Speak with your ability---12 capital abilities of high-efficiency people

Author: Yang Lixin
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Has the music in your heart disappeared? Some say we have two forces within us—one that makes us believe we are born to be great, and another that constantly reminds us, "You can't do it!" The famous tenor Caruso once waited in the wings of an opera house before his performance, with the audience packed in every seat. This great singer suddenly shouted, "Get out of my way! Move! Move!" The backstage staff were bewildered, as no one was near him. "I feel like I have a great self inside me that tells me to sing and knows I can," Caruso explained later. "But there's also a small self that fears and tells me I can't." "I just told that small self to leave me," he said. A person's two greatest enemies are self-doubt and the fear of failure. They often hold us back, preventing us from trying. They drain our resources, leaving us able to use only a small part of our abilities. Talent and confidence must be combined with perseverance. Ken Hesser is an excellent musician. He effectively uses his talent to communicate with prisoners in Southeastern U.S. prisons. He often told the inmates, "When I was a child, I received a gift—a small xylophone and a manual. I only learned to play it after the manual went missing." After searching their home, garden, and car and finding nothing, he sat down and started crying. "Mom!" he sobbed, "The music is gone!" His mother replied, "Son, the manual is gone, but the music is in your heart. Listen carefully, and you'll be able to play." In prison, he told the prisoners, "You may feel like you've been cut off from everything, like life has reached its end, like the music has disappeared from your life. But the music is in your heart. If you listen carefully, you'll be able to play!" Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances, no matter how unfortunate your experiences, the music in your life hasn't vanished. It's inside you—just pay attention, and you'll be able to play. "A shallow thinker becomes timid and withdrawn because of misfortune, while a great thinker rises up because of it," said Washington Irving. P8-9