Ma Yun's career planning road He graduated from college 20 years ago and applied for 30 jobs, all of which were rejected. He, who wants to be a policeman, went with his classmates. Only he is not recognized. He, the first five-star hotel in Hangzhou, applied for a waiter when it opened and was not accepted. He applied for KFC in Hangzhou with others, and he was the one who was not admitted. He is Ma Yun. This is a Weibo widely circulated on the Internet. Although its authenticity remains to be verified, it is understandable that Ma Yun was rejected by KFC for applying for a five-star hotel waiter because of his thin figure and self-deprecating appearance. In addition, ET was not popular in China at that time, and KFC had to take care of children's emotions. But all this does not affect him to become the godfather of global e-commerce, the first entrepreneur in Chinese mainland to appear on the cover of Forbes, and a real future global leader. Ma Yun is obsessed with Jin Yong's martial arts novels, claiming to be "young and young". His office is in the "Guangming Top" and the bathroom is called "Listening to the Rain Pavilion". In order to find out Ma Yun's career planning, I deliberately traced back to Jin Yong's novels to find the answer, and finally found the answer in the lonely and frustrated master. The four swords in the tomb of lone sword describe the development track of his martial arts, and they just illustrate the career development track of Ma Yun, which we call: sword period, soft sword period, epee period and wood blade period. Sword period: fierce, strong, invincible, before the weak crown, you must compete with Heshuo. Think of us before the age of 20, our last years in 16. In that era when I shuttled through various community activities and talked about my dreams at school, I galloped in the vast campus and was intoxicated by the worship of my younger brothers and sisters. Young people before the age of 20 are young and impulsive, thinking that they can cross the world with sharp weapons in their hands, but they don't know that at this time, we can only compete with "Jiangyue". Ma Yun is no exception when he is 20 years old, but he accidentally mixed up with the president of the student union, and later he accidentally mixed up with the president of the student union. You are in the prime of life, pointing out the mountains and writing passionately. You have great ambitions in your heart. If you were Ma Yun, facing graduation, where would you go? Postgraduate entrance examination, employment or civil service examination? At that time, Ma Yun was assigned to Hangzhou Institute of Electronic Technology as an English teacher. According to the current statement, Ma Yun robbed the iron rice bowl, but in the early 1980s, the treatment of university teachers was not as good as it is today, and there was no such good welfare today. As a civil servant, there is no need to crush your head like today. Will Ma Yun, who was also armed at that time, willingly accept this arrangement of God? Ma Yun told his story in the review of Winning in China. At that time, he was as confused as we are today, whether to be a teacher or start a business. And Ma Yun is lucky, as his blog signature comments on himself: "The streets are full of ordinary people! But it is a blessing to be lucky and have an average IQ. " The tutor Ma Yun met when he was confused was the principal. The headmaster didn't say much, but asked Ma Yun to promise to teach in that school and not to start a business for five years. Ma Yun didn't understand the real intention of the headmaster, but he did it anyway. The life of teaching at school is very poor, and the salary is only eighty or ninety yuan a month. However, the world is changing too fast, and the temptation outside is constantly attracting Ma Yun, but Ma Yun sticks to his promise and stays at school honestly. On the surface, Ma Yun's teaching life in recent years has made him lose a lot of immediate interests, but in fact, he has gained something that will benefit him for life: avoiding arrogance and rashness. In today's impetuous society, this quality is even more valuable, seemingly simple truth, but only those who really dormant and taste the sweetness can understand. This calm and down-to-earth attitude is also what college students lack most. We often see some fresh graduates who want to be managers after one year's work and directors after three years. I always complain that I can't find a job that suits me, and I feel that people around me are not as good as myself. It is not a bad thing for college students to be sharp-edged, but we need to clearly understand whether our swords can only compete on campus or be enough to fight in society. During the sword period, Ma Yun gave us the greatest inspiration: do what you can first, and then do what you want to do. "Soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers, but I don't think people who can't be good soldiers will never become great generals." Ma Yun's success just confirms what he said. Many jobs are in the initial stage and don't need so much talent and interest. You just need to do it with a down-to-earth attitude. You didn't learn this course well in this job. You should make it up in other jobs. Many students change jobs frequently just after graduation, and always feel that their talents are useless. In fact, as long as you do well enough, any job is good. When Ma Yun resigned and started his business, he was already one of the top ten outstanding young teachers in Hangzhou. In this position, Ma Yun is the best. Therefore, the secret of the workplace during the sword period is: 1, put away your sharpness; 2. First, survival, talk about development; 3. Do everything carefully, and at the same time pay attention to your own interests and work hard. Soft sword period: soft sword, Wei Zi, used it before the age of 30. It was ominous to accidentally injure the righteous, and it was too late to regret it, but it abandoned the deep valley as the ancients said: standing at the age of 30. If a person can't find his own professional field by the age of 30, then we have to worry about his career development-after the age of 30, with the change of family and mentality, it is difficult for a person to try a new industry. Therefore, using this Wei Zi soft sword before the age of 30 has two meanings: First, it should be fast, soft sword's advantage lies in being fast, and the master will take the lead; Second, trial and error. At this stage, we are allowed to try and make mistakes. Even if one or two occupations are accidentally injured, we have the capital to make mistakes and can pay the price for it. The big deal is to abandon these two careers in the deep valley and never talk to each other again. But in fact, any attempt will inadvertently gain a thing or two in the future career development. Let's take a look at how Ma Yun spent this stage. 199 1 year, Ma Yun, who was unwilling to be lonely at school, came out and founded translation agency with his friends, but it was difficult to start a business, so Ma Yun sold small commodities alone to maintain the survival of translation agency. It may be difficult for us to verify whether he was inspired by Alibaba when he founded it, but we would like to believe that his business philosophy of "making the world have no hard business" must have planted seeds at that time. It is translation agency's prestige that gives Ma Yun the opportunity to go abroad and see a new world, and then makes Ma Yun firmly believe that he has found the Internet, a career field he is willing to fight for. All these seemingly coincidental experiences, when we start to think back, we find that they are related. If Ma Yun didn't translate well, he wouldn't have a chance to go abroad. If Ma Yun had not made various attempts before meeting the Internet, it is estimated that he would not have gone abroad, nor would he have known about the Internet so early, let alone the Ali Empire today. It means you shouldn't try all kinds of things? Contrary to the context, I typed a wrong word and realized that if Ma Yun had not made various attempts before meeting the Internet, there would not be a series of opportunities in the future. When a person slowly settles down in the workplace, what should he do next Many people can't find the life they want because they have never tried anything! Like falling in love. If you haven't even met a girl, you naturally don't know what type you like, so it's not a bad thing to try more when you are young. In the meantime, we allow mistakes and encourage an open attitude towards the world. And once you find a girl who makes your heart beat, it's a good strategy to cut the gordian knot and save your sleep. In this way, Ma resolutely resigned, founded "China Yellow Pages" in April of 1995, and developed the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in Beijing at the end of 1997. I traveled to Beijing and Hangzhou several times, making mistakes in the internet field but growing rapidly. Therefore, soft sword's workplace cheats are: 1, allowing trial and error; 2. Find a career that interests you (fate? Is a love object looking for a job. This explanation may be better. ); 3. Rapid development. Epee period: epee has no front, and great skills are ineffective. Before the age of 40, many people said: Ma Yun got up early and caught a big night online. 1999 At the beginning of this year, Ma Yun, who had been in the Internet industry for four years, finally began to reach the peak of his career. 18 Luohan founded Alibaba with 500,000 yuan, which is a much-told story. Later, Softbank invested, Taobao, Alipay and Yahoo M&A went public in Hong Kong. Ma Yun led his entrepreneurial team out of the cold winter of the Internet and also led himself out of the cold winter of his career. At this time, Ma Yun seemed to stand at the peak of IT industry in China, and stood out from the crowd. At this time, Ma Yun seems to be holding an epee and his heart is like a valley. He did not hesitate to choose to strengthen his dream-let "there is no hard business in the world". (Sun, inspirational figure) With his persistence in his dream, Ma Yun did it. But obviously, concentration and persistence are not the only secrets of Ma Yun's achievements at this stage. What other mysteries are hidden in epee? If the previous Ma Yun saw the business opportunities of the Internet for the first time and created a brand-new business model, it would be regarded as "thirst for novelty". At this stage, Ma Yun pays more attention to the value of capital, and continuous mergers and acquisitions and financing have greatly accelerated the development of himself and Alibaba. Up to now, investing in Softbank in six minutes is unprecedented, but what I admire most is that Son wanted to give Ma Yun 40 million dollars, but Ma Yun refused on the spot: "I can't use 40 million dollars." When a person holds an epee in his hand, he is often tempted by all kinds, because everyone sees your value, but you should know how to give full play to your value, just as Yang Guo held an epee in Tian Xuan but never became a martial arts champion. How many temptations can a person resist and how many careers can he achieve? Therefore, the workplace cheats during the epee period are: 1, intensive cultivation; 2. Link resources; 3. Give and take. Wood blade period: After the age of 40, all plants, trees, bamboo and stones can be used as swords, no matter how hard or soft, they are restricted by swords. After all, the sword is only one of 18 weapons, and one means restriction. If we break through the restrictions and even break through the restrictions of weapons, then "all plants, trees, bamboo and stones can be swords"! If you come to a natural thing, you can show your lifelong practice. Because at this time, the real thing is in the heart and the technique is in the heart. If the workplace is compared to a sword, then when we enter the wood blade period, people will begin to feel more about life and pursue the meaning of life, instead of attributing everything to the workplace. Because they already have the ability to control the workplace, they can completely pursue my heart and live their own wonderful life. So during this period, he began to climb Mount Everest, and Kai-fu Lee began to be a innovation works. Yu said that he always wanted to be a private university. Ma Yun admitted that he still wanted to be a teacher after retirement, but he was only a mentor of young entrepreneurs! The biggest question in this period is: Can you really take a step back and put down the epee? Holding the epee for a long time, suddenly letting go will always feel that there is nothing in your hand. The fame, strength and influence brought by epee can never be easily put down. When some people are deified to be omnipotent, only he can let himself get away with it! So if the entrepreneurial tutor is Ma Yun's next goal, then we are willing to bless him, maybe this is his "own appearance". There are four swords for career development: Sword, soft sword, Epee and wood blade. Which sword do you want to pick up today? I wish you can control the workplace and live a leisurely life.