Hey, dear girl: I posted a picture of running 10 kilometers on Weibo

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You asked me: how can I keep on running like this? I seldom talk about running

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Just as you asked, I’ll talk about my favorite sport

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People around me have two obvious camps for running: one is that they like running very much and don’t run five kilometers every day, which makes them feel uncomfortable; the other is that they can lift iron and go to the gym for a few hours of anaerobic exercise every day, and they are determined not to run a few kilometers

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Like running is really like, do not like running, really do not run at all

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I belong to the former, of course

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At first, running was because it was the simplest of all sports

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I wanted to lose weight from the simplest

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Later, I gradually fell in love with running because running and I have become the philosophy of life

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Every stage of running, there are different feelings

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Now that I am 30 years old and in my first year of business, I would like to share with you three “running philosophies” that have benefited me in particular

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First of all, the happiest part of running is to delay gratification

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You have to have the wisdom to give up the present happiness

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My friends who are familiar with me all know that I hate to learn every minute

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I live up to people’s expectations

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When I run, I am learning

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I listen to all kinds of audio courses and books

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I want to feel the joy of learning while running

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But the fact tells me that it’s not good for me to run, because my brain needs to disperse part of my energy to think

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When I run, the speed slows down

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When I slow down, I feel like I’m tired, just like it’s over

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Later, when I started running, I listened to music and didn’t think about anything

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Because my brain was relaxed, I ran 5 kilometers and didn’t feel tired at all

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After the end of running, I’m in a very good state

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Many articles and courses are completed within an hour after running, which is very efficient

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So don’t just focus on the happiness of the moment when running, just like I have to learn; it’s better to give up the happiness in the process, wait until it’s over, and enjoy the more efficient happiness brought by “delayed gratification” under the action of dopamine

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It’s the same as starting a business

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When I started my business, I always wanted to get immediate rewards

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Take “writing company” as an example

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If a little partner didn’t do homework once, I would be very angry

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Later, after a long time, you will find that even if this person didn’t do homework several times, as long as she is serious and perseveres for a long time, you can see the difference immediately

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So don’t worry about what you get now

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The greatest happiness in entrepreneurship is “delayed gratification”, because every delayed gift adds a background of surprise

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Secondly, the most important thing in running is not endurance, but persistent self challenge

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Many people think that it’s easy for people with good endurance to run

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In my opinion, good endurance is only a small factor

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What really works is that you face challenges and constantly break through your attitude

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I want to give up running many times, because every time I run 5 kilometers, it’s over

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After a long time, I feel very boring, even if it’s very easy, even if it’s helping me lose weight

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“Boring” is a taboo in sports

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If a thing makes you feel boring, it’s equivalent to giving up

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Later, in order to encourage myself, I set up all kinds of challenges for myself

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For example, I have to run 25 minutes for 5K; I have to run outdoors; I have to run 10K a week

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Just like I play games with myself, I have new obstacles and new rules, and your body will always be at its best

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Isn’t entrepreneurship like this? If entrepreneurship only depends on endurance, I think many people have a much higher probability of success

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The fact is: if you don’t set your own challenges, it’s hard for you to get behind the start-up

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On the one hand, you will be weak and lose your entrepreneurial passion

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On the other hand, if you don’t set your own challenges, the market will give you greater challenges, which are likely to knock you down

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In my opinion, it’s the soul of every runner to challenge himself and win the game with himself

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Finally, speed matters

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A lot of people will say to running Xiaobai: you don’t need to be fast

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It’s most important to let yourself run first

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This sentence is suitable for Xiaobai, but not for veteran runners, because improving the running speed will make a person happier and happier

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Generally, I will run about 40 minutes for 5K

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The result is that I want to be lazy when I’m very busy, because 40 minutes is too long, and I don’t want to stick to it

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Later, I kept improving my speed, and now 5K is about 25 minutes

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What’s the result? Every time I want to hesitate, I will tell myself: is it 25 minutes? It’s not enough time to watch an episode of TV series and listen to eight songs

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The speed increased and the time reduced, which greatly reduced my procrastination threshold

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This is a great inspiration for my entrepreneurship

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At the beginning, I told myself: just take your time, so I’m very Buddhist in planning for the future

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Anyway, I’m a long-term chauvinist

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Why do I care about a month and a year

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After a lot of experience and seeing the development of people who started at the same time, I realized that speed is largely productivity

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When others save more time than you in every aspect, it just means that your self-renewal ability is inferior to others

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The road of starting a business is very lonely, and the road of self-improvement is also very lonely

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I am very grateful that running, a friend, has been with me all the time

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Like a teacher or a prophet, he has told me some changes that are about to happen

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So here, I run not out of love, but like the Oracle, I want to hear the admonition and discipline from afar..

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