有一個晚上，一男子在自己的睡房裡睡覺，整個房間突破被光充滿，主耶穌顯現在他面前。
主耶穌對這個男子說要交付他作一件事，然後在男子的房間外面出現了一塊巨大的石。
主耶穌要求這男子盡力去推這石塊。如是者，這男子一天一天的去做。過了幾年，每天從日出至日落，他用肩膀推著那表面寒冷、粗糙而且永都推不動的石塊。每晚，這男子極其疲累的回到房間，卻覺得自己的努力是徒然的。
隨著心中的失望，敵人也悄悄對他軟弱的意志說：「你一直努力的推那石塊，但它何曾動過？為什麼要這樣折磨自己？你一生也不會推得動它了。」
就這樣，這男子更認為主耶穌所托付他的是絕不可能做到，同時亦認為自己失敗了。
這些想法令這男子很沮喪。 「為什麼我要如此折磨自己？」他想，「倒不如我只付出少少時間，少少力量便夠了。」
他這樣計劃著，直至有一天，他將這事禱告主:「主啊！我一直按你的要求用盡我力、勞苦的事奉你，但到了今天，我還是從未將這石塊推動一點點。究竟問題出自那裡？我為什麼會失敗？」
主耶穌恩慈的回應說：「我親愛的兒子，我要求你盡力量去推這石塊，而你也做到了。我可曾要求你把它推動呢？你的工作只是要推它，但你現在到我面前，竟很疲乏的說你失敗？可是，真的失敗嗎？看吧，你的一雙手臂鍛鍊得很強壯，你直挺的背也曬得黑黑的，你的手掌因一直受壓而變得厚了，你的腿壯健了。 因這些衝擊你成長了不少，而能力超越以前。你並沒有把石塊推得動，你只被蒙召去順服，鍛鍊你對我智慧的信心便夠了。這些都是你做到的，而現在，朋友啊，是我來把石塊推動的時候了。」
當我們聽到上帝的話語後，總會用自己的智慧去猜度上帝想要什麼，其實上帝只要我們單單服從及信靠。
是說，我們要去鍛鍊可以挪移大山的信心，但仍知道當情況轉差時，只需去「推」(p.u.s.h.)； 當工作令我們疲累時，只需去「推」(P.U.S.H.)；
當別人的反應是出乎意料之外時，只需去「推」(P.U.S.H.)；
當錢差不多用光而賬單快到期時，只需去「推」(P.U.S.H.)；
當別人不明白你時，只需去「推」(P.U.S.H.)； 推！P.U.S.H.!
P.U.S.H.= (Pray Until Something Happens!)
"應當一無掛慮，只要凡事藉著禱告、祈求、和感謝，將你們所要的告訴神。 (腓立比書4:6)"
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Friday, November 07, 2008
Obama's Victory Speech
CHANGE HAS COME
Hello, Chicago.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voices could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.
It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.
PARTNERS IN THE JOURNEY
A little bit earlier this evening I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
I congratulate him, I congratulate Governor Palin, for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the vice-president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both more than you can imagine, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House.
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure. To my sister Maya, my sister Auma, all my other brothers and sisters - thank you so much for all the support you have given me. I am grateful to them.
To my campaign manager David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best political campaign in the history of the United States of America. My chief strategist David Axelrod, who has been a partner with me every step of the way, and to the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics - you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
VICTORY FOR THE PEOPLE
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington - it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; it grew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organised, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
This is your victory.
THE TASK AHEAD
I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.
There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for their child's college education. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.
REMAKING THE NATION
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.
And above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for 221 years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
ONE NATION, ONE PEOPLE
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek - it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity.
Those are values that we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours: "We are not enemies, but friends… though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection."
And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your president too.
AMERICA IN THE WORLD
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world - our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
To those who would tear the world down - we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security - we support you.
And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
A HISTORY OF STRUGGLE
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing - Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the colour of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes, we can.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes, we can.
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes, we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbour and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes, we can.
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "we shall overcome". Yes, we can.
A man touched down on the Moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes, we can.
THIS IS OUR MOMENT
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves - if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.
This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: yes, we can.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.
Hello, Chicago.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voices could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.
It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.
PARTNERS IN THE JOURNEY
A little bit earlier this evening I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
I congratulate him, I congratulate Governor Palin, for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the vice-president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both more than you can imagine, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House.
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure. To my sister Maya, my sister Auma, all my other brothers and sisters - thank you so much for all the support you have given me. I am grateful to them.
To my campaign manager David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best political campaign in the history of the United States of America. My chief strategist David Axelrod, who has been a partner with me every step of the way, and to the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics - you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
VICTORY FOR THE PEOPLE
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington - it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; it grew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organised, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
This is your victory.
THE TASK AHEAD
I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.
There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for their child's college education. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.
REMAKING THE NATION
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.
And above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for 221 years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
ONE NATION, ONE PEOPLE
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek - it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity.
Those are values that we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours: "We are not enemies, but friends… though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection."
And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your president too.
AMERICA IN THE WORLD
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world - our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
To those who would tear the world down - we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security - we support you.
And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
A HISTORY OF STRUGGLE
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing - Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the colour of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes, we can.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes, we can.
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes, we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbour and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes, we can.
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "we shall overcome". Yes, we can.
A man touched down on the Moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes, we can.
THIS IS OUR MOMENT
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves - if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.
This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: yes, we can.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.
Monday, August 11, 2008
三八二十三
顏回愛學習，德性又好，是孔子的得意門生。
一天，顏回去街上辦事，見一家布店前圍滿了人。他上前一問，才知道是買布的跟賣布的發生了糾紛。
只聽買布的大嚷大叫：「 三八 就是 二十三 ，你為啥要我二十四個錢？」
顏回走到買布的跟前，施一禮說：「這位大哥， 三八是二十四 ，怎麼會是二十三呢？是你算錯了， 不要吵啦。」
買布的仍不服氣，指著顏回的鼻子說：誰請你出來評理的？你算老幾？要評理只有找孔夫子，錯與不錯只有他說了算！走，咱找他評理去！
顏回說：「好。孔夫子若評你錯了怎麼辦？」
買布的說：「評我錯了輸上我的頭 。你錯了呢？」
顏回說：「 評我錯了輸上我的冠。」
二人打著賭，找到了孔子。
孔子問明了情況，對顏回笑笑說：「 三八就是二十三哪！顏回， 你輸啦 ，把冠取下來給人家吧！ 」
顏回從來不跟老師鬥嘴。他聽孔子評他錯了，就老老實實摘下帽子，交給了買布的。
那人接過帽子，得意地走了。
對孔子的評判，顏回表面上絕對服從，心裡卻想不通。他認為孔子已老糊塗，便不想再跟孔子學習了。
第二天，顏回就藉故說家中有事，要請假回去。
孔子明白顏回的心事，也不挑破，點頭准了他的假。
顏回臨行前，去跟孔子告別。
孔子要他辦完事即返回，並囑咐他 兩句話：「千年古樹莫存身，殺人不明勿動手。」
顏回應聲「記住了」，便動身往家走。路上，突然風起雲湧，雷鳴電閃，眼看要下大雨。
顏回鑽進路邊一棵大樹的空樹幹裡，想避避雨。他猛然記起孔子「千年古樹莫存身」的話，心想，師徒一場，再聽他一次話吧，從空樹幹離開。他剛離開不遠，一個炸雷，把那棵古樹劈個粉碎。
顏回大吃一驚：老師的第一句話應驗啦！難道我還會殺人嗎？
顏回趕到家，已是深夜。他不想驚動家人，就用隨身佩帶的寶劍，撥開了妻子住室的門栓。
顏回到床前一摸，啊呀呀，南頭睡個人，北頭睡個人！他怒從心頭起，舉劍正要砍，又想起孔子的第二句話「殺人不明勿動手」。
他點燈一看，床上一頭睡的是妻子，一頭睡的是妹妹 ?
天明，顏回又返了回去，見了孔子便跪下說：「老師，您那兩句話，救了我、我妻和我妹妹三個人哪！您事前怎麼會知道要發生的事呢？」
孔子把顏回扶起來說：「昨天天氣燥熱，估計會有雷雨，因而就提醒你『千年古樹莫存身』。你又是帶著氣走的，身上還佩帶著寶劍，因而我告誡你『殺人不明勿動手』。
顏回打躬說：「老師料事如神，學生十分敬佩！」
孔子又開導顏回說：「我知道你請假回家是假的，實則以為我老糊塗了，不願再跟我學習。你想想 ：我說 三八二十三是對的，你輸了，不過輸個冠﹔我若說三八二十四是對的，他輸了，那可是一條人命啊！你說冠重要還是人命重要？」
顏回恍然大悟，「噗通」跪在孔子面前，說： 「老師重大義而輕小是小非，學生還以為老師因年高而欠清醒呢。 學生慚愧萬分！」
從這以後，孔子無論去到哪裡，顏回再沒離開過他。
一天，顏回去街上辦事，見一家布店前圍滿了人。他上前一問，才知道是買布的跟賣布的發生了糾紛。
只聽買布的大嚷大叫：「 三八 就是 二十三 ，你為啥要我二十四個錢？」
顏回走到買布的跟前，施一禮說：「這位大哥， 三八是二十四 ，怎麼會是二十三呢？是你算錯了， 不要吵啦。」
買布的仍不服氣，指著顏回的鼻子說：誰請你出來評理的？你算老幾？要評理只有找孔夫子，錯與不錯只有他說了算！走，咱找他評理去！
顏回說：「好。孔夫子若評你錯了怎麼辦？」
買布的說：「評我錯了輸上我的頭 。你錯了呢？」
顏回說：「 評我錯了輸上我的冠。」
二人打著賭，找到了孔子。
孔子問明了情況，對顏回笑笑說：「 三八就是二十三哪！顏回， 你輸啦 ，把冠取下來給人家吧！ 」
顏回從來不跟老師鬥嘴。他聽孔子評他錯了，就老老實實摘下帽子，交給了買布的。
那人接過帽子，得意地走了。
對孔子的評判，顏回表面上絕對服從，心裡卻想不通。他認為孔子已老糊塗，便不想再跟孔子學習了。
第二天，顏回就藉故說家中有事，要請假回去。
孔子明白顏回的心事，也不挑破，點頭准了他的假。
顏回臨行前，去跟孔子告別。
孔子要他辦完事即返回，並囑咐他 兩句話：「千年古樹莫存身，殺人不明勿動手。」
顏回應聲「記住了」，便動身往家走。路上，突然風起雲湧，雷鳴電閃，眼看要下大雨。
顏回鑽進路邊一棵大樹的空樹幹裡，想避避雨。他猛然記起孔子「千年古樹莫存身」的話，心想，師徒一場，再聽他一次話吧，從空樹幹離開。他剛離開不遠，一個炸雷，把那棵古樹劈個粉碎。
顏回大吃一驚：老師的第一句話應驗啦！難道我還會殺人嗎？
顏回趕到家，已是深夜。他不想驚動家人，就用隨身佩帶的寶劍，撥開了妻子住室的門栓。
顏回到床前一摸，啊呀呀，南頭睡個人，北頭睡個人！他怒從心頭起，舉劍正要砍，又想起孔子的第二句話「殺人不明勿動手」。
他點燈一看，床上一頭睡的是妻子，一頭睡的是妹妹 ?
天明，顏回又返了回去，見了孔子便跪下說：「老師，您那兩句話，救了我、我妻和我妹妹三個人哪！您事前怎麼會知道要發生的事呢？」
孔子把顏回扶起來說：「昨天天氣燥熱，估計會有雷雨，因而就提醒你『千年古樹莫存身』。你又是帶著氣走的，身上還佩帶著寶劍，因而我告誡你『殺人不明勿動手』。
顏回打躬說：「老師料事如神，學生十分敬佩！」
孔子又開導顏回說：「我知道你請假回家是假的，實則以為我老糊塗了，不願再跟我學習。你想想 ：我說 三八二十三是對的，你輸了，不過輸個冠﹔我若說三八二十四是對的，他輸了，那可是一條人命啊！你說冠重要還是人命重要？」
顏回恍然大悟，「噗通」跪在孔子面前，說： 「老師重大義而輕小是小非，學生還以為老師因年高而欠清醒呢。 學生慚愧萬分！」
從這以後，孔子無論去到哪裡，顏回再沒離開過他。
Monday, April 28, 2008
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Discover the 90/10 Principle by Stephen Covey
It will change your life (at least the way you react to situations).
What is this principle?
10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.
What does this mean?
We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic.
We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%.
How?
By your reaction.
You cannot control a red light. But you can control your reaction. Don't let people fool you; YOU can control how you react.
Let's use an example.
You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened.
What happens next will be determined by how you react.
What is this principle?
10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.
What does this mean?
We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic.
We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%.
How?
By your reaction.
You cannot control a red light. But you can control your reaction. Don't let people fool you; YOU can control how you react.
Let's use an example.
You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened.
What happens next will be determined by how you react.
You curse.
You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus.
You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus.
Your spouse must leave immediately for work. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit. After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 traffic fine away, you arrive at school. Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye. After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home.
When you arrive home, you find small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.
Why?
Because of how you reacted in the morning.
Why did you have a bad day?
A) Did the coffee cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did the policeman cause it?
D) Did you cause it?
The answer is “D".
You had no control over what happened with the coffee. How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day.
Here is what could have and should have happened.
Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say, "Its ok honey, you just need to be more careful next time". Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase, you come back down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good the day you are having.
Notice the difference?
Two different scenarios.
Both started the same. Both ended different.
Why?
Because of how you REACTED.
You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction.
Both started the same. Both ended different.
Why?
Because of how you REACTED.
You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction.
Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle. If someone says something negative about you, don't be a sponge. Let the attack roll off like water on glass. You don't have to let the negative comment affect you!
React properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out etc.
How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic? Do you lose your temper? Pound on the steering wheel? A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall off. Do you curse? Does your blood pressure skyrocket? Do you try and bump them?
WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work? Why let the cars ruin your drive?
Remember the 90/10 principle, and do not worry about it.
Why lose sleep and get irritated?
It will work out. Use your worrying energy and time into finding another job.
The plane is late; it is going to mangle your schedule for the day. Why take outpour frustration on the flight attendant? She has no control over what is going on.
Use your time to study, get to know the other passenger.
Why get stressed out?
It will just make things worse.
Now you know the 90-10 principle. Apply it and you will be amazed at the results. You will lose nothing if you try it. The 90-10 principle is incredible. Very few know and apply this principle.
The result?
Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache. We all must understand and apply the 90/10 principle.
It CAN change your life!!!
The result?
Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache. We all must understand and apply the 90/10 principle.
It CAN change your life!!!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Saturday, August 04, 2007
快樂不快樂
昨天信報陳頌紅提到《科學人雜誌》今年四月的一個研究，研究人員曾經給受訪者兩個選擇，在物價、生活費相同的情况下：Ａ、你的年薪是五萬美元，而別人的年薪是二萬五；Ｂ、你年薪是十萬，而別人是二十五萬。結果大部份人選擇Ａ。
研究的結果，是『一個人快樂與否，基因大慨決定了一半，而另一半是取決於別人相對上擁有多少』。
其實很簡單，『知足常樂』！送您一首快樂歌..
快樂 許冠傑
曲：許冠傑
詞：許冠傑
快樂是陽光普照的清晨
快樂是流水美妙的音韻
快樂其實分分鐘把您等
只要您識得點去搵
快樂是尋找天際的星辰
快樂是回憶沙灘的足印
快樂其實邊一位都有份
不管您是富或貧
朋友愛父母恩
每刻溫暖在我心
豁達滿足仁愛施恩
快樂便常共您相親
快樂是離開都市的煙塵
快樂是回家往浴缸一浸
快樂是一首好歌嘴裡哼
一張晚報 一杯香檳
快樂是賢妻給我的精神
快樂是兒子親暱的一吻
快樂長陪我這一生
皆因我是快樂人
研究的結果，是『一個人快樂與否，基因大慨決定了一半，而另一半是取決於別人相對上擁有多少』。
其實很簡單，『知足常樂』！送您一首快樂歌..
快樂 許冠傑
曲：許冠傑
詞：許冠傑
快樂是陽光普照的清晨
快樂是流水美妙的音韻
快樂其實分分鐘把您等
只要您識得點去搵
快樂是尋找天際的星辰
快樂是回憶沙灘的足印
快樂其實邊一位都有份
不管您是富或貧
朋友愛父母恩
每刻溫暖在我心
豁達滿足仁愛施恩
快樂便常共您相親
快樂是離開都市的煙塵
快樂是回家往浴缸一浸
快樂是一首好歌嘴裡哼
一張晚報 一杯香檳
快樂是賢妻給我的精神
快樂是兒子親暱的一吻
快樂長陪我這一生
皆因我是快樂人
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Albert Einstein on Marriage
Albert Einstein was asked on his golden wedding anniversary, "To what do you attribute the success of your marriage?" Professor Einstein offered this profound response:
"When we first got married, we made a pact. It was this: In our life together, it was decided I would make all of the big decisions and my wife would make all of the little decisions. For fifty years we have held true to that agreement. I believe that is the reason for the success in our marriage. However, the strange thing is that in fifty years, there hasn't been one big decision."
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Imperfections
Let me share with you a nice story ...
"An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream, "I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house."
The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?"
"That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them."
"For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.
Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house."
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding."
"An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck.One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream, "I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house."
The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?"
"That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them."
"For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.
Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house."
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding."
Monday, July 02, 2007
One Heart Many Faces
Finally, it's done - from 9am to 5pm. It's not easy to organise such kind of large function from Bilingual Mass, Parlor Games, Family Interview to Cultural Presentation, especially in our geographically and demographically diverse community.From the logo (on the left), there is a big heart uniting different people with different cultures. The analogy is that we belong to one parish - the Epiphany Parish which is made up of 4 mass centres from Discovery Bay, Mui Wo, Peng Chau and Tung Chung. The challenge is to form one heart without suppressing the individuality of each culture and each person.
Even I get used to be a M.C. in the weekly Mass of our chapel, it's a new challenge for me as it's my first time to be a M.C. for the Parlor Games and the almost-4-hour Variety Show. It's an entire different experience. Though I still have a lot of room for improvement, I'm really happy to be a part of such kind of meaningful function. And, it's really touching to see "unity in diversity without losing ones' individuality".
May our community continue to grow as "One Heart Many Faces"!
Thursday, June 14, 2007
[生活的藝術] --- 林語堂
書中提到 ...
現實 - 夢想 = 禽獸(人無夢想與狗同)
現實 - 夢想 = 禽獸(人無夢想與狗同)
現實 + 夢想 = 心痛(理想主義做不到)
現實 + 幽默 = 保守(現實主義)
夢想 - 幽默 = 狂想
夢想 + 幽默 = 幻想
現實 + 夢想 + 幽默 =智慧
有智慧的人要有夢想、重現實加點幽默
有智慧的人要有夢想、重現實加點幽默
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
出租車司機給我上的MBA課【轉貼】
在網上看到一篇據說是出自「中國微軟全球技術中心部門」劉潤先生的文章, 不知道故事的真實性如何，也不知道作者是否真有其人，但是內容極具啟發性，引人深思，故轉貼於此:
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我要從徐家匯趕去機場，於是匆匆結束了一個會議，在美羅大廈前搜索出租車。
一輛大眾發現了我，非常專業的、逕直的停在我的面前。這一停，於是有了後面的這個讓我深感震撼的故事，像上了一堂生動的MBA案例課。為了忠實於這名出租車司機的原意，我憑記憶盡量重複他原來的話。
「去哪裡... 好的，機場。我在徐家匯就喜歡做美羅大廈的生意。這裡我只做兩個地方。 美羅大廈，均瑤大廈。你知道嗎？接到你之前，我在美羅大廈門口兜了兩圈，終於被我看到你了！從寫字樓裡出來的，肯定去的不近...」
「哦？你很有方法嘛！」我附和了一下。
「做出租車司機，也要用科學的方法。」他說。
我一愣，頓時很有些興趣「什麼科學的方法？」
「要懂得統計。我做過精確的計算。我說給你聽啊。我每天開17個小時的車，每小時成本34.5元...」
「怎麼算出來的？」我追問。
「你算啊，我每天要交380元，油費大概210元左右。一天17小時，平均每小時固定成本22元，交給公司，平均每小時12.5元油費。這是不是就是34.5 元？」
我有些驚訝。我打了10年的車，第一次聽到有出租車司機這麼計算成本。以前的司機都和我說，每公里成本0.3元，另外每天交多少錢之類的。
「成本是不能按公里算的，只能按時間算。你看，計價器有一個「檢查」功能。你可以看 到一天的詳細記錄。我做過數據分析，每次載客之間的空駛時間平均為7分鐘。如果上來一個起步價，10元，大概要開10分鐘。也就是每一個10元的客人要花17分鐘的成本，就是9.8元。不賺錢啊！如果說做浦東、杭州、青浦的客人是吃飯，做10元的客人連吃菜都算不上，只能算是撒了些味精。」
強！這位師傅聽上去真不像出租車司機，到像是一位成本核算師。
「那你怎麼辦呢？」我更感興趣了，繼續問。看來去機場的路上還能學到新東西。
「千萬不能被客戶拉了滿街跑。而是通過選擇停車的地點，時間，和客戶，主動地決定你要去的地方。」我非常驚訝，這聽上去很有意思。
「有人說做出租車司機是靠運氣吃飯的職業。我以為不是。你要站在客戶的位置上，從客戶的角度去思考。」
這句話聽上去很專業，有點像很多商業管理培訓老師說的「put yourself into others' shoes.」
「給你舉個例子，醫院門口，一個拿著藥的，一個拿著臉盆的，你帶哪一個。」我想了想，說不知道。
「你要帶那個拿臉盆的。一般人病小痛的到醫院看一看，拿點藥，不一定會去很遠的醫院。拿著臉盆打車的，那是出院的。住院哪有不死人的？今天二樓的誰死了，明天三樓又死了一個。從醫院出來的人通常會有一種重獲新生的感覺，重新認識生命的意義，健康才最重要。那天這個說：走，去青浦。眼睛都不眨一下。你說他會打車到人民廣場，再去做青浦線嗎？絕對不會！」
我不由得開始佩服。
「再給你舉個例子。那天人民廣場，三個人在前面招手。一個年輕女子，拿著小包，剛買完東西。還有一對青年男女，一看就是逛街的。第三個是個裡面穿絨襯衫的，外面羽絨服的男子，拿著筆記本包。我看一個人只要3秒鐘。我毫不猶豫地停在這個男子面前。這個男的上車後說：延安高架、南北高架... 還沒說後面就忍不住問，為什麼你毫不猶豫地開到我面前？前面還有兩個人，他們要是想上車，我也不好意思和他們搶。我回答說，中午的時候，還有十幾分鐘就1點了。那個女孩子是中午溜出來買東西的，估計公司很近；那對男女是遊客，沒拿什麼東西，不會去很遠；你是出去辦事的，拿著筆記本包，一看就是公務。而且這個時候出去，估計應該不會近。那個男的就說，你說對了，去寶山。」
「那些在超市門口，地鐵口打車，穿著睡衣的人可能去很遠嗎？可能去機場嗎？機場也不會讓她進啊。」
有道理！我越聽越有意思。
「很多司機都抱怨，生意不好做啊，油價又漲了啊，都從別人身上找原因。我說，你永遠從別人身上找原因，你永遠不能提高。從自己身上找找看，問題出在哪裡。」
這話聽起來好熟，好像是「如果你不能改變世界，就改變你自己」，或者Steven Corvey的「影響圈和關注圈」的翻版。
「有一次，在南丹路一個人攔車，去田林。後來又有一次，一個人在南丹路攔車，還是去田林。我就問了，怎麼你們從南丹路出來的人，很多都是去田林呢？人家說，在南丹路有一個公共汽車總站，我們都是坐公共汽車從浦東到這裡，然後搭車去田林的。我恍然大悟。比如你看我們開過的這條路，沒有寫字樓，沒有酒店，什麼都沒有，只有公共汽車站，站在這裡攔車的多半都是剛下公共汽車的，再選擇一條最短路經打車。在這裡攔車的客戶通常不會高於15元。」
「所以我說，態度決定一切！」
我聽十幾個總裁講過這句話，第一次聽出租車司機這麼說。
「要用科學的方法，統計學來做生意。天天等在地鐵站口排隊，怎麼能賺到錢？每個月就賺500塊錢怎麼養活老婆孩子？這就是在謀殺啊！慢性謀殺你的全家。要用知識武裝自己。學習知識可以把一個人變成聰明的人，一個聰明的人學習知識可以變成很聰明的人。一個很聰明的人學習知識，可以變成天才。」
「有一次一個人打車去火車站，問怎麼走。他說這麼這麼走。我說慢，上高架，再這麼這麼走。他說，這就繞遠了。我說，沒關係，你經常走你有經驗，你那麼走50塊，你按我的走法，等里程表50塊了，我就翻表。你只給50快就好了，多的算我的。按你說的那麼走要50分鐘，我帶你這麼走只要25分鐘。最後，按我的路走，多走了4公里，快了25分鐘，我只收了50塊。乘客很高興，省了10元錢左右。這4公里對我來說就是1塊多錢的油錢。我相當於用1元多錢買了25分鐘。我剛才說了，我一小時的成本34.5塊，我多合算啊！」
「在大眾公司，一般一個司機3、4千，拿回家。做的好的大概5千左右。頂級的司機大概每月能有7000。全大眾2萬個司機，大概只有2-3個司機，萬里挑一，每月能拿到8000以上。我就是這2-3個人中間的一個。而且很穩定，基本不會大的波動。」
太強了！到此為止，我越來越佩服這個出租車司機。
「我常常說我是一個快樂的車伕。有人說，你是因為賺的錢多，所以當然快樂。我對他們說，你們正好錯了。是因為我有快樂、積極的心態，所以賺的錢多。」
說的多好啊！
「要懂得體味工作帶給你的美。堵在人民廣場的時候，很多司機抱怨，又堵車了！真是倒霉。千萬不要這樣，用心體會一下這個城市的美，外面有很多漂亮的女孩子經過，非常現代的高樓大廈，雖然買不起，但是卻可以用欣賞的眼光去享受。開車去機場，看著兩邊的綠色，冬天是白色的，多美啊。再看看里程表，100多了，就更美了！每一樣工作都有她美麗的地方，我們要懂得從工作中體會這種美麗。」
「我10年前是強生公司的總教練。8年前在公司作過三個不同部門的部門經理。後來我不幹了，一個月就3、5千塊，沒意思。就主動來做司機。我願意做一個快樂的車伕。哈哈哈哈。」
到了機場，我給他留了一張名片，說：「你有沒有興趣這個星期五，到我辦公室，給我微軟的員工講一講你怎麼開出租車的？你就當打著表，60公里一小時，你講多久，我就付你多少錢。給我電話。」
我迫不及待的在飛機上記錄下他這堂生動的MBA課。
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我要從徐家匯趕去機場，於是匆匆結束了一個會議，在美羅大廈前搜索出租車。
一輛大眾發現了我，非常專業的、逕直的停在我的面前。這一停，於是有了後面的這個讓我深感震撼的故事，像上了一堂生動的MBA案例課。為了忠實於這名出租車司機的原意，我憑記憶盡量重複他原來的話。
「去哪裡... 好的，機場。我在徐家匯就喜歡做美羅大廈的生意。這裡我只做兩個地方。 美羅大廈，均瑤大廈。你知道嗎？接到你之前，我在美羅大廈門口兜了兩圈，終於被我看到你了！從寫字樓裡出來的，肯定去的不近...」
「哦？你很有方法嘛！」我附和了一下。
「做出租車司機，也要用科學的方法。」他說。
我一愣，頓時很有些興趣「什麼科學的方法？」
「要懂得統計。我做過精確的計算。我說給你聽啊。我每天開17個小時的車，每小時成本34.5元...」
「怎麼算出來的？」我追問。
「你算啊，我每天要交380元，油費大概210元左右。一天17小時，平均每小時固定成本22元，交給公司，平均每小時12.5元油費。這是不是就是34.5 元？」
我有些驚訝。我打了10年的車，第一次聽到有出租車司機這麼計算成本。以前的司機都和我說，每公里成本0.3元，另外每天交多少錢之類的。
「成本是不能按公里算的，只能按時間算。你看，計價器有一個「檢查」功能。你可以看 到一天的詳細記錄。我做過數據分析，每次載客之間的空駛時間平均為7分鐘。如果上來一個起步價，10元，大概要開10分鐘。也就是每一個10元的客人要花17分鐘的成本，就是9.8元。不賺錢啊！如果說做浦東、杭州、青浦的客人是吃飯，做10元的客人連吃菜都算不上，只能算是撒了些味精。」
強！這位師傅聽上去真不像出租車司機，到像是一位成本核算師。
「那你怎麼辦呢？」我更感興趣了，繼續問。看來去機場的路上還能學到新東西。
「千萬不能被客戶拉了滿街跑。而是通過選擇停車的地點，時間，和客戶，主動地決定你要去的地方。」我非常驚訝，這聽上去很有意思。
「有人說做出租車司機是靠運氣吃飯的職業。我以為不是。你要站在客戶的位置上，從客戶的角度去思考。」
這句話聽上去很專業，有點像很多商業管理培訓老師說的「put yourself into others' shoes.」
「給你舉個例子，醫院門口，一個拿著藥的，一個拿著臉盆的，你帶哪一個。」我想了想，說不知道。
「你要帶那個拿臉盆的。一般人病小痛的到醫院看一看，拿點藥，不一定會去很遠的醫院。拿著臉盆打車的，那是出院的。住院哪有不死人的？今天二樓的誰死了，明天三樓又死了一個。從醫院出來的人通常會有一種重獲新生的感覺，重新認識生命的意義，健康才最重要。那天這個說：走，去青浦。眼睛都不眨一下。你說他會打車到人民廣場，再去做青浦線嗎？絕對不會！」
我不由得開始佩服。
「再給你舉個例子。那天人民廣場，三個人在前面招手。一個年輕女子，拿著小包，剛買完東西。還有一對青年男女，一看就是逛街的。第三個是個裡面穿絨襯衫的，外面羽絨服的男子，拿著筆記本包。我看一個人只要3秒鐘。我毫不猶豫地停在這個男子面前。這個男的上車後說：延安高架、南北高架... 還沒說後面就忍不住問，為什麼你毫不猶豫地開到我面前？前面還有兩個人，他們要是想上車，我也不好意思和他們搶。我回答說，中午的時候，還有十幾分鐘就1點了。那個女孩子是中午溜出來買東西的，估計公司很近；那對男女是遊客，沒拿什麼東西，不會去很遠；你是出去辦事的，拿著筆記本包，一看就是公務。而且這個時候出去，估計應該不會近。那個男的就說，你說對了，去寶山。」
「那些在超市門口，地鐵口打車，穿著睡衣的人可能去很遠嗎？可能去機場嗎？機場也不會讓她進啊。」
有道理！我越聽越有意思。
「很多司機都抱怨，生意不好做啊，油價又漲了啊，都從別人身上找原因。我說，你永遠從別人身上找原因，你永遠不能提高。從自己身上找找看，問題出在哪裡。」
這話聽起來好熟，好像是「如果你不能改變世界，就改變你自己」，或者Steven Corvey的「影響圈和關注圈」的翻版。
「有一次，在南丹路一個人攔車，去田林。後來又有一次，一個人在南丹路攔車，還是去田林。我就問了，怎麼你們從南丹路出來的人，很多都是去田林呢？人家說，在南丹路有一個公共汽車總站，我們都是坐公共汽車從浦東到這裡，然後搭車去田林的。我恍然大悟。比如你看我們開過的這條路，沒有寫字樓，沒有酒店，什麼都沒有，只有公共汽車站，站在這裡攔車的多半都是剛下公共汽車的，再選擇一條最短路經打車。在這裡攔車的客戶通常不會高於15元。」
「所以我說，態度決定一切！」
我聽十幾個總裁講過這句話，第一次聽出租車司機這麼說。
「要用科學的方法，統計學來做生意。天天等在地鐵站口排隊，怎麼能賺到錢？每個月就賺500塊錢怎麼養活老婆孩子？這就是在謀殺啊！慢性謀殺你的全家。要用知識武裝自己。學習知識可以把一個人變成聰明的人，一個聰明的人學習知識可以變成很聰明的人。一個很聰明的人學習知識，可以變成天才。」
「有一次一個人打車去火車站，問怎麼走。他說這麼這麼走。我說慢，上高架，再這麼這麼走。他說，這就繞遠了。我說，沒關係，你經常走你有經驗，你那麼走50塊，你按我的走法，等里程表50塊了，我就翻表。你只給50快就好了，多的算我的。按你說的那麼走要50分鐘，我帶你這麼走只要25分鐘。最後，按我的路走，多走了4公里，快了25分鐘，我只收了50塊。乘客很高興，省了10元錢左右。這4公里對我來說就是1塊多錢的油錢。我相當於用1元多錢買了25分鐘。我剛才說了，我一小時的成本34.5塊，我多合算啊！」
「在大眾公司，一般一個司機3、4千，拿回家。做的好的大概5千左右。頂級的司機大概每月能有7000。全大眾2萬個司機，大概只有2-3個司機，萬里挑一，每月能拿到8000以上。我就是這2-3個人中間的一個。而且很穩定，基本不會大的波動。」
太強了！到此為止，我越來越佩服這個出租車司機。
「我常常說我是一個快樂的車伕。有人說，你是因為賺的錢多，所以當然快樂。我對他們說，你們正好錯了。是因為我有快樂、積極的心態，所以賺的錢多。」
說的多好啊！
「要懂得體味工作帶給你的美。堵在人民廣場的時候，很多司機抱怨，又堵車了！真是倒霉。千萬不要這樣，用心體會一下這個城市的美，外面有很多漂亮的女孩子經過，非常現代的高樓大廈，雖然買不起，但是卻可以用欣賞的眼光去享受。開車去機場，看著兩邊的綠色，冬天是白色的，多美啊。再看看里程表，100多了，就更美了！每一樣工作都有她美麗的地方，我們要懂得從工作中體會這種美麗。」
「我10年前是強生公司的總教練。8年前在公司作過三個不同部門的部門經理。後來我不幹了，一個月就3、5千塊，沒意思。就主動來做司機。我願意做一個快樂的車伕。哈哈哈哈。」
到了機場，我給他留了一張名片，說：「你有沒有興趣這個星期五，到我辦公室，給我微軟的員工講一講你怎麼開出租車的？你就當打著表，60公里一小時，你講多久，我就付你多少錢。給我電話。」
我迫不及待的在飛機上記錄下他這堂生動的MBA課。
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