题记世界上没有不可能的事职场上,很多人虽然颇有才华,具备种种获得老板赏识的能力,但是有个致命弱点:不主动接受“不可能完成”的工作。当一件看似“不可能完成”的工作摆在他们眼前时,就抱着惟恐避之不及的态度。结果可想而知,那就是终其一生,也只能平庸。而勇于向“不可能完成”的工作挑战的员工,是职场勇士,他们始终是最受老板们欢迎的人。成功者的字典里,没有“不可能”三个字,在他们眼里,越是不可能做成功的事,越可能成功。长今在多栽轩成功栽培出百本,就是一个很好的例子。《大长今》中有这样一段背景:百本对人体的药效极好,几乎所有的汤药之中都要加入百本。早在燕山君时代,百本种子就被带回了朝鲜,其后足足耗费了20年的时间,想尽各种办法栽培,可是每次都化为泡影。种植百本对朝鲜人来说,几乎是不可能的。由此以来,百本变得非常的珍贵,没有了固定的行情,只能任凭明朝漫天要价。...
《岁月与海浪》第一部分罗杰•弗莱/弗吉尼亚•伍尔夫(1)罗杰•弗莱本文选自弗尼古亚•伍尔夫:《罗杰•弗莱传》,伦敦:贺加斯出版社,1940年,第261~268、269~270、278~279、288~294页。——原注弗吉尼亚•伍尔夫如果说牛津拒绝了他(因为1927年在那儿他没有被授予斯拉德教授[SladeProfessorship]之职),那么伦敦倒是接纳了他。令他颇感诧异的是,这些年月中,每当作有关艺术的演讲时,他发现自己总能使女王音乐厅(QueensHall)内座无虚席。伯灵顿宫(BurlingtonHouse)的冬季展给他提供了这样的机会。他谈佛兰德斯(Flemish)艺术,谈法国艺术,谈意大利艺术,于是自然而然地,大厅就被挤满了。那些听众“热情洋溢、如痴如醉”(正如其中一位所记录的那样)。听他演讲,真是震撼心灵的精神享受。当年的女王音乐厅中,在冬夜里弥漫着绿蒙蒙的雾霭,回荡着劳苦大众的喷嚏声和咳嗽声。而令他们兴...
1 上校,我们的父亲 我童年中的奥地利是战争中的奥地利。1914年爆发了第一次世界大战,我们的父亲,格奥尔格·冯·特拉普,战争期间是位潜艇指挥官。他不仅是一名优秀的奥地利海军将领,一个有眼光,有胆识,头脑又聪慧的人,他还是一位可爱的丈夫与父亲。 爸爸个儿高,身材修长而匀称。他仪表堂堂,一头黑发,留着八字须,棕色的眼睛温柔可亲,引人注目。他手很壮实,形状也好看,订婚戒与婚戒把他的手衬得很漂亮。他对周遭事物细心而敏感,走起路来腰板挺直,身手也敏捷。 他穿什么都好看。爸爸的衣着永远是利索又干净,搭配得也好。比如说颜色,他大都穿淡淡的温和的绿色。他的外套是羊毛花呢的。裤子依照他那个时代(1914年到1925年)的款式,都是膝下扎紧的灯笼裤。灯笼裤只到膝下一点点,那个年代的男人们都穿着织有不同图案的及膝长统袜。袜口下翻,用来遮住吊袜带。夹克衫,马甲,还有裤子,都是同一种质地与...
江河入海,点点滴滴1.别拿单位的事情开玩笑一位朋友与上司的关系很好,经常与上司开些玩笑,气氛一直很融洽,比如说些:“臣告退”等,有一天,上司刚公出回来,正与其他同事寒暄,不料这位朋友说了一句:“领导,我们用的公章丢了!”上司听了,面容失色,看到这位朋友笑了,才意识到是开玩笑,但旁边的同事一阵哄笑,上司感觉很丢面子,大发雷霆,把这位朋友狠狠地批评了一顿,自此,融洽的关系荡然无存。如果这位朋友不是拿单位的事情开玩笑,后果又怎么能如此严重呢!2.请假的分寸假设身体不舒服或者有事情而必须请假的话,最好在第一时间将情况让上司知道,但是请不要长篇大论,同时也不要简单地让同事传达了事,而且要注意的是不要装病请假,经常就更不可以了,说不定上司因此会怀疑你是不是去应征其他工作了!...
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENTHE STORY OF A MOTHERby Hans Christian AndersenA MOTHER sat by her little child; she was very sad, for she fearedit would die. It was quite pale, and its little eyes were closed,and sometimes it drew a heavy deep breath, almost like a sigh; andthen the mother gazed more sadly than ever on the poor littlecreature. Some one knocked at the door, and a poor old man walked...
On the First Principles of Governmentby David HumeNothing appears more surprising to those, who consider humanaffairs with a philosophical eve, than the easiness with whichthe many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission,with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to thoseof their rulers. When we enquire by what means this wonder iseffected, we shall find, that, as FORCE is always on the side ofthe governed, the governors have nothing to support them but...
Lavender is blue, dilly dilly, lavender is green,when I am king, dilly dilly you will be queen.A penny for your thoughts my dear, A penny for your thoughts my dearIOU for your love, IOU for your loveLavender is green, dilly dilly, lavender is blue,when you love me, dilly dilly I will love you.——摘自英国童谣我一直很喜欢紫色,说不出为什么,也许冥冥之中,她的高贵和典雅一直引领着我,她那充满内蕴的美丽,始终牵引着我的梦想。...
Egypt (La Mort De Philae)by Pierre LotiTranslated from the French by W. P. BAINESCHAPTER IA WINTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE THE GREAT SPHINXA night wondrously clear and of a colour unknown to our climate; aplace of dreamlike aspect, fraught with mystery. The moon of a brightsilver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surelyis no longer ours; for it resembles in nothing what may be seen inother lands. A world in which everything is suffused with rosy color...
The Essays of Montaigne, V10by Michel de MontaigneTranslated by Charles CottonEdited by William Carew Hazilitt1877CONTENTS OF VOLUME 10.VII. Of recompenses of honour.VIII. Of the affection of fathers to their children.IX. Of the arms of the Parthians.X. Of books.XI. Of cruelty.CHAPTER VIIOF RECOMPENSES OF HONOURThey who write the life of Augustus Caesar,[Suetonius, Life ofAugustus, c. 25.] observe this in his military discipline, that he was...
以下是劳伦斯1926年从意大利给朋友罗夫·戈丁纳(Rolf Gardiner)写的一封信,其中一段话注定不朽:“如果你再到那边去,就去看看伊斯特伍德吧,我在那里出生,长到21岁。去看看沃克街,站在第三座房子前向左边远眺克里契,向前方展望安德伍德,向右首遥望高地公园和安斯里山。我在那座房子里从6岁住到18岁,走遍天下,对那片风景最是了如指掌…… 那是我心灵的故乡。”心灵的故乡,这是劳伦斯对故乡发出的爱恨交织的肺腑之言。2000年10月26、27和28号 一连三天,在劳伦斯的故乡伊斯特伍德镇由美国的序曲剧团(Prelude Productions)推出并首演表现劳伦斯生平的轻歌剧《心灵的故乡》 (The Country of My Heart),剧名出自劳伦斯本人的这封信,表达了他身在异国走向黄泉之际,心系故土的拳拳之恋。演出阵容强大,场场爆满,观众来自诺丁汉附近的城乡各地,成为当地的一大盛事。...
The Life and Adventures of Santa Clauseby L. Frank BaumContentsYOUTH1. Burzee2. The Child of the Forest3. The Adoption4. Claus5. The Master Woodsman6. Claus Discovers Humanity7. Claus Leaves the ForestMANHOOD1. The Laughing Valley2. How Claus Made the First Toy3. How the Ryls Colored the Toys4. How Little Mayrie Became Frightened5. How Bessie Blithesome Came to the Laughing Valley6. The Wickedness of the Awgwas7. The Great Battle Between Good and Evil...
众老师中,最令我佩服的是高中班主任,因为此人说话只作口头承诺,从不落实。比如有一次他让我们买参考书。现在这年头,市场交易原则基本进化到货到款寄,而他逆历史潮流让我们先交款后发货。那货后来不幸,迟迟不见影踪。然后我们群愤要求退款,此君每次都口口声声称一定退款一定退款。遗憾的是,三年没能退下来。并且更为不幸的是,高三时此君喜迁新居,我们又每人掏10块钱合送他一面壁镜。高考前的最后一次摸底考试,我们班的成绩遥遥领先,但不幸,领的是榜尾的先,班主任气得差点儿疯掉。人往往会气极生悲,悲极生骂,而我们班主任则非常干脆地把中间那块给省了,直接骂我们是“一群吃地瓜不知倒把的笨蛋,没有一个是考进重点大学的料!”结果高考我们很听话地帮班主任落实预言,全军覆没,都被二三流大学收留。...
Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Versesby Thomas HardyContents:Moments of VisionThe Voice of Things"Why be at pains?""We sat at the window"Afternoon Service at MellstockAt the Wicket-gateIn a MuseumApostrophe to an Old Psalm TuneAt the Word "Farewell"First Sight of Her and AfterThe RivalHeredity"You were the sort that men forget"She, I, and TheyNear Lanivet, 1872Joys of MemoryTo the MoonCopying Architecture in an Old Minster...
THE BLACK ARROW - A TALE OF THE TWO ROSESPROLOGUE - JOHN AMEND-ALLOn a certain afternoon, in the late springtime, the bell uponTunstall Moat House was heard ringing at an unaccustomed hour. Farand near, in the forest and in the fields along the river, peoplebegan to desert their labours and hurry towards the sound; and inTunstall hamlet a group of poor country-folk stood wondering at thesummons.Tunstall hamlet at that period, in the reign of old King Henry VI.,...