“I don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it’s both. Maybe both is happening at the same time.” – Forrest Gump
Back in high school, when i saw those “人生策略顧問” title on a crappy business card,
or self-help books like “how to make a billion by 20 years old”, “how to say NO”, “how to lead a successful life”,” how to make friends effectively”. etc., I used to think they were all useless BS coz:
(1) Sir, what kind of authority or superb expertise do you have to plan my future?
(2) if they are so good with their life making billions by 20, why do they have to publish books to make a living at all?
(3) there is no single definite universal rule for such problems
(4) most survival skills could only be gained by real-life first-hand experience..and it really varies by situations and your personality
recently after subscribing to Weibo (the chinese twitter),
I realized that words of wisdom r not limited to ‘credible’ sources like 李開復 or professionals
many BS-like short tweets in Weibo r quite inspiring…some selections:
【写给自己的5句话】
1、再难也要坚持。
2、再好也要淡泊。
3、再差也要自信。
4、再多也要节省。
5、再冷也要热情
【青年人的五大忠告】 ：1、社会不公是客观存在，不要想着去改造它而要适应它。2、社会只在意你的成就而不是你的自尊，你越强调自尊，成功的路就越窄。3、社会的每一个地方都要分等排名。4、陷入困境时不要抱怨而要默默地吸取教训重新奋起。5、不要在背后批评别人，尤其不能说老板无能无知。
Three things in life when gone never come back: time, opportunity, and words. 人生有三样东西不可挽回：时间，机遇，以及说出去的话。
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure！——为了赢得成功，你对成功的欲望必须超过你对失败的恐惧。 (<–that’s exactly why the nuclear plant heroes could say proudly that they are not afraid of death…its just that their courage has overcome their fear!)
三大遗憾：不会选择；不坚持选择；不断地选择。 人生的三大悲哀,遇良师不学，遇良友不交，遇良机不握 .
and my recent random favorite..XD
impromptuz 