Successful people's experience
Successful people's experience? Life is like a bottle of five flavors. Everyone will have smooth sailing and bad times. Why are there more and more successful people now and why others can succeed but you can't? Here are two successful people's experiences.
Experience of successful people 1
Many people in the world who are very smart and highly educated can't succeed. It is because they have received the wrong education since childhood that they have developed the habit of hard work. Many people remember what Edison said: Genius is 99% sweat and 1% inspiration. And was misled by this sentence for a lifetime. Diligent struggle, but ultimately nothing. In fact, Edison made up this sentence to mislead us because he was lazy to think about the real reason for his success.
Many people may think that I am talking nonsense. Ok, let me use 111 examples to prove your's mistake! Facts speak plainer than words.
The richest man in the world, Bill Gates, is a programmer. He was lazy in studying, so he dropped out of school. He was lazy to remember those complicated dos commands, so he made up a graphical interface program, what was it called? I forgot, lazy to remember these things. As a result, computers all over the world have the same face, and he has become the richest man in the world.
The most valuable brand in the world, Coca-Cola. His boss is lazy. Although the tea culture in China has a long history and the coffee in Brazil is rich in flavor, he is really lazy. Get some saccharin and cold water, bottle it and sell it. So wherever there are people in the world, everyone is drinking the liquid like blood.
The best football player in the world, Rona Ear, is lazy in moving on the court, standing in front of the opponent's door. When the ball hits him, kick it. This is the most expensive athlete in the world. Some people say that his speed with the ball is amazing, which is nonsense. Others run for 91 minutes at a time, and he runs for 15 seconds, of course, faster.
McDonald's, the most powerful catering enterprise in the world. His boss is also surprisingly lazy, lazy to learn the exquisite French cuisine and lazy to master the complex skills of Chinese food. Get two pieces of broken bread with a piece of beef and sell it. As a result, the world can see the M sign. The owner of PIZZA Hut is lazy enough to put the pie stuffing in and sell it directly on top of the dough cake. As a result, everyone calls it pizza, which is more expensive than 11 pies. The experience of successful people 2
Cai Liangyong: the history of a Wenzhou businessman's struggle in Paris
A Wenzhou native who traveled to Paris at the age of 17, constantly started his business under the pressure of survival and the dream of getting rich, and was frustrated again and again, and finally became a successful businessman through experience. His story is the epitome of Wen Shang's existence in Paris.
Cai Liangyong has been wandering around China frequently in recent two years. Whenever he goes to a city, the first place he goes is always the local electronic product market. This has become a habit he has developed for many years.
He is 42 years old, with a lion's nose and a honest face. He always walks with his head down in the crowded streets. It is hard for ordinary people to think that he is a Wenzhou businessman who has lived in Paris for 25 years. He also owns his own factories and numerous joint ventures in China and invests in real estate.
The complicated experience in Paris has always made him feel unpredictable about fate. One recent day, he met a mysterious fortune teller in Paris. The fortune-teller was once a man of the hour in the business world. He went bankrupt one day and switched to studying divination. He told Cai Liangyong two secrets with a solemn face: wealth and wealth are predestined in previous lives; You have a windfall in your life.
"I believe in both things." Cai Liangyong grinned and smiled. When he smiles, he always looks into your eyes, and the smiling face shakes silently and persistently with his body until he confirms that his happy message has reached your perception system.
but 21 years ago, he never had such a smile. "At that time, the streets of Paris were always foggy and could not be seen far away; When people walk, they are light and flustered. " He recalled.
There is no sunshine in "heaven"
Cai Liangyong's idea of going to France 25 years ago was entirely inspired and tempted by his fellow villagers. He was only 17 years old and worked in a construction company in Wenzhou. At that time, there were already as many as 151,111 Wenzhou people in Paris, France, and his fellow villagers kept sending postcards back, which made him unable to feel at ease.
It was 1982, and he finally persuaded his parents to steal the plane ticket to Paris from them.
The first time he flew to Paris, he still remembers the tension and excitement. He said that he still flies back and forth between the two places every year, but he has lost his feeling. What he didn't expect at that time was that the long poor life officially began from the moment he got off the plane.
In the first year of his arrival, he not only didn't see the imaginary "paradise", but even the sun in Paris. He sat in the gloomy leather bag factory of his relatives' house, looking at the scissors, rope and glue in front of him, and finally found the cruelty of reality. Since then, he has shouldered the same arduous mission burden as all overseas Wenzhou people-being a boss and making a fortune.
"My youth was spent in anguish." The emaciated Cai Liangyong had never moved the clothes machine before, and he couldn't afford to work day and night. The work he does is of poor quality and slow speed, which can't satisfy his boss's relatives at all. After all, relatives took him abroad and arranged for him to enter the factory, which also calculated the cost.
a year later, he said goodbye to the leather bag factory amid the complaints of his relatives. First, he borrowed someone else's sewing machine, then borrowed some skins from other villagers, designed a bag himself and took it to the street to sell. But no one bought it at all, so he had to go to the grocery store one by one to sell it. A boss in Phnom Penh couldn't resist his soft touch, so he took the bag and paid several francs.
"When I left the store, I went straight to a grocery store, bought a pack of hawthorn slices and danced while eating on the way." This is the first business he made in Paris. Countless businesses in the future are not as exciting as this one.
However, his dream of handbag soon fell through, and no one cared about the bags he made next. The pressure of rent and living expenses began to drive him around in the street. He first found a French garment factory and went there to sew clothes, but he was not born to step on machines. He fumbled for a few days and was driven away by his boss. Fortunately, the French, who spoke of credibility, gave him 51 francs (a week's salary).
Later, he found a factory in Phnom Penh. Fortunately, he met two sisters, Daling and Xiaoling, who were both workmates. Although they had good skills, they were in the same boat with him, so they tried to protect him. A month later, the boss saw that Cai's work was in poor condition and wanted to drive him away. The two sisters stepped forward and threatened the boss to quit. The boss had no choice but to keep him for half a year. The two sisters happily dragged him to the dance hall to celebrate, but when he reached the subway entrance, he stopped shyly-the money in his pocket was not enough to buy a subway ticket.
Cai Liangyong found that there are many garment factories in Paris, and everyone has to eat lunch boxes. So he introduced himself to the bosses, saying that he was a chef from China and could serve dinner. Every night when he delivers food to someone else's garment factory, he tells others that he drove it. Then, out of the factory gate, when people are not paying attention, turn a corner and jump on the bus and go home. It's a pity that a week later, the food he cooked tasted bad and couldn't change any new tricks, and it was soon exposed. Had to face the embarrassment of unemployment again.
Start a business again and again, go bankrupt again and again
After two years in Paris, he took a fancy to a shop with another fellow countryman who is skilled in garment making, and finally decided to open a clothing store in partnership, with each paying half the money.
There is a very popular "bidding meeting" system among Wenzhou people, that is, everyone pays money to help a person who wants to do business, saving him the time of accumulating original funds, and then this person pays back one of them with a fixed amount every month until all debts are paid off. This method is very effective in small private enterprises with loan difficulties, and fellow villagers also trust each other.
Cai Liangyong racked his brains and found all the people he knew and signed up for a meeting. However, the money he raised was 51,111 francs short of the investment needs. In desperation, he rented his rented one room and one living room to others at the price of 311 francs per month, on condition that the other party paid a deposit of 51,111 yuan.
the rental price he offered was really low, but the idea of collecting a deposit solved his urgent need. The new shop can also be used as a temporary residence in the future. The rental contract was finally implemented the day before his store rental contract was signed, but according to the regulations, the new tenant will not finally pay until he moves in.
in order to check in the store the next day smoothly, he decided to move out one day in advance and let the tenants live in. It was a miserable homeless night, and he walked all night in the brightly lit streets of Paris with a deposit and luggage.
The store was set up, but the money for equipment was not enough, so he got the installment payment from the manufacturer. However, due to their lack of experience in opening stores, they still suffered a loss. At that time, all the workers invited in the store were "black workers" (hired workers who did not declare their work contracts). Because the workers did not file tax returns, they paid their wages completely in cash, and the payment for the income was basically a check clearly marked by the French. After one year, the profits on the company's books are very high, and it is necessary to pay high taxes. After deducting the cost, I basically didn't make any money.
The fellow partner thought that the profit of this business was not as good as his previous income, and decided to give up the cooperation with Cai Liangyong. However, Cai's previous debts have not been paid off, and if he withdraws, he will lose the opportunity to pay off his debts. So he gritted his teeth and returned the other party's funds, and he supported the shop alone. But this kind of struggle is meaningless. His business was even worse, and it didn't take long for him to close the shop and sell it. After paying the rest of the debt, you have no money.
"I have understood beggars in the subway since that day." Cai Liangyong later said. He was sitting in the aisle of the subway, holding his knees, staring blankly at the beggars who were carefree and playing for money.
But he quickly pulled himself together and rented a factory again, still processing clothes. At this time, he found himself in a management dilemma. If the salary he gives is low, the workers will work very slowly and the efficiency will not go up. Later, he raised his salary, and his speed immediately increased. But the workers' minds are also accumulating with experience. Sometimes he calculates the workload of the workers by piece, but while he is out to answer the phone for a few minutes, some workers secretly take back a few pieces and count them in the new round of work.
Business is developing slowly. He has started to have more than 111,111 francs in hand, and wants to develop a bigger factory to make his own products. He wandered around the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, where Chinese are concentrated, and decided to produce men's swimming trunks. Because he saw that the business of the swimming trunks shop was very good, especially the sewing and shearing was very simple, and there was no need to invite a designer, as long as the printed cloth was selected.
But when he launched his ambitious plan to make ready-made clothes, he found that the big factory he rented was originally a Jewish factory, and the Jews were seized by the police because of hiring illegal workers and tax evasion. Naturally, it became the focus of supervision. It was not long before his factory was raided and all the workers were driven away. His factory has once again come to the end of poor capital turnover.
this time, I gave the key to someone else, and besides being penniless, I was also in debt. But for him, this is not the first bankruptcy anyway.
It's a habit for him to walk in the street when he is alone. He doesn't know what's on the street either. In short, he thinks that fate is like a game of hide and seek. Only by constantly observing and searching can he find the mystery inside.
On this day, he walked into an electrical appliance store run by a Frenchman. "I can sell fax machines on commission." Looking at the introduction materials of those practical and convenient electronic products, he was tempted.
at that time, he didn't even have the cost of entering a fax machine, so he decided to take some materials to sell first. It was around 1988, and almost no one in the Chinese area knew the fax machine.
His first fax machine was sold to Mr. Duan, who is in the belt business. He painstakingly explained to others: "How complicated it is for you to send samples to Auchan and Central Department Store every day in such a big wholesale business! It would be nice to have this machine in the future. Just put the sample into the fax machine and the other party will receive it immediately. There is no need to send someone over. "
the other party accepted his suggestion of trying it out for a few days in doubt. However, in the evening, his phone rang: "Mr. Cai, how can you even cheat your fellow villagers? Why can't I find the entrance to put the belt in the fax machine?" !”
after a long explanation, the other party finally understood what the fax machine was all about. Next, he sits at Mr. Duan's door every day and waits for him to pay off the payment. He is a man of few words, and because of his fellow villagers' feelings, he can't ask for money. This wait is three days, and no one can get rid of it. Mr. Duan finally understood, so he paid him the money, which was exactly what he needed to get into the second machine. From this time on, the business of selling one or two fax machines a month can make him barely eat.