Don't stop until you get what you want-Carnegie Clement Si Tong is the chairman of United Insurance Company and one of the biggest business tycoons in the United States. Known as the "insurance geek."
Si Tong lost his father at a young age and made a living by sewing clothes from his mother. In order to support his family, he went out to sell newspapers since he was a child. Once, he went into a restaurant to sell newspapers and was kicked out. He surprised the restaurant owner and sneaked in to sell newspapers. The angry restaurant owner kicked him out, but Si Tong just rubbed his ass and sneaked into the restaurant again with more newspapers in his hand. Seeing his courage, the guests finally advised the host not to drive him away again and bought his newspapers one after another. Si Tong's ass was kicked, but his pockets were full of money.
Face difficulties bravely and never stop until you reach your goal-Stone is such a child, and he will still be such a person.
Stone began to try to sell insurance when he was still in middle school. When he came to a building, he saw the situation of selling newspapers. He comforted himself trembling. "There is nothing to lose by doing it, but there may be great gains. Then do it." And "do it now!"
He walked into the building, and if he was kicked out, he would try to go in again, just as he was kicked out of a restaurant selling newspapers. He wasn't given. He went to every office. He kept thinking in his mind, "Do it at once!" Every time I walk out of an office and get nothing, I worry about hitting a nail in the next office. However, he forced his way into the next office without hesitation. He discovered a secret, that is, he immediately rushed into the next office, so there was no time to be afraid and give up.
That day, two people bought insurance with him. As far as sales volume is concerned, he failed, but he gained a lot in knowing himself and promoting sales.
The next day, he sold four insurances. On the third day, six copies. His career began.
At the age of twenty, Stone set up his own insurance agency, and on the first day of business, he sold 54 insurances on the busy street. One day, he set an almost unbelievable record, 122 pieces. In terms of eight hours a day, there is a transaction every four minutes.
At the end of 1938, Clement Si Tong became a millionaire with a net worth of over one million.
China's classic Dream of Red Mansions was written by Cao Xueqin in adversity. He personally experienced the rapid decline of the bureaucratic aristocratic family that flourished for a hundred years. After seeing the ups and downs and irreversible fate of the feudal ruling class, he was deeply ill-timed and determined to write an unprecedented novel. However, Cao Xueqin, who was in adversity, encountered difficulties that we can't imagine today. In feudal society, the only "right way" for scholars is to study classics, take the imperial examinations and write novels, which is considered immoral and incompetent. At that time, it was also the period when the literary inquisition prevailed in the Qing Dynasty. A slight carelessness in writing will offend the ruling class, ranging from exile to exile, to copying and even implicating the nine families. At that time, apart from material hardships such as lack of clothes and food, what I couldn't stand was mental torture. Upper-class rulers and scholars are used to catching shadows from novels and guessing what is alluded to and which one is exposed. Cao Xueqin wrote a book "complaining about others and cursing all over the world", which was dissatisfied by the people and doubted by the rulers. Everyone in the world thinks he is a "fool" and a "madman" except 23 friends who support him. The ruler even demolished his house and made him move several times, thus stopping his writing activities. In the face of such adversity, Cao Xueqin did not flinch, but learned from it and wrote harder. Cao Xueqin was driven by adversity, so that he was not intimidated by hunger, nor did he stop writing because he had no money to buy paper, nor did he write hastily because of poverty and bullying. He devoted all his energy to the writing of A Dream of Red Mansions. In adversity, he studied for two years, adding and deleting five times. Finally, he wrote A Dream of Red Mansions, which was praised by the world.
Although Cao Xueqin didn't get more material enjoyment before his death, he got infinite satisfaction and happiness from the creation of A Dream of Red Mansions. After his death, people gave him the honor he deserved.
Kepler, an outstanding German astronomer who is known as the "sky legislator", is also driven by adversity and has made unremitting efforts and made outstanding achievements. Kepler was a faithful follower of Copernicus and Heliocentrism. He was fascinated by the study of astronomy and wrote a book called The Mysteries of the Universe. But in that era when religious superstition prevailed and science was inferior to women, he was insulted, intimidated and persecuted by Catholicism and was almost isolated. Although the Danish astronomer Tsegubla died. This is a heavy blow to Kepler in adversity, both mentally and in life. While poverty, hunger and disease plagued Kepler, the Inquisition also attacked this Copernican disciple, regarded his works as "heresy", banned them, destroyed them, and even threatened to execute the heresy.
Kepler, who was in adversity, did not fall down because of poverty, disease, church persecution and other misfortunes. He regarded adversity as the driving force, fought bravely in the world of scientific undertakings, and finally discovered the three laws of planetary motion, making immortal contributions to future generations.