So, when you are forty, should you sit on your laurels and stand still, or should you go ahead and open up a new world? I think many middle-aged people have had such contradictory and tangled confusion.
Su Dongpo said that real life begins at the age of forty. After 4 years' life experience, people have rich life experience and experience, and they are more mature and secure in dealing with people than when they were young, which is more suitable for entrepreneurs.
In real life, there is such a person who started the entrepreneurial life mode from the age of forty. This man is teacher Jiang Kunyuan.
Teacher Jiang Kunyuan is a legendary figure in Suzhou. As he himself said, "I have as many legends as Yangcheng Lake."
He joined the army at the age of 18. After he retired, he was assigned to work in the township government. When the government streamlined its organization, he was laid off and worked as a salesman in a private enterprise.
at the age of 4, he resigned and started his own business. Ten years later, he has assets of 1 million yuan. Now he is the director of Suzhou Zhengxiang Calender Factory and the chairman of Suzhou Haologic Logistics Equipment Co., Ltd.
During his pioneering period, he was also fascinated with literary creation. Over the years, he has published more than 3 books. Now he is a member of China Prose Association, a member of Jiangsu Writers Association, and a number of contracted writers from media platforms.
How can you define him with so many auras? A writer with tens of millions of corporate assets? Or an entrepreneur who keeps writing among writers?
Knowing Mr. Jiang Kunyuan is a study group in 218.
At that time, Mr. Jiang was already famous, and I was a beginner. Unexpectedly, Mr. Jiang paid special attention to and supported Xiao Bai like me, and included several of my articles in his WeChat official account, which became my first published words. I am very excited to be recognized by others, and it also inspires my enthusiasm for writing. I am very grateful to Teacher Jiang.
After many exchanges with Mr. Jiang, I gradually became familiar with him. I found that Mr. Jiang was very approachable, had no airs at all, was considerate of others, and was modest.
Last year, when I learned that Mr. Jiang had published a new book, I told him that I wanted to buy a new book signed by him. As soon as the new book was published, he gave me two autographed books immediately. At the moment I received the book, I held a brand-new book with ink fragrance, and my heart was warm As a great entrepreneur and a well-known writer, Mr. Jiang can actually remember the words of a writing xiaobai who met by chance. This sincerity and low profile are very impressive.
One of these two books is Youth at Forty. This book, in the form of prose, tells stories about his entrepreneurship and his son. After reading the whole book, the language is simple and unpretentious, and it is as grounded as pulling home.
Through simple and unpretentious words, I read his entrepreneurial history and secrets of success devoutly, and I was deeply touched by four aspects.
1. Only those with "drilling skills" can gain a foothold in the market.
Teacher Jiang first made stamping parts. By chance, I had the idea of making injection molded parts. After being instructed, I bought a 5-ton injection molding machine. With the injection molding machine, we will soon receive orders to make injection molded parts.
the most important step in making injection molded parts is to make molds. After being introduced, he found a small workshop mold factory. The mold factory vowed that it could make the mold he needed. He signed a contract with the mold factory and paid a deposit of 6 yuan in advance.
the results were endless, and the mold was made one month later, but it failed after countless attempts. Because he didn't know the specialty, the die ended in failure.
Fortunately, he contacted a professional tool company later. Manager Zhou of the quality department of this company asked him several professional questions, but he couldn't answer them. Manager Zhou said meaningfully, "Do it with your heart and master a well-drilling skill."
Manager Zhou's words made Mr. Jiang thoroughly understand that our destiny is in our own hands. Only those who are pregnant with "drilling kung fu" can gain a foothold in the market.
In fact, no matter whether you are starting a business, or what industry or job you are engaged in, you need to master a "well-drilling skill" and have real skills. Otherwise, it will be difficult to be bigger, stronger and longer.
2. The variables in life are always changing endlessly, and only perseverance
Teacher Jiang invested 2 to 3 million yuan to build a good logic company on the bank of Yangcheng Lake, most of which was borrowed. After the factory building was built, the global financial crisis came. Because of the financial crisis, the rent of good logic factory can't go out, and Teacher Jiang is very depressed and becomes sad and sad.
what he never dreamed of was that in order to stimulate domestic demand, the relevant departments of Suzhou decided to build a highway, and the spacious highway directly led to his good logic door.
The variables in life are always unpredictable. Obviously, the financial crisis made him in danger, but I didn't expect to take the opportunity to open the road in front of his factory. Just as Emerson said, "The whole world will make way for him who is bent on his own goal."
after the crisis, there must be opportunities. Teacher Jiang said with infinite emotion:
Although he borrowed a lot of debts, the happiness of life lies in these busy struggles. In today's society, there are more people talking about leisure and health preservation, and fewer people seem to talk about ideals and struggles. But I would like to be the latter, and go my own way unswervingly, because I think it is happy to struggle for my dreams.
we all accept the fate that we have to accept. If suffering comes, you will stand up and shoulder it; If luck comes, open your heart and hug warmly. The only thing we need to do is not to complain or back down, and to face all the storms and smooth roads bravely.
3. Your success is not a success, only your children's success is a real success.
Mr. Jiang has gone through many hardships and tests in the process of starting his own business. It can be said that he has been carrying a heavy burden.
Then why is he still working so hard when he is 4 years old?
Mr. Jiang said frankly that his son is the driving force for his entrepreneurship. At the most difficult time of starting a business, when his son is in high school, he wants to convey a spirit to his son: Dad is working hard to set up a factory, and you should work hard to study.
once, he said to his son, "I must make the factory bigger and stronger. You study hard and take over after graduating from college. "
His son said, "I won't take over until you have completed the annual output value of 1 million yuan."
You have to choose whether to be a sea or a stream. It is true that if you are passionate, then you choose to be a surging sea; If you want to live and work in peace and contentment, it is also a good choice for you to be a stream.
Mr. Jiang chose to set up his own factory in the sea. When he chose, he did not hesitate, so he bravely put it into action and walked firmly to realize his beautiful life.
So, they started a game.
When he finally finished the primitive accumulation, his son came back from college.
there are two arduous tasks before him: first, how to think about the enterprise to a new level with a broader background in order to reach a higher level. Second, how to train my son to love this industry and hand over his career to him smoothly. The latter is more important.
Now, he has successfully handed over the enterprise to his son. Because my son studied mechanical manufacturing and design in college, after taking over the enterprise, he was like a duck to water, making the enterprise prosperous and thriving.
the success of children is the real success. Teacher Jiang has not only achieved the success of his career, but also the success of his children. He is a real winner in life.
4. Be grateful, and the world will give more rewards.
Life needs a grateful heart to create, and a grateful heart will be nourished and given by life.
Forty is Youth seems to be an entrepreneurial inspirational book, but after reading the whole book, Mr. Jiang's gratitude rippled everywhere.
When Mr. Jiang started his business, my uncle gave him great help. Give full support from taking land to build factories, borrowing money, supply and marketing channels, technology and other aspects. Throughout the book, Mr. Jiang wrote about thanking my uncle more than a dozen times. You can feel that this gratitude is heartfelt and very sincere.
He is grateful not only to his old uncle, but also to his nephew, villagers, parents, friends and all those who helped him. Throughout, I haven't seen him complain, and he has hated a person. Even if it is an opponent or someone who has hurt him, he tells the story with a very pertinent attitude.
to be realistic, not many people can achieve this mentality.
I once read a passage:
"The greatest possession in life is gratitude: who is the richest? Who is the poorest? Poor people always want to get from others, while rich people are grateful and always want to give to others. Therefore, if a person can be grateful and cherish blessings, he is the biggest owner of life. "
I think Mr. Jiang's success has something to do with his good attitude.
because of gratitude, he remembers how good others are to him. Because of gratitude, when he does things, he puts himself in the shoes of others. Therefore, be soft-hearted, spread love and benefit more people.
those who love to go out love to go back, and those who are blessed will be blessed. You give love to others, and others will return it to you. People who are good at giving love often get the love and favor of others.
love can work miracles. Teacher Jiang was grateful, so the world gave him a greater reward.
Mr. Jiang is not only good at starting a business, but also persistent in writing. He said that writing is his window to the world, which makes people quiet and happy.
His writing also opened a window for us to see the real life of great entrepreneurs.
He told us with his successful experience that "youth is only at forty", and age does not affect pioneering work. As long as you have a goal, you should go ahead and open up a new world.
He is like a bright lighthouse, leading the wave of making progress despite difficulties.