Don't judge a book by its cover...or title
I know I need to be doing something else right now, like finishing up an endorsement letter for my friend, or talking to my manager to see what I can do for going to NPS (national preparation seminar) next week. I received an email from an MC member last night if I'm still interested to be a faci at this biggest national conference with over 500 delegates, and I'm really frustrated over this matter right now because facis need to be there on Monday for pre-conference meeting, meaning that I'll have to miss an entire week of work. So I don't even know where to start, but I'll try my best in obtaining the week without creating any negative image for AIESEC or myself. Besides, as of right now, there's nothing planned for me to work on next week anyway.
I just wanted to get something off of my mind and present my favorite book that I travel around with, because this is something I've been wanting to do for a long time.
Last year, I bought a book in a discount used-book store in Japan, titled "次の恋はもう始まっている" which can be roughly translated to "Your next romance has already begun." I wasn't really looking for a direction on my next romance, and the book is more about life than love. I find this book very inspirational, and I wish that it was translated into other languages so that I can recommend it to my friends.
An excerpt from the book, translated (by me).
"...Dale Carnegie said in many of his famous quotes about how you can reach success. But I am a bit upset with him, because he forgot to mention about sudden nature of success. The hardest part about pursuing a goal in life is that you can't see where you are relative to your goal. Life doesn't work like "OK, I did this much work today, so I must be this much closer to my goal." You don't know where you are until one day, all the sudden, you reach your goal.
Why was it so hard for Christopher Columbus to succeed in finding a new continent? Because no one, including Columbus, didn't know that they were getting closer to their goal (or the goal even existed). He had to make two separate travel journals, one of which was a fake to fool his crews, to convince them that they haven't gotten too far from home. He also had to fool himself into believing his theory. And everyday was a fight between himself and his fear, along with his entire crew's fear.
Let's say here we have 100 people who want to become a successful novelist. After the first year, 50 of them will give up. After five years, there will only be 10 of them left. After ten years, only one person will remain and that person will get to be the novelist. It's a matter of how persistent you can be, not how talented you are in the discipline.
When a prisoner is told that he'll be imprisoned for ten years, he can endure it. But if he is told to wait for one more day after that ten years, he will try to escape. If you know what you to expect in advance, it's easy. But when things are uncertain, it isn't. The hardest thing in life is to keep telling yourself everyday 'tomorrow I'll get there, tomorrow I'll get there' until you finally do..."
Don't you agree?
And I forgot to mention this for a week. Hooray for Obama's victory!
I just wanted to get something off of my mind and present my favorite book that I travel around with, because this is something I've been wanting to do for a long time.
Last year, I bought a book in a discount used-book store in Japan, titled "次の恋はもう始まっている" which can be roughly translated to "Your next romance has already begun." I wasn't really looking for a direction on my next romance, and the book is more about life than love. I find this book very inspirational, and I wish that it was translated into other languages so that I can recommend it to my friends.
An excerpt from the book, translated (by me).
"...Dale Carnegie said in many of his famous quotes about how you can reach success. But I am a bit upset with him, because he forgot to mention about sudden nature of success. The hardest part about pursuing a goal in life is that you can't see where you are relative to your goal. Life doesn't work like "OK, I did this much work today, so I must be this much closer to my goal." You don't know where you are until one day, all the sudden, you reach your goal.
Why was it so hard for Christopher Columbus to succeed in finding a new continent? Because no one, including Columbus, didn't know that they were getting closer to their goal (or the goal even existed). He had to make two separate travel journals, one of which was a fake to fool his crews, to convince them that they haven't gotten too far from home. He also had to fool himself into believing his theory. And everyday was a fight between himself and his fear, along with his entire crew's fear.
Let's say here we have 100 people who want to become a successful novelist. After the first year, 50 of them will give up. After five years, there will only be 10 of them left. After ten years, only one person will remain and that person will get to be the novelist. It's a matter of how persistent you can be, not how talented you are in the discipline.
When a prisoner is told that he'll be imprisoned for ten years, he can endure it. But if he is told to wait for one more day after that ten years, he will try to escape. If you know what you to expect in advance, it's easy. But when things are uncertain, it isn't. The hardest thing in life is to keep telling yourself everyday 'tomorrow I'll get there, tomorrow I'll get there' until you finally do..."
Don't you agree?
And I forgot to mention this for a week. Hooray for Obama's victory!
posted by Masato at
9:04 AM
3 Comments:
thanks for the comment, masato, it made a lot of sense. is this book that you're talking about the same one you referred to in the post?
that will be incredible if you get the chance to faci the conference! let me know how it goes :)
Dear Masato.
Be a international faci at a huge national conference. I did it, and loved it, and you will to.
Love,
Maddie
ps. Seriously.
>Jo
Yes it's the same book. One day I'll take the time to translate the entire book for free, that's how much I like it.
>Jo&Maddie
I managed. I'll be faciing for EP track!
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