Description
"Attitude"-Wu Jun's thoughts after reading the forty letters from Qiming's family. The considerable content of this book is repeated in the columns of "Letters from Silicon Valley I", "Letters from Silicon Valley II", and "Letters from Silicon Valley III". The highlight lies in the dialogue between Wu Jun and his two daughters, Menghua and Mengxin, in the form of family letters.
1. Philosophy of Life
1.1 An optimistic attitude towards life
An optimistic attitude towards life is more important than anything else. American parents are not very demanding on their children's studies, because they don't know if they will have a future when they grow up, but the happiness of 18 years from childhood to adulthood can be enjoyed. Wu Jun's parents do not quarrel in front of their children, indicating that the environment's influence on people is relatively important.
Wu Jun thinks he is still a happy person, and he has done fairly well in the following four aspects.
- Continuously receive education and keep pace with the times.
- Have ideals and strive to realize their desires.
- Get along with others, respect and tolerate each other as much as possible.
- See through life.
1.2 The source of happiness
- The source of happiness comes from the inheritance of genes. Wu Jun once said that the first thing that must be done in life is to fall in love, get married, and have children.
- A river in life, human influence is determined by the length, depth, and breadth of the river. There must be inheritance.
1.3 Success is the mother of success
If someone tells you 1+1 != 3, this is correct nonsense, because 1 + 1 != 4, 5, 6... Failure is the mother of success to encourage the losers not to give up. But what is really instructive is that success is the mother of success. If one thing can be done 100%, sum up the method of success, it can usually be done well in another thing.
1.4 Good habits make life
Fate, Fate, and Fortune are very important. Wu Jun came into contact with the founders of many successful companies and put them on the market. Almost without exception, they admitted that they were just a little lucky.
What is the decision of fate? It's genes. The famous British female prime minister, Mrs. Thatcher, gave a very insightful analysis of this gene. She said:
- Pay attention to your thoughts, because it can determine your words and actions.
- Pay attention to your words and actions, because it can dominate your behavior.
- Pay attention to your behavior, because it can become your habit.
- Pay attention to your habit, because it can shape your character.
- Pay attention to your character, because it can determine your destiny.
You can know the fate of a person by looking at a person's response to a slap when he was a child. The first type is to slap and slap back (you will die when you meet the boxing champion); the second type is to admit your fate and walk away with your face covered (AQ, Xianglin will admit it); the third type, let's calmly analyze , Maybe we should be slapped, then accept the lesson, maybe the other party is really a bastard, maybe we should call the police or his parents, boss to take care of him, of course, someone can find an opportunity to fix him in the future, let him remember Live the lesson.
2 Insight into the world
2.1 Three times the effort behind good luck
Children, if you want to get 10 points, it is not enough to prepare for 10 points. You may have to prepare for 30 points. Sometimes, we see that some people have some luck and seem to get what they want by accident. In fact, behind these lucks may be 30 minutes of effort.
British educator John Newman once described an ideal university education like this:
Gentlemen, if I have to be in the kind of university that is managed by teachers and can graduate with enough credits and the kind of university that does not have professors and exams, and allows young people to live together and learn from each other for three or four years (such as in the past Oxford University has done this for decades). I will choose the latter without hesitation.
why? This is what I think. When many young people who are smart, curious, compassionate and sharp-eyed get together, they will learn from each other even if there is no one to teach them. They will communicate with each other, understand new ideas and opinions, see new things, and master unique behavioral judgments.