Inspirational stories of successful people in business

Do you like to read inspirational stories? Do you have an inspirational role model? The following are inspirational stories of successful people in the business world that I have compiled for your reference.

Chapter 1: People are great because of their dreams - Lei Jun

I attended the Global Internet Summit in Wuzhen. At this meeting there were Jack Ma and the senior vice president of Apple.

The host asked a question and said: "Lei Jun, you said you have a goal. It will take 5 to 10 years to become the world's number one smartphone market share." I'm busy Nod, I did say that. But he didn't continue to ask me. He asked Apple's executives, "What do you think?" This executive was also very powerful. He said, "Easy to say, Hard to do." )."

The host asked: "Lei Jun, what do you think? "I was very, very embarrassed at that moment. I calmed down and said what Jack Ma said: "You still have to have dreams, what if they come true?" My speech level is far from comparable to that of Jack Ma. Jack Ma's appeal and speech level are beyond me. It is beyond reach. Especially I heard that Jack Ma said that he failed the college entrance examination several times and finally got into Hangzhou Normal University, but still couldn't find a job. If people like him can succeed, 80% of Chinese people can succeed. , which made each of us excited. Jack Ma is qualified to say this today, and he said it in a very shocking way. Everyone, especially every Diao, is eager to counterattack like Jack Ma.

After finishing this famous quote by Jack Ma, I added another paragraph. I mentioned that 4 years ago, when Xiaomi was just founded, in Zhongguancun, there were about ten people with seven or eight different skills trying to make mobile phones. Who believed that we could win? The mobile phone industry is in a state of turmoil. There are Samsung and Apple in the front, and Lenovo and Huawei in the back. . . . . . When a normal person thinks of smartphones, they feel that competition in this market is fierce.

Three years ago, our product was just released. It only took three years. Who would have thought that this small company with more than ten people would become the first in China in such a fiercely competitive market. , third in the world. We have such performance today and such a starting line. I think we should always have a little dream and reach the number one position in the world in 5 to 10 years. So you still have to have dreams.

In fact, running "Xiaomi" is a very difficult thing for me. Why? It’s because I was fortunate enough to participate in the founding of Kingsoft Software before that. Today I am still the chairman and major shareholder of Kingsoft Software. I was also fortunate enough to run an e-commerce company called Joyo.com, which was later sold to Amazon. I should say My life is enough. Therefore, I retired after Kingsoft’s IPO and continued to invest for three or four years. I also made angel investments, and my performance was pretty good. I can definitely be ranked first among the angel investors in China. What kind of motivation made me determined to do such a tiring thing? When I was doing angel investing and retiring from Kingsoft, I woke up from a dream one night and asked myself a question: I am 40 years old, successful in the eyes of others, retired, and still doing An investment that everyone admires. Do I still have the courage to pursue my childhood dream? The older you get, the harder it is to talk about dreams. Now is the time when everyone has the most dreams. When you are 40 years old, do you still have dreams? Faced with the cruel reality, how many people can still face today and tomorrow with a smile?

I asked myself at that time if I still had the courage to give it a try. The risk is very high if I continue to try like this. I may lose my reputation or lose my fortune. And more importantly, I am already a successful person in the eyes of others. Do I need to take such a big risk to do such a difficult thing? In fact, I really hesitated for half a year. In the end, I felt that this kind of dream inspired me to take a gamble. Only by doing this, my life would be complete. At least when I am old, I can still proudly say: "I once had a dream." , I once tried, even if I lost. "I finally made up my mind and founded Xiaomi. At the beginning, I thought I would lose 100%, and all I thought about was how I would die. But I am really glad that it only took 3 years for us to achieve a result that I couldn't believe.

Why do I have such a dream? It was because when I was 18 years old, I accidentally read a book in the library, which changed my life. It was 1987, I was a freshman in college, and the book was called "Silicon Valley Fire". It told the entrepreneurial stories of Silicon Valley heroes in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and the main chapter was about Steve Jobs. The book says that Steve Jobs represented American entrepreneurship in that era. I remember Bill in the 1990s. When Gates was very successful, he said, "I'm just second to Steve Jobs." Jobs was already at his peak in the 1980s. When I read this book, I was so excited that I could not calm down for a long time.

I clearly remember that I walked around and around the 400-meter track on the playground of Wuhan University all night long. How could I create a different life? On the soil of China, can we build a world-class company like Steve Jobs? I feel that only in this way can I be worthy of my life and make myself feel that life is valuable, meaningful and pursued.

When I have such a dream, I think it is useless to talk about it. How to implement it into actual study and work is the most important thing. I made the first plan for myself at that time: complete all university courses in two years. It took me two years to accomplish my goal. I was one of the few dual-degree recipients at Wuhan University at that time, and most of my grades were excellent, ranking sixth among more than 100 students in my grade.

Having a dream is a simple thing. The key is whether you can put your dream into practice after you have it. How do you practice it? How do you set yourself one feasible goal after another? Of course, having such a goal is not enough, because success is not a simple thing and requires you to be persevering and persevering for a long time.

When I was 40 years old, I did not forget my dream when I was 18 years old. I gave it a try. I often communicate with many young people about their dreams. I particularly like a saying called "People become great because of their dreams." As long as you have a dream, you will become different. Stephen Chow also once said a famous saying, "If you don't have dreams as a human being, what's the difference between being a salted fish". So the key is to have a dream. Having a dream is the first step towards success. After taking the first step, you must prepare a solid foundation for your dream.

Talking about the realization of dreams, I have a famous saying recently, which I also copied, which is "Standing on the wind, even pigs can fly." I actually want to express two things by this: First, without solid basic skills and diligence, you cannot succeed. Second, with diligence, you may not be able to succeed even if you have a solid foundation. You need to seize big development opportunities and seize them, so that you have a chance to succeed. Chapter 2: Destiny is in one's own hands - Robin Li

Destiny is the path that a person takes in his or her lifetime, and the homework that a person completes in his or her lifetime. Some people believe that fate is destined by God and cannot be changed. But in my opinion, destiny is just the steering wheel of life. Which direction it goes is in everyone's own hands.

Here, I would like to share a few stories about destiny with all my classmates. There is no lofty talk, just some of my own experiences.

Vision and Destiny

Like many of my classmates, I was born in an ordinary working-class family in a small city. Since I was a child, I have had a wide range of interests besides studying. Opera was once my true love, and I even considered applying to an opera school when I was in junior high school. Because at that time, in the small city of Yangquan, Shanxi Province where I lived, television had not yet become popular, let alone computers and the Internet. People’s most common daily entertainment activity was listening to operas.

Later, my sister was admitted to Peking University. Like you who just entered school, she became our local star in an instant. Before leaving, she said to me: "Actually, the outside world is very beautiful, so you must study hard, go to college, and get out of Yangquan, so that your future road will be broader."

I obeyed Following my sister’s advice, I started studying hard from then on in order to be admitted to Yangquan No. 1 Middle School, the best local high school in Yangquan. Finally, I got my wish. However, at this time, I had no special concept of the "outside world" that my sister called me.

The first time I came into contact with computers was in the first grade of high school. At that time, my Yangquan No. 1 Middle School was the first to set up a computer classroom in the city.

As long as I gently type some English words and symbols on the keyboard, it will give answers according to the instructions. I was immediately attracted by this wonderful thing. From then on, in order to go to the computer room to use the computer, I often asked the teacher to give me some hard work. I have more computer practice than others, which also makes my computer skills stronger than other students.

Not long after, the school selected me to participate in the National Computer Competition for Middle School Students in Taiyuan, the provincial capital. I was full of confidence before I went there. I always felt that my computer skills were pretty good, and I even wanted to come back with a ranking. Unexpectedly, when the competition results came out, I didn’t even get the third prize.

This result is a blow to me to some extent. I couldn't figure it out at first, but when I walked into the bookstore in Taiyuan, I realized why there was no way to compete with them. I found that there are many computer books here that I could not find in Yangquan. Others have an inherent advantage over me in their ability to obtain information.

This experience made me feel the relationship between vision and destiny for the first time. I had a deeper understanding of what my sister said to me at that time. I was eager to see the outside world. , I believe this can change destiny.

In the next nearly 20 years, whether it was my study experience at Peking University, my computer studies in the United States, or my work experience on Wall Street and Silicon Valley, they greatly broadened my horizons and even helped me to found the company later. Baidu Inc. has also had a huge impact.

So, from the moment you step into the gate of Peking University, your destiny has changed. Not only because this is the highest university in China, but also because here you will be exposed to many new things that you have never seen or even heard of before.

Character and Destiny

Although some people often say: "Character determines destiny." In fact, I personally do not agree with this statement. I think no matter what your personality is, you can probably succeed.

A few years ago, the former president of Goldman Sachs opened a leadership course at Tsinghua University and specially invited global CEOs of some large multinational companies to give lectures. Once, I was also invited to tell the success story of Baidu. After I finished teaching the students, he chatted with me and said, "Robin, your character is very different from what most people think of successful people or entrepreneurs, because your character is very soft and not so tough. But you You are very successful, and I believe you will be even more successful in the future. "

As the president of Goldman Sachs, he has met almost all successful entrepreneurs in the world today. Judging from his evaluation of me, people with various personalities can be successful. It just depends on whether you use your own personality advantages to do things.

For example, some people are good at communicating with others, so they should work hard in the direction they are good at. They are very willing to communicate with customers and may become a good salesperson in the future, which will also lead to success.

Some people have a more reserved personality, like a technical engineer. My personality may have more of this aspect, as I am more rigorous in thinking and more logical. I am less willing to go out and drink with people every day, but more willing to sit in front of the computer to experience the new Internet products and figure out how to make it better.

Therefore, I think that all kinds of personalities can be successful. The key is that you have to analyze your actual situation to make a judgment on what your personality is suitable for. When God closes a door, he will definitely open another window. Everyone should find something that suits them, do what they like to do, and do what they are good at, because only in this way can you persevere. Only then can you not flinch or change your direction easily when you encounter difficulties. I believe that if you do this, success will not be far away from you, and your destiny will be different.

Dreams and Destiny

There is a famous saying that "Dreams are a bright light on the road of life." If a person wants to succeed and change his destiny, it is important to have dreams.

When I was a graduate student in the United States, I once signed up to join a research group in the school. At that time, the professor in charge of the interview may not be satisfied with my answer, so he asked me casually: "Are you from China?" "Do you have computers in China?". Although he may not have meant to hurt me, the professor's question made me feel particularly uncomfortable. I felt like how could a country as big as China, and it was already the 1990s, not have computers? This is almost an insult to my motherland. But it was this sentence that inspired my inner spirit of not admitting defeat and my belief that I must realize the "Chinese Dream". Since then, I have dreamed that one day I would use my technology to change the lives of Chinese people.

This is also the reason why I gave up my stable job and comfortable life in the United States and returned to China to found Baidu.

When Baidu was founded, everything was very difficult. We rented two rooms in Peking University Ziyuan Hotel as offices. Including me, there are only 8 people in the company. But despite this, everyone has the same dream, which is to be the Chinese's own search engine.

Through everyone’s joint efforts, by the end of 2001, Baidu had developed to a certain extent compared with when it first started. But at this time, I also realized that if Baidu wanted to make a breakthrough in the market, it must surpass Google, which already held 60% of the Chinese market at that time.

At the beginning of 2002, I organized a meeting with the company’s technical staff. I told everyone at the meeting that we must surpass our competitors in all technical indicators. At that time, some people thought this was impossible and felt that Baidu's technical strength was too far behind the world's most advanced search companies. But I told them that although Baidu is still very weak at this time, not well-known internationally or even domestically, and has limited influence, Baidu has gathered a group of outstanding talents full of extraordinary ideals and lofty ambitions, and we are here Make a career and make Chinese people proud in the field of Chinese search engines.

As a result, a 15-person technical research team called "Lightning Project" was established. During that time, our engineers put all their energy into work for a common dream and goal. When I'm hungry, I'll make a pack of instant noodles. When I'm sleepy, I'll just sleep on the floor and continue working when I wake up.

In fact, many of them had the opportunity to work in multinational companies such as IBM and Microsoft and earn a considerable income, but they chose to stay at Baidu with meager wages and no income. Work day and night.

They said that my dream of "making China's own search engine" moved them, and I was also moved by them.

Hard work pays off. Over the past year, Baidu has greatly improved in terms of index volume, relevance, Chinese processing-related retrieval, pinyin retrieval, and error correction technology. Many indicators are leading the industry. In addition, Baidu mp3 search launched in the later stage of the "Lightning Plan" has greatly improved this The product and user experience are rated very high, which quickly expands Baidu's popularity and brand reputation. Baidu's status as the world's largest Chinese search engine was established from this point on.

Therefore, I think everyone should have a dream in their heart, have the great ambition of the motherland, find their own dream, do it when they are sure, and do not follow the trend and do not waver. At the same time, we not only need to have dreams ourselves, but we should also use our dreams to infect and influence others, because successful people must use their own dreams to ignite the dreams of others and be those who always sow dreams. Dear classmates, difficulties are not terrible, as long as you can face them optimistically; your destiny can also be changed, and the key is in your hands.

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