What did Ma Yun say he didn't love money at all? Why are some entrepreneurs who are already rich and still desperately making money? Why aren't people happy when they're not working? Why do many people always be confused about their lives? What exactly is humanity after?
These problems have been with me for a long time in my heart, maybe when I have these problems, that is, when I am confused about life, until now, there will still be such doubts in my heart. But when I finished reading the book "38 Letters Rockefeller Left to His Son", I looked back and suddenly realized.
Rockefeller is the world's first billionaire in the United States 19 years old and is globally recognized as the "oil king". This book is a letter he personally wrote for his son, and through this book, what touched me most was the following points.
Heaven and Hell Are Near:
In this letter, Rockefeller tells his son John a fable to the effect that after a man dies, he comes to a wonderful and magical place, and a waiter comes up to him and says, "Sir, here you can enjoy the delicious food you want, and you can have all the entertainment you want, including the young girl." This man was very happy after hearing this, and thought: Isn't this exactly what I want in the human world? So I began to enjoy myself, but it wasn't long before the man began to get bored and said to the waiter, "I'm bored with everything, is there any work I can do?" The waiter said, "The only thing we don't have here is work." The man said, "It's so bad, it's better to leave me in hell." The waiter said, "Sir, where do you think you are now?" "It's really bad, this guy is going to be enjoying everything for a long time.
So do humans really want to enjoy the world's delicacies all the time? Do you really want to be surrounded by beautiful women all the time?
People need to do things, need to reflect their value, need to have a sense of achievement, need to make continuous progress, only work can meet all this, so losing work is equivalent to losing happiness.
But what kind of work makes us happy? In this letter, Rockefeller also pointed us to a clear path—the attitude at work. How you see your work, the work will reward you with something.
The same stonemason, the first man said, "You see, I'm chiseling the stone, and when I'm done, I can go home." The second man said, "Did you see that?" I'm working on statues, it's a hard job, it's well paid, and I still need to support my family. The third said proudly, "Did you see that?" I'm working on a work of art. ”
The first person will only feel that the work is very tired, and the daily work will only kill time and will not feel happy; the second person will feel that the work is a burden, just for the reward, just to support the family, and will not feel happy; the third person is very satisfied with his work, and when he works, he will immerse himself in the work, proud of the work, he will think that the work is very meaningful, so he will feel very happy.
Rockefeller's advice to his son was: If you see work as a pleasure, life is heaven; if you see work as an obligation, life is hell, and if you look at your attitude toward work, it will make you happy.
So now I understand, why doesn't Ma Yun love money and be so successful? In fact, what he loves is his job. Why are rich people still working hard? He wants to find pleasure in his work and reflect his value in his work.
The value of life and the sense of achievement come from our continuous work and the spirit of striving to be strong in our work. Work occupies one-half of our lives, life is only a few decades, and if we don't pay attention to it, then we may have to spend this life in inaction and decadence, and it really won't bring us happiness.
Wealth is a by-product of diligence:
In his first letter, Rockefeller said that the starting point does not determine the end, whether it is the children of rich families or the children of poor families, they can be successful, but if they do not think diligently and do not take action, they can only be a result - a failed life.
The second letter says that luck is not predestined, but created by oneself, and that creation requires thinking and labor, and here Rockefeller emphasizes: I do not rely on god-given luck, but I rely on planning luck to make progress. Planning also requires action.
Time is equal for everyone, and only hard-working people can cherish time more. Opportunities are equal for everyone, and only hard-working people can seize them. Even if you come from a poor family, you can succeed through hard work, diligent thinking, and success.
So no matter what kind of results you want to get, diligence is inevitable, let us act immediately, more enterprising to live up to every minute of life.
We have made efforts, we have done the right thing, wealth will naturally beckon us, wealth is our reward for diligence, money is a by-product of our efforts.
The book is the essence, whether it is the first letter or the last letter, the sentence is the proverb.
It is a great honor to appreciate the handwritten writing of Mr. Rockefeller, the oil king of the United States, and even more honored to receive Mr. Rockefeller's advice to his son, which can be regarded as advice to me.
There is no need to be confused, the meaning of life lies in its own value. Let us strengthen our faith, identify our goals, and continue to work boldly with diligent hands and diligent brains.