When a person has a watch, he can know what time it is, but when he has two watches at the same time, he is not sure. Two watches can't tell a person a more accurate time, but it will make people who look at the watch lose confidence in the accurate time.
This is the "watch theorem", which tells us that a person should be confident and not be influenced by the outside world, otherwise he will be in a dilemma and unable to convince the public.
The so-called self-confidence means believing in yourself, respecting yourself and believing that you are the best. Trust in yourself should not depend on other people's opinions, otherwise it will be like adding a watch, and you don't even know who you are.
A young immigrant named Henry grew up in a welfare home. He is short and unpleasant, and speaks with a strong French country accent. So he has always looked down on himself and even dared not apply for the most ordinary job. He has no job and no home.
But one day, his good friend John rushed to him excitedly and said, "Henry, I have good news for you." I just heard on the radio that Napoleon once lost a grandson. " The features described by the announcer are as good as yours. "
"Really, I used to be Napoleon's grandson", and Henry was refreshed. Reminiscent that Grandpa used to command thousands of troops with his short stature and issue majestic orders in rustic French, he suddenly felt that his short stature was also full of strength and his French accent was somewhat noble and dignified. Early the next morning, Henry came to a big company with confidence to apply for a job.
Twenty years later, Henry, who has become the president of this big company, proved that he is not Napoleon's grandson, but it doesn't matter anymore.
Throughout the ages, Chinese and foreign countries, successful people are confident. With self-confidence, you have the confidence to succeed in your heart, and it is easy to succeed in doing things; Without self-confidence, doing things is a matter of gain and loss, or without a purpose, wherever you go. Therefore, American writer Emerson said, "Self-confidence is the first secret of success."
Michelangelo carved a figure statue for the city. After the visit, the mayor said that the nose of the character was too big. Michelangelo picked up the meat cleaver and some broken marble, and began to tap with the meat cleaver to let the stone chips collected in his hand fall down bit by bit.
In fact, he didn't change his nose, but it seems that he is trying to change it. After a few minutes, he was finished. At this time, the mayor said admiringly, "Yes, you brought it back to life."
This stupid mayor thinks Michelangelo's revision is very successful, but it is also because of his self-confidence-he believes that the sculpture has been changed, which shows how much self-confidence affects a person.
Strong self-confidence can not only boost morale, but also infect opponents, and often achieve unexpected results. No chance, no conditions, understandable. If it is because of lack of self-confidence, it is really not worthy of sympathy to lose the chance of success or even lead to failure.
There is a very popular clothing factory, which produces clothes with good quality and new styles and has been selling well in China. It is suggested that the factory director bring his own products to the "Canton Fair" to explore a broader market. However, the director lacked enough confidence and finally rejected the proposal.
Later, the factory director learned that the products of another clothing factory were obviously not as good as their own, but they successfully clinched a deal with a Norwegian businessman, with hundreds of thousands of sets. At this time, the factory director regretted it.
If a person doesn't even believe in himself, how can others believe in you? It doesn't matter if you are the best, but you must believe that you are the best. Only in this way can you become the best in the future.
Of course, the term "believing in yourself is the best" here is not to teach people to be arrogant and not to think about learning and enterprising, but to teach people to have confidence, learn and practice.