The Strength of Mindset

A staff complains toward the manager, everything is difficult.
She finds it hard to cope with life, seem a problem just resolve, the new problem appeared again, and she was tired.
The manager brings her into the kitchen.
He goes toward first to pour into some waters in 3 pots, and then puts on the fire.


Water is boiling after while.
He put some carrots in the first pot, put an egg into the second pot, and put some coffee powder into the third pot.
20 minutes later, father off the fire, take out the carrot. Go to the second pot take out the egg, and then ladling up the coffee to a cup.
The manager turned to ask his staff:
‘what do you come in sight of?'
‘Carrot, Egg, and Coffee’ she says.
He lets her come closer to touch the carrot.
She noticed the carrot become soft.
The manager lets the staff take the egg, breaking it, peel the egg shell, this is a cooked egg.
Last, the manager lets her drink a mouthful of coffee.
Taste to the very thick coffee, the staff smile, she asked:
‘what does this mean?'
The manager says three things face same adverse circumstances-boiling water.
But its reflection is not same.
The carrot, before put in to the pot, it is strong and hard, after putting into the boiled water, it become soft, become weak.
The egg is originally crumbly, the very thin outer shell protects the internal organs of the liquid, once the boiled water cook, and the internal organs become hard.
The coffee bean powder then is very special, entering boiling water, they changed the water then.
We can learn how carrot, egg and coffee bean react in the difficulties and adverse circumstances. They can accept defeat, can become stronger, and even can change environment/surrounding.

The manager says:

Your cannot change the environment, but can change yourself;
Your cannot change the fact, but can change an attitude;
Your cannot change the past, but can change the present;
You have no command over others, but can control yourself;
You can't predict tomorrow, but can hold on today;
You can't be doing smooth and well in everything, but can devote your best effort;
You can't change weather, but can change a mood;
You can't change facial appearance, but can emerge with smiling face;

Yes, the mindset sometimes is important compares with others.