Recently a video on Bilibili attracted widespread attention.About 1,000 students across China talked about what they didn’t want to be in the future.     1     Normally, people talk about the things they do want to do or be.

Well, it turns out that most of the students are unsatisfied with the world as it currently is. There are lots of big problems. Some have easy Wildly Impontant Goels solutions and others don’t.     2     In other words, they get tired, worn--out and give up on having any dreams or hopes of being able to make the world a better place.

When I was a teenager, my parents told me I could do anything and be whatever it is that I wanted to be.     3     However, looking back, I really appreciated their advice, plus the excellent guidance I got from several outstanding teachers in high school and my experiences as a summer camp counselor(夏令营负责人), led me to pursue a career in education. I’ve been looking for more ways to encourage my students to keep their dreams alive.     4     I have found that I have personally been able to achieve this in my current job as a Director of College Counseling.

But how can you achieve what it is that you want to do? According to one of my favourite books, The Four Disciplines of Execution, there are four steps. Focus on your“wildly important goals”(your “WIGs”), measure your progress, and finally check your progress. So what’s your WIG?     5    

【推荐2】Long long ago, there lived two brothers in a village. Their parents died and left them a farm. The elder son took everything except for a very small piece of land, a cat and a dog. The younger son had to use the cat and the dog to pull his plough（犁）because he did not have an ox（牛）. They did not like this at all and cried out.

Near the farm, there was a mountain called Stone Mountain. A demon（魔鬼）lived on this mountain and people who looked at it carefully could see his face. When the Demon of Stone Mountain heard the cat and the dog crying out, he looked down. He thought a cat and a dog looked funny pulling a plough. He opened his mouth and laughed.

The younger son heard the demon’s laughter. He looked up and saw inside the demon’s huge, open mouth; it was full of gold and silver. Quickly, he ran up the mountain and hurried inside the demon’s mouth. There, he collected a little of the gold and silver and then hurried out again. Now he could buy himself a house, a larger piece of land and an ox to pull his plough.

His brother soon found out what had happened. He immediately got the cat and the dog and used them to pull his plough near Stone Mountain. Once again, the demon opened his mouth to laugh at the sight of a cat and a dog pulling a plough. Quickly, the elder brother ran into the demon’s mouth and began filling his bags with gold and silver.

He was so busy that he forgot about the cat and the dog, and it was not long before the two animals lay down to rest. As soon as this happened, the Demon of Stone Mountain stopped laughing and closed his mouth. The elder brother was kept inside and was never seen again.