1. In the process of growing up, you need a "whetstone". This whetstone may be your supervisor, colleague, relative, or your competitor. The reason why it is a "whetstone" is because they will continue to sharpen you until you become a "sharp weapon".
2. How to find your whetstone?
3. After you find the whetstone, what do you polish? How to polish?
The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.
Everyone has their own shining points and their own character. It is easy to follow your own whims if you can't keep showing your highlights for a long time. At this time, use a knife to polish it, remind it, spur it, and let it eventually become a diamond.
A thousand-mile horse often exists, but a horse with a thousand miles does not always appear. Meeting a good life mentor is the greatest happiness for everyone living in the world. ! You will also live your most wonderful self and have your own world...
No matter how genius your ideas and talents are, if they need to be recognized by the real world and obtain real benefits, you can We need to merge with the mainstream. This is a compromise and wisdom. Geniuses often do not have such emotional intelligence, so external whetstones and talents are very important.
1. In the common impression of ordinary people, the relationship between editor and author is that of Bole and Chollima, and the writer is much more important than the editor. However, Perkins' story directly subverts this perception - without him, it is likely that these three literary masters would not exist.
2. Perkins saved Hemingway. Hemingway's works not only contain a lot of swear words, but also have a strong male-dominated tendency. No editor dared touch his work, but Perkins was not afraid. In terms of content, he carefully advised and even modified it himself; in addition to the content, he painstakingly maintained Hemingway's public image. Without Perkins, there would be no Hemingway as we see it.
3. Without Perkins, Fitzgerald would not have become a literary giant. Fitzgerald had a fatal flaw - he loved spending money. Perkins tried his best to help him survive the financial crisis. In order for Fitzgerald to insist on finishing the novel, Perkins was not only his editor, but also his financial steward, psychological counselor, psychomasseur, marriage mediator, and career planner...
4. As for Wolfe, Perkins is his best. For example: Wolfe's masterpiece "Angel, Look Homeward" was revised so much by Perkins that there is a saying in the industry that the real author of "Angel, Look Homeward" is Perkins, and Wolff believes Count more as the second author.
5. In the process of achieving various literary giants, Perkins played two roles: First, he constantly gave feedback to geniuses and used various methods to bring their behavior patterns back to normal society. on track; second, turn genius’ creativity into real products and present them to the public.
6. Summarize Perkins’ role in one word: whetstone. In this world, those who have unlimited creativity are geniuses; but only after being tempered by a whetstone like Perkins can genius transform creativity into works.
7. As the degree of social networking increases, the way creativity is turned into products changes accordingly. Publishers see good articles on social media and can contact the authors directly; talent scouts see online talent shows and can easily discover potential artists... In this era, grindstones like Perkins have become more and more important. Come less and less.
8. Few does not mean none. For a product, users are its whetstone; for an entrepreneur, its opponents are its whetstone; for an artist, the market is its whetstone. Search hard and you will always find your own whetstone.
9. After you find the whetstone, what should you polish? In fact, it is Perkins who gave us two points of inspiration: first, bring fantastic ideas into the mainstream of society and become part of the social structure; second, turn creativity into products and public services. part.
Some extended thoughts:
A knife cannot continue to be sharp without a whetstone; a person cannot continue to improve without a whetstone.
?A good whetstone in life has three basic characteristics: First, it has the insight to know people, knows the strengths and weaknesses of the person being grinded, and uses the strong to make up for the weak. The second is the ability to discover and solve problems. You can always find the key problems in the progress of the people being grinded, and have the methods to solve these problems. The third is to have the courage to point out and correct problems, that is, to point out problems face to face at any time in a way that is acceptable to the person being tortured.
Whetstone: Sometimes it is others, sometimes it is yourself, constantly spur yourself, let yourself live in this real society, and regard life as your own grinding stone Stone, so that you can be a sharpening stone for others.
The whetstone of life is the relationship between people, in which the reconciliation of self and superego is achieved. Very few people can achieve enlightenment, but most people still need the guidance of others and their own efforts to become enlightened.
In the past, people who produced content could not directly face consumers, so there was a need for an intermediary, such as an editor to package it and then face it to consumers. What about the packaging process? There is packaging for the product and guidance for the author. The purpose is still to produce good products. Now, product producers can directly face consumers. If they don’t improve themselves, others won’t buy it, so there are no people who specialize in packaging. So, in this era, there is no one-shot deal, continuous feedback and continuous changes are the norm
The three major writers are lucky to have such a whetstone. Everyone is You need such a whetstone, but first you must have a knife and two brushes, so that it can be worth polishing. Successful people are inseparable from both internal and external factors, internal self-cultivation and external situation of the times. The more these two points match, the more successful they will be.
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