When you are confused at work and achieve nothing, you might as well borrow Rockefeller's 3 thinking to break through the predicament
Have you just entered the workplace, although you have a salary that is not too high, and you have no worries about food and clothing, but you feel that your future is lost; have you worked for many years, but your work is still standing still, and you can't see hope? Everyone will encounter low points in their life in work and career development. They are often trapped in them, unable to extricate themselves, and feel that there is no way out.
Are we really stupid? In fact, it is not. Sometimes our minds are imprisoned by ourselves. Perhaps the answer we want can be found in John Rockefeller, the founder of the Rockefeller family who has prospered for 6 generations and the "marker of world wealth".
John Rockefeller, the first billionaire in the 19th century, was known as the "Oil King". In July 2009, the "Forbes" website published a list of "15 Richest Americans in History", and John Rockefeller ranked first. At the peak of his wealth, according to the current purchasing power, it can reach more than 400 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to 3 times that of Bill Gates, 2 times that of Amazon founder Bezos, and 8 times that of Tencent Ma Huateng.
We often say that wealth is only for three generations, but the Rockefeller family has been prosperous for six generations. It can be said that it covers various fields in the United States and many countries. This trend will continue at present. The creation of the Rockefeller Empire is inseparable from John The influence of Rockefeller's thinking mode is also the root cause of the development and growth of the Rockefeller family.
- Learn to find happiness at work, because it is where you realize your value ==============================================================================
A lot of people now say their wish is to achieve financial freedom and then retire early at home and never do any more frustrating jobs. Rockefeller's wealth has long allowed him to live a job that many people envy. However, in his letter to his son, he repeatedly emphasized that there is no happiness without work.
When Rockefeller was a bookkeeper, he would go to work in a dimly lit office as soon as it was dawn, doing all the trivial things, but he felt happy because he had a job. Such high enthusiasm for work, in exchange for several salary increases from the boss, he also gained recognition of his own value, cultivated his self-confidence, and laid the foundation for subsequent success.
Many people feel that they are forced to choose a job because they have no money, and naturally hate work. But is it really so?
If this is the case, then there will be no news that the second generation became rich overnight and ended up going bankrupt; if this is the case, big bosses like Jack Ma and Bill Gates have already earned enough money for a lifetime of spending, why? Still working so hard?
Because work is sometimes not just equal to salary, but the realization of self-worth. When you see through this and find the real purpose behind your job, your life goals will be completely different, and your achievements will naturally be different.
- Learn to choose a circle of friends ======================================
> > Rockefeller said: I like to be friends with people who will not bow to fate and compromise. >
Rockefeller told his son that he did not deal with two kinds of people when he was young: one is people who are comfortable with the situation, are content with the status quo, and have low self-esteem. The other is a person who is not afraid of difficulties at the beginning and strives hard, but later encounters difficulties and chooses to give up. Such people will always complain and sigh about the injustice of fate, belittle themselves, deny their worth, and they will also be affected by this emotion when dealing with them, and they will become negative.
He suggested that his son should have more contact with big people. If he wants to become a successful person, he must first contact and learn from successful people.
Isn't that the case in our reality? Which of the people in the photo below is not a celebrity, and who can get in touch with them without two brushes?
So try to get in touch with people who are better and more powerful than you, learn from them, and gradually you will become one of them.
- Know how to plan your own "luck" ===================================
> > McCormick: Luck is a remnant of design. >
In Rockefeller's eyes, luck is not something innate, but something that can be planned and created. It is precisely because of his thinking that he seized business opportunities when oil prices fell year after year and oil refiners were operating at a loss and facing bankruptcy. Acquired 22 competitors in two months and eventually became the only oil refinery juggernaut in the United States.
Looking back, many people will say that he was lucky to meet such an opportunity, but ask yourself, how many people in the United States and the tycoons in the oil industry at that time had the vision and determination of Rockefeller?
No, so in the end there was only one Rockefeller in the world.
Sometimes when people say who is lucky in the eyes of others, we should not believe it. Instead, we should look at the hard work behind this lucky person. It is really "good luck" like winning the lottery that falls from the sky and is not enough to support the 6 generations of the Rockefeller family. status of the rich.