If you put bananas and money in front of monkeys, monkeys will choose bananas, because monkeys do not know that money can buy a lot of bananas.
Then I failed two of my units which I've worked so hard for. I got back up and completed those units again then passed my grades. But in my last year of my degree I've dropped out of unit because I've moved out on my own and needed to work full-time in order to afford my rental and bills. I've worked in various customer service jobs and had to deal with many bullies in my workplace such as managers and colleagues.
This has pushed me to make something out of myself. After 4 years away from unit. At the age of now 27 I am now planning to start a degree and start back where I finished. Maybe I will study part-time and work a few shifts a week so I'm not overwhelmed. All I can say is follow your dreams no matter how long it takes. I hope this helped and inspired anyone reading this. Happy studying!
I failed the entrance examination in my dream university which I choose to be a nurse. I know someday I will be who I want to be. I'm 18 and I'm so scared to face this tough responsibility but I know I can do this!
My advice to the young people 25 years old, make enough mistakes, don’t worry You fall. You fall, you stand up. From 30 to 40 years old, you have to think very clearly. Were you working for yourself if you really want to be entrepreneur.
So 40 to 50 think about, work for the young people.
So 25 years old
Don’t worry
It’s the competition of creativity,
it’s a competition of imagination,
it’s a competition of learning,
it’s a competition of independent thinking.
So in the future it’s not knowledge driven,
it’s the wisdom driven,
it’s the experience driven.
In the past it’s the knowledge driven and it’s the manufacturing driven and in the future it’s the creativity driven. So this is what we think the world should be focusing on the Q of Love.
Because only when you care for the others, only when you care for the others that succeed and are more successful than you have the chance. 10 years ago internet was so good when nobody believed internet was so good. I fail for...
Funny things like I failed in a key primary school test for two times you have to take, take the examinations. So I failed three times. When I graduated from university, and before I, you know, got rejected. I went to even the KFC, when
KFC came to China, come to our city.
You applied? - 24 people went for the job 23 people were accepted, I was the only guy. And we went for the police, 5 people, 4 of them accepted. I was the only guy they’re not receiving. So to me, being turned down, rejected especially the- Forrest Gump. You love Forrest Gump? - I love Forrest Gump. Why do you like him?
Never give up. People- people thinking he’s dumb but he knows what he’s doing. And I was very depressed the day... the year 2002 or 2003 in the States and then I watch the movie in my friend’s home Forrest Gump when I see him I think, This the guy we should learn from. Believe in what you’re doing. Love it whether people like it or don’t like it, be simple. you never know what you can get, right?
I never knew I would be here talking to you, I never know. But today I made it. I told my people in my apartment 18, 15 years ago. Guys we have to work hard 80% of the young people in China can be successful. We don’t have a rich father, a powerful uncle, we don’t get one dollar from bank, one cent from government. Just work as a team. Lose vision and start to complain. We also have the same problem, when I got...It’s not a good feeling being rejected by so many people
We also depressed but at least later we find...
How you see the world?
How you catch the opportunity?
So... and Hollywood gives me a lot of inspiration. I, at the beginning I never thought... Everything is possible.
Now I know not everything is possible. When you have something you have to think about society, your employees, the shareholders. There are so many things that I think if you continue to work hard there’s...there’s possibility. It’s not... if you don’t do it nothing is possible.
Calm down, there’s always a way out. And keep yourself balanced. And meanwhile, don’t try to...because business is a compt... Competition is fun. Right? So it’s about, it’s about fun. Yeah, - Tell them the story, and tell them that if Jack...I don’t think in this world a lot of people be rejected more than 30 times.
If we, you know, the only thing we never give up, the only thing like, we’re like Forrest Gump. We keep on fighting, we keep on changing yourself. We don’t complain. Whether you are successful or not successful. if they always complained to others, this guy will never come back. If the guy only check himself, This guy has hope. This is the stupidest idea you have ever got. But I say, I don’t care if it’s stupid or clever as long as people use it. Now we have 800 million people
using this AliPay.
He’s doing something that we don’t understand. right? They say Jacks crazy - yeah this is crazy guy they call me crazy Jack and I, I think crazy is good we are crazy but were not stupid. We know what we are doing we have no chance. So that’s... the money we raised, were very thankful. So, when our investors make a lot of money, I feel proud and honored.
Everybody is made unique and different so you must have a unique and different way. Say, I don’t have opportunity. And suddenly I realized complaining does not solve any problem there are so many, if there are so many opportunities in the world in this world because there are so many complaints. That’s the opportunity so this is what we made. I think young people if my advice is to be an entrepreneur don’t be scared of failure, of setbacks and don’t give up.
When we start the business, we had 18 founders including me and most of them... Well, today people think, these 18 people, the smartest people in China. We don’t think we were smart. Honestly, The only thing we did we were very united, we all believed in the future, we are all optimistic, and we learn through mistakes, we never give up. If you graduate from famous university please, respect the people who graduate from the poor schools. please respect yourself. We have chance we came today to...now
We made so many mistakes e took only 19 years to today’s size. But we have gone through so many tough situations. We made so many mistakes that people cannot even imagine. In probably 19 years, you have gone through so many tough experiences and that will make you different.