Wen | Jin
I read this book a long time ago, and I learned about Wu Xiaobo through this book. The fame of financial economists, strategic advisor, economist and entrepreneur hangs over my whole body. The key is that he still lives in Hangzhou, loves Hangzhou very much, and is also the owner of an island in Qiandao Lake. He likes buying a house every year. He also founded the "Blue Lion" and the Wu Xiaobo Channel, both of which are hot spots of public concern, and published "Great Failure" and "Thirty Years of Agitation".
"Life should be wasted on beautiful things." This is an advertisement for black pine soda in Taiwan Province province. Before meeting this sentence, Wu Xiaobo had been driven by his career and work. He doesn't know how big the happy radius of life is, what is meaningful and what is invalid. This kind of anxiety must have entangled all young people who tried to ask the value of life. But this advertisement suddenly made him understand something. It turns out that life is a waste from beginning to end. All you need to judge is whether this waste is "beautiful". Later, every time you do something, you have to ask yourself, do you think it is beautiful? If so, then do it, from here on, resist fate and enjoy life.
Life is to be wasted, and the philosophy of life is endless. Only the pursuit of beauty will make your life different. In this book, there is the author's deep affection for his father, the vague past that intersects with an old friend, the world situation that is indifferent as an intellectual, and the sharp sketch that is immersed in the business world. Every article is the most sincere expression.
Why I never speculate in stocks: The standard of China stock market is not value mining, technological innovation and industrial upgrading, but "People's Daily editorial+shell resources +M&A theme+interests of state-owned enterprises".
Life destroyed by the bubble: We are all bubble makers, we are also the beneficiaries of the bubble, and at the same time, we may be the life to be destroyed by the bubble.
Life is a waste from beginning to end. What you need to judge is whether this waste is "beautiful". Every time you read this sentence, you will feel relieved. We are in an age without faith, full of the temptation of money and lost ourselves. What have we been looking for all our lives? No one answered. Maybe it is a wonderful thing to do what you like, earn some money and achieve something with a group of like-minded people.
Reflections on "Waste Life on Good Things" (2)
Text | Qin Shu
I finished reading the book "Waste Life on Beautiful Things" written by Mr. Wu Xiaobo through the "WeChat Reading" mobile APP. At first I thought it was chicken soup for the soul, but it was somewhat repulsive. I have read a lot of "selected thoughts" about this book, and I am sure I will know something about it. I put it down without thinking. I also recommended this book to all my colleagues at an internal meeting of the company.
Teacher Wu Xiaobo is a famous financial writer. He spent the best time of his life studying the development and course of China's economy, and wrote many financial monographs, the most famous of which is Thirty Years of Agitation. Wu Xiaobo broke the habit of China. If he writes well, he will be an official; if he writes well, he will be a businessman. He is engaged in publishing, and insists on writing more than 6,000 words a week, so that he and his wife and daughter can live safely and happily in Hangzhou.
"An intellectual should have a good job to make a living." Wu Xiaobo said that everything he saw in college is still fresh in his mind. So, "maybe I will become a real intellectual after retirement!" " Because by that time, he really has the independence of intellectuals and has no scruples. He can start to be an ideological volunteer without writing for reward. This writer and businessman, who owns his own island, leisurely and tirelessly supplies ideas to the world and warns young people: don't worry, don't be anxious. This man has almost all the advantages that a writer craves: rich, handsome, optimistic, humble, talented and many friends.
Never thinking of approaching middle age, he also wrote a collection of essays, which is also a gift for his daughter 18 years old. He wrote down his father's love for his daughter and his understanding of life in affectionate words. This is what I like about this book, especially his warm care for my daughter, which touched the softest nerve in my heart. As a mother, I also encourage my children to do what they like, regardless of success or failure.
This collection of essays covers nearly 60 articles, including my daughter, myself and some friends, reading, traveling and some places, freedom, ideals and some feelings. With sincere feelings. Some of them bring me a lot of thoughts and inspirations.
In the third chapter "Waste Life on Beautiful Things", the author writes: "In this world, not every country, every era and every family's young people have the right to pursue their favorite future, so if you are lucky enough, please don't miss it." Yes, what a happy generation children are now. "Today, the post-90s generation in China is the first generation of children from middle-class families in peacetime in this country for nearly a hundred years. For the first time, you have the right and ability to choose your favorite lifestyle and job-they can even be related only to interest and beauty, but not to material and remuneration. What's more, they have little to do with future, achievement, fame and fortune, as long as they are legitimate and you like them. After reading it, I feel that kind of life. " Like, is the premise of all pay. Only if you really like it, will you invest, and you won't complain about these investments, whether it's time, energy or feelings. "Everyone has their own choices, do what they like, and strive to live the life they want, even if it is slow, it is better than stagnation. In this process, it is the best state to abandon your narrowness, selfishness and jealousy and devote yourself wholeheartedly to it! Don't waste this life!
Some words, once met, are hard to forget. It turns out that life is a waste from beginning to end, and all you need to judge is whether this waste is beautiful or not. Immature men appear heroically for lofty cause, and mature men live humbly for lofty cause. "The pleasure we get from traveling may depend more on our mood when traveling than on the destination itself." The purpose of setting out has given up halfway, and the remaining passion has become a lost arrow. "What makes some people different? I think Rodin told the real secret. That is: work and enough patience. " "In fact, if life is regarded as a marathon, is it really so important to run first in the first 1000 meters?" "They just run long distances and just do one thing. They do things only for the meaning itself. The so-called success is just a result. It may come naturally or it may never come. " "Everything unique and beautiful is actually based on extremely lonely diligence, or blood or sweat, or a lot of graceful youth." People suddenly begin to enjoy loneliness after forty. The loneliness of the highest realm is accidental and does not need to be forced. As long as there is a moment of loneliness, I enjoy it. All my youth is preparing for middle age. After middle age, you can sit on the sunny lawn, make a good cup of tea and read a book you like. "
"When a company makes shoes, everyone will have no interest in shoes. They think money is real. In fact, the shoes are real, and the profit is only the result. " I don't know how others feel when they see this passage, at least I am very moved. The world needs shoemakers because someone needs shoes, not because shoemakers need money.
"Look at the word" debt "made by the ancients, which means" one person's responsibility ". In the commercial society, a person who dares to be in debt is actually a person who dares to be responsible for the future. " Teacher Wu is absolutely right. After so many years, I finally know why I am poor, because I have never used any economic leverage and never dared to owe the bank a penny. And Mr. Wu thinks that a person's debt ratio is safe between 50% and 70%. This is really a new formulation, and I regret learning it too late. I hope this view can help all young people.
The above words are some words that touched me that I extracted from the book. They are just a few words, as if supporting a canoe, wandering in the depths of the lotus, picking one violet after another. There is also "... flowers bloom in front of us and have bloomed many times." Every time, I always burst into tears, like a teenager who doesn't understand amorous feelings; Bloom is in sight, and we walked together. Every time I always write a poem and let the wind sing inexplicable thoughts ... I only know bloom in front of me, and I only know that every year, I am infatuated with your face chased by years. "This is a poem written by Wu Xiaobo for the theme song of Thirty Years of Agitation. It's hard to imagine that this song was written by Wu Xiaobo, a financial writer, and interpreted by Han Lei, an old man. For a while, it became a love song sung in the streets, and it was really "Korean Wave", and I never got tired of listening to it.
Everyone has already felt my love for this book, and I have just started and made an introduction. I hope readers can buy their own books and have a good look. I believe you will gain a lot. Finally, I hope everyone can do it, like Mr. Wu Xiaobo, not only learn his financial knowledge and business acumen, but also learn other people's lifestyles; In his post, he can not only keep his word, but also be indifferent; You can work from nine to five, and you can travel around the world. May you dream of having a horse, live with it and waste your life on beautiful things!