Inspirational Stories of Domestic Celebrities 1

This somewhat silent singer with a mediocre family background has swept the entire Chinese-speaking region with his music, opening up a new field of pop music, and even in a certain way To a certain extent, it led to the revival of Chinese classical literature.

What is so special about Jay Chou? And what can be applied to our own career development?

Career training period: With mediocre grades, he focuses on himself Musical talent

Jay Chou was born in Taipei in 1979. My father is a biology teacher and my mother is an art teacher. Since childhood, Jay Chou has had a unique sensitivity to music. When he hears music, he will sway excitedly to the rhythm. Sometimes while watching TV, he puts on sunglasses and imitates Gao Lingfeng's singing. Seeing that he was very talented in music, his mother did not hesitate to use all the family savings to buy him a piano. This year, Jay Chou was only 4 years old.

Although he is the son of a teacher, Jay Chou’s studies are not satisfactory. When I was a child, there were more red colors than blue colors on the score column, and my math test scores were often around 40 points. I could only console myself by saying, "People who are talented in music are not very good at math." The English teacher even thought he had a learning disability. During the high school joint entrance examination, Jay Chou's homework was still very poor and he only scored over 100 points. At that time, the first music class of Tamkang Middle School was recruiting students. Jay Chou took the exam with the mentality of giving it a try and passed the exam.

Jay Chou was extremely happy to be able to study music in high school. His musical talent and talent were recognized here. His high school classmates recalled that at that time, Jay Chou fascinated many girls with his playing piano, singing and playing basketball. Although his parents divorced when he was 14, Jay Chou, who was hiding in the music world, was not greatly affected.

Looking at Jay Chou’s career training period—the student years, there are two points that are particularly eye-catching. The first is loyalty and devotion to one’s own musical talent. For him, music is not so much an interest as it is another world. In this world, music helps him resist all the common troubles of adolescence such as his parents' divorce and poor grades, allowing him to grow up confidently and healthily. It is undoubtedly a blessing for a person to be able to dance freely in his own talent, which can withstand all the turbulence of growth. At this age, Einstein was dreaming about racing against light, while Fu Cong was living among the violin notes...

Secondly, he chose to take music classes in high school, which was a very important career plan. High school is an important period of career development and exploration for individuals. If talent is recognized in one's own small group, it will greatly promote the idea of ????using this talent in society in the future.

Career adaptation period:

During the days when he was a waiter in a restaurant, he persisted in his music dream

Due to his serious partiality in subjects and repeated failure in the exams, Jay Chou did not take the exam. Go to college. Should I choose a career first or get a job first? This question is asked thousands of times by today's college graduates. Back then, Jay Chou also faced this problem of entering the career adaptation period after leaving school.

If he chooses a career, the thing that attracts him the most is to become a singer, but how can an ordinary 17-year-old child become a singer? After the helpless Jay Chou hit the wall several times, he chose to work in a restaurant. Waiters.

The job in the restaurant is actually very simple. Give the food prepared by the chef to the waitress, and then the waitress will serve it to the guests. Even so, Jay Chou did not leave his music world. He carried a Walkman and listened to music while working.

The opportunity finally came. In order to improve the quality of the restaurant, the boss decided to put a piano in the lobby, but he tried several piano players but was not satisfied. Jay Chou secretly tried it in his free time, and his piano sound shocked many colleagues, including his boss. The boss patted Jay Chou on the back and said: You don't have to work for these two hours.

It can be said that Jay Chou made the right choice by choosing to work in a restaurant first. Good career planning emphasizes survival first and then development: First, the perfect job cannot be obtained all at once, it requires long-term accumulation of skills and experience. Secondly, when most students graduate, the ability they most need to improve is not their professional ability, but their mentality to adapt to society. This mentality lesson can be learned in any job, and it is often more important than ability.

Just imagine if Jay Chou insists on looking for the perfect job that he likes: singing. So, how long can his music career last? Without financial support, no resume that can prove himself, and no clear method and direction, the biggest possibility is that a music dream will be shattered and irreparable. There are also some people among the current college graduates: I want to be a manager, I want to be a director, and I refuse to do a job that I don’t like. So, I stuffed myself between reality and dreams, unable to move. They forget that perfect work begins with imperfection.

Career development period:

Never give up in the face of setbacks, and finally succeed after going through ups and downs

Working in a restaurant and playing the piano allowed Jay Chou to slowly begin to perform in public opportunities, and slowly began to accumulate its own audience. If that accident hadn't happened, he might have felt that this kind of job was pretty good.

However, opportunities never forget those who persist in their dreams.

In September 1997, Jay Chou's cousin secretly signed him up to participate in the entertainment program "Super Rookie King" hosted by Taiwan's famous entertainment host Wu Zongxian at the time. At that time, Jay Chou was so shy that he didn't even dare to go on stage to sing his own songs, so he had to find a friend to sing and accompany himself on the piano. The performance of the two people was "horrible". But when the host Wu Zongxian passed by the piano, he was surprised to find that this young man who had never dared to raise his head had composed a very complicated score, and copied it neatly! He realized that this was a person who was very serious about music. . After the show, he asked Jay Chou: Are you interested in joining my record company as a music production assistant?

However, it is impossible to judge whether someone has musical talent by looking at the music score in just a few seconds. What really moved Wu Zongxian was how seriously this young man took his music scores. What impressed Wu Zongxian was not so much his talent as his seriousness. Many times, no matter how great their abilities are, opportunities tend to only choose those who take their work seriously. This in itself is the most important ability.

As a record production assistant, in addition to being responsible for the lunch box of the owner of the record company, Jay Chou started his creative career in that 7-square-meter soundproof room. After half a year, he wrote quite a few songs, but the style was strange and no singer was willing to accept it. Among them are Andy Lau who turned down "Tears Don't Cry" and Zhang Huimei who played "Nunchaku".

Wu Zongxian was a little anxious, and he decided to give this young man some blows. He asked Jay Chou to come to his office and told him that the songs he wrote were terrible. He crumpled up the sheet music in front of him and threw it into the wastebasket. This was a major blow to Jay Chou's music career. However, when Wu Zongxian walked into the office the next morning, he was surprised to see the young man's new score on the desk again. On the third and fourth days... Wu Zongxian could see it on his desk every day. Jay Chou's new song, he was completely moved by this silent young man.

One day in December 1999, Wu Zongxian called Jay Chou into the room and said, if you can come up with 50 new songs within 10 days. I will pick 10 songs from them and make them into an album - since no one likes to sing your songs, just sing them yourself. Ten days later, Jay Chou quietly took out 50 songs, and the album "JAY" that made Jay Chou famous in one fell swoop was released. Starting from this album, Jay Chou was out of control.

Jay Chou has since entered the third period of his career: the career development period. Judging from the experience of many successful people, the beginning of this stage is often due to linking to the first platform in the industry. Jay Chou contacted Wu Zongxian, a celebrity in the Taiwanese entertainment industry at that time; Wang Baoqiang started filming "Soldier Assault" at this stage; Einstein contacted the scientific Bole Ostwald at this stage; the working emperor Tang Jun wrote a letter during this period and contacted Bill. Gates; and Bill Gates at this stage was stumbling to show his windows 1.0 in front of IBM's board of directors. Behind almost every successful person there is a story of reaching the top platform in the industry. So this is also an important principle of career planning: enter the first platform in the industry and show yourself.

Jay Chou’s career experience is legendary, but in fact it is ordinary. Everyone will encounter similar problems when entering the workplace. Criticism from leaders, lack of recognition... how to treat and deal with these problems is more important than the problem itself. Jay Chou, who was not knocked down by his boss's sarcasm, worked harder to gain recognition. The winner is not always the one who wins. Only by being able to accept blows and be more positive about the cause can we achieve the final victory.

Jay Chou may have some talents that you and I don’t have, but there is absolutely no chance on the road to success. Inspirational stories of domestic celebrities 2

He did not have a prominent family background. In order to make a living, he worked many jobs, setting up street stalls, delivering food, and working as a salesman... Later he recalled that the period when he was a salesman The days have benefited him a lot.

As a salesman, you have to deal with all kinds of people, and you often receive sarcastic remarks from customers.

Once, he knocked on the door of a family with a new product of the company. Before he could speak, the owner of the house yelled at him: "Get out! I won't I need your things, you liars!" After saying that, he slammed the door.

He stood there blankly, the grievances he had accumulated for many days suddenly burst out, and tears flowed from his eyes. Why is this? He has done nothing wrong, why do these people do this to him?

With a strong self-esteem, he has wanted to give up this job that was looked down upon many times, but the pressure of life has made him He gave up this idea and began to think: Why did those people treat him like this, and how could he change their minds? Gradually, he understood that the reason why those people looked down on him was just because they didn't understand him and put him aside. Treat him like any other bad salesman.

Understanding this truth, he no longer complained, but treated every customer with his sincerity, tried his best to help them understand his products from the customer's perspective, and spared no effort to help them solve the problem. overcome many difficulties in life.

Gradually, people no longer held prejudice against him, and many people even became his friends and helped him contact many new customers.

Later, he talked about this incident in an exclusive interview and said to the audience: "Don't think that I am wronged or hard by doing this. In fact, it is a very happy thing: you can now You may look down on me, but I will work hard to make you change your prejudice against me. This process is a process of conquest and a sense of accomplishment."

Later, when he entered the music scene, he faced even more challenges. Complex interpersonal relationships. As a newcomer with no background, he was despised and even made things difficult for him from all aspects. In a music competition, he was kicked off the stage by the judges eight times. In the past, he would have considered whether it was worth continuing to stay here, but with his experience as a salesman, he chose to take up the challenge without hesitation.

Facing the ubiquitous contempt, he did not complain about anyone, but worked hard to do what he should do, and always gave 200% effort to his work. In order to perform a song well, he took the initiative to find lyrics and composers to share his understanding of the song, and took the trouble to ask seniors in the music industry for advice. Then he stayed in the recording studio for several days, practicing every detail of each note repeatedly. Hundreds of times, until even the sound engineer was so bored that he no longer wanted to see him.

Finally, all the hard work paid off. He impressed more and more people with his sincerity, hard work and strength. Many people who had looked down on him before began to look at him with admiration and fully supported his singing career. . Soon, the song "Rydo Stars" came out, which impressed countless fans with its beautiful melody and soulful interpretation, and also achieved the first peak of his singing career.

He is Alan Tam, the first-generation king of the Hong Kong music industry.

Alan Tam said in an interview: "I really enjoy this process. From you looking down on me to slowly accepting me, liking me and respecting me, I can touch this change. Pulse, it is wonderful for me. The reason why I am successful is largely because more and more people are helping me. Turn your enemies into your friends, both for others and for yourself. It’s a pleasure. I dare say that in all my years in the entertainment industry, I don’t have a single enemy.”

When a person is looked down upon by others and feels wronged, many people will think that they must work hard to fight for themselves. One breath. This kind of thinking is not uncommon. What is rare is that Alan Tam has a heart of "enjoyment".

After many people become successful, when talking about that bitter past, they will emphasize how wronged they were. Even if they say a few words of gratitude to those who looked down on them, they still feel proud and proud. His revengeful mentality makes people lament the hardships of his success, but they don't feel the joy of the struggle at all. In this way, success is just success, but we don’t know that success has more meanings of enjoyment.

"No enemy", this is truly meaningful success. Inspirational stories of domestic celebrities 3

One day a few years ago, Li Ka-shing hosted a banquet for a group of famous entrepreneurs from the mainland in Hong Kong.

Everyone thought that Li Ka-shing, the richest man in China, must wait until everyone was seated before entering the venue, then say hello to everyone simply and politely, say a few words, and then leave in a hurry. Because big shots are usually like this. Their time is precious and they will never come early or leave last. What's more, Li Ka-shing is already an old man who is nearly 80 years old at this time. The fact is this: when a group of people came out of the elevator, they immediately saw Li Ka-shing - he was standing in front of the elevator waiting for the guests. After a brief self-introduction, he personally handed everyone his business card.

What happened next was even more unexpected. The person who received the business card was led to a box to draw a number. This was the seat number when Li Ka-shing took a group photo with everyone. Who was it? Being able to sit next to Li Ka-shing depends entirely on luck and has nothing to do with this person's social status, popularity or wealth. After taking a group photo, the group was asked to draw numbers again. This was the seating order during the meal.

Before the banquet started, everyone warmly invited Li Ka-shing to say a few words. Li Ka-shing said modestly, "Let me just say a few words and share them all with you." However, during his speech, he spoke in Mandarin, Cantonese and English. It turned out that there were only a few foreigners present.

When the banquet officially started, Li Ka-shing did not sit in a fixed position from beginning to end. Instead, he sat at each table for 15 minutes, without favoring or favoring any table. Will only communicate with a certain person or a few people. Li Ka-shing did not leave early, but waited until the banquet was over, sent everyone to the elevator, shook hands with everyone and said goodbye, including the waiters who served food and tea in the hotel, and thanked them for their enthusiasm. Attentive service.

Lower yourself, respect others, and use a humble attitude to make others feel comfortable and happy because of him. This is Li Ka-shing's low-key wisdom in life. Inspirational stories of domestic celebrities 4

Li Ka-shing said frankly, I love being myself!

His other understanding of love is very unique. He is kind to others when he is poor, and he uses his whole body to Earn the least benefit with hard work, invest the most energy with uncomplaining dedication, and do things to perfection with a perfect and dedicated attitude.

However, when a person is rich, he should not be like this. Instead, he should be kind to himself and use money to buy the best services, the best talents, and the best resources. This is a higher level of living state and more efficient. , and also has more advantages, value and significance.

In the era when he grew up, Hong Kong society was difficult, cruel, and desolate. The fear of hunger and disease made him think deeply. For some people, poverty is often like a life sentence, but poverty is not necessarily a lack of Money, but the frustration of dashed hopes and opportunities. Many people fear that the room for improvement is getting narrower and narrower, and that they will never be able to break through the limitations of scarcity and weakness throughout their lives. He deeply understands these fears and has also suffered. He once dreamed of becoming a physician or scientist, but in reality he found a new path in life. After becoming rich, it brings a relatively buffered life security to some people. In fact, poverty is not terrible. As long as you are good at getting rid of the shackles of poverty and find ways to get rid of disease, ignorance, dependence and laziness, it will definitely not be a life sentence.

When life throws a lemon at you, you have to be a person who squeezes it into lemon juice and is good at drawing your own unique soul map. Only then can you become a person who loves life - thinking, capable, Be responsible, principled, and ideal, and turn the sweetness of lemon into a diffuse breath that can be integrated into your life and ideals. In fact, when you are poor, you want to change. This word "change" is like squeezing out cups of lemon juice on the road of life, which is endless aftertaste and full of fun.

One of his subordinates told reporters that when he first started his business, the socks he wore on his feet could not be seen by others. He mended them many times and was reluctant to throw them away; the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose were from Yangtze River in 1972. Since the industrial listing press conference, it has never changed; the watch on his hand is still the same after wearing it for many years; the office is as simple as his dress, except for the endless sea view of Victoria Harbor, there is only a stack of watches on the huge desk. Armed with a small piece of paper, two pens, and a pair of magnifying glasses, he works here five and a half days a week.

He believes that there is always a divide between rich and poor in the world. The responsibility of an entrepreneur is not to provide free lunches, but to provide good education to the younger generation, improve the employment conditions and opportunities for the public, and keep them out of the cross-cultural world. Generation poverty. This awareness of education to get rid of poverty has always been unforgettable in his mind, because when he was 13 years old, his father died of lung disease, and he himself also contracted lung disease, and his condition was close to a dangerous stage, but he told himself that he could not die because as a The eldest son, for the sake of his mother, younger siblings, and for his future, he must do his job well. At the same time, he kept grabbing knowledge and went to old book stalls to buy used books to read, including textbooks used by teachers and books related to making a living. In three years and eight months, his knowledge was comparable to that of a middle school graduate. During this period, he never saw a doctor for his illness. Instead, he used the knowledge he learned to heal himself. This kind of freedom He benefited a lot from the treatment of the disease and became the belief and strength for his lifelong struggle.

Li Ka-shing has two sons, and he said humorously and cheerfully that he regards the foundation as his third son. His foundation already owns one-third of his assets, and he has donated so far 14.5 billion Hong Kong dollars. Li Ka-shing is a person who values ??reputation, and doing charity is not entirely for reputation. His determination is to continue his career. He has a famous saying - "Don't put all your eggs in one basket". This is his successful experience in business and the distinguishing feature of his far-sightedness. He also said that "the inner wealth is the real wealth", which is to give new meaning to wealth by helping others. He hopes that what he will do after he leaves this world will be much more than what he did when he was alive. . He said that when money is used properly, it is "inner wealth."