The art of "dedication"--Li Ka-Shing Shantou university lectures

(This article is Mr. Li Ka-shing, 28 June 2004 in Shantou University Yangtze River School of nearly 300 EMBA students, made a speech titled "the art of giving." Text by the Chinese entrepreneurs "edit, without my review. ) Thank you I was often praised a successful entrepreneur, for the support, encouragement, I was grateful.

In many media, I will ask how you can become a successful businessman, in fact, I was afraid of being in this position. I would be one person, then it is a businessman.

Everyone's life to play many different roles; perhaps the most critical success is to find the coordinates of your life to navigation. There is no principle will grin, a correct coordinates, we do what role can maintain it's me, effortless, and have varying degrees of success, to live a happier more exciting.

Do not know when to start, "Shi-farmers," the concept of social class, deeply rooted in the Chinese tradition. Several thousand years, from politicians to scholars, in evaluating the "supplier", at the same time, almost invariably bring disparagingly. Their negative view of the economic driving force, businessmen in the system, various unfair laws, history abound, the biography of Sima Qian's "cargo humic, businessmen" described as "all their energy, their ability to exhausted the desire", resource usage, rational, objective risk consciousness, capital operation techniques, endless creative contribution and more positive assessment, characterization of misinterpreted words, banished to the "no, no evil", or "bustling, for profit and for profit and to" seek the benefit.

Of course, the ranks of the businessman, also has a full head only know to make money, not morally owe that stem out of bad behavior. Their damage to the enterprise itself and the industry's image. There are also some enterprises will crawl to the ethical standards and legal dimensions of grey areas. Today business social progress, not only to rely on personal courage, hard work and persistence, is more important to establish a community need honest, generous, and thereby create a fairer and more just society.

From childhood, I enjoy listening to stories from the life of others, and get inspired. Of course, is not just a celebrity or historical figures, all the people, things, manners. Business is business, there are times when more will bring huge profit opportunity. Rockefeller (Rockefeller) and shoe story, we all heard: 1929 Wall Street stock market crash, a shoe would also like to give Rockefelle speculative stock of secret messages, Rockefeller after listening to the stock market, is the departure time, he immediately stock to cash, to avoid the crash.

Fan Li phrase "birds, lianggongcang; crafty rabbit died, running dogs cooking", said a shortcoming of the social system at that time, we can't forget his words. Fan Li is the historical records-breeding stock in the passing on of the first people he had worshipped meter so as a teacher, learning strategy, a universal, is a well-known statesman during the spring and Autumn period.

He has a strategy, there are vast and systematic economic thinking, his economic wisdom earned him great wealth.

Modern economics is a lot of demand and supply mechanisms of theory, history of early recorded in China.

Fan Li's "product of the reason of" research on commodities or shortage, says prices up. How to seize the opportunity, goods and cash flows of capital, like flowing water that is everlasting.

Fan Li "or so of" also attempts to depart from the material world, explore the rise and fluctuation level of economic activity; its "question spent" principle is explained how to anticipate and react to changing needs. He advocated selling food and stabilize prices, so that the other points of revenue and market supply is not lacking, are the governance and the national strategy of positive control economy.

"Dry, to keep the ship to be logging; flood, to keep the car to dry". Stresses that people not only to respect the objective laws, and you want to use and understand the objective laws that apply in the changing economic phenomenon.

I feel that my life can be recorded without regret, there is a script so intimate with friends; share, share the beauty of the partners are going by, and most importantly, the wisdom of his life here. I believe that he was happy because he knew at different times, and what role they play, and are so good, so sincere have sections. Prof. defeated State, Fan Li paternity in behind him, not to be self-imposed hardship following his defeat strove to attract.

Fan Li helps hooked cheap Dan, and see through the current situation, from Vietnam to the qi, the variable name surname for yizi skin better. He and sons farm at the seaside, well-run, not long before, the industry has reached hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Qi, see Fan Li wise, imposes a responsibility. Fan Li long believed "by Honorable name, not a good thing," he scattered his family and friends, share, and then with belt xianglin few belongings and left to the Tao, changing your name again, the self-proclaimed taozhu public.

He continued doing business, daily buy sale cheap, so it was not long before, and the accumulation of riches giant million, became a millionaire.

Fan Li old died of Tao. The third movement, life is good.

The book does not record the end but when enlightenment. Our Chinese heart a lot of baggage, self-concept failed to complete development. Fan Li no journal, not a memoir; only his record of action, he could not be parsed. His grueling hard to assist reconstruction, and see through the GOU Gou not Yan unrighteous character, he set up the system, but afraid system; he hung on to Wei, but tired of arguing and irrational society; his great achievement, it's a profound experience into the world's most powerful and most lethal mood is jealous, Fan Li why so negative resists (not in itself is a resist)?

With that famous historical figure fan, I would like to talk about a great United States.

From another world of Benjamin. Franklin (Benjamin Franklin), on his tombstone inscribed "only simple fulan

Collins, printing workers ". He is a philosopher, politicians, diplomats, writers, scientists, businessmen, inventor and musician, famous, like he has demonstrated outstanding talent is rare.

Franklin, 1706, born in Boston, the needy, no formal education, he has been working to address this regrettable that completely relied on self-study for a wide range of knowledge. His 12-year-old when printing apprentices, 1730, took over the Pennsylvania Bulletin, he works for the poor Richard's diary of a popular, becoming the best-selling Bible, books, he is the Government Printing banknotes, industry on a great success.

Franklin not only beyond the age of wisdom, more concern for others, there are sound thinking, his public utility warm and ability to win the trust of the local population. Franklin has set a voluntary, public good, no matter how difficult, he had to work hard to bear. Since 1748 years, he carried out different public projects, including the establishment of libraries, schools, hospitals, etc.

Do, do people is the core of life driven Franklin thought, he would very much hope that they do everything that is good for society, for social, advocates seek happiness for later generations.

His name-Lee is back, never forget to help young people find their own value-added approach "to a young businessman's advice" article, his famous "Time is money, credit, money" is the time and the good faith as the money can students money quantifiable investment; the way of the "wealth", within a clear and simple description of Franklin, hard-working, cautious, frugal, sound is core to riches.

Hard for him to bring wealth, frugal let him save the industry.

Franklin 13 my motto he writes concisely: "abstinence, silent, order, determination, frugality, diligence, good faith, justice, moderation, clean, quiet, chastity and humility" are young people block Woo Ming.

He is an outstanding statesman, in the United States during the war of independence, he has appeared in France, the United States of France won the sympathy and support. After independence, the constituent Assembly began, Franklin showed a more politicians ' Boda. Although he is welcomed by all, but when the President nominated Washington generals.

Franklin adhere to the constituent Assembly of is Honorary high, but the mind, wisdom and patriotism.

1790, this bit is educational, scientific and business laid down his life, died peacefully. He won a high honor, United States people call him the "great dynasties of the world citizens", are given a high evaluation.

The history of mankind on the stone will always be etched Franklin's name.

Fan Li and Franklin, two different people, different times, different cultural backgrounds together that seem irrelevant, however, their story is worth careful consideration.

Fan Li change their yield to social, Franklin drive social change.

They are in a stage of life is played the same role, but they set the coordinates of a totally different life, Fan Li only thought about his own life, Franklin using his intelligence and ability and dedication to build the future of society. As their business income, although the same generous gifts to others, but the method is a world of difference between the results; Fan Li for the neighbor, Franklin for the construction of social capacity (Capacity buiding), promoting a more visionary, abilities, motivation and energy. A person can provide social services, a dedicated heart of talent to bring social progress.

Today's Chinese people are lucky, we experience the Chinese historical unprecedented system engineering, construction continued opening and the rule of law in the social, economic and health hugging self concept development, although not perfect, it does not have to like the same subject to a time when social values, not only in the "I" as the coat, the pursuit of "self", today we can establish themselves and the pursuit of Franklin without me.

Today, stagnation of thought patterns have become obsolete, it is not an abandoned old Lixin, take the binary opposition, black and white thinking, but rather to encourage traditional rehabilitation, the Chinese culture is more applicable to hierarchy variety of the world.

In globalization today, we want to know more on the history, the future now and dream.

Businessmen should be more active, more effort and more self-discipline, establishing fair and equitable, ethical sense, respect and abide by the spirit of community, we can provide stability, freedom gives real meaning.

While no one asked us, we want to play our wisdom and courage, for ourselves, enterprises and society to create wealth and opportunity, as we can.

Recently I saw a story on the third class ticket, in India, a kind of rich widows Hospice wishes to use her money left for the village of depleted because of children waiting for the train by three batches, give them a chance to see their country, the growth of knowledge, the more you can experience the world of change and hope.

"Planting ideas, achievements; plant behavior, habits; plant habit, achievement character; planted character, fate". This does not know who said it, but I think it applies to the individual and the State.

I have often said, I have a third son, his friends hear after a face of congratulations I'm sorry. I am glad that I not only loved him, my son will love him, my grandchildren will love him. My Foundation is my third son.

Over the past 60 years of work, changes quickly, but I always adhere to the most important core values: fairness, integrity, honesty, compassion, and with efforts to fight what God has visited and, on the right course for a certain success, I believe that I have created must be able to continue to carry forward; I hope that the wealth of ability to systematically develop. We want to work together, active, sincere, summary

Heart in the world spreading the best seeds, side by side for a more equal and compassionate society, economy, education and health care; we have generous tolerance of the mind, to create a culture of dedication, achievement of our life meaningful goals for our beloved nation and create prosperity and happiness of mankind.

Thank you all.