Doweneed“Never,nevergiveup”?
NeartheendoftheSecondWorldWar,Churchilldeliveredhismastfamousandtheshortestspeech:Never,NeverGiveUp.TheBritishandpeopleinmanyothercountriesweretremendouslyencouraged,andfinallywentthroughthehardestperiodinhumanhistory.
“Nevergiveup”representastrongandpositivelifealtitude.Somepeoplearereadytoquitwhentheyfeeltheycannotendurethedifficultiesofsomeworkortheythinktheycannotfindawaytofinishtherequiredtask.Suchpeopleusuallybecomeupsetanddisappointedandlosetheirself-confidence,althoughtheyvirtuallycandoeverythingwellsimplybytryingoncemore.Incasessuchasacquiringsecondlanguage,mostpeoplefailedsimplybecausetheyhadgivenup.Acquiringsecondlanguagemightbetheeasiesttaskamongdiverseacademiccurriculums,becauseonecanbesuccessfulonlybyplainrepetition,throughitispainstakingandtimeconsuming.
Nevergiveup.Suchstrongbeliefoftengivesusthesecondchance.Thefactthatwefailedsomewheredoesmotmeanwearegoingtofaileverywhere,andespeciallyitdoesnotnecessarilymeanthatwearedeprivedtheopportunitiestowinthere.Thereprobablyisasecondchance.Manysuccessfulpeopledidfailbefore.YuMinhong,thefounderofNewOrientalSchool,wasabletostudyinPekingUniversityonlyafterthreeattempts.Hewasnotreckonedassuccessfulaftergraduation,amongmanysignsisthefactthatalmostallhisclassmateswentabroadwhilehewaseachandeverytimerefusedbyofficialsinvisa-grantingofficeforunexplainedreasons.Yethenevergiveup,whichmakeshislatersuccessinevitable.
Psychologyteachesusthatwedogetwhatwewant,ifweknowexactlywhatwewantandwanttherightthing.Firstofall,wemustmakesurethatourclearlydefinedgoalsareachievable,andthatourcarefullydesignedmeansarepracticable.AsuperficialclaimlikeIwannabeamillionairebringsnothing.Andanunrealisticgoallikeinventingaperpetualmotionmachineisabsolutelymeaningless.Butifweplanning,andrelevantpersistencewehavenoreasontofail.Andnumerousexamplestellusthatevenifthemethodsareproblematic,manystillfinallyattaingreatachievements.Therefore,inmostcases,thebelief“Never,nevergiveup”isreallysomethingthatweshouldalwaysbearinmind.