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 […]

Previously, we mentioned: 之前，我们提到过： Computers are created and continually improved by an extremely small proportion of individuals within the human race — perhaps even less than one in several million. Therefore, what we can learn from computers is actually the thought processes and methodologies of this very small group of highly intelligent individuals. 计算机是由人类中极少数人创造并不断改进的，甚至可能不到几百万人中的一人。因此，我们可以从计算机中学到的实际上是这一小群高智商个体的思维过程和方法。 Communication […]

Our brain has its own operating system and needs to be actively and continuously upgraded by us. The operating system mainly consists of two closely related parts, which are nothing but: 我们的大脑有自己的操作系统，需要我们积极不断地升级。操作系统主要由两个密切相关的部分组成，它们只不过是： Concepts and their associated methodologies 概念及其相关方法 Concepts are the cornerstone of all knowledge structures. The term “independent thinking” – a rare ability possessed […]

In the previous section, the analogy mentioned (that we must continually upgrade our “operating system”) is the most important analogy in “New Life.” So here, it is indeed necessary for us to seriously study the concept of analogy and also sort out the methodology of using analogies. 在上一节中，提到的类比（我们必须不断升级我们的“操作系统”）是“新生活”中最重要的类比。所以在这里，我们确实有必要认真研究类比的概念，也梳理一下类比的方法论。 In general, an analogy is a thinking […]

If you bought a computer, only to find out the manufacturer did not provide detailed instructions upon opening the package, wouldn’t you feel slightly overwhelmed? Moreover, if you discovered that the manufacturer was not responsible for regularly updating the operating system, wouldn’t you feel like you were about to go insane? 如果你买了一台电脑，打开包装后才发现制造商没有提供详细说明，你会不会感到有点不知所措？此外，如果您发现制造商不负责定期更新操作系统，您会不会觉得自己快要疯了？ Think about it, […]

In 1988, I had just enrolled in high school. At the time, my father was teaching at Yanbian Medical College (now merged into Yanbian University). In his department, an associate professor teaching English had taken the TOEFL exam and scored 570 (out of 677), which was considered quite impressive by my father and his colleagues. […]

I won’t tell you, not even to be killed, absolutely nothing. It’s embarrassing, really, I can’t afford it at all. 我不会告诉你，甚至不会被杀，绝对不会。真是尴尬，真的，我根本买不起。 But, I’m not shy about telling everyone that I’ve done stupid things, and I don’t mind telling everyone that those things were so stupid that even just thinking about them makes me feel so […]

When I was 28, I applied to join New Oriental and became a teacher. Looking back now, it all seems like a distant memory. However, at that time, it was actually a very difficult decision and a significant turning point. 28岁时，我申请加入新东方，成为一名教师。现在回想起来，这一切似乎都是遥远的记忆。然而，在当时，这实际上是一个非常困难的决定，也是一个重要的转折点。 Firstly, my English was not good at the time. Although my father was an […]