As a successful cross-border, people actually know little about Feng Tang except his works. Recently, Feng Tang published a new book, in which he expounded his views on being a man and doing things. Feng Tang's new book Shicheng expresses his views by interpreting Zeng Guofan's words and notes. This book does not make a summary, but lists the original text in four parts according to Zeng Guofan's letters/letters/family instructions/diaries, and then writes the author's personal views.
Although some people think that this arrangement makes the whole book headless and incomplete, it has the advantage of being very easy to read and ready to read. Especially suitable for pillows, cars or carrying around. It only takes two or three minutes to get a little inspiration when the debris time is opened casually.
Feng Tang originally intended to publish a management guide book, but he chose Zeng Guofan's Notes on Yan Jia, because the author read Zeng Guofan's books the most, diligently and profitably. Secondly, Zeng Guofan, as one of the four famous ministers of ZTE in the late Qing Dynasty, not only stood out in political achievements, but also provided methodology around writings.
However, reading through the book, we can easily find that the so-called "correct yourself first", in order to succeed and manage good people, the first thing is to manage yourself first. Therefore, from this perspective, Success is a book suitable for all readers who want to achieve something.
This book expounds many ideas about how to achieve things, but the following four points are repeatedly mentioned:
The famous inspirational song "Love Will Win" in southern Fujian says that "three points are doomed by nature, and seven points depend on hard work", but Zeng Guofan thinks that "success or failure, manpower ranks third and fate ranks seventh." In other words, it should be reversed: three points depend on hard work, and seven points are destined.
This statement has existed in China since ancient times. The ancients summed up the ten elements of success: one life, two blessings, three geomantic omen, four virtues, five studies, six or seven phases, eight respects to God, nine friends and ten health preservation. Judging from these factors, the first three articles do not involve personal efforts. In this case, should people be resigned to fate all their lives?
Many people are also confused about this. On the one hand, they feel that people's life is doomed, on the other hand, they feel that as long as they work hard, they can change everything. Which statement is correct?
In fact, who is responsible for fate and hard work may not be that important. What is really important is to admit that fate is destined to exist in the process of success, because only by accepting this reality will it be difficult to be disillusioned. However, if we overemphasize objectivity, when a monk rings the bell every day, he can only be a mediocrity and accomplish nothing. Therefore, after accepting the existence of fate, we still have to work hard-because fate cannot win forever, and we will not lose forever.
Just as Zeng Guofan said: "Do your best for the unknown, and success or failure will no longer count"-all the things that should be done are done, and the rest of the success or failure depends on the sky. This is the attitude we should have in doing things.
There were two Confucian masters in the Southern Song Dynasty, one was Lu Jiuyuan, who advocated "making it great", and the other was Zhu, who advocated "every penny counts". Later, it was widely known that "focusing on the overall situation and starting from small things" was summed up by Zeng Guofan from the remarks of these two people. Feng Tang said, to remember a golden sentence of Zeng Guofan, we should remember this sentence, which is the only way to achieve a career and be a man.
So how do you understand this sentence? Zeng Guofan said: "Mingzi is the first essence of current affairs." There are two things: cleverness and cleverness. "-from the perspective of human factors, the first important thing is the word" Ming ",which contains two meanings, one is smart and the other is smart. Clever, refers to the overall situation, do things must have a lofty goal, this is the overall situation. And smart refers to fine, in fact, it is to start from an early age. There is never a shortcut to doing things. Only aim at the target, keep working hard, and temper repeatedly from the perspective of cleverness and shrewdness.
In real life, sometimes we may lack the ability to take care of the overall situation. For example, I am confused about the future and don't know where to go. What should I do at this time? Zeng Guofan pointed out: "Everything should be down-to-earth and diligent in small things, but you can make contributions from heaven." That is to say, from what you can do now, you can work hard and find the direction naturally after a long time. The most important thing at this time is to bury your head in your work and not ask about the future. In this way, nothing in your heart will not consume energy, but will increase your chances of winning.
Nowadays, with the popularity of the media, many people want to become famous overnight, worrying about reading every day and looking for tips. But the real winners are carefully polished at the beginning and gradually loved by the public after continuous exploration. Qualitative change often requires the accumulation of quantitative change. In the case of insufficient quantity, the pursuit of results can only add trouble to yourself.
Of course, if you want to achieve something, you must first have the overall situation of the matter in the most perfect situation, and then understand the various links that make up the matter and get through the connected joints, so that the progress will be faster.
Zeng Guofan's life, he summed it up as "repeated defeats and repeated wars."
Please note: this is different from repeated defeats. Repeated battles and repeated defeats mean doing many things and failing many times. Repeated defeats and wars emphasize the tenacity of not giving up after repeated defeats and wars.
Zeng Guofan failed many times in his life: at first, he failed many exams, and later he was scolded by the powerful people in Beijing for being an official, and by the local people for being an official. Fighting in Yuezhou, Jinjiang, Hukou and other places has also been defeated repeatedly. According to his words, "many times my teeth have fallen out, and I didn't swallow them with blood every time." In today's words, it means "knock out your teeth and swallow them into your stomach." Everyone likes success, not failure. However, failure is the time to truly gain knowledge and experience. Zeng Guofan thought that whenever he made progress in his life, he was frustrated and humiliated. So not only don't be afraid of failure, but also cherish fiasco. Feng Tang's metaphor here is wonderful. He said, "cherish this fiasco like the girl who broke your heart." -although it hurts, I can't bear to be rejected after all.
Xu Tu strives for self-improvement, but emphasizes persistence, no hurry and no rashness.
Failure is boring, not only because it shows our shortcomings, but also often gives people the illusion of wasting time, so anxiety is inevitable. Zeng Guofan emphasized: "If you are worried, you are afraid that you will not hear anything. Be patient, be patient! "
Everything is no exception. Taking medical treatment as an example, Feng Tang pointed out that no matter whether it is a physical disease or a psychological disease, we should give some time to the pain, give some time to the medicine you take and give God some time to get better. After all, this medicine is just a legend.
People always expect to be famous one day, and it will happen overnight. The overwhelming anxiety of sales makes people eager for success. But the rice should be eaten bit by bit, so it is better to go against the trend of the times, take it easy, slow down and take your time.
Zeng Guofan himself was in poor health. Because of his hard work all his life, he only lived for more than 60 years. In his works, he often talks about the way of keeping in good health-"the way of keeping in good health is based on the words' group, leisure, minister and labor', which are both so pure."
In Zeng Guofan's view, the heart is king and a minister. If you can be tired and not tired, you will be tired and not broken, even happy. So how can we not be tired? Six words: think and worry. Worry less and worry less, and naturally worry less. For people nowadays, it is to watch mobile phones less, be idle less, avoid worldly gossip and escape from the scope of Keyboard Man. For the body, we should do: walk frequently and keep the muscles and bones moving. Just exercise regularly. As for how to exercise, Feng Tang gave a specific plan: concentrate on exercising at least twice a week for at least one hour each time. Only by being strong and keeping your weight can you keep your body from dragging your heart. According to Feng Tang, if you can wear jeans when you graduate from college at the age of 50 or even 60, you can take more steps on the road to success.
The book Shicheng is like Feng Tang's reading notes, so the reading experience is very interesting: you are not only learning Zeng Guofan's views, but also communicating with Feng Tang. Feng not only helped everyone to better understand Zeng Guofan's mind, but also put forward his own different views. I really read a book and got inspiration from two successful people.
Although reading notes are not as logical as traditional books, the spark of thought has become another remarkable fresh experience. British writer Polk once said, "Reading without thinking means eating without digesting". Notebooks objectively promote our thinking and summary. As the saying goes, there are a thousand Hamlets in the hearts of a thousand people. I believe that if you read this book, you will definitely read something different from it.