Chapter 1 Believe that you are gold, and you will shine

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Success means many good things in reality.

Success encompasses many aspects of personal achievement:

Including a happy family, ideal vacation and travel, economic security (strong ability to resist risks), bringing the greatest sense of superiority and spiritual life enjoyment to children;

Success means gaining the envy of others, having leadership, being respected in business, and enjoying a special, desirable social status;

Success also means freedom of action and wealth: freedom from worry, fear, recovery, and failure;

Success means self-esteem, self-reliance, constantly finding new joy and fulfillment in life, and being able to have reliable people to accomplish more for you.

To achieve is to gain.

Success and achievement are the ultimate goals of life.

Everyone wants to be successful, and everyone wants the best and most beautiful things out of life.

No one likes that kind of mediocre life, and no one wants to be a second-class citizen.

The Bible says that "self-confidence can move mountains", and the Chinese fable "foolish man moves mountains" all show that self-confidence is the secret to success.

If you truly believe that you can remove a mountain, you will be able to do it.

After self-confidence, the self-confidence cells in your body will grow and will cause you to generate enough energy to succeed.

Because very few people have this belief, almost no one has ever done it.

On some occasions, you may hear someone say, "Just shout, 'The mountains move!'" It's nonsense to displace a mountain, it's simply impossible."

Those who say that have confused faith with delusion.

Admittedly, you can't move a mountain away by delusion.

You can't rely on delusions to be the owner of the room of the general manager or other big people, and you can't rely on delusions to squeeze you into the class with 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, or high incomes.

You can't get into leadership by relying on delusions.

But with faith, you can move a mountain. Believe that you can succeed, you will succeed, believe that you are gold, and you will shine.

The power of faith is not unfathomable, nor is it magical.

The power of faith goes like this:

Faith is a powerful, determined attitude that engages the positive energy cells in the body to generate strength, skill, and ability.

When you believe that you can do something, the way to do it will be born in the brain cells, and the brain circuits will be smoother, just like smooth traffic.

Across the country and around the world, every day, young people start their new jobs. Everyone hopes that one day they can reach the top and enjoy the joy of success.

But most of them simply don't believe that there is a price and sweat to get to the top.

Therefore, they can never reach the very top. I had to believe that I couldn't have made it to the top because they hadn't found the steps to the top.

Their deeds are still the work of a mortal.

But a few of them are sure that they will succeed:

They work with a "I'll make it to the top" attitude, they climb with a strong belief that they will succeed and that there is nothing they can't do.

Then climb hard, his efforts will move God, and when the right time comes, he will be pulled to reach the destination, the peak.

They would have studied and observed high-ranking officials.

They learned how people can successfully solve problems and make decisions, and they have been observing the attitudes and behaviors of successful people.

As long as you believe you can do something, you will know how to do it.

I know a lady who was going to set up a bookstore fifteen years ago, but many people advised her not to do it, saying she couldn't do it.

Because many state-owned bookstores are strong, how can they compete with Xinhua bookstores that are too big?

Her income was less than $1,000 at the time, her savings were small, and the smallest investment in the program was $10,000.

"Look at how competitive this is!" Someone dissuaded her like this.

"Also, what experience do you have in selling books? Not to mention managing such a big business. Her husband asked her the same thing.

However, this Dai lady believes in herself, and even more so in her ability to succeed.

At the same time, she admits that she lacks funds, admits that the business is competitive, and does not deny that she lacks experience.

But, she said, "the evidence I have has shows that books are needed in any era, and that textbooks will expand rapidly." On top of that, I've studied my competitiveness, I know I'm better at speaking and selling than everybody, and I know there will be some mistakes, but I'm sure I'll be able to make a name for myself soon. ”

Yes, she quickly rose to prominence.

She had no trouble raising funds, and her unwavering belief in the success of the business earned her the confidence of both investors.

Armed with solid faith, she fulfilled what others thought was "impossible".

She found two more publishers who were willing to pay her a certain amount of money upfront without changing the price.

The following year, sales of her fiction books and supplementary books exceeded 100,000 yuan.

"Next year," she said, "I hope to break through the $200,000 mark."

Later, her bookstore sold more than 600,000 yuan a year.

Faith, unwavering faith will open people's minds and find solutions to problems.

Believe that you will succeed, your self-confidence cells will grow wildly, and others will also be infected by your self-confidence cells and have trust in you.

Most people don't have much confidence in the country's big projects, but some do, and many years ago an official revealed an experience about "the foolish man moving mountains".

"A few years ago, we sent notices to a number of engineering companies that we were going to hire a company to design a few bridges as part of our highway construction project, which would cost more than 50 million yuan," he said. The selected company will receive 40% of the commission fee, i.e. more than 2 million yuan, as the design fee.

"I've talked to 21 engineering companies about it. Four of the largest companies decided to submit their designs immediately, while the other 17 were smaller, with only three to seven engineers each. Of those, 16 were succumbed by the scale of the project, looked at the entire project plan and shook their heads and said, 'It's too big for us, we want to do it, but all the efforts are in vain'. ”

"But there is one in a small company with only 3 engineers," the official continued. After carefully studying the project, we said, we can handle it, and we will submit the plan soon. ”

They submitted the design and eventually got the job done.

Do it, those who believe that they may "move mountains".

A man without faith can never "move mountains." Faith inspires infinite strength.

In fact, faith is the most important factor in accomplishing something greater than "the foolish man moving mountains".

To explore space is to believe that we can conquer space. If it is believed that people cannot travel in space, then scientists cannot have the courage, interest and passion to do so.

Now people have a space station because of their belief, and they have discovered that there is liquid water on Mars, so there is planetary travel, there is satellite navigation, and there is satellite positioning.

Only by believing that cancer can be cured, medical scientists will eventually find a cure for cancer, and now there are targeted drugs for cancer to treat all kinds of cancer, with good results and reduce cancer mortality.

Many years ago, it was suggested in Europe that a passage should be built in the English Channel to connect England with the mainland. But many are skeptical.

Today, the passage has long been built.

Mainly because those who initially made the proposal believed that the path would be established.

Faith inspires infinite strength.

The belief in great results has great power, and this is the power that lies behind all the literature, drama and scientific discoveries.

As long as you have a successful idea and a political group, you must have confidence in the results.

Believe, truly believe that you can succeed, and you will succeed.

Over the years, I've talked to people who have failed in many different industries, and I've heard a lot about the reasons and justifications for failure.

As I talked more to the losers, I found that the most important things were:

As a reason, the loser reminds people: "To be honest, I knew it wasn't going to work" or "I had concerns before I started" or "Actually, it didn't work, I was so surprised".

The "Okay, I'll give it a try, but I'm afraid to say whether it's successful or not" attitude often leads to failure.

Lack of confidence is a negative force, a growing side energy cell that can be used to find excuses to support yourself when your mind is distrustful or skeptical.

Skepticism, distrust, unintentional experimentation or not really wanting to succeed are the reasons for most failures.

Doubt, doomed.

Believe in victory, and you will succeed.

Believe that you are gold, and you will shine.

A fiction writer recently talked to me about her writing ambitions, and she listed the outstanding writers in her field.

"Mr. M is a brilliant writer, how can I be as successful as he is," she said. ”

Her attitude disappointed me, because I knew the writer she mentioned. He had no extraordinary intelligence or observational powers, he was a farmer and had no other anomalies other than special self-confidence.

Since Mr. M believed that he was the best, he wrote to the best of his ability, and as a result, he was awarded the only Nobel Prize in Literature in our country.

It is good to respect the leader, to learn from him, to observe him, to study him.

But don't blindly worship him.

Believe that you can surpass him, believe that you will beat him.

As long as you have a negative attitude, you will definitely become a negative actor. Negative cells will grow, urging you to fail!

Confidence is the air conditioner that regulates achievement in life.

Study the man who lives in mediocrity, he believes that his value is low, and therefore he gets very little.

He didn't think he could do anything big, so he didn't do anything.

He thinks he's insignificant, so everything he does doesn't mean much.

Over time, you can tell from talking, walking, and acting that you lack confidence.

Although he readjusted his air conditioner, he still gradually retreated, valuing himself less and less.

As a result, others look at him in the same way, and in the end, his status in the eyes of those around him becomes lower and lower.

Now, let's turn around and look at a self-motivated person:

He believed in his own importance, and as a result he gained a lot;

He believed that he could accomplish big, difficult tasks, and he succeeded;

Everything he does, how he behaves, his character, his thoughts, his opinions, tell people: "There is an expert here, he is a great man".

Man is a product of his own thoughts. Think big, be honest and believe in success.

You can become as big as you want, and a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier.

A few years ago, after talking to a group of businessmen and giving them business presentations, I struck up with a gentleman who came up to me.

He introduced himself: "I do like your presentation, can I take a few more minutes with you?" I have a little personal experience that I'd love to talk to you about."

After a few minutes, we sat down speculatively and communicated.

"It's my personal experience," he began, "and it has a lot to do with what you talked about tonight about your mind working for you, not against you." I've never told anyone before about how I managed to get myself out of the world of mediocrity, but I want to talk to you."

"I love to hear it," I said.

"Well, five years ago, I worked hard alone, doing farm work in the fields every day, earning up to 3,000 yuan a year, and I was disheartened every day. At that time, I was able to maintain the standard of living of an average peasant, but this was far from ideal. Our house was too small, three children, and we didn't have the money to buy what we needed. β€œ

He looked at me and continued: "Fortunately, my wife doesn't complain much, but it can be seen from her that she is disappointed in her fate. I myself grew more and more resentment. Every time I see my wife and three children living a hard life with me, I feel very painful and guilty. ”

"But today things are completely different",

"We now have a beautiful house with a two-storey faΓ§ade," he said happily. I also have enough money to send my children to a good university, and I don't have to worry about marrying my son. My wife will never be stretched thin again for selling a few small pieces of clothing for her children, nor will she feel guilty about buying a few pieces of clothing and jewelry. Next month, our family will take an 11-day trip to Yunnan, and our lives are really fulfilling."

"How did all this happen?" I asked.

He continued: "All of this happened because we used the phrase you said tonight, 'I have faith and strength.'" Five years ago, I learned that there was a grain and wine company in Jinan, and I wanted to see if I could make some money. I arrived on Sunday, but the meeting didn't start until Monday. β€œ

He continued: "I sat in the hotel after dinner, and I didn't know what was going on, and I hated myself so much, and this was 'why'. β€œ

"I'm just an average loser, so why bother so much for a job with little better prospects?"

To this day, I don't know what made me do that, so I picked up the hotel's stationery and wrote down the names of five people I knew very well over the years. They have far surpassed me in terms of effort and work. Two of them were my good farmer neighbors and had now moved to the district. The other two were colleagues who had worked with me, and the last one was my brother-in-law. β€œ

"Next, I don't know what made me do thisβ€”I asked myself, what do I lack from all five of my friends? I compared them intellectually. Frankly, they are not better than me in terms of intelligence. and in all my education, honesty is not better than mine. ”

"But in everything I do, I see traces of my self-deprecation."

"In the end, I realized that in order to gain the trust of others, you must first trust yourself."

"Then I decided that I would no longer see myself as a second-class citizen, and I would no longer sell myself at a low price."

"The next morning, I was still full of confidence. For the first time, I tested the confidence I had gained, and before going to the interview, I hoped that I would be able to make up my mind to get the exclusive representation of this grain distillery in the area where I lived. Interestingly, after I realized that I was a valuable person, after a long night, I analyzed myself and discovered what I possessed, which made me more valuable, so I successfully marketed myself. ”

"Because of my self-confidence, the winery also trusted me, and I managed to get the exclusive agent. I borrowed money from relatives and friends, and it was my self-confidence that made them trust me. β€œ

"I found a two-story faΓ§ade next to a big market, selling wine and dry goods from Tengzhou. During the first two years, I worked overtime day and night to sell my liquor and dry goods to restaurants. I did my job perfectly, paid off the money I borrowed, and then it got better and better. β€œ

A part-time worker from another company who listened to my talk came to me and talked to me:

"I'm now successful and have gone from an ordinary migrant worker to a middle class. Because one night, I seriously considered a success factor, which was creativity. β€œ

"Here I would like to say that in this respect I am nowhere near as successful as my friends."

"It was 3 a.m., but my mind was still unusually clear, and my brain cells were speaking in my head. For the first time, I saw my weaknesses. I found that I was lagging behind, and my heart was on crutches. β€œ

"I dissected myself deeply and found that the reason for my lack of creativity was that I didn't believe in my heart that I was a great person."

"I sat there for the rest of the night, thinking about how the lack of confidence had taken control of me, how I had used my mind to get along with myself. I find that I always ask myself, 'How can I do something?' It's not about why I can't do something. β€œ

"I've been selling myself at a low price."

"Later, when the company entered a weakened phase, I thought maybe it would show my worth more."

Later, the company was reorganized, and I took out a loan to get a decent stock and a higher salary.

Just believe in yourself, and good things will follow.

Your mind is a "factory of ideas", or a "dream factory". It's a very busy factory, generating countless different ideas every day.

The yield of your "thought factory" is managed by two sets of cells. One of them we call the "victory" cell, and the other the day: the "defeat" cell.

"Victory" cell supervisor affirms the production of ideas. He specializes in the reasons and reasons why you are capable, why you are qualified, and why you might be successful.

Another group of cells, the "failure" cells, is responsible for the production of negative thoughts. He is an expert at saying why you can't, why you're too weak, why you can't succeed, etc. His specialty is to provide a chain of thought on "why do you fail".

Both the "Victory" and "Defeat" groups of cells are obedient and responsive.

All you need to do is show both groups of cells that you're willing to listen, and when the signal is yes, the "victorious" cells will come to their aid.

Conversely, a negative signal will cause the "failed" cells to run to report.

To see how these two sets of cells work for you, take a look at this example.

Telling yourself "today is a bad day" will signal the "failure" cell into action and he will produce something that proves you right.

He will tell you that the weather is too hot or too cold, that production will not flourish today, that sales will drop, that you may get sick, that your wife may lose her temper. β€œ

The "failed" cell works very efficiently, and in a few minutes he will convince you that today is indeed a bad day, and that there will be bad omen soon.

On the contrary, if you tell yourself, "It's a great day," the "victory" cells will come to work and will tell you that it's a great day, that the weather is great, that people are alive and well, and that you can make progress in your work today.

And then the good day begins.

In the same way, the "defeat" cells tell you why you can't sell to Mr. Lee, while the "victory" cells tell you why you can;

The "defeat" cell proves to you that you are going to fail, while the "winning" cell proves to you that you will succeed;

The "defeated" cells will give excellent evidence against Mr. Lee, while the "victorious" cells will illustrate more reasons why you should like Mr. Lee.

The more work you assign to which group of cells, the stronger he becomes.

If the "failed" cell has a lot of work, he will recruit troops and take up more space in your mind.

Eventually, he will occupy the entire mind-making sector, and all thoughts will become negative and negative.

The only sensible thing to do is to fire and discard the "failed" cells. You don't need him at all.

You don't need him around you to tell you that you can't do something or that you're not qualified enough to do something, that you're going to fail, etc.

The "defeated" cell won't help you get where you're going, so kick him out the door.

Always use the "Victory" cell and let Mr. "Victory" work for you when a new thought comes to mind, and he will prove why you will succeed.

From now to tomorrow, China is developing very rapidly, and thousands of new customers will turn to China, and China itself is a big market, a big customer.

In addition to real estate, new industries, especially new technological advances, chip research and development, IT and AI practitioners, the expanding market of the network will bring new opportunities and opportunities, such as online anchors selling goods, training, online writers, etc.

That's all good news, it's the golden age of life.

All of this shows that industries need a high level of talent – that is, people who can influence others and have a strong ability to work, as well as the ability to guarantee them in leadership positions.

The people who can fill these leadership positions are all adults or near-adults at the moment, and one of them is you.

In rapid development, not everyone can succeed.

For a long time, China has been developing rapidly, which is obvious to the whole world.

But thousands of people, in fact, most of them, have worked hard but have not really succeeded.

Despite the many opportunities of the first decade, most of the countrymen struggled with mediocrity.

In the future, most people will continue to have concerns and fears. They don't feel important and worthy, and they can't do what they want to do.

As a result, their performance will bring only small rewards and negligible satisfaction.

Those who can take advantage of the opportunity to succeed (dare I say you are one of them, otherwise you would not read this book, you would have obeyed fate),

It will be smart people who believe they can succeed.

Come in, the door to success is wider than ever.

You will join those who are getting what you need from life.

This is the first step towards success, but also a fundamental step, a critical step.

Step 1: Believe that you are gold, and you will shine. Believe in yourself and believe that you will succeed!

Three guides to tapping into the power of self-confidence:

1. You only want to succeed, not to fail.

At work, at home, always think about success, not failure.

When faced with a difficult situation, think, "I'm going to win," instead of thinking, "I'm going to lose";

When competing with others, think, "I'm the best." Don't think: "I can't keep up with the situation, I'm going to be eliminated";

When the time comes, think "I can do this",

Never say, "I can't do it," the thought of "won't work out" will occupy your thought process.

As long as you want to be successful, you will have some plans in your head to achieve success. If you want to fail, it's the opposite.

Thinking about failure causes your mind to come up with thoughts that will lead to failure.

2. Always remind yourself that you are better than you think you are.

Successful people are not superhuman, and they do not have to have superhuman intelligence to be successful.

In the same way, there is no unfathomable secret to success, and success does not depend on luck.

Those who succeed are civilians, but they have faith in themselves and their actions.

Indeed, never sell yourself at a low price.

3. Believe in big causes.

The size of your accomplishments depends on the size of your faith.

Small goals will inevitably lead to small achievements; Big goals lead to big achievements.

It's also important to remember that big ideas and plans are often easier to achieve, and never less achievable than small goals and small plans.

A chairman of the board of directors said at a meeting: "...... We need to get from everyone who wants to be ahead of the curve, a determination to take on a personal plan for their own development. No one will order another to develop. Whether a person is backward or advanced in his profession is his personal matter. It takes time, effort, and sacrifice. No one can do anything for you. ”

Her advice was perfect and practical, take her words to heart.

Anyone who wants to reach the top in business management, sales, engineering, civil service, writing, training, acting, and other pursuits does so through a continuous program of self-development and growth.

Any training program – this book is exactly one of three things should do:

First, it should provide content, i.e., what to do;

Second, it must provide the means, i.e., how to do it;

Every third time, it must stand the severe test, that is, to obtain results.

The content of an individual's training program for success should be based on the attitudes and skills of successful people.

How do they arrange themselves?

How did they overcome the difficulties?

How do they think?

Your development and growth plan is a set of guidelines that guide your actions.

These can be found in each chapter of my future articles, and this guides the work.

Apply and observe them yourself.

The most important part of the training, the outcome. Simply put, if you implement the above plan carefully, you will be successful.

At the moment, this may seem impossible to break it down.

Your personal success training plan will give you a series of rewards:

The family adores you more,

Friends and colleagues respect you more,

You feel more useful.

Feeling your own importance,

Feeling your status, your income will increase, and your standard of living will improve as well.

Your training program is implemented on your own, and no one can condescendingly tell you what to do? How to do it.

This book will be your guide, but only you can truly understand yourself;

Only you can supervise the implementation of these training programs;

Only you can evaluate your progress;

When you make a mistake, only you can correct it.

In short, you will train yourself to achieve greater and greater achievements.

You already have a well-equipped lab where you can work and study. Your lab is right next to you.

Your lab is made up of humans.

This lab provides you with a variety of examples of human behavior.

When you think of yourself as a scientist in your lab, there's no limit to what you can learn. There is no need to pay any rent.

There is no cost to you, and you can use the laboratory for free to do any scientific experiments and projects.

As the head of your own lab, you can do what every scientist does:

You can use your laboratory's chromatography analyzers, biochemistry analyzers, ultracentrifuges, incubators, ultrasonic grinders, analytical balances, PCR sequencing and other instruments at will.

Then observe and experiment.

Although we have been surrounded by humans all our lives, it is surprising that most people have little understanding of why people do certain things, just as some people do not know how to use test instruments.

Most of them were untrained observers.

The important purpose of this book is to help you develop your own ability to observe and gain insight into human behavior.

You may be asking yourself questions like, "Why is Mr. Ma so successful and Xiao Sun so mediocre?"

"Why do some people have many friends and others have few?" "Why would people happily accept a request from one person and ignore the same request from another?"

Once trained, you can learn valuable experiences and lessons just by observing.

Here are two special tips to help you become a trained observer.

Choose a special kind of study that looks at the most successful and unsuccessful people you know.

Then, first, observe how close your successful friend is to the principles of success described in the book, as described in the book.

Again, pay attention to these two extremes, and you will find that the truth in this book is true.

Every contact you have with someone else will give you an opportunity to observe the principles of success in the actual work.

Your goal is to develop the habit of working hard for success, and habits are important.

Habit can make a person who doesn't like to read come together in the morning and open the book.

The more it is practiced, the sooner it becomes second nature in the desired way.

Many of us have a hobby of planting certain flowers and trees.

We've all heard them say, "I'm glad to see these flowers and plants growing so well." Look, how they love plant fertilizer and water. They're a lot longer than last week. ”

Yes, something exciting can happen when people carefully cooperate with the natural world, but not even a tenth of the excitement compared to observing your own reaction to your own thought processing.

It's fun to feel yourself more confident, more effective, and more successful day by day, month by month.

There is nothing in life, and absolutely nothing brings you greater satisfaction and happiness than knowing that you are gradually moving towards succession.

Nothing is more challenging and exciting than getting the most out of yourself.

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