1. Jack Ma
Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba in 1999, never gave up on his dreams. He once wanted to get into a key elementary school, but failed; he also failed in a key middle school; it took him three years to get into college; he wanted to get into Harvard University, but he didn't succeed either. But he has the spirit of perseverance and courage. As the saying goes: "The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold." Through his own efforts, he finally succeeded. He said: Dreams must be down-to-earth and are closely related to tears.
2. Wang Jianlin
Wang Jianlin, who had just turned 15, came to Northeast China from Mianyang, Sichuan and became a child soldier. Carrying more than 10 kilograms of equipment on his back, he hiked 40 kilometers in knee-deep snow every day, and the total distance for each training session was even thousands of kilometers. He has been in the army for 18 years and has become a regiment cadre, but he encountered a "million-dollar disarmament". In the early days of starting a business, he had no qualifications and no strength, but the bank gave up the promised loan. For company projects, he borrowed loan sharks at high interest rates. He dared to take on the renovation of old cities that no one wanted to touch. When he first started working in commercial real estate, he failed because he couldn’t You know, 222 lawsuits were filed in 3 years. Such a single-minded person is now the richest man in Asia, which everyone knows.
3. Yu Minhong
After being expelled from Peking University, Yu Minhong had no source of income at all. In order to support his wife and children, he had to go overseas and set up training courses. In the early days of the class, there were few students. In order to recruit students, Yu Minhong often rode a bicycle alone, carrying a bucket of paste, and posted enrollment advertisements all over the streets. In winter, the paste in Yu Minhong's hand often freezes into a lump. When he is not posting advertisements, he and his wife stay in the "classroom" and wait religiously, looking forward to the students who come to sign up. For the sake of school, Yu Minhong once drank two kilograms of liquor in one breath and was sent to the hospital for six hours to be rescued. It is precisely because of Yu Minhong’s persistence and unremitting efforts that the current New Oriental education empire has been established.
4. Jack London
In the room of American writer Jack London, whether on the curtains, on hangers, on cupboards, on the bedside, or on the mirror, there are hanging A bunch of small pieces of paper. When you take a closer look, it turns out that the pieces of paper are written with wonderful words, vivid metaphors, and useful information. He hangs the pieces of paper in various parts of the room for sleeping, dressing, and shaving. When walking around, he could see and recite it anytime and anywhere. He also carried a lot of pieces of paper in his pocket when he went out. He studied hard and accumulated information, and finally wrote "Love Life", "Iron Hoof", Fascinating works such as "The Waves".
5. Liu Qiangdong
In 1992, Liu Qiangdong was admitted to Renmin University of China. Because his family was very poor, he only brought 500 yuan. At that time, he said to himself: I hope I won’t ask for money from my family during the four years of college. In his senior year, a restaurant near the school happened to be changing hands. Liu Qiangdong used the 240,000 yuan he earned in the previous three years to buy the store. Because I have to go to class, I only go to the store twice a week. Unexpectedly, he lost all his first pot of gold in less than a year after taking over the previously profitable hotel.
In desperation, we had no choice but to close the door. He borrowed more than 100,000 yuan from relatives, paid off the restaurant's debt, and paid each employee two wages. When he left, he didn't even take a bowl with him. When the restaurant closed down, he owed more than 200,000 yuan in debt, but his belief and passion for entrepreneurship never faded. Two years after graduation, he paid off all his debts. In 1998, Liu Qiangdong left a foreign-funded enterprise to start his own business again. He named his company "Jingdong".