Success as a Function of Chance and HARDWORK

Every time I learn of successful personalities, I can't help envying them. I envy them for achieving high in their field of interest, while many with similar aspiration fail in their endeavor.

I assume that many of you think the same way as I do. We always tend to focus on these persons' glorious sides and forget to look at the whole picture. We leave the struggles they had undergone before succeeding out of the picture. They have worked hard to earn their success.

Reading Malcolm Gladwell's book "Outliers" reminds me of the importance of hardwork. He mentions of the 10,000 hour rule,of the need to spend 10,000 hours before it is sufficient to excel in a specific field. 10,000 hours, an unbelievably huge amount of time.

Gladwell emphasizes that we owe our success to the opportunities that come our way. I agree with him, but I believe that opportunity without hardwork would still result in failure. As one would recall,in his book "The Drunkard's Walk," Leonard Mlodinow writes:

"Since chance does play a role, one important factor in success is under our control: the number of at bats, the number of chances taken, the number of opportunities seized."

At this point, you may be moved by the power of hardwork. But I tell you, there is a gap between acknowledging the importance of hardwork and actually exercising it. As one of my teachers in college said, one remains a "potential" until he finally takes action.

白色巨塔

好像是我看过题材最为严肃，沉重的电视连续剧，但不失为一部好戏。它带领观众进入医疗界的另一面。表面上伟大的医师工作，背后却进行着一场激烈的权利斗争。正当每一个医师努力着往高处爬，计划着如何除掉挡在前面的人，他们也渐渐地忘记了作为医师的意义为何 — 给予病人希望。 在现实生活中，你是否也因某种“权利”的诱惑而看不清你生命中最为重要，有意义的事呢？别忘了，就如剧中所说的，看似重要的最终也会变得不重要。

God Almighty

Visited my brother's blog and learned about this song entitled 5 loaves and 2 fishes. It reminded me of God's greatness. It gave me this feeling that I could do everything with the help of God Almighty. I always feel like crying every time I hear such messages; however, there seems something stopping me from putting my trust in Him. How about you? Would you entrust your 5 loaves and 2 fishes to Him?

"Take my five loaves and two fishes. Do with it as you will. I surrender."

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下一站幸福

下一站幸福不用复杂素材，所运用的故事题材只专注于任光晞与梁幕橙的爱情故事。
因简单，而深入人心。
两人的感情路线，从他们相遇，相知，互生好感，相爱，分离，最后有情人终成眷属，观众也仿佛跟着他们一起走。
想必是这部戏成功的重要因素。

第二次看下一站幸福才发现安以轩从头到尾几乎都演哭戏。
不同的哭戏却有着不同的表情，让我非常欣赏。
没能入围金钟奖很可惜，但我只能说观众的掌声就是最好的肯定。

因非常希望能够看到更多安以轩的作品，而看雪山飞狐。
我没有看过金庸的小说，自然无法以剧本与小说的忠实度做评论。
但相较于1999年版，我比较喜欢以前的版本。
虽然故事依然围绕着苗胡两家的恩怨，但中间做了许多更改。
曾加了过多的爱情剧情而模糊了焦点。
剧中人物角色不够明确。
苗若兰应当是胡斐的伴侣，却成了别无选择中的选择。
但还是肯定安以轩的表演。