Because of the question and answer of a speech video, I wrote such a title.

CCTV 1 Integrated Channel has a program called "Let's Talk". The opening guests are celebrities from all fields of society, including entrepreneurs, stars, literati and politicians.

One issue of "Let's Talk" was held in Cambridge University, UK, and the keynote speaker was Jack Ma, Chairman of Alibaba's Board of Directors. In China, Ma Yun is almost unknown. I remember that he was a first-class speaker and often gave young people a lot of advice. So in the hearts of many young people, he is regarded as his life mentor. At this opening lecture in Cambridge, a student threw such a question at him. I found the original video again and watched it several times.

The students asked, both netizens in China and Britain want to know, Teacher Ma, not to mention anything else. I don't want values. I just want to make money. Tell me what to do. I want to be as rich as you.

Ma Yun replied, if you don't have the right idea, the right method, the cooperation of excellent people and unremitting efforts, you can't succeed. He also gave an example of a boxing champion. If you want to be a boxing champion, the purpose of training is not to be a champion, but to make yourself an excellent boxer. Besides, it is impossible to become a world champion if you don't want to get up early to exercise.

If you sum up Ma Yun's answer in one sentence, it is: Don't ask how to make money, you have to work hard first.

This answer is really right in truth: you have to pay if you want to succeed. But think about it, did he really answer the students' questions? Actually, it's not. I assume that if I were a student who asked questions at that time, my doubts would definitely not be eliminated and still exist after hearing such an answer.

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The answer given by Ma Yun first assumes a premise, that is, "you have not worked hard", so you should work hard and pay first.

However, the student did not say that he would not work hard. The advice he needs is, if I work hard, where should I go?

Since his question is how to become as rich as Ma Yun. Therefore, Ma Yun's answer should be at least like this. First tell him which industry is most likely to become the richest, real estate, technology or the Internet. Then, tell him that he needs to evaluate himself to see if he has the ability in these industries, and also explain how to evaluate. Finally, tell him what necessary mentality and psychological quality he should have in the process of hard work and so on.

I think this answer is more pertinent and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Because we all know that without hard work, there is no reward. Even when I was in the first and second grade of primary school, I understood. I still remember an allegorical article I learned in Chinese class at that time, to the effect that a person planted a gourd, but he usually didn't take care of the branches and leaves and didn't pick the pests on them. When the neighbors saw it, they all advised him to take good care of it before it could grow gourd. But all he wants is: I don't want to maintain it, all I want is a gourd.

Obviously, if he doesn't work hard to eliminate pests and take good care of them, he won't get the gourd he wants in the end. If you don't work hard, you won't get anything, which is exactly the same as what Ma Yun said.

In our daily life, it is common whether we give advice to others ourselves or others give advice to ourselves. But many times, these "suggestions" can't touch the core of the problem and satisfy the other party. Because many suggestions are too macro, either slightly pale, or too idealistic slogans, that is, they don't teach you how to do it specifically.

For example, in life, we often see such a scene: the party who gives advice is talking about the party who is given advice, and the reason is clear. However, the people who accepted the advice still seemed uninfected or inspired. Even the person who is pointed out will suddenly stop the other party and say, in fact, you are right, I understand everything. The key is how to implement it.

This situation is really like the movie "Goodbye for Life". After listening to a lot of truth, I still can't live well.

In fact, what we really want is that others can tell us specifically what to do, even if they simply point out a direction, but what we don't want is some empty talk and big suggestions. They really have no practical guiding significance.

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In Ma Yun's answer, he also has a sentence: If you want to be a champion, the purpose of training is not to make me a champion, but to make yourself an excellent boxer.

Perhaps, some people will say that Ma Yun has a point. Don't just think about how to win the championship, think about how to improve your boxing ability. If you only think about success and ignore action, the result will be counterproductive.

But I have to say that this answer is still a "false premise" answer. Its premise is still: first of all, you didn't spend time and action to study how to be a good boxer, so you just want to be a champion.

But in fact, everyone understands this truth. The premise of becoming a champion must first be to be an excellent boxer.

The crux of the problem is, how can we become an excellent boxer? This is the answer that everyone cares most about and wants most.

If Ma Yun can further answer the question of how to be a good boxer, then the answer will be perfect.

Of course, this also tells us that when giving advice to others, we should try our best to put ourselves in others' shoes, take others' positions as our own and give practical suggestions. Not empty talk.

Such vague suggestions will only make the advised person feel disappointed and depressed.

In the face of those pale truths and dry and tasteless suggestions, I just want to say sincerely, don't say anything else, please tell me how to do it.