Professor Karl Weick at the University of Michigan has told a fascinating experiment: Putting a group of bees and flies into the same glass bottle and laying the bottle flat with the bottom facing the window, to see what happens. The hardworking little bees that are skilled at flying continuously buzz around the bottom of […]

When people achieve success in something, there are usually two factors at play: 当人们在某件事上取得成功时，通常有两个因素在起作用：Skill 技能Luck 运气From this perspective, success can be expressed by a formula: 从这个角度来看，成功可以用一个公式来表示：Success = Skill + Luck 成功=技能+运气Here, luck could be either good or bad. 在这里，运气可能是好的，也可能是坏的。In different activities, the proportions of these two factors can vary greatly. We can draw a line, with skill […]

In films by director Jiang Wen, there are always many interesting lines. When I saw this, I suddenly thought that “Serendipity” can be directly translated as “惊喜” (jīngxǐ), although it lacks a layer of meaning. In reality, it is still more natural than “意外的好运” (yìwài de hǎoyùn), because “惊喜” is a term that has already […]

The ability to solve problems is the most important skill in life. The welfare of every person’s life (over several generations) depends entirely on it. There are problems everywhere in life, big and small. When faced with problems that cannot be solved, it brings about worry and suffering. Similarly, when faced with problems that others […]

Many years ago, one day, I finally got a hold of the then-banned book “Animal Farm” and read it in one go, closing the book with a sigh. My thoughts were numerous, and then I couldn’t resist reading it several more times… later on, I even copied it. Then I entered the “naive crazy salesperson […]

After graduating from university with an accounting degree, I went into sales. Why? Because I didn’t really grasp the concepts of accounting (you see, there are things I can’t learn). Another reason is that sales is an entry-level job, especially “front-line sales” – as long as you are willing to work hard, you can do […]

When I was very young, around fourteen or fifteen, one day my father told me a story and then asked me a particularly simple and direct question. He said, “Xiaolai, by now you know quite a few people. Do you consider them all your friends? Let me ask you, if one day you were in […]

Many people treat the concepts in textbooks as tools for passing exams. Once the exams are over, those concepts are discarded, often referred to as “returning them to the teacher.” This habit prevents most people from carefully examining the concepts they are using. In reality, every concept in life needs to be examined, refined, upgraded, […]

Criticism is something that is there whether you see it or not, acknowledge it or not, care about it or not. From the time when I first heard about the criticisms others had of me, I was still in my adolescence and unable to comprehend the complexities of the world—like most people, I felt like […]

Let me tell you about two personal experiences. 让我告诉你两个个人经历。 (1) Who Cares about Your Rules? （1）谁在乎你的规则？Around 2001, I lived in a building diagonally across from the east gate of Renmin University, next to the Contemporary Mall. There was a supermarket on the lower floor of the mall, where my wife and I used to shop […]