The dream is the vane of your choice

There is a story, said once there was a donkey, carrying two bundles of grass, hungry, but do not know which bundle to eat first? have been hesitant, the result starved to death. This story sounds exaggerated, but a lot of life at the intersection, we will be wandering at the intersection, many people are doing such a donkey. Choose very painful, the fish and Bear's paw, whichever is the two in the end?

Today I heard the east of the lively East run, tomorrow to hear the West Lively, and then turn to the West run. Many years down, you are like a chicken, east a hammer West a club, no direction, no accumulation. I think that if you think you are still young, it must take some time to think about it, not long, is the next 10-15 years, you want to be what kind of person? What do you want to achieve in the next 10-15 years? This thing, you can say is a dream, can be said to be values.

Why? Because once you think about it, it's much simpler to decide what you're going to do and what you choose to do. Help to realize my dream, I'll do it. Without Help, I give up. Anchor the Dream, in the short term no matter what temptation you encounter, what difficulties, will not determine your judgment and choice.

At this point, I am very lucky, in the face of difficulties I rarely swing, often a pat on the head to make a decision. Because when I was in high school, I figured out what I was going to do in my life. I do not want to go into a angrenbixi unit, I dreamed of a computer company to open their software, their own arrangements for life and fate, and do a lot of people use, so very fulfilling.

Once you have this idea, all the choices become very simple. For example, when I was in high school in the National Physics competition won prizes, many universities are willing to accept me, a variety of professional. One of the more famous universities, I want to accept my food engineering major. My parents heard that after a very happy, they have experienced the age of eating not enough to eat, feel that the professional, will not worry about eating. But I strongly disagree, because I am not interested in food, I just want to edit software. At that time XI ' an Jiaotong university also to accept me, I did not know what Xi ' an jiaotong is doing, thinking is to repair the railway universities. But Xi ' an Jiaotong university let me on the computer department, then I went, because it is in line with my goal. On the contrary, many of my classmates according to the popular not popular to choose a major, many candidates for international trade. This choice looks smart, but now it doesn't have to be what they really want, or where they can display their talents.

If you say, my goal is very simple, is the annual salary 500,000. My suggestion for such a goal is not to be too materialistic. Too short, too materialistic goals cannot be translated into your dreams. Goals like 500,000 or 1 million of the annual salary, you may soon achieve, then lost the dream, no target, and some get huge demolition money, like the people addicted to gambling, their own future is ruined, or some of the materialistic goals are difficult to achieve, such as you want to become China's richest person, you may soon give up. I think that only this kind of non-profit dream and goal, can long-term inspire a person to pursue continuously.

When I graduated from college, I also faced a choice. In the end is to go to a bank in the south to work, take January 3000 yuan of high salary, or go to a large computer company in Beijing, to get 800 yuan in January wages? I have no hesitation to choose the latter, because only to computer companies, can learn how to do software, have the opportunity to realize my dream.

Then I left the computer company to go to the Internet to start a business, and many people said: "You are too brave, give up the high salary and position." "But I don't think it takes courage." It is not suitable for me, can not help me realize my dream. What others think is precious to me is nothing. Therefore, your dreams and goals are not linked to the material, the material will not become your choice of constraints.

For high school students, seduction may be a profession that looks promising. For college students, the temptation may be a well-paid and enviable job. But as you go farther and further, the temptation of material becomes bigger and larger, you need to dream this firm compass to guide.

When I want to leave Yahoo, because in the inside can not innovate, a lot of good ideas can not achieve, this atmosphere let me suffocate, let me unbearable. Yahoo said, to resign early, will deduct me 30 million dollars. Even now, this is a large sum. A lot of people are sorry for me, say you are mixed a yinianbanzai. I don't want to mix, I hate to mix. Freedom is the most important thing to me, and doing what you want is the most important thing. So I started my business again. So, there were 360.

Can say, to today my dream has never changed, but my industry from computer development to the Internet, developed to the mobile phone field. My goal is very simple, has always been to make other people have never thought of products, my products can change the lives of millions of people and working methods. This dream can be said that I have achieved, or can say I have not achieved, because I think there are more good ideas to do.

Young people have vigor and vitality, you should have a better dream. I hope you will think about your future. Think about 10 years, 15 years later, when people come together again, you want to become what kind of person, this is the most important.

(This article comes from Zhou's blog, June 26, 2013, at Beida Law School to answer questions about the choice)