Self-defeating(弄巧成拙)
During the Song Dynasty in China, there was
a famous minister named Huang Tingjian.
He was also a famous poet and writer.
He wrote a poem.
I see a lot of people wanting to get things
done in a smarter and faster way.
I wonder why some people use a clumsy way
to slowly get things done.
I see a lot of people do something smarter
and faster than others, but it ends up failing soon after.
I've seen a lot of people do one thing in a
very smart and fast way, and then they do something superfluous.
These superfluous things led to the failure
of this event soon after.
I see many people doing a lot of
superfluous things because they have extra time and money.
Instead of benefiting them, the extra time
and money brought them harm.
After my in-depth research, I finally
understood the mystery here.
People who think they are smarter than
others, they take a lot of opportunistic ways, and their life outcomes are
usually bad.
These people who think they are stupider
than others, they take a lot of down-to-earth ways, and their life results are
often good.
This idiom means to be self-defeating.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you think you are smarter than others or
are you dumber than others? Have you ever examined why you failed?
I hope this story helps you generate some
new harvest.
弄巧成拙(Self-defeating)
中國的宋王朝時代，有一個著名的大臣，他的名字叫做（黃庭堅）。
他也是一位著名的詩人與文學家。
他寫過一首詩。
我看見許多人都想要用更聰明更快速的方式去完成一件事情。
我很疑惑為何有些人竟用比較笨拙的方式慢慢的把一件事情辦成呢。
我看見許多人用比其他人用更聰明更快速的方式去完成一件事情，但這件事不久後就以失敗告終。
我看見許多人用很聰明很快速的方式完成了一件事情，他們接著又做了一些多餘的事。
這些多餘的事導致這一件事不久後就以失敗告終。
我看見許多人因為有了多餘的時間與金錢所以他們做了很多多餘的事。
這些多餘的時間與金錢沒有對他們帶來好處反而帶給他們壞處。
我深入的研究後，我終於了解到這裏面的奧妙。
那些覺得自己比別人很聰明的人，他們採取了很多投機取巧的方式，他們的人生成效通常都是壞的。
這些覺得自已比別人愚笨的人，他們採取了很多腳踏實地的方式，他們的人生成效往往是好的。
這句成語的意思是弄巧成拙。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你認為你比別人聰明還是你比別人愚笨呢？你是否有檢討過自己為何會失敗呢？
我期待這故事有助於你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為宋-黃庭堅-拙軒頌
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