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Insist on counterexamples and historical stories
1, a year of drought, a farmer dug a well, and every time he hit nine meters deep, he didn't get water, so he changed places to fight again. As a result, there was no water after three or four calls. Finally, a young family was thirsty for water. I don't know. The local diving is ten meters away. If you insist on drilling one meter deeper, you can see the water.

Bell, an American scientist, announced the invention of the first telephone, which caused a sensation in the scientific community at that time. Unexpectedly, scientist Rice read a lawsuit against Bell, claiming that the invention right of the telephone should belong to him.

After investigation by the court; Before Bell, Les did invent a device that uses electric current to transmit sound, which can transmit sound to places beyond 1000 meters.

However, this kind of equipment can only transmit sound in a single item, and the two parties can't talk. Rice agreed with this, so scientists and courts decided that this device could not be called a telephone.

Bell said that he had used Rice's experimental results, but by changing intermittent current into continuous direct current, he solved the problem of short and changeable telephone voice. He screwed half a turn of screws on Rice's equipment, only five meters, so that the phones could be connected to each other.

The court finally ruled that Les lost the case, and the right to invent the telephone belonged to Bell. Les said I was only five meters away from success.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a father and son went to war. The father became a general and the son was just a pawn.

Another horn sounded, the drums roared, and my father solemnly raised an quiver with an arrow in it. The father solemnly said to his son, "This is the treasure arrow at home. It is extremely powerful when you carry it with you, but you must never take it out. "

This is an extremely delicate quiver, made of thick cowhide, inlaid with faint shiny copper edges, and look at the arrow's exposed tail. You can tell at a glance that it is made of fine peacock feathers. The son is beaming and greedily speculates about the appearance of the shaft and arrow, as if the arrow whizzed past his ear and the enemy commander died in response.

Sure enough, Bao Jian's son is heroic and invincible. When the trumpet sounded, the son could no longer resist the heroic spirit of victory and completely abandoned his father's words. A strong desire drove him to shout and pull out his treasure arrow, trying to find out. Suddenly he was shocked.

A broken arrow, there is a broken arrow in the quiver. I have been fighting with a broken arrow! My son broke out in a cold sweat, as if the house had lost its pillar in an instant and collapsed. The result is self-evident, and my son died tragically in the disorderly army.

Blowing away the misty smoke, my father picked up the broken arrow and spat heavily: "If you don't believe in your own beliefs, you will never be a general." How stupid it is to pin victory or defeat on a precious arrow, and how dangerous it is for a person to give the core and handle of life to others.

4. In the United States, some people used the "unexpected news" of the stock to make "momentum investment", and the result ended miserably after a short period of glory. However, the "trend" cannot be underestimated.

Buffett insisted on not investing in high-tech companies during the internet bubble, and as a result, he underperformed the market for several years. Perhaps only Buffett can survive such a bleak time. If it were anyone else, he would have died several times earlier. Looking back, it is understandable to watch the internet bubble coldly, but it is not worthy of respect to miss Microsoft, Dell and Yahoo.

5. Fang Zhongyong's talent is far higher than that of ordinary people, and he finally became a miserable ordinary person. Whether a person can become a talent is related to his talent, his acquired education and his own study. To learn, emphasize the importance of learning to become a talent, and criticize the extinction of the talent environment.