Five inspirational short stories

1. The way to achieve success

Story: Picasso was asked, "People call you the avant-garde of art. What is the concept of "avant-garde"?" Picasso said with deep feeling: "Avant-garde means being attacked from behind much more than from in front!

Point: In fact, the way to achieve success is very simple, as long as you dare to go ahead of others.

Insight: Everything needs to be out of the ordinary, and taste needs to be even more out of the ordinary. Although people who pander to the vulgar and follow the crowd are less attacked, they cannot achieve outstanding achievements after all. To achieve something, you must have the courage and confidence to walk in front of others, although this will be attacked more from behind.

2. Ways to become smart

Story: William Henry. Henry. When Harrison was a child, many people said he was stupid. Because when people gave him a penny and a dollar, he always took the penny. When the boy grew up, he was elected as the ninth president of the United States. Later, someone asked him why he did that. He said, "If I take a dollar, who will give me a dime in the future?"

Point: In fact, the way to become smart is very simple, just pretend to be "stupid".

Insight: Sometimes the highest wisdom lies in appearing to be ignorant. Sometimes those who are considered fools are not fools, but fools are fools. As long as you know how to play dumb, you are not stupid. To become a great man, you must learn to hide your intelligence.

3. Ways to gain an appreciation

Story: Before Dumas became famous, the manuscripts he sent out always met with walls. One day Dumas said to him, "It would be much better if you sent your manuscript with a note saying that you were Dumas's son." But Dumas stubbornly said, "No, I don't want to stand on your shoulders and pick apples, for the fruit that comes from that has no taste!" Later, Dumas sent under an alias of "The Lady of the Camellias" was published, and won the unanimous praise of the French literary world.

Point: the way to get appreciation is very simple, relying on their ability to do it.

Insight: Where there is a will, there is a way. If you rely on your talent and focus all your energy on one goal, you will achieve something. If you are double-minded, you will incur failure. If you walk slowly on a long road, you will reach your destination.

4. The way to create success

Story: A young man went to the great painter Adolf Mentzel and asked him, "What do I do? Menzel: "I often paint a painting in just one day, but why do I have to wait a year to sell it?" Mentzel replied, "Try it the other way around! It takes you a year to paint, then you can sell it in just one day!"

Point: In fact, the method of creative success is very simple, just be diligent.

Insight: You can have an appointment with success by taking a few more steps. Only by sweating hard can you eat hard-working food. No skill can be obtained easily in the world, and genius comes from hard work.

5. The way to achieve a career

Story: A young literary man wrote to Mark Twain. A young man wrote to Mark Twain and asked, "I heard that fish bones contain a lot of phosphorus, and phosphorus helps to mend the brain. So, to become a world-famous writer, do you have to eat a lot of fish? Have you eaten a lot of fish? What kind of fish did you eat?" Mark Twain wrote back. Twain wrote back, "It seems that you have to eat a pair of whales!"

Point: In fact, the way to achieve a career is very simple, don't believe that eating fish can become a writer can be.

Insight: There is no shortcut to success, only continuous learning to make up for our shortcomings, to make us rich and profound. Almost all outstanding people are learned people, only ignorant people will despise learning.