Surpass oneself, create oneself, affirm oneself

Author: Liu Yong (USA)
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Liu Yong's golden selection of youth life guide! The best-selling classic motivational book in the Chinese-speaking world! It is also the most popular and influential classic work among Liu Yong's entire body of work. Over fifteen years, it has moved millions of people with tens of millions of copies, echoing to millions of young people: Stand up where you fall! You must succeed, because you cannot fail! Parents who hope their children will excel, please give this book to your children; children with great aspirations, please give this book to your parents. Only with full understanding and communication between family members can everyone taste the original, sincere, and pure love that runs in the blood of this world. There is nothing extraordinary in this book about worldly wisdom, but it is filled with a father's earnest advice. This caring father watches his son's actions, keeps them in his heart, writes them down, and communicates with him in a way that his child can accept. Through letters, he teaches his son who is transitioning to adulthood how to overcome his laziness and childhood dependency. In the New York City where good and bad mix, and in the competitive celebrity school, he seeks ways to survive and strive for further breakthroughs. This collection of letters not only led his son to step by step into the renowned Stuyvesant and Juilliard School in the United States but also into Harvard. For fifteen years since its publication, this book has become the most famous and best-selling motivational book in the Chinese-speaking world, accompanying the growth of millions of children. In life, the greatest enemy is not always external, but often ourselves! We fail to seize opportunities because of hesitation and procrastination; we are easily satisfied with the status quo because we lack higher ideals; we dare not face the future because we lack confidence; we fail to break through because we are unwilling to; we cannot unleash our potential because we cannot surpass ourselves! In fact, everyone has experience in surpassing themselves. In early childhood, no one forces us to walk, yet we try to stand on our own, falling again and again, getting up again and again, taking steps until we move from crawling to walking. Then, we are not satisfied with walking and learn to run. The question is, why, after we can run, jump, speak, and write, do we lose the original drive to constantly surpass ourselves? Because it is designed by heaven to give us the ability to survive and then reduce the desire to continue surpassing. That is why we quietly become "ordinary people." Only a few people say, "I don't want to be ordinary; I want to surpass! I want to surpass the limited self I seem to have." In this frustration and effort of not believing they cannot do it, they elevate themselves. And with continuous elevation and surpassing, they create even greater achievements for human history! There is nothing extraordinary in this book about worldly wisdom, but it is filled with a father's earnest advice. Through letters, he teaches his son who is transitioning to adulthood how to overcome his laziness and childhood dependency. In the New York City where good and bad mix and in the competitive celebrity school, he seeks ways to survive and strive for further breakthroughs. The problems the young people encounter in the text are not exclusive to the students of New York Stuyvesant High School; in fact, they may include you as well! Please use this book as the spark of inspiration, in the blazing fire, to make you surpass iron and become steel!