It is recorded in the Diamond Sutra that the Buddha's influence had spread all over many countries and regions in the Ganges River valley at that time, but he still lived a civilian life. Every adult walks barefoot in the street like an ordinary Indian. When it's time to eat, he will beg for alms from door to door like a disciple, and then take the rice back to his place to eat. After dinner, I packed my clothes and bowls and went to fetch water and wash my feet. Because walking barefoot will get a lot of mud, after washing his feet, he has to clean up his meditation place. When he does all this, he is himself. It's really plain, concrete and ordinary. However, it is in this most ordinary reality that he has the most extraordinary realm. It can be seen that the smartest people in the world are often the most ordinary and common.

Who can be so self-indulgent in real life? People are always pretentious, and there are too many such examples. Especially graduates with high academic qualifications from famous universities always feel superior when they come to work, unwilling to do simple work and feel that they are overqualified; A slightly more complicated task, but always too ambitious and inexperienced. But even if I have questions, I don't want to ask others for advice. I feel so embarrassed. This is a mistake. You can't criticize. In fact, famous college students are nothing. There are too many highly educated and hardworking schools now. As the saying goes, "there are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people." Therefore, when you first enter the society, you still have to put on airs and ask for advice modestly!

In 2002, when Yale University celebrated its 500th anniversary, Allison, CEO of Oracle Bone Inscriptions Company, the second largest software company in the world, and the fourth richest man in the world, was invited to attend the ceremony.

Alison made some shocking remarks in front of Yale President, teachers, alumni and graduates.

He said: "All the teachers and students of Harvard University, Yale University and other famous schools think they are winners. In fact, you are all losers, because you are proud of studying in the university where Bill Gates and other excellent students have been, but Bill Gates is not proud of studying at Harvard. "

This sentence stunned the audience. So far, famous schools like Harvard and Yale have always awed and fascinated almost everyone. Alison is a little crazy and dares to call those proud teachers and students losers.

But that's not all, Alison went on to say, "Many of the best talents are not proud of Harvard and Yale, but often give up that honor resolutely." Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, dropped out of Harvard. Paul allen, the second richest man in the world, never went to college; Ellison, the fourth richest man in the world, was expelled from Yale University. Dell, the eighth richest man in the world, has only been in college for one year; Steve ballmer, president of Microsoft, may be in the top ten of the wealth list. He and Bill Gates are classmates. Why is his grade worse? Because he has been a graduate student for a year, he is reluctant to drop out of school ... "

Alison continued to "comfort" Yale graduates whose self-esteem was hurt. He said: "However, everyone here should not be too sad. You still have great hope. Your hope is that after so many years of hard work, you have finally won the opportunity to work for those of us who have dropped out of college, those who have not studied in college, and those who have been expelled. "

Although Allison's words are a little extreme, they also show to some extent that status and glory are not directly proportional to success.