The path to the success and happiness

THE  PATH TO SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS

A.A. Muldagaliyeva, R.M.Tayeva

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Статья посвящена идее о необходимости упорного труда и усилий для достижения любых целей. Упорный труд лежит в основе всех достижений и успехов отдельных личностей, сообществ и даже всей страны.   В высших учебных заведениях большое внимание должно уделяться  подготовке специалистов с новым типом  мышлением к труду, карьере и работе и   набором новых навыков и умений, которые позволят им эффективно работать в  условиях динамичного развития экономики и технологии.  

The paper discusses  the idea of the importance of hard work and efforts to achieve any goals. Hard work underlies all the achievements and successes of an  individual, communities and even the whole country. In higher education institutions, much attention should be paid to training of specialists with a new type of mindset  towards a job, a career and work, possessing a set of new skills that will enable them to work effectively in a dynamic economic and technology development

Without hard work nobody is great. Hard work lies on the basis of all great achievements of individuals , a community, even a nation reach.  People who have reached a lot in life claim that they have attained success thanks to ceaseless hard work and efforts. There are no “magic pills” or a secret formula or something like that which would bring success overnight.  There is only one way to the top: HARD WORK. Hard work is challenging, difficult, requires lots of energy and effort. But it is the only  key to success.

Where does happiness come from?  Many people would like to know the answer to this question. The responce given by President XI Jimping,  General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee,  on page of “China Daily”, May 2, 2018,  may sound encouraging to them.  The answer is “happiness is achieved through hard work’, which is the title of the article. The newspaper gives an account of Xi Jinping’s New Year address to the people of China delivered on December 31, 2017.  Xi’s definition of happiness has become a buzzword among the Chinese people ever since. In all his speeches and addresses to his compatriots he constantly highlights the importance of hard work. Here are some interesting points from the article:   “Working hard is the noblest, greatest and the most honorable and beautiful virtue. ….  The Chinese people have been aware since ancient times that we cannot sit idle and enjoy the fruits of other’s work. … Happiness does not fall out of the blue, and the dream will not come true by itself.   ….. Xi attributed China’s great achievements in the past decades to the Chinese people’s   ingenuity and expertise, hard work and enormous sacrifices. …. Xi called for diligence and hard work by people across the country to achieve national rejuvenation. …. The new era belongs to those who work hard” [1].

Xi Jinping’s special attitude towards hard work and his deep respect for the people of labour was formed early in his life. The son of a revolutionary leader Xi Jinping at age 15, at that time in high school, was sent down to work in a remote farming village Liangjiahe in Shaanxi province where he stayed for seven years. Xi lived in yaodong, a cave house, and worked on an equal basis with farmers. In an interview with China Central Television Xi said that he had done all kinds of farm work there, including herding sheep.

“At that time I could carry 200jin (100 kilograms) of wheat on my shoulder, and I could do it for 10 li 5 kilometers) on a mountainous road without switching it between shoulders”, he told CCTV.

The farmers of village Liangjiahe recall Xi Jinping with admiration, saying that no matter how tired he was, he would never rest if the farm work was not done. In a letter written to the villagers at Liangjiahe Xi said that he has never forgotten the memorable seven years, he spent at Lianghiahe, never forgotten the land where he used to live and work, never forgotten the folks that he got along with day and night.

Xi Jinping attributes China’s great achievements in the past decades to the Chinese people’s   ingenuity and expertise, hard work and enormous sacrifices. The economic growth and prosperity of the country lies in the hands of millions of people of China. It is thanks to their hard work that economic growth has become possible.

During the last three years the economy of China has been steadily growing. Now China is the largest developing country in the world and is working hard to realize the two centenary goals and the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation, which is to build a strong, prosperous, democratic, culturally-advanced and harmonious modern socialist country. Over the past 3 decades, China’s growth miracle can be viewed as the most impressive, lasting, and complex in terms of institutional changes and constraint conditions in the human history of economic growth, which generally praised by both prestigious international organizations and economists. [2] 

China’s GDP rose from 54 trillion to 80 trillion yuan over the past 5 years and has maintained its rank as the world’s second largest economy and contributed over 30 per cent of the global economic growth. [3]

It is a well known truth that if a country puts all the focus on the improvement of its citizens’ living standards through economic development , the citizens are to  work hard and productively.  Economic stability comes in result of hard work. It is axiomatic that hard work is always rewarded.

Economic growth of the Republic of Kazakhstan also was brought about by hard work and efforts of the people of our multinational state and by the wise and well balanced policy of President Nursultan Nazarbayev.  After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1990, Kazakhstan economy was in deep crisis that followed the year our country has gained its Independence in 1991. Runaway inflation, collapse of industry, disappearance of markets, inadequate distribution and storage, and lack of capital for modernization were among the problems that the economy of Kazakhstan experienced [4]. Within a short period, only 27 years of independence, Kazakhstan  has made great strides in its development,  improved its competitiveness and now it has joined the ranks of states that are influential and internationally respected.  Many great politicians acknowledge that economically Kazakhstan can be considered a success story. It is a rapidly developing market economy, which ensures growth and prosperity for its citizens. Living standards of the people of Kazakhstan have substantially improved. The Republic of Kazakhstan has become a powerful, modern, united and respected nation.