Once upon a time, there was a pair of brothers who lived in poverty. They made a living by picking up tatters. In the early morning of this day, the two brothers started their scavenging life along the street that must be walked every day, as usual.
What is strange is that there is nothing to pick up on a huge street today, only a row of small iron nails of three to four centimeters long scattered on the ground, winding forward along the road. "I don't know who was carrying the nails when the bag broke a hole..."
The older brother bent over and said to his younger brother while picking it up. "I don't care who lost him, so I won't pick it up, worthless gadgets!" Seeing his brother as if he had obtained a treasure, the younger brother was full of disdain.
But the elder brother ignored his younger brother's attitude, still bent over, and carefully picked up the scattered iron nails one by one. When he reached the end of the street, his elder brother had already picked up a bag full of nails.
When it was getting dark, the younger brother accompanied him to the waste collection station with his empty bag. Before reaching the purchase station, the brothers saw from a distance the big sign at the door that read "High-priced recycling small iron nails."
So, the younger brother watched the elder brother exchange the bag of nails for a large amount of money. "So many nails, why don't you pick them up?" The boss of the scrapyard asked curiously, seeing his younger brother standing aside, looking disappointed. "I saw the little nails too, but who would be interested in those inconspicuous little things?
What's more, you didn't tell me in advance that it will be recycled at a high price. If I knew it was so valuable, I would definitely pick it up..." My brother complained and frustrated. "Then I will tell you today that we will recycle it at a high price this week. Go pick it up! "My brother's complaint made the scrap shop owner unhappy.
Early the next morning, the brothers went down that street to pick up the tatters. There are no nails on the road today, but there is a pile of rice scattered on the ground. When my brother saw him, he squatted there and picked it up bit by bit like a treasure.
As for the younger brother, he still sneered at his behavior: "Hey, who else do you expect to buy these rice grains at a high price today? I still don’t follow you to do these useless things. I have to find a place to pick up nails. !" The elder brother and younger brother just parted ways and went on their own. In the evening, the two brothers gathered at home again.
The younger brother frowned, because he hadn't even picked up a nail; the older brother was not doing well today, and he hadn't picked up anything except the half bag of rice.
As soon as I entered the door, my brother untied the bag and put the rice I picked up today into a pot to cook porridge, while my brother, on an empty stomach, grumbled on the side: "My luck is so bad! You didn't do anything yesterday. You can pick up so many nails with care, and then sell for so much money, but I searched around on the street for a day, but I didn’t even find a single nail. If I knew this was the case, I should pick it up with you. Rice is gone, in that case, you won’t even have to eat rice like it is now!"
In life, many people are like the younger brother in the story. When they encounter failure, they always put on a pitiful appearance, and then attribute the failure to many "objective" factors, such as these few days. Poor state, lack of cooperation among colleagues, incomplete data collection or errors, and things you are doing are not what you are good at. What's more, you will use angry words such as "birth is not in time" as a summary of your failure.
Smart people, after encountering a failure, will not complain about the outcome of the event, they will calm down, and objectively and calmly reflect on and discuss the entire process of the event. In addition to summarizing, their most common evaluation of failure is: "There will definitely not be another next time!"
Such rationality and hard-heartedness are more profound and valuable to those who appear to be heartbroken on the surface. The same mistake will never happen to them again, because they have reflected on it, and they have also pained and worked hard for the failure.
And those who are not very smart, when failure strikes, they are like brothers in the story, blinded by the results of various failures, and then blindly entangled in it, it is difficult to get out.
Although failure is inevitable, success will ultimately belong to them, because success always favors those who dare to face failure and can stand up strong from difficulties.