When you get older, you will find that in the end, it is often not the most talented people.
To be successful, perseverance and persistence are far more important than talent. You have no other way than to push your limits.
That's why Burst Drummer is one of my favorite movies.
The 107-minute viewing process is extremely depressing. This movie refuses to give you any breath, and tells you coldly: not crazy, not alive .
At a family dinner, the paranoid protagonist Andrew Neiman responded this way when confronted by his family's disdain for the legendary drummer he admired:
Such values have both made him and destroyed him.
Neiman, a freshman who was admitted to the best music school in the United States, was accidentally selected by the devil conductor Terence Fletcher and entered the best jazz band in the school to become a drummer, which also became the beginning of his "nightmare".
In order to "train" the best drummers, Fletcher arranged for three drummers including Neiman to compete viciously. If there is a fancy swearing competition in this world , then the commander Fletcher will definitely win the championship.
Under huge pressure, Neiman practiced the drum frantically. Even if his fingers were injured, he only used ice water for pain, wrapped a bandage, and continued to practice:
He kept practicing, and because of the slow progress, he fell into despair. Neiman realized that he needed to keep improving, and decided to break up with his girlfriend.
However, Neiman did not get his wish.
He missed the show in a car accident, dropped out of school due to mental trauma, and reported the Devil Command.
Later, the two of them met by chance and contributed to the "Soul Dialogue" of the whole film :
The plot after that, although still exciting, is no longer important.
*****
There are two similar phrases in English, "Good Job" and "Great Job" .
But their meanings are very different. "Good Job" means that you did a good job, and it's more of a scene than a sincere praise; "Great Job" means that you are very good and have done extremely valuable work.
To achieve Good, a little talent, plus learning and practice can be easily completed. But going from Good to Great is never easy. It requires boring practice, accumulation of experience, calm judgment, and accurate execution.
Too many people stop at Good, looking at Great in the distance and thinking:
"I'm already very good, there's no need to force myself too hard."
Well, this is the end of your story.
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People are obsessed with learning about success, like to forward chicken soup for the soul, and often self-proclaimed procrastination and late cancer, but they want to find a shortcut to success, and use various excuses to avoid the price that needs to be paid .
Wang Anshi wrote: "The nearer to the barbarians, the more tourists are; the farther the danger is, the fewer are the least. And the wonders of the world, the wonders, and the extraordinary, often lie in the dangers and distances, and what people rarely visit, so Those who are not aspiring cannot come.”
If you want to reach the peak that few people reach, then you must endure the fatigue and pain that ordinary people cannot bear.
"Boom Drummer" shreds chicken soup to show you in a brutal and direct way: there are no shortcuts to success. If you choose to stay "nice", you will never reach "great" .
Behind a successful "genius", it is often not the gentle and earnest teaching of "Spring in the Cattle Class", nor the free and romantic enlightenment of "Dead Poets Society". It is very likely that it is "The Crazy Drummer". Obsession, boring and tormenting practice, and a coach who is as strict as the devil.
What's more cruel is that even if you choose to move towards "greatness", you are very likely to fall on this painful road. In "Boom Drummer", the previous "Neiman", who was successfully trained by the devil conductor, committed suicide due to depression after joining the top band.
For those who pursue what they love, the pain they endure is also the source of their happiness. You and I both know that "greatness" has nothing to do with "happiness". The article hates Mingda, people in history who are worthy of the word "great" have a bad ending.
There is never a right answer in this world, it all depends on your choice.
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