Every day, strive a little harder.

Author: Zhao Zheyuan (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: For the majority of people, although they understand the life principle "hard work leads to rewards," once faced with a specific situation, they abandon this "law of effort" and always seek shortcuts through "alternative paths" to achieve maximum rewards with minimal effort. It can be said with certainty that this is a "speculative tactic." Success in life requires opportunities, but it does not require speculation, because speculation can only provide you with a "food supply" for one or two days, but cannot meet your lifelong "supply." Most of us have immense potential within us, but this potential lies dormant. Once it is awakened, it can achieve remarkable things. "Effort is the beginning of success" is a simple yet universally accepted life action principle. Regardless of who you are, if you desire to have the word "success" attached to your life ledger early on, you should exert yourself fully—think carefully about action plans and work diligently to solidify your goals in your heart. This is just like what the famous American action master Dale Carnegie said: "There is no success without effort. Either it is a windfall or a serendipity. But neither of them is your true success map. To believe in your own effort is to believe that your efforts will be rewarded. Therefore, every extra effort brings you one step closer to the fortress of success."