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The biggest shortcut in life is to improve yourself

As the saying goes, "All roads lead to Rome".

By Jeffrey C AllenPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

There are many paths that one can take to live a life.

Most of the roads are not so easy to take, there will inevitably be people who want to take shortcuts, trying to rely on others to struggle for decades less, but forget that everything has a price.

What you get from others is not your own after all.

Even if you get it, it is only temporary and there is the possibility of losing it.

It is a shortcut, rather than a trap, tempting people who are not willing to be ordinary and want to reach the top in one step, because of the desire to indulge themselves, but also because of desire gradually out of control.

In the end, it was found that the road that seemed to be a shortcut was the most difficult to take.

Do people, only down-to-earth step by step, get out of their life road?

1. rely on others, rather than rely on themselves

Everyone wants to have a shortcut to take, but where there are so many shortcuts.

The reality of life more is the need to rely on efforts to take the road, not speculation can become, mixed with a moment, not mixed with life, the false can not become true after all.

When young and ignorant, thought to follow the powerful people, they are also very powerful but forget that there is no strength to mix, just foxes and tigers.

Everything is like a mirror, a touch is broken.

The relationship that you think you are relying on may not be as good as you think, not adding a WeChat is a network, and not eating a meal is a friend.

Spend more time on socializing, it is better to spend more time on learning, trying to improve themselves and be a better version of themselves.

Only if you become better, you can take the lead and get out of your life path.

At that time had desperately can not be close to people, who may take the initiative to approach you, not because you were pleasing, but only because you are good enough.

Therefore, the biggest shortcut in life is to improve yourself.

2. great people, who know how to deep plow themselves

Romain Rolland once said, "The most terrible enemy in life is the lack of clear goals and sufficient knowledge."

Seems to do a lot of things, but no purpose of busy, in fact, just a waste of time, although there gains, very little.

Instead of being busy every day but not half-gain, it is better to start now with a clear goal deep plowing themselves.

Efforts to deep plow themselves, the ignorance into understanding, ignorance into knowledge, the interest into professional, step by step, more difficult can slowly feel through.

Do not get by because life is confused, the more confused the more you have to work hard, as long as enough effort to find the road that belongs to you.

The truly great people, as early as when others are confused to choose the road to take, and strive towards the road to take, step by step out of the so-called "shortcuts".

The so-called "shortcuts", are their walkout.

The so-called great, but also is constantly deep plowing, digging better.

Life is long, when lost and confused, compared to get by, try to read more books, learn more interested in things, only hard enough, to be lucky enough.

3. Only if you are good enough, you will not be treated casually

In "Thirty Only", there is a scene that impressed me.

To get resources for her husband's business, Gu Jia spends a lot of money on designer bags to get into the so-called upper-class social circle.

However, any of her efforts, in the eyes of those rich wives, after all, just a guest, not called friends, and no need to socialize.

Unfortunately, she did not recognize the reality at that time, thought she had become a friend by mixing into the rich wives' circle of friends, but forgot that the fake is fake after all.

Finally, 3 million to buy a loss-making tea factory as the price to recognize the reality, and understand that there is no strength to get into the circle of others, will only become a joke.

When you encounter being "looked down upon", do not be discouraged, as long as they look up to themselves, willing to work hard to improve themselves, that the future will have unlimited possibilities.

Only if you are good enough, you will not be treated casually.

Today's trials and tribulations may become tomorrow's stepping stones.

Your value is determined by yourself.

How good people are depending on how hard they work behind the scenes.

The effort you put in all those years will become the nourishment to forge a better one.

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Jeffrey C Allen

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