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Success favors those who dare to fight

Young people, don't mess around, you are young, so you have no capital, you are young, so don't waste your good youth.

By Germon GatesPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

How can young people mess around, if young people mess around, others will say you and don't want to make progress. I also thought how can I get along at such a young age, squandering the good years of my youth, I can't bear it, I'm sorry to my parents, so I forge ahead desperately, but young people can't be too enthusiastic, otherwise some people will say that young people are Love is excited, I don't know how high the sky is, and some people will say, I haven't dared to do that thing for so many years, and he still dares to try, stunned... If he did something wrong, these people will say again, young, it seems I was born to be rejuvenated. If everyone is so mature and cautious, what is the division of spring and autumn, old and young, and what to do! Remember that when you are old, you must learn how to communicate with people of different ages, and if you can't, you must try to do it: be humble to the old, and follow the instructions of the young.

There is no choice to be a true hero, it is often either success or benevolence. - Hitchcock

In 1965, a 19-year-old Jewish American was admitted to the University of California, Long Beach, majoring in film and electronic arts. In his junior year, the young man, who was fanatically dreaming of a director, made a 24-minute short film about a pair of young lovers who met in the desert.

At that time, Universal was the dream place of every filmmaker who wanted to get into Hollywood. In 1969, the company's chief executive, Sidney Joe Simberg, came across the young man's romantic short film. Immediately after the film was over, Simberg excitedly said to his assistant: "I think it's great! Please arrange for this director to meet me as soon as possible."

The next day, the assistant reported to him: This young man is not a director, just a junior. Simberg replied: "I don't care what he is, I want to see him!"

A week later, Simberg saw the young man.

"I like your movies, let's sign a contract." Simberg made an invitation straight to the point. The young man said hesitantly, "But I'm Jewish, I'm only in my third year of college, and I'm still a year away from graduating." However, the young man knew that it was almost impossible for him to become a film director for a big Hollywood company at his age. , Therefore, he understands that there is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him.

"Do you want to go to college or be a director?" Simberg asked. One minute, just one minute, the youth's head has already started to sweat...

Simberg certainly understands that Jews are a nation that attaches great importance to education, and it is unimaginable for them to go out to work before graduating from university.

That afternoon, the young man signed a standard seven-year contract of "voluntary service" with Simberg's company Universal. Under the constraints of the contract, the youth is equivalent to selling every minute of himself to Universal. Some people joke that only the neurotic or the wildly ambitious would sign such a contract. The contract was a big gamble for Simberg: to have someone unknown, not even a college graduate, direct as a director, something Universal had never done before.

In fact, both this young man and Simberg are both "nerds" or "people with crazy ambitions". However, it is this young man who has successively filmed "Jaws", "Alien" and "The Alien". Jurassic Park and Schindler's List.

The young man's name is Steven Spielberg, a name for which the history of filmmaking is even more glorious.

People will experience countless choices in their life. Spielberg chose to be a director. He paid for dropping out of school, resentment from his father, and seven years of freedom. However, without these costs, without the courage to frantically pursue his dreams, he could not have achieved such success, because success always favors the madman who dares to fight.

Choice is the crossroads of life, and every choice is a mixture of pain and hope. The pain is that you have to pay; the hope is that you may succeed and you may stand on top of the world. However, if you want to succeed, you must give and have the courage to give. Because in life, every choice is an unequal exchange! Such is the experience of Stephen Spielberg. With seven years of resentment from his parents and seven years of involuntary freedom, he has achieved brilliant achievements. His efforts must be amazing! He couldn't have achieved such success without this kind of courage to frantically chase his dreams. Success always favors the madman who dares to fight. Therefore, an old man once said: In one's life, "three points are brave and seven points are reckless", which can be said to be straight to the point!

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