Adversity and Prosperity,Adversity and Prosperity范文

　　Adversity and Prosperity

　　Adversity and Prosperity

　　People tend to complain, "Why am I not a president but a most ordinary clerk?" "Why am I not a millionaire who doesn't have to work desperately with such a poor salary?" or "Why can't I invent something to change people's life and carve a place or myself in history?" The answer is somewhat simple: their ives are going too smooth. In other words, they have never ndergone the true adversity which prosperity often has its roots in.

　　Adversity often leads to prosperity. Painful and difficult as it is, adversity requires courage to face, great courage that not all people have. Thus, when confronted by adversity, some people sink and others overcome it with constant painstaking struggle. The latter will henceforth have intense passion to achieve their goals and tremendous determination to overwhelm any difficulties on their way to the destination, for they believe the worst has gone by. Jiacheng Lee, who is said to be the wealthiest person in China, had suffered a lot before he made his fortune. Born in a small family, he had to earn a living to support his family without finishing his junior school study. He peddled near a plastic factory, selling plastic flowers he himself made. Gradually his hard work enabled him to save up enough money to run a real business. From then on, he often defeated his opponents by investing riskily in some huge projects, which rewarded him with considerable profits. When asked about reasons for such tour age, Jiacheng Lee said laconically, "If I had failed, I would have at least gone back to be a peddler again. I would lose nothing."It is obvious that his success grows from the fertile soil of adversity of his early years.

　　On the contrary, those who haven't experienced the adversity are to some extent content with the present life, and they aren't determined to break up these pleasant days to venture into some unknown field. Therefore, they mostly couldn't bring their potential into full play. But it doesn't mean that none of the people living in happiness can succeed. Bill Gates, another millionaire, has a much more fortunate experience though. But besides his ability and his sharp eye for chances, another factor also explains his success a sense of threatened. He knows clearly that he will be eliminated in the fierce competition if he slows down his pace of innovation. This threat makes him think as in adversity at least not in a pleasant resting place. His story also shows that prosperity and adversity, in a sense, are inter wined.

　　In adversity, while pessimists think there comes the end of the world and lose all hope, optimists remain cheerful. They will never be blinded by their pain, they know hope is there within,they keep struggling, and at last they will reach prosperity.

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　　本文論述了困境與成功的關系，最大的特點在于舉了名人成功經歷為例，成功地闡明了以下觀點：成功常常來自逆境。

　　李嘉誠是個典型的例子：自小家境貧寒，輟學做小販維持家用，以此積蓄的原始資本開辦自己的公司，用戰(zhàn)略性、高風險的投資，獲得了豐厚回報，終于成為最富有的華人。作者引用李嘉誠的話解釋其商業(yè)眼光和勇氣的來源：“即使失敗，不過重做小販，什么都未失去”，正是這種輕松的心態(tài)導致其成功。當然，作者也認為生活中沒有經歷逆境者也可能成功，并舉了比爾.蓋茨的例子：蓋茨時刻提醒自己，如停止創(chuàng)新就會在殘酷的競爭中落敗，即成功者即使未親歷逆境，卻也會時刻有一種危機意識。作者通過這種引申，更深入地表明了其觀點：成功和逆境總是相伴而行的。最后一段照應全文：在困境中，悲觀者認為世界末日來臨，而樂觀者不會被痛苦嚇倒，他們看到希望，努力爭取，并最終成功，精辟地總結了自己的論點。

　　(點評教師：何靜)

　　Adversity and Prosperity