May you not lack the courage to start over from scratch

Column:Selected beautiful articles Time:2023-04-21
Courage is to keep moving forward even after seeing the truth of life clearly

Courage is to keep moving forward even after seeing the truth of life.


Li Ning once appeared on 'The Reader', and his experience left a deep impression on me. In the 1988 Seoul Olympics, his two major mistakes plunged him into a low point, and criticism and condemnation were widespread.


When the host Dong Qing said, 'I admire the courage of this rebirth.' With tears in his eyes, he said lightly, 'Because that kind of life is not what I want.'.


Two years later, we saw the birth of "Li Ning". In the first half of his life, all his energy and passion were focused on gymnastics, but in the second half, he entered a completely unfamiliar field. How determined he was to switch from the sports field to the mall. But as he said, having confidence leads to courage.


Li Ning went public in 2014 and suffered a maximum loss of 1.4 billion yuan during its transformation period. Li Ning, who had been operating behind the scenes, had to personally take charge of the business and turned losses into profits in the year he managed it.


We admire his courage, and even more so his courage to start over from scratch.


Starting a new life path is not that simple. When the host asked him: which one had a greater impact on him, the 1988 Seoul Olympics or the three consecutive years of corporate losses.


Li Ning said: Just like Mr. Ba Jin's "Be a Warrior" that I read aloud, "A warrior is not deceived by illusions. His footsteps are firm. He sets his sights on his goals and keeps moving forward.


These two tests are deeply imprinted in his life, and it is precisely because of these difficulties that he has been inspired with infinite potential and courage.


So, courage is sometimes a momentary flash, sometimes a lifelong obsession.


Courage is a person's strongest armor.


If Jack Ma didn't have the courage to start over, he might have been an English teacher all along.


If Sabine didn't have the courage to start over, he might never have thought that one day he would be doing the job he most wanted to do.


If scientists in this world do not have the courage to start over, truth may never come.


If the deeds of "celebrities" are too far away from us, perhaps you would say that their starting point is already high, then let's talk about those grassroots like us.


After graduating from junior high school in 1994, Xiong Suqiong worked as a waiter at a small hotel in Chongqing.


At the end of that year, she saw in the newspaper that a large hotel in Guangdong was coming to Chongqing to recruit workers. She was filled with job applications, but unexpectedly, in the first simple preliminary selection, she did not pass because she was not tall enough. Later, she bought an old toilet covered in dust from a scrap store and carried it to the recruitment site. When the chief examiner finally accompanied the last candidate out of the examination room, Xiong Suqiong carried the toilet to the front of the chief examiner.


She gently put down the toilet and said, 'Manager, I've been waiting for you for 6 hours just to show you how I clean the toilet!' After saying that, she took out a cloth from her pocket and started wiping the toilet seriously. In a moment, she wiped the dusty toilet to a shiny finish


Although the recruitment quota was already full at that time, the examiner made an exception and admitted Xiong Suqiong. Later, she was promoted to the class monitor of the cleaning class, and three years later, she stood out from 10 undergraduate students and successfully competed for the position of customer service department manager.


During the competition, she displayed the 174 work logs she had recorded since entering the hotel and shared her experiences and insights of washing the toilet a total of 7987 times in the past three years.


The famous "toilet theory" originated from her: "Always put yourself in a lower position, use the highest quality service to meet the needs of customers, no matter how troublesome things are, use the same patience, attention, and concentration as washing the toilet to solve them. When you can drink the water in the toilet, no one will be dissatisfied


Later, she became the deputy general manager of a five-star hotel, which provided her with a Mercedes Benz 600 and a Toyota Crown sedan. She pursued a master's degree in hotel management at the Lausanne Hotel Management Institute in Switzerland and received the golden key!


Xiong Suqiong is the famous toilet girl. Imagine if the "toilet girl" didn't have the courage to carry the toilet to the interview, she might still be living her previous life.


As Zweig said, courage is the light that shines in adversity. It is a wealth, with courage comes the opportunity for change.


Cherish the brave you in your heart who can be brave again. Don't be afraid when you are young. If possible, start over from scratch. May each of us have the courage to start over.