Hello everyone, I'm Echo, a post-00s. Everyone has also seen the economic environment this year, and many international students who have returned to China for employment have said that it is difficult to find a job, and some people simply laugh at themselvesReturnee waste, received living expenses from his parents, and started lying downStay-at-home children
However, the low tide of the general environment does not seem to be able to blame everyone's talents, and there is one around me who has successfully embarked on the career highway after studying abroadTeenager Andy:Graduated from a nationally renowned high school, is a top student;Find what you love early, indulge in writing**;Still young and promising, he chose to start a business after graduating after 95, and just one or two years later, the technology company he founded had a market value of more than 100 million. Every time I ask him, what is the source of his worldly success?He always calmly replied: There is no lawIt's all just luckHowever, the more I talked to him, the more I suddenly spied the truth about the fate of Xuan Zhi XuanMomentary luck comes from random allocation, but long-term good luck, that is, fate, is a habit that can be learned through hard work with the help of one's own environment. 
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What is the fate of Xuan Zhi Xuan?Computer scientist Wu Jun defined it like this in his book "Insight":
Fate is divided into fate and luck, luck is temporary, it is difficult for us to master, but fate can affect people's lives. There are two factors that determine the well-being of human life:environmentand our own direction for the future
Environmental factors cannot be ignored. I believe that every parent who has experienced China's economic growth period is very clear about this. Era, place of birth, and family determine the starting point. Andy has always said that the good luck is the same: growing up smoothly, having a harmonious family, good grades, enrolling in a national prestigious school, following the trend of the school, and parents can afford it, so they choose to study abroad. But the environment is only the starting point, it can be said that you have won the lottery of the times or genes, and the good luck of the moment has a strong randomness, and everyone will have several good luck in their life. However, a number of social research surveys have found that whether it is to enter a prestigious school by performing at a high level in exams, or to buy lottery tickets and win the jackpot,A moment of good fortune does not cause much fluctuation in the trajectory of life. What really determines our life is fate , that is, the way a person sees things and does things. 
Take Andy, for exampleHis life was also earned by himself.
When he graduated from high school, he did not apply to a regular prestigious school like his classmates, but was attracted by the advertisement of Minerva University and chose to apply to this special university. For him, Minerva, a university that is new to the entire educational world, is indeed very niche. The largestobstacles, is the parent. At first, like all parents, they did not agree with their son joining this new school, and felt that it was very unsafe, what if something went wrong?There have also been quarrels. But in Andy's opinion:When ordinary communication is ineffective, arguing is actually a communication strategy. 」In order to obtain parental consent,He invited his parents and seniors to have dinner togetherAfter getting to know Minerva better, his parents agreed to respect his wishes and sent him to the school, which did not have a fixed campus. 
Minerva University has been named "No. 1 Most Innovative University in the World", and its unique global immersion program is based on seven cities: San Francisco, Seoul, Hyderabad, Berlin, Buenos Aires, London, and Taipei. The days in Minerva were very eye-opening for AndyHe enrolled in the School of Business and the School of Computer ScienceHe has attended campuses in Argentina, India, Germany, South Korea, and the United States. Andy says that Minerva has benefited her the most about her education about thinking tools. For example, there is a thinking tool called "Beginning with the End". That is, think about the outcome you want to do first, and then as the result is reversed, what needs to be done at this stage, and then let this path lead you to action. It's not easy to be confined to a small neighborhood environment, and it's easier to get out of the box and think about something that seems to be completely unrelated to what you are now. When such a thinking tool is first learned, it will make people feel that it is very "empty". But when starting a business, Andy was doing things a lot of times and suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Only then did he react, it turned out that at this time, he could apply the so-and-so tool he had learned at the beginning to open up the situation all at once. Such thinking tools, Minerva taught him dozens of them. 
The educational philosophy of Minerva University is to cultivate future-oriented and intelligent future citizens, teaching students how to think, and the ability to think critically, creatively, communicate effectively with others, and cooperate effectively as core competencies.
There is also one that is special in the eyes of othersRetreatofthing,It's so-calledGlobal perspectiveAndy was impressed by the education he experienced outside of the classroom, such as in India, where locals couldn't afford clips, so they twisted up two ropes to clip clothes. This low-cost creative approach is calledjugar, which can be regarded as a local specialty. The details of these experiences inspired Andy's thinking, and made him think outside the box and realize that "I can still do this". And as the school arranged different campuses to study, Andy deeply experienced the differences between developed and developing countries. He thinks soA first-hand experience with a global perspectiveMinerva is unique. 
MinervaWith more than 600 students from 80 countries, it is very "global".
Hot-blooded anime that teaches me to seize every opportunityAfter graduating from college, Andy wanted to quietly enter a large factory as a programmer. He submitted his resume to many large factories and got a good offer, but when a friend proposed an invitation to start a business together, he gladly joined. The logic behind such an unconventional operation as having a stable career, but choosing to start a business, is actually a little surprisingly simple. What he thinks is that entrepreneurship is in the summer, and the internship is after the holidays;So if the business fails, I will write ** after the holiday, and it is not a big deal. Unexpectedly, they participated in the China MiraclePlus Entrepreneurship Incubator, and they were very lucky to succeed in the first attempt, and the company has a market value of more than 100 million in just one or two years. I asked Andy if this luck was also supported by action
He thought for a moment and said,It may be that when he encounters any opportunity, he will not hesitate or overdo it, but will directly give it a try.
And the cultivation of this kind of thinking is closely related to the anime that many parents want their children to avoid. I especially like animeandy，The one that was most influenced by it was the classic anime Naruto. 
He often compares himself to the character Nara Shikamaru in it. This character is set to be the smartest person in the Hokage Village, but he has a very weak ability, unlike Naruto or the Uchiha family's cool doppelganger, Spiral Maru, Nara can only manipulate shadows, and his blue (similar to an energy bar) is particularly small, and the range and time of manipulation are limited. But during an unexpected event, Nara realizes that no matter how weak she is, she needs to have the ability to protect her companions as long as she goes out on a mission. So he began to study tactics, and in the end, not only did he not lag behind in battle, but he was even able to strike a crucial blow because of his clever calculations. In the end, after the protagonists' victory, Nara became the new prime minister of Konoha Village. and Naruto, who has been very experienced since childhoodPeople are different,Nara didn't mean to be a hero, but when he found out that the responsibility came up, he would take it too. Nara's famous quote in the film is:
Maybe many parents read this passage and think, "Isn't this just a lack of ambition?"」Indeed, Nara's outlook on life is not so noble. But when the task came, he didn't hold back。He used his ability to be neither strong nor weak, constantly trying to find his own advantages, and practiced diligently, giving full play to his small skills, and with prudent thinking and excellent actions, he and his brothers went all out to fight. Andy found the value of self-dedication in Nara, and also found his own direction. As he said, like him, I'm not really a special person. But when the opportunity arises and there are friends who need help, I will never let it go. 」
Do one thing well, and the rest will comeWe all know that fate is not innate, so how is a person's fate determined?In the book, Wu Jun used a metaphor of a vivid scene, which impressed me deeply:How would we react if someone slapped us on the street?The conclusion is nothing more than three, the first, a slap back;The second is to admit cowardice, cover your face and walk away;The third way, first calmly analyze, maybe we really deserve to be fanned, then accept the lesson, maybe the other party is really a bastard, we may call the police to take care of him, of course, someone may find an opportunity to rectify him in the future, let him remember the lesson. The various difficulties we have experienced in our lives are like a slap in the face of reality.
The attitude and method of dealing with these slaps will determine our fate.
Robert Frank, a professor of economics and management at Cornell University, is the author of Success and Luck, which uses experiments and data to show how luck and small starting advantages can add up and magnify over time to make a world of difference.
Like I asked Andy, starting a business is tough, do you encounter any difficulties?He always said that it was nothing, it was all good, and he always mentioned the interesting parts of the experience, which made people feel that his achievements were played. In fact, he said frankly: I now look at a lot of things that happened at that time, such as talking about customer failure, doubting yourself, writing **stuck, and lonelyConfused, wait, waitThere must have been times of pain and self-doubt. But I always choose to think about them in a good lightHe complains less than he acts, and has an attitude of appreciation and gratitude for everything. Minerva's students also often sail on boats, and some of the lessons are very interesting on the boat, and in the process, Andy observes the water. He said that water is the best philosopher. Many people think that entrepreneurship is to be passionate, but I am more focused on the long stream, I am not in a hurry, so one is that I have a lot of stamina to do things, and the other is because I am really focused on making a product, and will not be easily affected by the outside, and my strength will slowly play out in the later stage.
Since I was a childKnow,Let's start with the basicsWhen the love is done, the rest will naturally come.
No matter how wealth changes, how experiences change, and how the outside changes, he is immobile when he is young and old - it is a black T-shirt and a small backpack, do what is at hand, and knock on the current line of **, there are more possibilities. His original intention and motivation for starting a business is just like Nara, to overcome difficulties with a group of good brothers, create value for others, and do something romantic and elegant in this world together. In addition to being smart, such a young age adheres to the original intention,Positive action, the unity of knowledge and actionHow can a person who fears fate not be favored by the god of fate?I think it's his kind of outpacing his peersHis peace of mind, determination and focus on doing small things well, and courage to seize opportunities are the reasons why he has always had good luck. Encourage everyone.