"I understand many truths but cannot persist." This is the voice of many people, including myself, who find it difficult to persist in doing something.
If a person thinks of "persistence" when doing something, the probability is that they will not be able to continue.
When we say we need to "persist" in something, it indicates resistance in our hearts, and our brains will perceive it as "pain" rather than enjoyment.
This pain will cause us to resist and increase the difficulty of the task.
As a result:
- We don't do what we should do.
- We don't think about what we should think about.
In the end, it becomes easier to fail.
So what is the motivation for doing something?
Motivation is the internal drive to pursue needs or goals.
Things that we think need "persistence" to accomplish are actually very enjoyable in the hearts of successful people.
Li Xiaolai is such a successful person.
When he decides to do something, he gives it great positive significance.
For example, when Li Xiaolai decided to teach English at New Oriental, he needed to memorize more words, so he associated memorizing words with salary. If the annual salary at New Oriental is 1 million, then memorizing 10,000 words is equivalent to earning 100 yuan for each word.
By giving great significance to memorizing words and using financial incentives to drive us forward, memorizing words becomes a joyful task.
"If one day I don't memorize or memorize less, it means I earn less money, which is unbearable."
I understand that Li Xiaolai's daily writing for a thousand days also gives great significance to writing. He distributes this significance to each day.
Give negative significance to things we don't do.
This is what I learned from Li Xiaolai.
Imagine if not doing something would harm personal interests or safety, would we not have the motivation to do it?
When someone says they cannot persist in doing something, it is because they have not thought about the significant meaning and consequences of not doing it.
Before doing something, we need to give it great significance, which will become our internal drive to complete it.