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I don't know how to say the professional question asked by the landlord, but I hope you can look at the proverb I said ~! !

There is a story that it takes only a moment for an eagle to fly to the top of the pyramid, but it takes several years for a snail to climb to the top of the pyramid. Some people can accomplish the same thing and a goal in an instant, while others need to work hard all their lives to achieve it. We can call those who easily accomplish a goal by their own talents geniuses, but geniuses are few in this world, otherwise they are not geniuses. The fact is that the world is not ruled by genius, but by those who strive to achieve their goals and develop perseverance. We can call these people local talents. Talents who are down-to-earth and achieve their goals through bit by bit efforts, like snails climbing the pyramid, need extraordinary endurance and more time. When we stand at a certain point and look back, all the days that can be treasured in our hearts are the days when we paid sweat and hardships. Recalling these days, we are moved to tears.

There is a proverb in English: "Practice makes perfect", which means "Practice makes perfect" in Chinese, that is, "Practice makes perfect". Learning any skill must go through four processes: imitation, practice, proficiency and creation. "Practice makes perfect" includes the first three processes, while "Practice makes perfect" includes all four processes. The different meanings of Chinese and English even show the different styles of the two nations: Westerners generally like to follow the rules, while China people often like to be creative, or like to be smart or make their own decisions, and often start to create before they are proficient.

According to this statement, it seems that westerners are not creative, but they are not. The development of everything must follow objective laws. Learning everything should be done step by step. The consequence of any leaping learning method is bound to give up halfway or learn to walk in Handan. In the end, it is often not a dog drawing a cat. Many students who study English around me can't wait to practice their difficult spoken English before they even get the basic pronunciation and intonation right. As a result, they often speak long paragraphs of English, but no one, whether China or foreigners, can understand them. Westerners do things step by step and learn skills in four steps. They move forward step by step, imitate seriously, practice seriously, and practice seriously to the extreme. In this way, their creativity is highlighted. Almost all creative inventions in modern times came from the west, which has a lot to do with westerners' seriousness and pragmatism.

Actually, it's not that China people are not serious. In ancient China, our sages repeatedly emphasized the spirit of seriousness. Confucius said: "Learning from time to time is fun"; Xunzi said, "Accumulated soil makes mountains, and water drops make oceans". China has many stories about how many people persevered and finally achieved great success. Wang Xizhi practiced calligraphy and washed the pool with a brush; Sima Qian endured humiliation for 20 years and eventually became a historical record. Another story is also worth telling. Once, a general was shooting an arrow, and he was very proud, but an old oil seller next to him scoffed. The general was unhappy and asked the old man why he sneered. The old man didn't answer, picked up an oil bottle, put a copper coin on it, scooped up a spoonful of oil, and poured the oil into the bottle from the small square hole of the copper coin. The general was surprised that there was not a drop of oil on the copper coin. He asked the old man why he had such ability. The old man smiled and replied: without it, only his hands are familiar. This story shows that anyone who wants to reach the level of superman in ability must have superhuman efforts.

If I give a definition to genius, then genius is a genius who repeatedly does something so skillfully and innovatively that no one in the world can compare with him.

Not long ago, I chatted with a famous crosstalk performer and movie actor in China. I asked him, how many times does a cross talk have to be practiced behind the scenes before each performance to make him confident on stage? He told me: as few as 500 times, as many as 1000 times. It is said that before every public speech, American President Kennedy would lock himself up for a few days and recite his speech. When we hear that these talented people have worked so hard to achieve results, what reason do we have not to work hard?