One day, when they were walking together, there was a coin on the ground. John looked up without looking, but Stephen picked it up without hesitation. John looked at Stephen with a contemptuous expression. He thought, worthless. You must pick up a coin. You don't look like someone who does great things! Stephen, on the other hand, thought, how can you make a career by letting money slip away in vain?
Two people walked into a small company at the same time. The work is very tiring and the salary is very low. John left with disdain, but Stephen stayed happily and worked hard. John jumped from one company to another, and he has been trying to find opportunities. One day two years later, they met in the street. Thanks to hard work, Stephen has made a career and become his own boss, but John still doesn't have a regular job.
John is very puzzled: Stephen is a man who can even pick up coins. He is so worthless, how can he achieve anything?
"Rome was not built in a day." Don't underestimate any small gains or progress. Those who refuse to start small things are doomed to failure.
I am not afraid of hard work in order to learn art.
In the United States, "Diamond King" Peterson and his "Special Ring Company" are almost unknown. Peterson/kloc-started to be an apprentice to a jeweler at the age of 0/6. He started from scratch and experienced unimaginable hardships, eventually becoming a world-renowned "bachelor of diamonds".
Henry peterson was born in a Jewish family in London from 65438 to 0908. My father died when I was very young, and the burden of family life fell on my mother's weak shoulders. Under the pressure of livelihood, my mother moved to new york with Peterson to make a living. When he 14 years old, his mother, who relied on his life, fell ill because of overwork. Henry had to end his work-study program, work in the society to earn money and shoulder the burden of family life.
Henry peterson 16 years old, came to a famous jewelry store in new york as an apprentice. Kassin, the owner of this jewelry store, is Jewish and one of the best jewelers in new york. As a jeweler, he enjoys a high reputation among the dignitaries and ladies of the upper class in new york. They are as familiar with Cassim's name as Hollywood movie stars. Kaxin's craftsmanship is superb, and all the jewelry inlaid by him can win people's praise and sell at high prices.
However, as the owner of a jewelry store, Cassim is also an arrogant and mean tyrant. His harshness towards his disciples borders on arbitrariness. The apprentices in the jewelry store are all on tiptoe and cautious in front of him, for fear that their negligence and mistakes will anger everyone's boss.
For the production of jewelry, especially diamonds, the most difficult and difficult basic skill is to chisel stones. On Henry's first day at work, Cassim assigned him the task of practicing cutting stones and began his apprenticeship as a purgatory. According to Cassin's "teaching", a fist-sized stone needs to be hammered into 10 small stones of the same size with a hammer and axe, and it is stipulated that no food is allowed until it is finished. Henry has never done this kind of work. He looked at the stone in a daze for a long time and didn't know what to do, for fear of accidentally attracting the boss's reprimand and sarcasm. But he had no choice but to bite the bullet. He first chopped the big stone into 10 pieces, and then slowly carved out the other 9 pieces based on the smallest piece of 10 pieces. Although the texture of the stone is not particularly hard, the level is very clear. If you accidentally chisel a large piece of stone, all your previous efforts will be wasted, which will attract the boss's reprimand.
Later, according to henry peterson, although the boss is very harsh, it is also to let them master the essentials of masonry as soon as possible, because masonry is an ambiguous basic skill for diamond production. The boss also uses this to test the will of his disciples, because if you don't pass this pass, you will never become a successful diamond dealer. On the first day as an apprentice, Henry suffered from backache, weakness of limbs and swollen eyes, but he still failed to complete the boss's task. In the next few days, he simply turned into a numb machine running mechanically there, sweating and chopping all day. However, henry peterson, who later achieved his career, was still grateful to Cassim, saying that he would never be a successful bachelor without Cassim's strict requirements.
The mother looked at the child's thin face and bloodstained hands, and really couldn't bear to let the child suffer such injustice and torture. But she knows that for children from poor families, there is no choice but to make a living by suffering. Inspired by his mother, Henry had no choice but to ignite a strong desire for success in his heart. He believes that he has suffered some hardships and suffered some grievances, and finally he can learn this craft.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, and it is not easy to stand up by yourself. Although the requirements are not high, how easy is it to find an expensive place in new york as long as there is a workbench? At the critical moment, the Jewish compatriots who helped each other helped him. He is Zhan Mu, a Jewish mechanic, whom Peterson met as an apprentice in a jewelry store. Zhan Mu and others jointly opened a small jewelry store near new york. Peterson, go find him and do something. The small jewelry store in Zhan Mu is very small, about 65,438+02 square meters, and there are two workstations. Zhan Mu is very enthusiastic. Seeing that he was in a difficult situation, he was allowed to set up another workbench in this small room, charging only $65,438+00 a month for rent.
The workbench has been solved, but penniless Peterson can't pay the rent in advance and must find a job, otherwise he can't live. On the 23rd day, he finally got a deal. A lady has a 2-carat diamond ring, which is loose and needs reinforcement. Before she took out the ring, she seriously asked Peterson who she had learned this craft from. When she learned that the jeweler in front of her was Cassim's apprentice, she gave it to him with confidence. This is a great discovery for Peterson. I didn't expect Cassim's name to carry so much weight among these rich people. He immediately thought of using Cassim's fame to win business. It was from this time that he deeply realized the importance of fame.
Although there are unspeakable grievances between himself and his master, he is sincerely grateful to the teacher. Peterson worked on the sign of "Cassim Apprentice" for two or three months, and his business was good. At this time, there was something wrong with the production line of a ring factory in Xizhou, and an experienced craftsman was urgently needed for assembly. After hearing about Peterson's fame, the ring manufacturer asked him to take charge, and he accepted the job happily. Many people came to him to process jewelry, and he received them warmly and spent all his spare time processing jewelry. Of course, his weekly income also began to increase significantly, sometimes exceeding 170 dollars. In this way, he worked in a factory while processing jewelry, and finally survived the unemployment in the Great Depression and his life was greatly improved.
Life is also like a gem. The more times it is honed, the more refined it is and the higher its value is.