What makes people successful? Contemporary education
and propaganda often attribute it to personal efforts, while in traditional
morality and religion, there is also the saying that individuals or their
ancestors do good deeds and accumulate virtue.
This makes sense, but objectively speaking, a person
can achieve a career, first of all, the background of the times, the big
environment and situation; secondly, the help of family, family background and
network resources; thirdly, personal talent and efforts; and indescribable
luck, like heaven's will, destiny, and divine help.
Overall, personal efforts account for a small proportion.
As Jack Ma, the main founder of Alibaba, said at the
20th anniversary celebration of Alipay and Ant Group on December 8, "Every
era of ours has given each generation different opportunities and challenges,
and not everyone can grasp these opportunities and challenges."
Opportunities and challenges are two sides of the
same coin. If you can grasp opportunities, you can overcome challenges. The
opportunities of the times rise and fall like the tide, and people on the
sampan advance and retreat with the waves.
Times make heroes. Whether it is prosperity or decline, there are always opportunities. What is tested is your choice of track, and even the choice of stadiums.
In the past, China's real estate market had a bull
market for more than 20 years. Buying a house can make money in the vertical
comparison of time. The difference lies in the horizontal comparison. Where to
buy a house can make more money. This is the general environment and situation
of the background of the times, and it is the choice of track and stadiums.
In recent years, with the flow of prosperity,
Southeast Asia has benefited from the competition between China and the United
States. Singapore has entered the fast lane of development, and India's
prospects have become clearer.
While AI, blockchain and other industries are in the ascendant, the disposal of non-performing assets in traditional industries is also full of gold, which tests vision and strength.
The Tao Te Ching points out the law of the operation
of Tao: "The great is passing away, passing away and returning far
away", one cycle after another, the sun is new every day.
And "Zhuangzi" said: Tao is everywhere,
Tao is in shit and urine. The law of the operation of Tao is also the
commonality of all things.
As for the rise and fall of the industry, at the beginning of a cycle, it is at a low point, with low thresholds, less competition, more opportunities, and greater room for development. When it reaches the high point, you should arbitrage and exit, and don't wait until things run in the opposite direction at the highest point before exiting.
People who believe in Taoism attach importance to
following the trend and remain humble in front of nature. When encountering a
storm, the ship should return to the harbor, and don't go out to sea to be a
hero, nor should you be self-intoxicated with "the world is turbid and I
am the only one who is clear" when you see the situation is very good.
Confucius saw the collapse of traditional
civilization and the loss of order in the country. He knew that he could not
reverse the situation, but he still insisted on doing it, showing the greatness
of his personality. Lao Tzu saw that the Zhou Dynasty was so weak and
dilapidated that he did not make unnecessary sacrifices, but lived his life
well. He wrote scriptures to pass on to future generations, waiting for the
opportunity. This is a kind of wisdom. Two personalities and two life paths are
neither right nor wrong, each has its own value, which varies from person to
person.
Taoists pay more attention to "what is reality", that is, objective laws and objective conditions, tend to be calm, rational and pragmatic, invest less in "what should be", and try not to act rashly based on man-made good and evil, right and wrong, likes and dislikes.
This does not mean that individuals are not
important. The general trend of the times cannot be changed by ordinary people.
There are indeed individual heroes who create the times, but the probability is
too small and the change is limited. As for the background of birth, it is not
something you can choose.
What each of us can do is to respect the way of
heaven, observe and grasp the opportunities of the times, develop personal
connections, and maximize our potential in the fields we like.
So the most important thing is to realize and
practice the Tao by yourself, and climb to the peak of your life in the
experience of the Tao.
人靠什么成功？当代教育和宣传常归因于个人努力，而在传统道德和宗教上，还有个人或其祖上行善积德之说。
这都有道理，但客观来说，一个人能成就一番功业，首先是时代背景这个大环境、大形势；其次是家庭、家族背景和人脉资源的助力；第三才是个人的天赋和努力；还有不可描述的运气，宛如天意、命数、神助。
总体而言，个人努力所占比重较小。
正如12月8日，阿里巴巴主要创始人马云在支付宝和蚂蚁集团20周年庆活动上所言“我们每一个时代都给了每一代人不同的机遇和挑战，而不是每一个人都能把握住这种机遇和挑战。”
机遇和挑战是一币两面，能把握机遇就能战胜挑战。时代机遇像潮水一样涨涨落落，人在舢板上随浪进退。
时势造英雄，无论是繁荣还是凋零，都有风口，考验的是你对赛道的选择，甚至于是体育场馆的选择。
中国房地产有过二十多年的牛市，买房在时间纵向比都赚，区别在于横向比较，买哪里的赚得更多，这就是时代背景的大环境、大形势，是赛道和体育场馆的选择。
近年随着景气流动，东南亚在中美竞争中渔翁得利，新加坡就上了发展的快车道，印度的前景更加清晰。
而AI、区块链等方兴未艾，对传统产业的不良资产处置也遍地黄金，考验的是眼力和实力。
《道德经》指出道的运行规律：“大曰逝，逝而远，远而返”，一个又一个周期的运动，太阳每天都是新的。
而《庄子》称：道无所不在，道在屎溺。道的运行规律也是万物共性。
于行业兴衰而言，在一个周期运行之初，处于低点，门槛低，竞争少，机遇多，发展空间大，到了高点就套利退出，不要等到最高点时事物向相反方向运行才退出。
信奉道家的人重视顺势而为，在大自然面前保持谦卑。遇暴风雨，船要回港湾，不去出海逞英雄，也不要见局势一片大好，却以“举世皆浊我独清”而孤芳自赏。
孔子见礼崩乐坏，明知不可为而为之，彰显人格的伟大，而老子见周之衰而去，不作无谓的牺牲，以经书传世后，就过好自己的日子，这是一种睿智。两种人格、两条人生道路，本无对错，各有其价值，因人而异。
道家重视实然，即客观规律和客观状况，偏向冷静、理智和务实，而对应然的重视程度较小，尽量不以人造的善恶、对错、好恶去妄为。
这并不是说个人就不重要了。时代大势，非常人所能改变，确有个别英雄造时势，但几率太小，改变有限。至于出生背景，非你所能选择。
我们每个人能做的，就是敬畏天道，观察和把握时代机遇，发展人脉，在自己喜欢的领域将潜力发挥到极致。
所以最重要的，就是自我对道的觉悟和践行，在道的体验中攀向你的人生巅峰。
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