the caretaker spotted the kangaroo bouncing around in the bushes outside the fence and immediately increased the height of the fence to two meters high and locked the kangaroo inside.

On the morning of the third day, the caretaker still saw the kangaroo outside the fence, so he increased the height of the fence to three meters and locked the kangaroo inside.

The giraffe in the next pen asked the kangaroo, "How high do you think this fence must be to hold you?" ”

The kangaroo replied, "It's hard to say, maybe five meters high, maybe ten meters, maybe even a hundred meters high - if that caretaker always forgot to lock the door of the fence." ”

The kangaroo's answer in the story is probably the best answer: if the gate is not locked, no matter how high the fence is, it will be useless.

The situation in which each person finds himself or herself is determined by the state of mind he or she holds. Therefore, if you want to change your life in the future and make it smoother, you must be prepared for change, adhere to the wrong ideas, and stubbornly unwilling to change, I am afraid that no amount of effort will be in vain.

After retiring, an old professor visited schools in remote mountainous areas to share his teaching experience with local teachers. Because of the old professor's love and amiability, he was welcomed by teachers and students everywhere he went.

Once, when he finished his visit to a school in the mountains and wanted to go elsewhere, many students were reluctant, and the old professor couldn't help but be moved, and immediately promised the students that the next time they came back, as long as they could tidy up their desks and chairs, the old professor would give each student a mysterious gift.

After the old professor left, every Wednesday morning, all the students must clean up their desks, because Wednesday is the day of the month when the professor comes to visit, but it is not sure which Wednesday the professor will come.

One of the students had a different idea from the others, he was bent on getting a gift from the professor as a souvenir, and he was afraid that the professor would suddenly come with a mysterious gift on a day other than Wednesday, so he tidied up his desk and chair every morning.

But often the desk is cleaned up in the morning, and in the afternoon it is messy, and the student is worried that the professor will come in the afternoon, so he cleans up again in the afternoon. If the professor showed up in the classroom an hour later and still saw his desk in a mess, he decided to clean up every hour.

In the end, he thought that if the professor came at any time, it was still possible to see that his desktop was untidy, and finally the elementary school student thought clearly, he kept his desktop clean all the time, and welcomed the professor's presence at any time.

Although the old professor has not yet reappeared with a mysterious gift, the schoolboy has already received another strange gift.

There are many people who spend their whole lives waiting for an opportunity that will make him successful. And in fact, opportunities are everywhere; It's all about whether you're ready when the opportunity arises.

As the story of the primary and secondary school students enlightened us, we can learn step by step when we are well prepared to meet the opportunity to come.

Be prepared for change, and at the same time, you will be amazed at how much you have grown as a result of your constant preparation. At this moment, you have been completely reborn and domineering, and you are no longer the person who was willing to wait for your whole life. You will transform into a giant eagle soaring in the sky, a pioneer of the times, and opportunities will appear in your sharp eyes at any time.