It's a fascinating question. Many people will be very interested when they see this question and wonder if the answer to this question can help them in some way.
If we take a quick look at the answers, it seems that almost all of them will dissuade those who want to find the answers in these questions.
Is the answer really impossible?
I would like to make some supplementary answers and discussions from my own perspective.
First, let's decipher the topic.
Since it is self-made, there is a word "up" here, I think, behind this problem,It refers to the success of individual efforts, so this should be able to exclude the scenario of those who have developed based on various bursting luck and chances. This is one of them.
Second,The "white hand" in the title refers to the fact that they should be poor in all aspects and have no resources. Neither those tangible material resources, nor those intangible relational resources, may not exist. It can also be said that there is no basis for any early success. What you have is only the basic physical, physical, and intellectual basic conditions that any ordinary person has.
Third, we also want to interpret an important premiseSince it was an open discussion that started from scratch, it was natural for everyone to want to know what legal avenues they were. And there are even a lot of people who would expect, not just legally, but probably some who would want to have access to some ethical level. In other words, you can't do things that are deceived and cheated, and you can't do things that are out of conscience. In this way, I think the answer to this question is the answer needed to find the answer based on this framework.
Okay, now that we've explained the topic, let's move on to the discussion.
First of all, fromLogically speaking, or from a more purely rational point of view, then, I want to say that from the perspective of business management, or from a basic principle of economic and social analysis, if who has enough ability to integrate enough resources, these resources include the organization of the corresponding funds, the organization of the corresponding personnel, the organization of the corresponding relationships, etc., and, after detailed planning, put forward comprehensive ideas and solutions, then, should indeed have a chance to achieve success.
We have indeed had similar examples in our lives. For example, Zhang San was able to contact a buyer through his personal ability and charisma, and then Zhang San was able to contact a seller based on his superb organizational skills and thoughtful planning skills. Then, Zhang San established enough contact and enough trust between the buyer and the seller to facilitate and facilitate the conclusion of a certain transaction between the buyer and the seller, and the commission of this transaction constituted the economic ** obtained by Zhang San himself.
In fact, there are still many examples of this situation in the process of market reform and opening up. There are many first-class enterprises, especially some export-oriented enterprises, which may be in line with this characteristic to a large extent. That's why people are interested in this situation.
However, if we add the previous several additional conditions, we may find a side of reality. Many businesses that run successful businesses, if you dig deeper into their growth process and understand the ongoing process of their success, you may find that they don't fully fit the strings above.
First, they need to accumulate over a long period of time, which is difficult to always maintain without the element of luck. Second, they will be helped by many resources along the way, not always on their own. Third, they may not always meet the legal and moral bottom line requirements in the process of obtaining benefits or remuneration.
That is, they may not fully qualify as self-made.
What is the deal with this reality? Why is there such a difference from logic?
I think, here I would add a small perspective, which is,One important factor that has just been missed from this analysis is the cost factor. That is to say, the integration of resources itself also needs to cost a price, this cost may be the cost of time, may be the cost of funds, may be the cost of resources, and will inevitably require the cost of energy. If you want to make the various related profit factors work through an integrated activity, then you must pay a price, or resources, or costs, for this integration itself.
For a poor man, his own time, his own energy, is also his own most precious resource. On a relatively small scale, if his time and resources alone do not create value, then he is only making the most of his time. However, if the work he does is economical enough and has some economies of scale, then the rate of return on his time and resources will be particularly high.
Then, from the perspective of market competition, if a person can bring a super high rate of return just by paying time and energy, then it will inevitably bring competition in the same industry and attract those enterprises or organizations with resource advantages to compete adversarially. At this time, in order to maintain a continuous competitive advantage in the process of competition, then he must switch part of his time and energy to fight against those competitors who have stronger competitiveness. This, in turn, will reduce the efficiency of one's own integration work, reduce the return of integration work, and reduce the rate of return of this type of work.
That is to say,Theoretically, the "empty glove white wolf" approach that can bring returns by investing time and energy will gradually become weak when competing with others, and it will be difficult to maintain a real competitive advantage. There needs to be a continuous investment here, which is what we call cost. When others have more resources at their disposal, it's hard for you to always maintain a competitive edge with your own limited resources.
In other words, through the empty glove white wolf way, you may be able to achieve occasional success, phased success, but it is difficult to turn it into a continuous success, into a consistent success. In the vernacular, it isTo demand that a person who can be consistently successful must be self-made (as defined above) is clearly too high.