To young people: the value of repetition

I remember that in the 1980s, there was a college entrance examination composition. It was a picture. A person had to dig a well to find water. He dug a lot of pits on the ground. The depths were different. Some places were about to dig into the water, but because he had a taste of it, Did not dig down, the result is that he did not find a little water.

I have been deeply impressed by this picture until now, because with the growth of my life experience, I gradually realized the truth: any great thing is composed of very trivial and bit by bit things. To make things happen, we must form enough pressure in one place and perseverely do this thing very deeply.

What is persevering? Simply repeat. There is a "10,000-hour law" that if you want to be a master of high-handedness and become an outstanding expert in a certain field, 10,000 hours is the most basic investment. Many successful people are like this, whether it is Bill Gates or Ted Woods playing golf.

Some young colleagues complain that the work is dull, boring and boring. I personally feel that if you feel that this repetition is unnecessary and simple repetition, then you should try to optimize it. But if this repetition is necessary, such as playing the ball, you must repeat the practice to find intuition, then you have to think about how to use your mind to form a valuable accumulation on the basis of this necessary repetition. Lay the foundation for your future. The martial arts book said that the heroes and sacred dantian, slammed a punch, the situation is heavy, very powerful. But if you haven't practiced and practiced the horse, is it useful to remember these words? Still useless. New insights and new discoveries are all made in constant repetition.

There is a saying in China: It is good training to be able to make up for it. There are repetitive attitudes and repeated methods in “Qin”. When I started my business in the early days, I also did a lot of repetitive things. Sometimes I was tired and retired, and I wanted to retreat. For example, when I was young, I wanted to develop an agent. I had to run two or three cities a day. I repeated the agency policy with each customer, why I wanted to be an agent, and finally I was almost exhausted, and I couldn’t say anything. I didn't want to do it, but then I saw that China's richest man, Zong Qing, was tired of visiting thousands of dealers and agents throughout the country. Repeatedly speaking over and over again, after impressing dealers and agents, he said nothing. Then go to the next city.

A lot of things are like this. If you stick to it, you can do it. Many people only see the success of others, but they don't see his accumulation for success. There is a metaphor for seven gimmicks. You have finally eaten after eating the seventh gimmick. Others began to study. What kind of flour did you use for the seventh gimmick? Why did you eat this hoe? You didn’t see that you also ate six hoes in front of you. These six gimmicks are what I mentioned earlier. The accumulation of "10,000 hours".

There is a very interesting metaphor mentioned in this book, saying that the enterprise is like a huge flywheel, especially heavy. Each of us pushes, two times, the flywheel does not move. But everyone insists that they don’t give up when they bite their teeth. Suddenly one day, this energy accumulated to a certain amount, and the flywheel slowly moved. Once the flywheel is moving, it has potential energy. Later, when everyone pushes it, it will turn faster and faster.

Don't feel that what you do every day is very boring, don't be afraid to repeat, we are all the same, people who push the wheel.