Original link: https://codechina.org/2022/10/life/
When we read novels and history books, we will find that the development process of history often has a decisive moment.
For example, there was a famous joke that if Qiu Chuji did not pass by Niujia Village ,
If Qiu Chuji did not pass by Niujia Village, China would be the most developed country. The analysis is as follows:
1. If Qiu Chuji had not passed by Niujia Village at that time. Then, the golden soldiers who secretly followed him would not die in Guo and Yang’s yard, and Wanyan Honglie would not see Bao Xiruo and never forget her.
2. Those golden soldiers will not die in the hands of Qiu Chuji, and the Guo and Yang families will not be implicated in the future.
3. The Guo and Yang families will not be affected, Li Ping will not go into exile in the desert, and Guo Jing and Yang Kang will be born in Niujia Village safely. The Seven Devils of Jiangnan will not go to the desert.
4. Without the help of Guo Jing and the Seven Devils, Temujin would have died at the hands of Jamuhe and the Mongolian tribes would not have been unified.
5. If Mongolia cannot be unified, there will be no westward expedition. Gunpowder would not have made its way to Europe.
6. Without gunpowder, the rule of the Iron Armor in Europe would not be shaken. Thus, the dark Middle Ages will be extended by a thousand years, and there will be no Renaissance.
7. Without the Renaissance, there would be no great voyage. North America will always be home to nomadic Indians.
8. Likewise, the Spaniards would not introduce iron guns to Japan. The Nagashino battle was won by Takeda, and Japan’s Warring States Period will continue to be unable to unify.
9. In another country, Wanyan Honglie has no choice but to take part in the power struggle. Therefore, Jin Guo will be in civil unrest.
10. Without Mongolia, the Jin Kingdom is in civil strife. Therefore, the Song Dynasty will not only not perish, but will be unified. The Song Dynasty focused on commerce and trade, therefore, the seeds of capitalism would appear in China.
11. If it develops to today, China will be the most developed country, far ahead of Japan, Spain, Western Europe and America.
12. Today’s financial crisis will not occur. Everything is blamed on Qiu Chuji. You say you are a priest, why are you passing by Niujia Village when you have nothing to do?
Of course, this joke is rather ridiculous, but it can be seen that the development of things is sometimes a step-by-step causal deduction, some parts may not be important, and some can affect the whole body.
There are many similar decisive moments in real history, such as the Normandy D-Days during World War II. There are countless such moments in our history. For example, if Lu Buwei hadn’t had the chance to meet Ziyi, perhaps our society would be completely different today.
Going back to personal development and personal growth, I often say an old saying to people, to seek self-seeking, to find reasons, problems, and opportunities and directions for development.
The so-called growth is the process of constantly understanding and improving yourself.
You set a learning goal to be Confucius, Lu Xun, or a famous person at that time. You can’t learn it. However, you can repeat your own successes and avoid jumping into repeated mistakes. If you can continue to repeat your own successes and avoid jumping into repeated mistakes, you are actually close to a saint.
In the past two days, Nanzi and I talked about reading, and I told her that everyone should read the book “Dark Time” by Liu Weipeng. She hasn’t seen it yet. This is a wonderful mind-changing book. Purchase link: https://u.jd.com/UwTwdrI
Wei Peng said in the book,
If you have a computer and you install a system and leave it there all day, do you think the computer is actually being used? No. Because the CPU runs all day is the idle process. It is also a day to run an idle process, and it is also a day to run a program that calculates a large amount of data. For the CPU, the same day has a completely different value. The same goes for the brain.
We have a lot of dark time in our life and thinking. Although it is also a 24-hour day, some days are irrelevant to our life, and some are very important.
Even a great man like Hu Shi had countless dark times. His diary once recorded many days of playing cards. But it was not these dark times that made Hu Shih a success, but the days when he quit playing cards and concentrated on research.
This is why Nanzi and some readers asked me why you always talk about those things when you write articles. Don’t you have anything else to talk about?
A few things I often write about are actually defining moments in my life.
1. After graduating from college, I spent three months at home and found a job as a programmer.
Although aimless, although I did not choose a good company, this is the future that I completely set for me with my parents, entering a large state-owned enterprise, repeating the old path of my parents, and breaking. This is the start of my career.
2. Two and a half years later, I went to Beijing to join a company.
It now appears that leaving Tianjin is a decisive moment, and Beijing has hundreds of times the chance.
3. Leaving a company and starting a business for the first time.
Finally overcome the fear of starting a business, the first betrayal of security.
4. A system was written on the 7th day of the Spring Festival, and the search business was started.
The first time to do a large system independently. Design the entire process from start to finish.
5. In addition to starting a business and busy, seeing the release of the iPhone, I decided to write an App for the iPhone.
Laid out the personal direction of the next 10 years.
6. Failed to start a business and entered Shanda.
The first time I entered a large company, I felt the good and the inefficiency of the big company.
7. After leaving Shanda, the second time to start a business was unsuccessful, but it was the first time to start a business independently.
8. After getting out of depression in 2019, he began to make a living with self-media. He was more concerned about solving his own problems, and temporarily put aside his ambition to change the world.
Of course I did not succeed, but I believe that I have achieved phased results, and I have completed a step-by-step transcendence and leap to myself.
Why do we recall these defining moments?
First of all, recalling these moments can remind ourselves that although I am old and thinking is slow, I used to be awesome, I used to have blood, I used to be young, and I used to have tears in my eyes.
I used to pursue my dreams without thinking of the consequences.
Then, recalling those moments can help us think about where our limits lie. What heights have we reached. How did you get there? What kind of effort did you put in.
Can we replicate our own success?
Then, we will find out how long our dark time is. Most of the time, we just live in a daze. No study, no reading, no thinking, just living a life of me who is just living by.
I have more experience than you, because in 18 years I had half a year, not only the dark time, but also the darkest time. It’s been the same for the last three months or so. Because of the epidemic, because I can’t go out, I’ve fallen into a new depression. Can’t do anything, can’t do anything. Don’t go out, don’t walk, don’t write articles, don’t do 3D printing.
However, recalling the past can make me think clearly about what life I would like more to be like.
Is it indifferent to everything, just eating and sleeping without any pressure?
Or do you pursue your dreams without hesitation, learn all kinds of knowledge in depth, and feel the sound of brain cells cracking?
I once wrote an article, ” Each of us is a superhero ,” and in that article, I said,
Putting on headphones, walking on the noisy street, watching the flow of people passing by, I always think, do you think I am also a mediocre person? Do you know how great I am? I have conquered myself countless times, I have no end, I am unstoppable. Today, I only understand that our great cause is not to change the world, but to continuously change ourselves, push ourselves to new limits, find and expand our boundaries, and small things like changing the world are just by-products of our progress. That’s it.
That arrogant boy, is that me? Yes, that person who eats melon seeds every day, watches boring TV, doesn’t know what to do, is at a loss, has nothing to do, and doesn’t even dare to go downstairs, is it me?
it’s all me.
The only question is, which version do I want to choose? What kind of life do I want to live? How do I want to be remembered? How do I want to sum up my life on an epitaph?
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