Today we learned the 10 rules of success from Elson Musk, who is very successful now. So today’s essay I want to talk about one of these rules.
The one of them is critical think. Sometimes our friends or parents do not want to hurt our feelings so they might not tell you about your disadvantages. Or they even didn’t discover your defects. So we might think we are okay and not work harder than before. I’ve had that experience before I came to America. My English grade was not bad in middle school in China. So I think I could pass the visa interview easily when I decided to go to America for high school. With that thought, I didn’t prepare much for the interview. Not surprisingly, I didn’t pass that. It was thunderstruck. I started to criticize myself. Did I work hard actually? Of cause no. However, I didn’t give up. I spent a lot of time preparing the interview and make sure everything was right. Every night I said to myself, “You’re doing not bad, but you can do much better on that thing or that thing…” After a week, I passed the interview. It confirmed the rule is right. We can not be cocky, we should always have a rational mind. Proper confidence is good for us, but more than that is not good. We can not be indulged in the success that we made before. We need to look ahead and keep improving ourselves.
I think I will remember this rule and always learn from it in the rest of my life because I used my experience to confirm its effectivity. And I hope I can learn more from the other rules in future days.