Kai-fu Lee was born in 196 1. Before his mother gave birth to him at the age of 43, he was discouraged by doctors several times. Because the doctor revealed that such an elderly woman is likely to give birth to * * *. But my mother tried to dissuade her from having this baby. The child grows up freely under his mother's extreme doting, and likes to play many practical jokes. Put back all the clocks at home for one hour, so that you can go to bed at night. Drain the water in the neighbor's pond, which proves that there are no 100 fish in the neighbor's pond All this mother just responded with a tolerant smile. But mothers don't allow their children to be arrogant.
When 5-year-old Kai-fu Lee proudly told his neighbor's aunt, "I haven't seen 99 points since primary school." This is the first time that the mother has ever answered this question that such barbarism is not allowed in her children. His mother told him, "Not only should you study hard, but you should also get rid of your pride. It's no use boasting. Modesty is the virtue of China people. " Mother always lost no time in telling Kaifu the truth of being a man. This time, a strong memory helped me understand how to keep a balance between modesty and self-confidence without falling down in inferiority or conceit.
The second motto of success: talent is interest, and interest is talent.
Kai-fu Lee has been growing up in the United States since he studied in the United States at the age of1/kloc-0. 65438-0972 entered Columbia University to study "Political Science". However, after two years of study, he knew that his interest was not in politics. Dull study often makes him sleepy in class and his academic performance is not satisfactory. However, in the elective computer class, he found himself with amazing talent. Often when others are still thinking hard about how to write a program, he has finished writing the program and done nothing. Later, he found himself madly in love with this subject. So, in his sophomore year, he made an amazing decision by himself, "Change departments!" "This means that he will change from the third major in the United States to an unknown major. However, he listened to his inner choice and chose computer major. And this decision has rewritten his life trajectory.
The third maxim of success: thinking is more important than preaching. Important ideas are more important than solving doubts.
After graduating from Columbia University with the first place in computer science, Kai-fu Lee successfully entered Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh to pursue a doctorate in computer science. Before studying for a doctorate, Haberman, the head of his department, told him that the purpose of studying for a doctorate was to write a world-class doctoral thesis. At least in this field, it is the best in the world. This sentence made Li Kaifu very shocked. However, the following sentence benefited him more. Haberman said, "Making a first-class doctoral thesis is not the ultimate goal of studying for a doctorate. It is that you have gained a way of thinking in the process of studying for a doctorate, which will make you achieve top success in any field! " Li Kaifu's efforts confirmed this statement. Dr. Kai-fu Lee's thesis "Speech Recognition by Statistical Method" is still the theoretical basis of speech recognition products. During his doctoral career, Kai-fu Lee also learned to solve problems and bravely overcome difficulties.
I disagree with you, but I support you.
The research direction chosen by Dr. Kai-fu Lee during his period is "speech recognition". I learned Roddy from a doctoral student. Professor Roddy encouraged Kai-fu Lee to study speech recognition through expert statistics. After some research in this field, Kai-fu Lee found that speech recognition can achieve 95% speech recognition rate of specific speakers through this method. Kai-fu Lee wrote a paper about the whole research process. Once published, it received very positive feedback. However, he finally found that the expert system has serious limitations and cannot be extended to speaker-independent speech recognition. He believes that a statistical model supported by data is the only hope. When he told his mentor what he thought, Roddy told him, "I don't agree with you, but I support you!" " This sentence deeply touched Kai-fu Lee and made Kai-fu Lee's doctoral thesis a success. His paper was rated as the most outstanding innovation of Business Week.
The fifth motto of success: frustration is not a punishment, but an opportunity to learn.
Kai-fu Lee still achieved excellent results in his doctoral career. His statistical speech recognition rate has been greatly improved, and the publication of his doctoral thesis in international journals shocked the scientific and technological circles in the United States. Such a star student can be said to have nothing to worry about at Carnegie Mellon. However, a summer course made him experience many setbacks. 1983 During the summer vacation, Kai-fu Lee got a job as a summer worker. Its mission is to teach computer courses to 60 of Pennsylvania's brightest high school students. Kai-fu Lee himself enjoyed that time, busy preparing lessons every day and coming up with various teaching methods. However, the moment he received his salary, he saw the students' comments, only to know that the students were thinking: "Teacher Li's teaching is like a lullaby!" " Such an evaluation undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to Kai-fu Lee.
However, Kai-Fu Lee was not discouraged. He regarded failure as an opportunity to learn, so he succeeded. In his later career, especially after returning to China, he made thousands of speeches. This undoubtedly benefits from the practice of the student era.
The sixth motto of success: innovation is not important, but useful innovation is important.
I have worked in Apple and SGI Kai-Fu Lee for eight years as a scientist and vice president of products. During this journey, he achieved many successes, such as Apple's QuickTime, but he encountered great setbacks in SGI. The three-dimensional browser invented by his team failed in the market, and the whole team and products were sold cheaply by the company. At this time, he also played the introspection of "learning from setbacks". He understands that only the "new" and "cool" innovations of scientists are not enough. Innovation must be aimed at users and must be useful. When operating products, we must put users first. Kai-Fu Lee returned to China in the summer of 1998 and founded Microsoft China Research Institute in China. At this time, he took this lesson to the China team.
The seventh maxim of success: perfect job growth, interest and influence.
In 2000, Kai-Fu Lee was transferred back to Microsoft headquarters and became the global vice president of Microsoft. After several years of work, he deeply realized the standard of a perfect job, that is, strong interest, room for growth and certain influence. He misses his interest in the China Institute and his study in the United States, but he expects to have greater influence. When he found that Google would start to set up in China, he took the initiative to find Google CEO Schmidt and expressed his willingness to join Google. Schmidt was very happy and gave Kai-fu Lee a job a month later. Li Kaifu said that when you meet a job opportunity you like, you don't need any hesitation, but you need to take the initiative to win it. Because such opportunities are often hot, you may miss them after a second's hesitation.
The eighth maxim of success: Change what can be changed with courage.
2005 was a turning point for Kai-Fu Lee. He didn't expect that an ordinary job-hopping experience triggered an earthquake. Microsoft's lawsuit plunged him into the lowest valley of his life. False and negative reports about him are overwhelming. But he thought of his life motto: change what can be changed with courage, accept what cannot be changed with heart, and distinguish differences with wisdom.
So he threw himself into the battle, ignoring the unchangeable rumors. We will look for favorable evidence from 300,000 emails extracted by Microsoft to prove our innocence. After two months of hard work, the court agreed that Kai-fu Lee would work in Google. Finally, when Kai-Fu Lee returned to work in front of the media, he found that no reporter asked questions related to the lawsuit, because as the winner of the lawsuit, the media no longer believed those rumors.
The ninth motto of success: be the best leader and let employees do what they are interested in.
Google is home to the most talented engineers in the world. How to manage these "geniuses" is another topic before Kai-Fu Lee. Kai-fu Lee spoke highly of decentralized management. He knew that in a company with creativity as its main productivity, those rigid rules could not be strictly observed. He can ask employees to put forward their own research direction. We discussed and decided. You can also let employees spend 20% of their time on their favorite projects. He can even ask employees to make suggestions to the company. If it is reasonable, it will be adopted. Google's free environment is very famous As a manager, I mainly work hard on the company's strategy, annual goals, partners and headquarters communication. At other times, he is the defender of corporate culture, the spokesperson of the company and the coach of employees.
The tenth motto of success: the value lies not in how much you have, but in how much you leave behind.
What is success? Success depends on fame and fortune. In this regard, Kai-fu Lee replied that your value lies not in how much you have, but in how much you have left. When one of his colleagues earned enough money and found that he had lost his goal in life, he realized that the value of life lies in his contribution and influence on others.
Kai-Fu Lee once had a unique dream, that is, to build a first-class private university with world influence in China. He even fought for it in many ways. But it didn't succeed for various reasons. But instead of being discouraged, he practiced his dream in another way. He said, "I can't change education, but I can help students." He wrote letters to college students in China, wrote books, established "I Learn Network" and gave lectures to100000 students every year. In the process of helping students, Kai-fu Lee saw the growth of college students in China. He said that he once thought that his epitaph should have the footnotes of scientists or entrepreneurs. But he said that he has no such idea now, and if his epitaph has the words enthusiastic educator, he will feel warm inside.