Students, your future potential is infinite. Don't think about whether you have this ability now. I have a saying, don't judge your future by your present, because your future is unpredictable, so you should work hard. I often hear classmates say, Mr. Yu, people are predestined. He's lucky. There's nothing he can do. Born in a rich family, you have all the resources. Give a lot of money to start a business as soon as you graduate from college, and you will succeed as soon as you start a business. How do you think we compare? Indeed, on the surface, it is incomparable, and it is incomparable in a short time. However, for a long time, a person's resources do not determine his inevitable success in life. We assume that some people can sleep on this resource all their lives, but we see more people who have no resources eventually move towards the road of resources. As I said just now, Ma Yun is a child of an ordinary worker's family, and his father is a rickshaw puller. Just like me, a child of an ordinary peasant family, my parents can't read. But today, it is no exaggeration to say that we have some social and enterprise resources in China. Of course, we try our best to use this resource to serve more people.

When we talked about a person's social resources just now, we often talked about fate. Some students said that fate is fixed. Will fate be fixed? One part is fixed. As I said just now, what kind of family you are born in and what you look like are fixed. Besides, others are variable. Therefore, we should pay full attention to the changeable destiny, not the fixed destiny. What do you mean by variable? We divide human luck into two kinds: one is accidental and the other is inevitable. If a person seeks accidental luck, life will often be miserable; But when a person seeks inevitable luck, life often appears more brilliant. What is accidental luck? Everyone knows the story of waiting for the rabbit. When the farmer saw a rabbit hit the stump, he was happy to pick it up. He concluded that rabbits should hit stumps every day. So he stopped working and waited for the rabbit to hit him. After waiting all my life, the stump was rotten and white, but the rabbit still didn't come. He thinks that accidental luck is inevitable luck. What is inevitable luck? If the farmer concludes that there are animals in this place, he will take the initiative to turn himself into a hunter. He may not only shoot rabbits but also tigers all his life. Everyone knows that there is a world of difference between active attack and passive survival. A person's hard life may not be changed, but the standard of living can be changed. Why am I in this place? Because through my life's efforts, I will not give up again and again, nor will I stop again and again.

I often like to tell two stories. Changes in people's minds bring about changes in life. One person won the first prize. On the way, he met an old monk and asked him what he wanted to do. He said he would win the first prize. The old monk looked at his face and said you didn't want to take the exam. You won't be the top scholar all your life. You'd better go home honestly. But he was halfway through, and he didn't want to continue. Walking to a river, he suddenly found a man falling into the water. He jumped into the river to save the man. His clothes were wet, so he ran back to the temple. The old monk saw him at this time and said, strange, you went out for two hours and came back again. Your life has changed. It seems that your face has the appearance of being admitted to the top scholar. Because this man has good ideas in his heart. It turns out that this man is selfish. This time, he was very kind and saved that man, so his life changed. This seems to be a fabricated story, but I believe it very much. What is the reason? The reason is that when your heart changes, your world changes, so your destiny changes. I think hard work, diligence and correct aspirations and goals are the only way for us to move towards the future.

What should universities do? The first thing is to study hard. Studying hard in universities is different from studying hard in middle schools. Universities are learning to broaden their horizons and life. When I say study, I mean paying attention to the professional knowledge of the university. If I didn't learn English well at Peking University, how could I be today's New Oriental? So professional knowledge is very important. If you don't like your major, study a major you like. Whether you really like your favorite major or not, you have to ponder over it again and again. American universities won't let you choose your major in the first two years, so you can spend two years to cultivate your interests extensively. Remember, friends, if you spend your whole life doing a major you don't like, it's a very sad thing. So, you must find your favorite major. If you can't change your major, find a second major; If the university allows you to change your major, you should think it over before changing. To learn the most important knowledge, universities can try to learn two majors.

We have done research in the university, and it should be 100% for students who change their majors, which should be a normal inference. However, some students still don't like their chosen major after changing majors, which shows that it is reckless for some students to change majors without serious thinking. Besides my major, I have to read a lot of books in my spare time, and I have to read a book every two days or so. I read nearly 800 books when I was in college. If I can finish it, so can you. Some students said, what should I do if I forget to read? You should remember that reading and forgetting are two concepts. When you see that all the students around you have read books, but you haven't read them, you immediately feel scared. Therefore, reading is not only for wisdom, reading is not only for the expansion of knowledge, but also for laying a good foundation for self-confidence. If I don't have the confidence to study in Peking University, I won't have the confidence to work in New Oriental. So reading is the foundation of self-confidence.

The second thing that universities should do is to expand the activities of middle schools. The most important thing in life is initiative. It is very important to take part in various activities in college. I found that the future development of active students and inactive students in universities is very different. Everyone should make more friends in college. Please remember that you will make faster progress when you deal with more powerful people. I learned to read from Mr Wang Qiang. As soon as he entered the university, he divided his living expenses into two parts, half for books and half for living expenses, so he bought a lot of books every month. I learn from him, and I buy whatever books he buys. Remember, make friends in college as much as possible.

Another thing in college is to take care of all the students' emotions and serve other students as much as possible. We find two kinds of students in universities: one kind of students only pay attention to their own achievements, their own interests, how to win in the competition, and pay no attention to others. After this mentality is cultivated, it will generally be beaten out of the water in society, because this society will not accept people who only fight for their own interests. Therefore, when you are in college, you should learn to pay attention to others, leave the good things to others as much as possible, and leave the bad things to yourself as much as possible, so as to gain the trust of your classmates, and someone will help you in the future. When I was in college, I insisted on fetching water to sweep the dormitory for four years. When I was doing New Oriental, I asked my college classmates for help, and they were all willing to help me. Because they think I am a good man and a helpful person in college, they formed a team of college students to work together in New Oriental. I have a wide circle of friends today, but my best friend is my classmate in college.

In college, another thing we have to do is to gain as much as possible emotionally. I'm not just talking about friendship, but also the feelings between men and women. If you have the opportunity to fall in love in college, it is also a very good harvest. I didn't have any girls talking to me in college. If you have such an opportunity, you should seize it. Not for dating, of course. We must really love each other so that we can talk. Because only sincerity can truly feel and bring real growth. If you really love each other, you should love them wholeheartedly. When I say wholeheartedly, I don't mean that college can only talk about love once, but that we can only talk about it once. Because the true sense of belonging is the feeling of loving another person deeply and not being distracted for a period of time. If you are really in love, love generously. When I say generous, I don't mean to let you give your boyfriend or girlfriend to others, but there are so many talents in the university that you may fall in love with you today and others tomorrow. Sometimes there is a special phenomenon in love. This happened in our class when I was in college. Two male students are buddies. One of them has a girlfriend. Let's play together. As a result, they played with the other two and put the boy aside. As we all know, the happiest thing in love is that two people fall in love at the same time or two people stop loving at the same time. What is the most painful thing about love? You still love each other deeply, they don't love you anymore, and you can't let go of your love for each other. Last year, two people fell in love in a university. Later, the girl stopped loving the boy, and the boy still loved the girl deeply. The child can't get through. Finally, the boy ran to the girl's dormitory, pushed the girl out of the window and jumped himself. This is a tragic love story, but it is also a despicable love story. This meanness lies in the meanness of this boy. If you really love each other, you must bless them all the way and let them go, not hurt them. Therefore, if I find that these two people are in love, I will bless them and let them go all the way until the divorce. You can't say that your own life and other people's lives will be destroyed at the same time. Our classmates here will certainly encounter such love and pain, and we must also solve this pain generously.