On April 10, 2022< the New York Times > reported a lengthy interview article featuring the ex-wife of Amazon boss Bezos, who has changed her surname and used her grandfather's name Scott as her new surname.
Unlike other interviews, the reporter was not able to contact herself and her current husband, Dan Jewett, a chemistry teacher, instead by interviewing more than 20 of her friends, teachers, colleagues and acquaintances at various stages of her life, while referencing some of the published records, including limited interviews she had previously given for her own novels, and her alma mater, the Princeton University Library. Preserved communications between her previously unpublished counterpart and her writing mentor, Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison.
The article begins with the first paragraph saying, "Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott once told a Chinese folk tale sometimes referred to as the 'lost horse' in a television interview. The story is about a farmer who experiences a reversal of fate after his precious stallion escapes. It can also be read as a summary of her philosophy. "You never know where fate will end." Good luck, bad luck, that's not the way we really need to look at things," she told TV host Charlie Rose in 2013. She said in the interview that the difficulties we experienced were "something we look back on and are most grateful for." "They took us where we needed to go." The article continues, "Her own life has changed dramatically, and these transformations have shaped her choices, including her extraordinary leap forward in philanthropy, which has surpassed $12 billion in less than three years."
The article also describes her company. On paper, the Lost Horse's headquarters are a skyscraper law firm office in downtown Seattle and a tax firm in Los Angeles that handles family offices for high-net-worth individuals. Public records also show that The Lost Horse has its own office in a brand new eco-friendly building in Seattle. In order to maintain the absolute confidentiality of the operation of the "Lost Horse", there is no nameplate in the lobby, and the slender rectangular windows on the floor of the "Lost Horse" are pasted with paper. ”
MacKenzie Scott cites the story and philosophy and the company's name "The Lost Horse" to tell the Story of China, "Sai weng lost his horse, and he knew that it was not a blessing." Although many people know that Mackenzie Scott is the ex-wife of Bezos, the world's leading billionaire Masson boss, she herself has experienced ups and downs in her life. Her open-minded tenacity is a good explanation of the guiding role of the philosophy of life that "Saion lost her horse, knowing that it is not a blessing".
- From a wealthy family, she had to graduate early when she was 17 years old when she attended a boarding private school due to family bankruptcy
- With excellent grades, she received scholarships to attend the Ivy League university Princeton University, which at one point almost dropped out of school due to financial difficulties, continued her studies with the support of friends, and had the honor of becoming a disciple of Nobel Prize winner Tony Morrison
- Financially struggling, she decided to work in finance and was hired to work on hedge funds after being interviewed by Jeff Bezos, who would later become her husband, on the recommendation of Professor Tony Morrison
- Virtuous and capable, she supported her newlywed husband to quit his job and give up his high-paying job to move from New York to Seattle to set up Amazon
The article mentions that she not only supported his dream, she worked alongside him to build the company".
The divorce tweets she posted when she and her world's richest husband, Jeff Bezos, ended their 25-year marriage, started each sentence with optimistic and positive adjectives, twice using "grateful" and "happy" and "excited" and so on. At the end of the divorce tweet, she wrote that she was "grateful for the past and looking forward to the future", and she has learned the philosophy of life from the story of "Sai weng lost his horse". So far, she has donated $12 billion selflessly in three years. Her philanthropic goal is until the safe is empty. Known as the clear stream of billionaires, she has donated a lot, and many of us lament her tenacity and open-mindedness.
Grit, which has swept the United States, places great emphasis on tenacity and perseverance. Its idea comes from years of research by Chinese-American female professor and psychologist Angela Lee Duckworth.
In line with this, Professor Rohr Dweck of Stanford University Roel Dweck's "growth mindset" is also highly regarded in the American education community.
Whether you are educated in China, the United States or other parts of the world, the first thing you need to cultivate is tenacity. In addition, most of the wisdom passed down from the ancestors to absorb nutrients such as the loss of the horse of Theon. In the face of failure and difficulties, perseverance and perseverance to continue to grow in an open-minded attitude is the correct attitude towards life.