Li Kaifu Hangzhou Inspirational Speech

In the past two days, Li Kaifu, the vice president of Google and the president of China, gave inspirational speeches at several universities in Hangzhou. Each audience was thousands of people. The atmosphere was very warm, which made it difficult for him to get out of the speech. In the bookstore, his inspirational book, "Be the Best of Yourself," sold 800,000 copies, and the sales of the two books, "One Net Love - Online Dialogue with Students" and "With the Future", continued to rise. Someone went to the scene to listen to his speech...

The day before yesterday, Li Kaifu’s speech at the Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Campus was “I am learning, I am growing up”. He told students how to manage time, how to plan their lives, how to face setbacks, how to enter a big company, and so on. The following is the main content of the speech.

Recording time every day, listing three things you must do

Many students say that they have entered college, and they have a lot of time, but they are wasted. I suggest that you record the time spent every day. If there is anything I can do, what can be done less, what is not important, and so on. This insists on recording for a week and learns to plan time. You don't have to do it every day. If you do it every day, you will waste time.

According to some statistics, a person who is 2 hours a day is wasted by others, and must learn to say "no" and reduce interruptions. Sort the things you do every morning and list three things you must do. Don't feel that you don't have time to learn, you just don't prioritize learning.

Commit yourself to being as trustworthy as committing to others

Many students are addicted to online games. In fact, when I was in college, I was addicted to the game for a while. At the time, I played the game as NO in the school. 1, no one can beat me.

The previous video games were very simple. I often played a game of playing monsters. There were four fortresses firing bullets under the screen. Many monsters above them needed to hit them one by one. At that time, the machine's score was set to only four digits, the highest score was 9999, and the score was zero. In order to get the highest score every day, I don't beat a person like everyone else, but I count the score while playing, hitting 9999 points and committing suicide, not playing. Therefore, every time someone who comes back to play will see my name acronym KFL at the forefront, I am very fulfilled.

At that time, I spent 10 hours a week on the game, which was a waste of time. I think I just want to win, I found another way - playing bridge, I especially like to participate in the bridge game, the purpose is to get first. At first, I played with a group of old ladies and old ladies. Because they always won, they refused to fight with me. I went to Ivy League schools such as Yale and Harvard to go to the competition. At that time, the deeper and deeper, I spent five or sixty hours on the bridge in a week. By the end of the second semester, I had two sections that were “when”.

By the time of my sophomore year, I made up my mind that if I didn't finish my homework, I wouldn't play the bridge. There is also a little time to shorten the time of playing the bridge. At the beginning, it is only necessary to play for twenty or thirty hours a week, then ten hours, and slowly reduce the time.

Commit to yourself, be as trustworthy as others, and if you have no confidence in yourself, you can ask others to supervise you.

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For online games, you can analyze the reasons for your indulging. If you like the feeling of team fighting, you can go to basketball. If you like the feeling of being the first place, you can participate in some games that have win or lose; if you want to play If you hit the level to make money, you can go to work.

Figure out what to do next and decide what to do next.

Many students ask me: I have not entered a first-class university. Is there any hope for my future? I suggest that you divide the plan into two steps: first consider what the next step is, what do I want to do, and then decide what to do next. .

If you really want to enter a big company, you should maximize your chances. If you can't enter your dream business immediately after graduation, you can give yourself a few more years and reach your goal in two steps. A few years ago, an undergraduate student who graduated from an ordinary school wanted to enter Google. I found that he did have potential, but apart from being not famous, the foundation was not deep enough. I suggested that he go to Canada's Waterloo University to study a master's degree. It is not difficult to enter, the tuition is not too expensive, but the computer major is quite good. If the average college student enters Google and Microsoft has only one thousandth of the chance, then the students in this school have a 20%-30% chance. He finished his master's degree in two years and entered Google this summer.

There is another example. A graduate of a general university wants to enter a Chinese Internet company. He found that the company hired a lot of temporary workers for testing. So he went to the basic manual test and became a temporary worker after graduation. Starting from the most basic human testing, his efforts and abilities were finally discovered after one year, and he got a chance to turn positive.

If you are about to graduate, you should evaluate your chances pragmatically. If you don't have a famous company, you should find a job that you can find on the ground, do a good job, learn more, grow up, and slowly find better opportunities.

Graduation plan to do the best from the freshman year

The graduation plan should start from the freshman year. I oppose positioning myself as “a good company forever.” Whether you want to enter a famous enterprise or a small and medium-sized enterprise, you need the same effort: read the major, find your interest, and practice. Self-study ability, enhance emotional intelligence, etc.

You can't like your school, but you can't help yourself. If you are not satisfied with the future when you are enrolled, you will not be promoted. After four years, you will only be less satisfied. If you like yourself and care about your future, you have to tell yourself: I want to spend the most fulfilling four years from this imperfect place. The teacher can't teach well, I learn by myself; if I can't learn the textbook, I will go online. Maybe after four years of this, you still can't enter the company you yearn for, but at the time, you have at least not been abandoned for four years, and you have done the best you can.

The purpose of life can't be just because money is successful because there is an ideal.

Many students often tell me: I want to make a fortune! I want to start a business! I want to manage! Please help me.

The purpose of life cannot be only money. When there is no money, we will imagine how happy it will be when we get money, but after you really get the money, will you be happy?

I have a colleague who draws a picture of the company's stock on the office wall. He draws a line at one of the points. As soon as the stock reaches this point, he sells the stock to retire and travel around the world. One day, when the stock really reached this point, he emailed each colleague, announced that he was retired, and then said goodbye to everyone. But four years later, he knocked on the door of my office and wanted to come back to work. He said that he had a very happy first year and traveled around the world, but later, he was tired of such a life, he said that he wanted it most. Still doing his technical work, he wants to come back to work, even if he starts from the grassroots. In fact, what he really wants is already in possession very early.

For students who want to start a business, the chances of success are really very small. Most of the entrepreneurs have failed. Although Ma Yun has succeeded, thousands of "Ma Yun" have failed. Success = Opportunity + Preparation + Ideal, Bill Gates succeeds, not because he wants to make much money, but because he has an ideal and wants everyone to use the computer.

College students lack experience in all aspects. If you really want to start a business, it is recommended to go to the company that you want to start a business, and learn slowly. At the same time, you must be mentally prepared. No matter what position, even at the lowest level, you must also give points. Do things well inside. Remember that "opportunity is far more important than stability, and the future is far more important than today."

Frustration is a brick wall to ask if you are really sincere

Frustration is a brick wall, it is just asking you: Is it really sincere? My classmate, Professor Randy, made a final speech at the Carnegie Mellon University in my mother's school a few days ago. He said: "Frustration is like a brick wall, which forces us to prove to ourselves. How eager we are to get the treasure behind it."

However, it is not always possible to get a treasure. If you work hard but don't get it, then what you gain is valuable experience. In 1984, I taught a group of the best high school students in the United States. They can be called "genius high school students." I prepare classes very seriously every day. I go to school on time at 8 o'clock. Every day I write from the left side of the blackboard to the right side, then from the left side. Go to the right. I feel that I have done a very good job, but at the end of the semester, I was rated as the worst teacher. They said that my class was "on stage performance, sleeping under the stage", dubbed "opening theater", and said "general The actors will not play like this, just look at the blackboard and don't look at us."

This was the biggest setback I encountered at the time, and it forced me to study communication skills. I asked some older teachers, they told me that when they were in class, they had to look at their classmates. They couldn’t do it. They looked at the students in the back row. The lectures should not be too thin. If they were too thin, they would shake their hands. Make a sound; if your hand is shaking, you can press your hand on the desk so that others can't see you shaking; the sound must be loud. Without that setback, I am certainly not able to speak to so many students.

I want to recognize what I want to be, and I can write the epitaph in advance.

Many people don't know what kind of person they want to be. I think a very effective way is to seriously think about what to write on the epitaph after you die.

In 2003, I hope that my epitaph is like this: Kai-fu Lee, scientist, entrepreneur, he has experienced three top high-tech companies, transforming the complicated technology into something that can be benefited by adults.

In 2004, I wanted to start a university in China, worked hard for a year, found a lot of information, read a lot of books, and actively raised funds in Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc. Later, for various reasons, the plan to start a university was stranded. It is. This is a big setback I have encountered in recent years, but it also makes me know myself more clearly. I can't change education, but I can help students. It makes my life's ideals clearer.

Therefore, after I die, I hope that my epitaph is written: Li Kaifu, an enthusiastic educator, through writing, networking, and speech, he helped many young students in the era of China's rise. They affectionately call him "opening the teacher."