孙振耀：
1982年，孙振耀先生大学毕业后，进入惠普台湾公司，以普通工程师的身份开启了他捆绑在IT上的人生。
孙振耀先生从业务代表做起，经过分公司经理的职位，到1990年，他成为了惠普台湾公司计算机业务的负责人。
1991年，孙振耀先生跨过海峡，出任中国惠普计划机系统事业部总经理。之后，由于他所负责的惠普业务连年大幅度增长及与国内客户的合作不断深入，1995年他被晋升为中国惠普副总裁，并继续兼任计算机系统部的总经理，2000年至2007任中国惠普公司总裁。
职业生涯就像一场马拉松比赛
正常人大概要工作35年，这好比是一场马拉松比赛，和真正的马拉松比赛不同的是，这场比赛没有职业选手，每个人都只有一次机会。要知道，有很多人甚至坚持不到终点，只有少数人是跑过终点的，因此在刚开始的时候，去抢领先的位置并没有太大的意义。
职业生涯就像一场体育比赛，有初赛、复赛、决赛。初赛的时候大家都刚刚进社会，大多数都是实力一般的人，这时候努力一点认真一点很快就能让人脱颖而出，于是有的人二十多岁做了经理，有的人迟些也终于赢得了初赛，三十多岁成了经理。然后是复赛，能参加复赛的都是赢得初赛的，每个人都有些能耐，在聪明才智上都不成问题，这个时候再想要胜出就不那么容易了，单靠一点点努力和认真还不够，要有很强的坚忍精神，要懂得靠团队的力量，要懂得收服人心，要有长远的眼光 ……
看上去赢得复赛并不容易，但，还不是那么难。因为这个世界的规律就是给人一点成功的同时让人骄傲自满，刚刚赢得初赛的人往往不知道自己赢得的仅仅是初赛，有了一点小小的成绩大多数人都会骄傲自满起来，认为自己已经懂得了全部，不需要再努力再学习了。
最终的决赛来了，大家都是高手，这个时候的输赢或许只能等待对方犯错。世界的规律依然发挥着作用，赢得复赛的人已经不只是骄傲自满了，他们往往刚愎自用，听不进去别人的话，有些人的脾气变得暴躁，心情变得浮躁，身体变得糟糕，他们最大的敌人就是他们自己。这和体育比赛是一样的，最后高手之间的比赛，就看谁失误少谁就赢得了决赛。
不快乐，是因为你不知道要什么
你工作快乐么？有没有觉得干了一段时间以后工作很不开心？有没有觉得自己没有得到应有的待遇？有没有觉得工作像一团乱麻每天上班都是一种痛苦？有没有觉得其实现在的公司并没有当初想象得那么好？你从工作中得到你想要得到的了么？你每天开心么？
其实，你不快乐的根源，是因为你不知道要什么！你不知道要什么，所以你不知道去追求什么，你不知道追求什么，所以你什么也得不到。
我总觉得，职业生涯首先要关注的是自己，自己想要什么？大多数人大概没想过这个问题，唯一的想法只是 —— 我想要一份工作，我想要一份不错的薪水，我知道所有人对于薪水的渴望，可是，你想每隔几年重来一次找工作的过程么？你想每年都在这种对于工作和薪水的焦急不安中度过么？不想的话，就好好想清楚。
越是焦急，越是觉得自己需要一份工作，越饥不择食，越想不清楚，越容易失败，你的经历越来越差，下一份工作的人看着你的简历就皱眉头。有生存压力就会有很多焦虑，积极的人会从焦虑中得到动力，而消极的人则会因为焦虑而迷失方向。所有人都必须在压力下做出选择，这就是世道，你喜欢也罢不喜欢也罢。
天下没有轻松的成功，成功，要付代价。请先忘记一切的生存压力，想想这辈子你最想要的是什么？所以，最要紧的事情，先想好自己想要什么。
什么是好工作
人都是要面子的，也是喜欢攀比的，即使在工作上也喜欢攀比，不管那是不是自己想要的。大家认为外企公司很好，可是好在哪里呢？好吧，他们在比较好的写字楼？他们出差住比较好的酒店？别人会羡慕一份外企公司的工作？那一切都是给别人看的，你干吗要活得那么辛苦给别人看？找工作究竟是考虑你想要什么，还是考虑别人想看什么？
我的大学同学们大多数都到美国了，我有几个表亲也去了国外了，他们的父母独自在国内，没有人照顾，有好几次人在家里昏倒都没人知道，出国，真的这么光彩么？就像有人说的 “ 很多事情就像看 A 片，看的人觉得很爽，做的人未必。 ”
人总想找到那个最好的，可是，什么是最好的？你觉得是最好的那个，是因为你的确了解，还是因为别人说他是最好的？即使他对于别人是最好的，对于你也一定是最好的么？
对于自己想要什么，自己要最清楚，别人的意见并不是那么重要。很多人总是常常被别人的意见所影响，亲戚的意见，朋友的意见， …… 问题是，你究竟是要过谁的一生？人的一生不是父母一生的续集，也不是儿女一生的前传，更不是朋友一生的外篇，只有你自己对自己的一生负责，别人无法也负不起这个责任。自己做的决定，至少到最后，自己没什么可后悔。
我想，好工作，应该是适合你的工作，具体点说，应该是能给你带来你想要的东西的工作。你还是要先弄清楚你想要什么，如果你不清楚你想要什么，你就永远也不会找到好工作，因为你永远只看到你得不到的东西，你得到的，都是你不想要的。
可能，最好的，已经在你的身边，只是，你还没有学会珍惜。人们总是盯着得不到的东西，而忽视了那些已经得到的东西。
跳槽与积累
我并不反对跳槽，但跳槽决不是解决问题的办法，而且频繁跳槽的后果是让人觉得没有忠诚度可言，而且不能安心工作。
要跳槽肯定是有问题，一般来说问题发生了，躲是躲不开的，很多人跳槽是因为这样或者那样的不开心，如果这种不开心，在现在这个公司不能解决，那么在下一个公司多半也解决不掉。你必须相信， 90% 的情况下，你所在的公司并没有那么烂，你认为不错的公司也没有那么好。每个公司都有每个公司的问题，没有问题的公司是不存在的。换个环境你都不知道会碰到什么问题，与其如此，不如就在当下把问题解决掉。很多问题当你真的想要去解决的时候，或许并没有那么难。有的时候你觉得问题无法解决，事实上，那只是 “ 你觉得 ” 。
一般来说，工作到 2-3 年的时候，很多人觉得工作不顺利，好像到了一个瓶颈，心情烦闷，就想辞职，乃至换一个行业，觉得这样所有一切烦恼都可以抛开，会好很多。其实这样做只是让你从头开始，到了时候还是会发生和原来行业一样的困难，熬过去就向上跨了一大步，要知道每个人都会经历这个过程，每个人的职业生涯中都会碰到几个瓶颈，你熬过去了而别人没有熬过去你就领先了。
一份工作到两三年的时候，大部分人都会变成熟手，这个时候往往会陷入不断的重复，有些人会觉得自己已经搞懂了一切，从而懒得去寻求进步了，觉得自己已经完成比赛了。可以肯定地说，一定不是，这个时候，还是要拿出前两年的干劲来，稳扎稳打，积累才刚刚开始。
你足够了解你的客户吗？你知道他最大的烦恼是什么吗？你足够了解你的老板么？你知道他最大的烦恼是什么吗？你足够了解你的手下么？你知道他最大的烦恼是什么吗？如果你不知道，你凭什么觉得自己已经积累够了？如果你都不了解，你怎么能让他们帮你的忙，做你想让他们做的事情？如果他们不做你想让他们做的事情，你又何来的成功？
等待
并不是每次穿红灯都会被汽车撞，并不是每个罪犯都会被抓到，并不是每个错误都会被惩罚，并不是每个贪官都会被枪毙，并不是你的每一份努力都会得到回报，并不是你的每一次坚持都会有人看到，并不是你每一点付出都能得到公正的回报，并不是你的每一个善意都能被理解 …… 这个，就是世道。有很多时候，人需要一点耐心，一点信心。每个人总会轮到几次不公平的事情，而通常，安心等待是最好的办法。
有很多时候我们需要耐得住寂寞，等待属于你的那一刻。周润发等待过，刘德华等待过，周星驰等待过…… 看到了他们如今的功成名就的人，你可曾看到当初他们的等待和耐心？你可曾看到金马奖影帝在街边摆地摊？你可曾看到德云社一群人在剧场里给一位观众说相声？你可曾看到周星驰的角色甚至连一句台词都没有？每一个成功者都有一段低沉苦闷的日子，在他们一生最中灿烂美好的日子里，他们渴望成功，但却两手空空，一如现在的你。没有人保证他们将来一定会成功，而他们的选择是耐住寂寞。
人总是会遇到挫折的，人总是会有低潮的，人总是会有不被人理解的时候的，人总是有要低声下气的时候，这些时候恰恰是人生最关键的时候，因为大家都会碰到挫折，而大多数人过不了这个门槛，你能过，你就成功了。在这样的时刻，我们需要耐心等待，满怀信心地去等待，相信，生活不会放弃你，机会总会来的。至少，你还年轻，你没有坐牢，没有生治不了的病，没有欠还不起的债。比你不幸的人远远多过比你幸运的人，你还怕什么？路要一步步走，虽然到达终点的那一步很激动人心，但大部分的脚步是平凡甚至枯燥的，但没有这些脚步，或者耐不住这些平凡枯燥，你终归是无法迎来最后的那些激动人心。
逆境，是上帝帮你淘汰竞争者的地方。要知道，你不好受，别人也不好受，你坚持不下去了，别人也一样，千万不要告诉别人你坚持不住了，那只能让别人获得坚持的信心，让竞争者看着你微笑的面孔，失去信心，退出比赛。胜利属于那些有耐心的人。
入对行，跟对人
第一份工作还是有些需要注意的地方，有两件事情格外重要，第一件是入行，第二件事情是跟人。第一份工作对人最大的影响就是入行，现代的职业分工已经很细，我们基本上只能在一个行业里成为专家。其实没有哪个行业特别好，也没有哪个行业特别差，看上去很美的行业一旦进入才发现很多地方其实并不那么完美，只是外人看不见。
我认为选择什么行业并没有太大关系，看问题不能只看眼前。有的时候觉得自己这个行业不行了，问题是，再不行的行业，做得人少了也变成了好行业，当大家都觉得不好的时候，往往却是最好的时候。
国美苏宁永乐其实是贸易型企业，也能上市，卖茶的一茶一座，卖衣服的海澜之家都能上市 …… 其实选什么行业真的不重要，关键是怎么做。事情都是人做出来的，关键是人。
有一点是需要记住的，这个世界上，有史以来直到我们能够预见得到的未来，成功的人总是少数，有钱的人总是少数，大多数人是一般的，普通的，不太成功的。因此，大多数人的做法和看法，往往都不是距离成功最近的做法和看法。因此大多数人说好的东西不见得好，大多数人说不好的东西不见得不好。有些东西即使一时运气好得到了，还是会在别的时候别的地方失去的。
跟对人是说，入行后要跟个好领导好老师，刚进社会的人做事情往往没有经验，需要有人言传身教。所谓 “ 好 ” 的标准，不是他让你少干活多拿钱，而是以下三个。
首先，好领导要有宽广的心胸，能发脾气的时候却不发脾气的领导，多半是非常厉害的领导。中国人当领导最大的毛病是容忍不了能力比自己强的人，所以常常可以看到的一个现象是，领导很有能力，手下一群庸才或者手下一群闲人。如果看到这样的环境，还是不要去的好。
其次，领导要愿意从下属的角度来思考问题，从下属的角度来考虑问题并不代表同意下属的说法，但他必须了解下属的立场，下属为什么要这么想，然后他才有办法说服你，只关心自己怎么想的领导往往难以获得下属的信服。
第三，领导敢于承担责任，选择领导，要选择关键时刻能抗得住的领导，能够为下属的错误买单的领导，因为这是他作为领导的责任。
多认识一些人，多和比自己强的人打交道，同样能找到好的老师，不要和一群同样郁闷的人一起控诉社会，控诉老板，这帮不上你，只会让你更消极。和那些比你强的人打交道，看他们是怎么想的，怎么做的，学习他们，然后跟更强的人打交道。
选择
我始终认为，在很大的范围内，我们究竟会成为一个什么样的人，决定权在我们自己，每天，每一刻我们都在做这样那样的决定，我们可以漫不经心，也可以多花些心思，成千上万的小选择累计起来，就决定了最终我们是个什么样的人。
从某种意义上来说我们的未来不是别人给的，是我们自己选择的，每天你都可以选择是否为客户服务更周到一些，是否对同事更耐心一些，是否把工作做得更细致一些，是否把情况了解得更清楚一些，是否把不清楚的问题再弄清楚一些 ……
每天生活都在给你机会，每天都在给你改变自己人生的机会，你可以选择赖在地上撒泼打滚，也可以选择咬牙站起来。你永远都有选择。有些选择不是立竿见影的，需要积累，比如农民可以选择自己常常去浇地，也可以选择让老天去浇地，诚然你今天浇水下去，苗不见得今天马上就长出来，但常常浇水，大部分苗终究会长出来的，如果你不浇，收成一定很糟糕。你最终会成为什么样的人，就决定在你的每个小小的选择之间。
你选择相信什么？你选择和谁交朋友？你选择做什么？你选择怎么做？ …… 我们面临太多的选择，比如选择做什么产品其实并不那么重要，而选择怎么做才重要。选择用什么人并不重要，而选择怎么带这些人才重要。大多数时候选择客观条件并不要紧，大多数关于客观条件的选择并没有对错之分，要紧的是选择怎么做。
我不敢说所有的事情你都有得选择，但是绝大部分事情你有选择，只是往往你不把这当作一种选择。认真对待每一次选择，才会有比较好的未来。
点滴感悟：
万科王石登珠穆朗玛峰的体验给我很多启发，虽然在出发时携带大量的物资，但是登顶的过程中，必须不断减轻负荷，最终只有一个氧气瓶和他登上峰顶。登山如此，漫长的人生又何尝不是。
人生最需要的不是规划，而是在适当的时机掌握机会，采取行动。
我相信大部分的人都有自己人生的理想，但我也相信很多人最终只是把这些理想当成是幻想，然后不断地为自己寻找实现的籍口。
我的人生观是：完美的演出来自充分的准备；勇于改变自己，适应不断变化的环境，机会将不断出现；快乐及有意义的人生来自于实现自己心中的愿望，而非外在的掌声。
我总结人生有三个阶段，一个阶段是为现实找一份工作，一个阶段是为现实，但可以选择一份自己愿意投入的工作，一个阶段是为理想去做一些事情。
译文:
My Feelings to 30-Year Career Life
Written by: Sun Zhenyao, CEO of HP China
Sun Zhenyao:
Mr. Sun Zhenyao joined HP Taiwan as a common engineer right after graduation from the university. From then on, his life had been closely connected with IT industry.
Mr. Sun Zhenyao started his job as a sales representative, and then got promoted to manager of the branch. In 1990, he became the one in charge of the PC business of HP Taiwan.
In 1991, Mr. Sun Zhenyao went a long way to assume the position of General Manager, Personal System Group, HP China. After that, since HP business in his charge had got enormous growth years in a row, and cooperation with domestic clients had grown deeper and deeper as well, he was promoted to Vice President, HP China in 1995, and continued to be the General Manager of Personal System Group. He had been the President of HP China from 2001 to 2007.
Career Life is Like a Marathon
Normally, we work 35 years in our lifetime, just like a marathon. The difference is that there is no professional player in the contest, and every one only has one chance. The thing is not many but only a minority of people who can stick to the end. Therefore, to strive for a leading position in the beginning does not have too much significance.
The career life is like a sports competition, and we have to go through preliminary contest, re-contest and final contest. In the preliminary contest, we step into the society with similar capability, and it’s often easy to stand out with more efforts than others. Thus, some people become managers in their twenties, and some others also become managers in their thirties and win the preliminary contest at a later time. Those who can join the re-contest are winners in the preliminary contest. At this stage only working hard and carefully is not sufficient to walk away. One needs to be hard bitten, understand power of teamwork, know how to win over others and have a long-term vision……
It seems not easy to win the re-contest, but it is not that hard indeed. There is a universal rule that success also brings with it pretension and self-complacence. Some winners of the preliminary contest might deem that they understand all, but do not know they only make little achievement, and become self-complacent and stop learning.
When the final contest comes, all players are master-hands and probably they can merely wait for others to make mistakes. And the universal rule works again. The winners of re-contest are not only over-confident and self-complacent but also perverse. They do not listen to others, some become ill-tempered, fickle in mood and bad in health. Their biggest enemies are themselves. Like sports contest, the final contest among experts is determined by who makes fewer mistakes.
Not Being Happy is Because You Do Not Know What You Want
Are you happy when you are working? Do you ever feel unhappy after having worked for some time? Do you feel that your work is in a chaos and going to work everyday is nothing but suffering? Do you feel that current company you work for is not as good as you had thought? What have you obtained from your work? Are you happy every day?
Actually, the reason why you are unhappy about your work is because you do not know what you want! Now that you do not know your target, you will not have anything to pursue and do not know what to seek for, and therefore cannot get anything.
I always suggest that the most important thing to notice in your career is yourself and what you want. Probably most of people have never thought of this question before, and they only care about a job with decent salary. I know every one longs for salary, but do you really want to repeat the process of job hunting every a few years? Do you want to spend your time every year in the anxiety for work and salary? If not, please think it over.
The more you are anxious for a job, the more you will be unclear about what you want and the more chances you will fail. Consequently, our resume is scrabbled and next recruiter will frown on your resume. Where there is living pressure there are anxieties. Positive people can be motivated by anxiety, while negative ones may be lost in it. Every one must make a choice under pressure because it is life, like it or not.
There is no easy success without any cost. Please forget all pressures for survival and figure out what you want most, since it is the most crucial.
What is a Good Job?
All human are keen on face-saving and likes to compare with others, even if comparing on jobs, no matter whether it measures up or not. We all think foreign enterprises excel other companies, but where? Ok, let’s say their office buildings are more impressive; maybe they live in better hotels during business trip; or others will envy jobs in foreign enterprise. All of these factors are something shown to others, but why do you live so hard just for showing something to others? To find a job, should you consider what you want or think about what others would like to see?
Most of my university classmates have gone to US. So have several cousins of mine. But their parents are left in China without anyone to take care, and even nobody knew several times when they fainted at home. Is going abroad really glorious? Just like some one said,“Many things are like watching pornies – audience may feel well, but actors may not.”
We always want to find out the best, but what is the best? You deem it the best because you really know it or simply others say it is the best? Even if it is the best for others, is it by all means the best for you as well?
You are the one most clear about what you want, and others’ opinions are not that important. Many people are often influenced by others’ opinions, relatives’, friends’...... The thing is whose life you will live? Our life is not just continuation of parents’, neither precursor of children’s, nor different versions of friends’. At least, you shall not regret about decisions made by yourself.
I think a good job should fit you. To put it concretely, it shall be able to bring something you want. So you have to understand what you want, or you can never find a good job without knowing your requirement, since you only see those you cannot get for good and define what you have obtained as something undesirable.
Perhaps the best has already near by you, but you just have learned to treasure. People all seek for things beyond reach, while overlooking those in their hands.
Job-hopping and Accumulation
I am not against job-hopping, but it is by no means the best solution, and frequent job-hopping will arouse doubts about your loyalty and make you unable to work reassured.
There must be certain reasons behind job-hopping, and mostly you cannot bypass the problem when it occurs, be it unhappy in this way or that. If it cannot solve in this company neither can in another one. You have to believe, under 90% conditions, your current company is not that terrible and the one you think better may not that excellent as well. There is no perfect company. You do not know what to encounter in a different environment. You’d better solve it right away. Many problems might not be quite difficult when you get down to it. Sometimes you think there is no solution; in fact, that is simply “what you assume”.
Generally speaking, you will experience a bottleneck in the 2nd or 3rd working year and think about quitting the job or even changing an industry, assuming that you can get rid of all worries in this way and get better. In fact, this just makes you start from scratch, and eventually encounter what you have come across in your previous job or industry. Therefore, when you get over it, you go one big step forward. Every one has to go through the process and experience several bottlenecks in their career. If you get over but others do not, you succeed and win.
In the 2nd or 3rd working year, most people become master-hands and often get into repetitive process. Some people think they have understood all and stop making progress. One thing can be sure is that it is no end of the story. At this time, you have got to work as hard as two years before because this is just a beginning of your steady accumulation.
Have you known your client well enough? Do you know what their biggest worries are? Have you understood your boss well enough? And what are their biggest concerns? Have you known your team members well enough? What are their biggest concerns? If you don’t know, how can you say you have accumulated enough? If you do not know, how can you ask them to give you a hand or well manage them? If they do not want to do what you have told them, how can you succeed?
Wait for Your Chance
It's not necessary that those go across red lights will be bumped by cars, that every criminal will be arrested, that every mistake will be punished and that every corrupted officer will be shot to death. Likewise, it’s not sure all your efforts will be rewarded, every of your persistence will be noticed, all your payout will be returned fairly and every of your goodwill will be well-received…..This is life. Most of the times, we need patience and confidence. Each of us may be treated unfairly from time to time, and usually, waiting calmly is the best way to face it.
Many times we have to resist loneliness and wait for your moment. Zhou Runfa has waited for his, Liu Dehua has waited and Zhou Xingchi has waited as well......Notice those who have been so successful today, have you ever thought about their waiting and patience at the first place? Have you ever seen the Golden Horse Best Leading Actor set up a temporary stall selling thing on the street? Have you seen Deyun comic cross-talk group perform for only one spectator at the theatre? Have you noticed that Zhou Xingchi once did not have a line in his role? Every successful person has their blue days. In the most bright and beautiful age, they aspire for success but have to start from scratch, just like you at the moment. Nobody can guarantee they will be successful in the future, and they choose to wait for opportunities.
We always come across frustrations, always have low points in life, cannot win recognition from others or have to condescend, but it is just the most critical moment that most people cannot get over. However, if you can make it, you succeed. In this moment, we need to be patient and wait for your opportunities with confidence. At least, you are young, have not been to jail, don’t suffer from incurable disease and do not have unaffordable debt to pay for. The number of more unfortunate people is much more than those luckier, so what are you worried about? You must go step by step. Although it is most exciting coming to the destination, footsteps in between are often common or even boring. But if you cannot go over the common and boring process, you will have no chance to witness the excitement in the end.
Adversity is something God adopts for selecting the stronger. You’d better understand that you are in the same situation as others. Do not tell others you cannot persist, which only help enhance their confidence. Be the stronger one and smile at your competitors. Remember victory belongs to the patient one.
Step into the Right Industry and Follow the Right Boss
There are two things you need to pay special attention in the first job. Firstly, choose the right industry. Secondly, follow the right boss. The most influential factor in the first job is which industry you have chosen. Since nowadays, job division has become more and more specialized and we can only be experts in an industry. I do not think there is any industry particularly good or bad. You may find some industry not as perfect as it looks like after you enter it, but outsiders often cannot see.
I think you should focus on the long-term, which industry is not what matters most. Sometimes you may feel the industry goes downhill, but the thing is no matter how bad the industry is, it becomes better if only few people are engaged in it. So when many people think negatively, usually the best moment is coming.
Gome, Suning and Yongle are all trading enterprises, they can equally be listed in the stock market; Chamate which sells tea and Heilan Home which sells clothes can be listed in the stock market as well……The thing is how to do rather than which industry you are in.
One thing to remember, in this world, throughout the history to the foreseeable future, successful and rich people are always less than common and non-successful people who account for a majority of all. Therefore, the approach and viewpoint of most people are often not the most effective. Something may be gotten in your good luck, but can be lost later in other places.
Following the right person means when you join an industry, you need to follow a good boss or a good mentor. Those who have just stepped into society often lack of experience, and they need to learn from others’ instruction. There are three rules of the so-called standards for judging a “good” boss.
Firstly, a good boss should be broad-minded. Those who are calm when they can get angry are mostly good bosses. However, a shortcoming prevalent among Chinese management is that they cannot tolerate those who are more capable than themselves. Thus, you may often notice that a capable leader is surrounded by a team of mediocre people or idle ones. You’d better not choose the afore-mentioned working environment.
Secondly, a good boss should be willing to stand in the shoes of his team members, which does not mean that he does not agree with them, instead, they must understand their standpoints and then try to persuade them afterwards. Those bosses who only care about their own thoughts often cannot be trusted by their team.
Last by not least, a good boss should be responsible. You’d better choose a boss who can take the responsibility for your mistake because it is his duty as a leader.
To meet more people and contact with those who are more capable than yourself, you may equally find good teachers. Do not associate with a group of depressed people, complaining about society and your boss, since it is no good for you and will only make you more negative. Stay with the stronger ones, learn what their perspective towards life are, how they do things, learn from them and then meet with even more capable people to repeat this benign circle.
Make a Choice
I always think that, what kind of people we will become is determined by ourselves to a great extent. Everyday we make various decisions. We may do it casually or with thorough considerations. And thousands of small decisions add up and eventually decide who we are.
To some extent, our future is chosen by ourselves instead of being given by others. Every day you may choose whether to provide customers with more considerate services, whether to be more patient with your colleagues, whether to do the job more carefully, whether to understand thing more clearly and whether to find out things in a more detailed way……
You may find your chance in daily life and change your life with every opportunity. You can choose to be the weaker or reverse. You always have another choice. But some choices may not have instant effect and need accumulation. For example, farmers may irrigate crops every day or wait for rains to water instead. It’s true that seeds may not grow immediately, but most seeds will finally grow up with frequent irrigation. But if you do not water them, you must have an undesirable harvest. Therefore, who you will be eventually is determined by every single small choice.
What do you choose to believe? Who do you choose to be your friends? What do you choose to do? How do you choose to do?...... We are faced with too many choices. For instance, it is how to do rather than which product to choose that matters most. It is not who to recruit but how to educate that matters. Most of the time objective conditions do not matter most and there is no clear line between right and wrong choice of objective conditions. The most important is how you choose to do it.
I cannot say you have choices on everything, but mostly you do, just you often do not regard it as a choice. Regard with every choice carefully, and you will have a better future.
Some Reflections
The story of Wang Shi, CEO of VanKe Group, who climbed the Mt. Everest, inspires me a lot. Although he took lots of materials upon departure, he had to reduce his burden constantly in the process to the peak. Finally, he could only take his oxygen bottle to the peak of the mountain. The same is true with our long lives.
What we need most is to grasp the opportunity in the proper timing and take actions accordingly, rather than planning.
I believe most people have their own goals, but I also know that many people only treat these goals as fantasies, and constantly find themselves excuses.
My philosophy is that a perfect performance results from sufficient preparation; try to change yourself and adapt to the changing environments, and then opportunities will naturally come; happiness and meaningful life derive from realizing the dream in your heart, rather than applauses.
I summarize life with three phases. The first phase is to find a job for living; the second phase is to find a job for interest; and the last phase is to find a job for your dream.