They were cousins who came to Beijing together five years ago to find work and ended up as waiters in a restaurant. The head waiter was a very meticulous person. When the cousins first arrived, they had no work experience, and the head waiter had to teach them many basics on the spot. The head waiter would get quite angry and often scolded them loudly: the tableware in the private rooms was not placed properly; the serving speed was too slow; their Mandarin was too poor, and so on. The elder cousin got angry and quit, saying he couldn't stand the head waiter's attitude, and urged the younger cousin to quit too. The younger cousin said with a worried expression, "If we can't do well here, where else can we go? I think we should stay. Even though we get scolded every day, at least we have a job, right?" Hearing his cousin say such unambitious words with a grim face, the elder cousin felt deeply disappointed and thought his cousin had let him down. The younger cousin stayed and continued to be scolded, but it wasn't long before he stopped being scolded because he improved quickly. He corrected every work detail the supervisor criticized in time. The restaurant didn't serve breakfast and only opened at 11 a.m., so they started work at 9 a.m. The younger cousin bought a radio and secretly got up at 5 a.m. every day to practice Mandarin in a nearby park. After six months, his Mandarin was very standard, with no trace of dialect. The younger cousin worked as a waiter, a food runner, a cashier, and so on, excelling at every task. He didn't want to lose this job, and he wanted to do it perfectly. The head waiter appreciated this employee who constantly sought improvement. The restaurant business was very good. Two years later, the boss opened a new branch in another location. The head waiter became the store manager and suggested that the boss promote the younger cousin to be the manager of the new branch. After becoming the store manager, the younger cousin wanted to share the good news with his elder cousin. The elder cousin had found six jobs since quitting, and reportedly was now working as a courier for a delivery company. But when he called his mobile, it was disconnected. The younger cousin felt a sinking feeling, not knowing what had happened. After work that evening, he went to his cousin's place and learned that his cousin had been unemployed for over two months, was financially strapped, had sold his phone cheaply, and couldn't afford summer clothes. He had cut the legs and sleeves off an old tracksuit and sewn the edges to make shorts and a short-sleeved shirt. When the elder cousin saw him, he angrily cursed the companies he had worked for, saying the management was unreasonable and too demanding. After silently listening to his cousin's complaints, the younger cousin put down 1,000 yuan and said, "We came out to work, not to act like big shots. If you don't do your job well, it's only natural to be criticized. Less complaining and more working is what matters most!" Then he left. As he walked out the door, his cousin said angrily, "Are you showing off now that you're a store manager? Let me tell you, I don't buy it!" The younger cousin paused, shook his head, took a taxi, and left dejectedly... The boss ran the business well, and the employees worked hard, so the business grew significantly. In the fifth year of the younger cousin's work, the boss's restaurant had grown from one store to a catering company with seven directly operated stores. The younger cousin was promoted from store manager to vice president. There was another vice president, who was the head waiter from when he first started. The younger cousin was deeply grateful to this person who had always taught him with an expression of "wishing iron could become steel." It was through her constant criticism that he kept improving as he corrected his mistakes... Over the years, due to busy work and serious differences in career views, the cousins had little contact. The elder cousin did come to see the younger one a few times, each time to borrow money and complain. The younger cousin would quietly lend him money and then make an excuse about being busy and ask him to leave. If you don't cherish your current job and always think you have many backup plans, then for those who are not dedicated, no place will welcome you! If this place doesn't keep you, there's no place that will! People with goals are grateful; those without goals complain, feeling the world owes them. People with goals can't sleep; those without goals can't wake up because they don't know what to get up for. Give life a dream, give the dream a path, give the path a direction. When you fall, learn to get up yourself; when you're hurt, learn to heal yourself. Life only has the brilliance that comes from walking, not the glory that comes from waiting. If you feel you're struggling now, tell yourself: the easy roads are all downhill. Hold on, because you're going uphill, and once you get through, you'll definitely make progress. If you're complaining that fate isn't kind, reason with yourself: fate is the excuse of the loser; luck is the modesty of the successful. Fate has always been in your own hands. Complaining is just a sign of weakness; effort is the attitude of life! Strength represents dignity. Friends, cherish every opportunity and every person around you. 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