在對自己很重要的事情上,徹底展現你的執著
納達爾 15 歲的時候有一次和一位選手在打練習賽。他的教練托尼(也是納達爾的叔叔)剛好帶著另一位選手在別的球場比賽,不在納達爾的身邊。托尼教練從遠遠的發現,納達爾以 0 比 5 的局數落後,他心想,奇怪了,這個對手並不是那麼強啊。
這時一位托尼教練的朋友(之前也是網球選手)走到托尼教練的身邊,對他說:「我想納達爾的球拍壞了,他拿一支壞掉了的球拍在比賽。」於是,托尼教練走向納達爾的球場,對納達爾說:「我想你的球拍壞了。」納達爾看了看手中的球拍發現:「對耶!這裡都裂開了,我來換一支。」換了球拍之後,比賽開始轉變,不過,納達爾最後還是以 0-6、5-7 輸了那場練習賽。
重點來了!比賽結束後,托尼教練問納達爾:「請你告訴我,你打了那麼多年的球,怎麼居然會沒有發現自己的球拍壞了?」納達爾的回答很簡單,他說:「聽著,我總是被唸到輸球是我的責任。我從來沒想過會是球拍出了問題。」
遇到事情,先從自己找原因,這是納達爾從小被教導的,並且持續堅持的信念。
所有的競爭都是自己和自己的戰鬥,納達爾就是那種專注在和自己競爭的人。總有地方可以進步,輸了球摸摸鼻子,再繼續訓練。現實就是這樣,這樣的現實也正是奮戰的理由。與其白花力氣去怪罪別人和外在的事物,不如全力逼出最好的自己。
君子求諸己,是一種極高也極難的修養。這是納達爾的方法。如果你欣賞納達爾,相信他的這一個態度是很值得學習的榜樣。
普立茲獎得主約翰.麥克菲(John McPhee)有一本頗受好評的非虛構作品《Levels of the Game》,藉由描寫 1968 年一場克拉克.格拉布納(Clark Graebner)與亞瑟.艾許(Arthur Ashe)的網球比賽,也探究球員的背景和態度,以及是什麼塑造了一位球員和一位頂尖球王。
麥克菲在書中有一句話寫道:「一個網球選手的性格和成長背景,會通過個人的運動機制(motor mechanisms),表現為他的擊球模式和比賽風格。如果他是一個謹慎的人,他就是一個謹慎的網球選手;如果他是一個浮誇炫耀的人,那麼他就是一個浮誇炫耀的網球選手。」
堅決遵守你所相信的美好信念,即使有時候正確的事是相對困難的,即使是小事,即使別人都不是這麼做的,也不要緊。畢竟,如果大家都一個樣的做,那麼能夠超出別人獲得成功的理由又在哪裡呢?
日本電影大師小津安二有句名言:「無謂的事追隨流行,重大的事遵從道德,藝術則聽從自己的聲音。」
在對自己很重要的事情上,徹底展現你的執著。在對自己很重要的事情上, 聽自己的,做你自己就好。
做自己,不僅是因為「其他人的角色都已經有人飾演了」(王爾德說的);更是因為我們的自我定位,我們獨有的堅持遵守的信念(或細節),也可能在某個時刻,以更有說服力的方式成為另一個人的啟發,激勵他做到自己以為辦不到的事。
正如納德爾的故事帶給我們鼓舞的力量。
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譚新強:美對華政策急變 傳媒洗腦人民反華
文章日期:2021年7月2日
【明報專訊】上周我指出美國擁有前所未見的強大媒體影響力,此所謂「軟實力」,才是操控全球的最重要「真實力」。尤其是經「神聖」互聯網名義護航下的新媒體,如facebook(最近市值剛升破1萬億美元),Twitter和Netflix等,更奇怪地能夠輕鬆逼使幾乎全球所有國家及地區,自動放棄正常和合理的傳統媒體監管法例和尺度!
大部分人都同意維持美國霸權最厲害的三樣「武器」就是「軍事、美元和傳媒」。很多人的錯覺是最首要的仍是軍事力量,有了這個,才能夠支撐強大的美元專權,最後有了錢,才能夠買到媒體的影響力。在過去的古老石油和傳統戰爭年代,這個因果循環關係,確有一定道理。但在現今數據資訊年代,整個因果關係已完全逆轉。
如果美國不擁有全球史上最厲害的媒體力量,近乎操控影響全球大部分人對美國觀感的資訊,雖然不等如所有人都因此愛美國,但對維持全世界對美元霸權的信心,明顯有極大幫助。如無此有效「洗腦」工具,近年美國債務井噴式上升,每年財赤極誇張的超過GDP的10%,總債亦已超越GDP的100%警界線,正常情况下,美元理應已面對極大壓力,大家恐懼的超級通脹亦真的有可能出現。
不過,有了超強傳媒力量,美國聯儲局的工作就變得異常輕鬆,只需如魔術般揮動一下QE魔法棒,就可在眾目睽睽下隨意印鈔票,違反美國表面上最推崇的自由市場經濟,諷刺地操控代表美元價格的整條利率曲線!
虛幣成接火棒遊戲 歸降美元霸權
Bitcoin和其他加密貨的本意為挑戰甚至推翻美元霸權,但後來逐漸發現絕大多數參與炒賣加密貨幣的人,原來最後都只是想拿回美元!尤其繼應運而生的stable coins如泰達幣(USDT)和USD Coin(USDC)等出現後,大家更毫不羞恥地表現出加密貨幣只是個短炒接火棒遊戲,真正目的是盡快把利潤轉回到理論上與美元掛鈎的stable coins!此發展可謂無心插柳柳成蔭,美國雖暫無意發展官方數碼貨幣,stable coins有多大風險是另一回事,但崛起的速度,絕對比任何國家的數碼貨幣快得多,亦大力幫助延伸美元霸權至加密貨幣世界。即是事實上,本來充滿理想和幻想的加密貨幣世界,已幾乎正式歸降美元霸權,也非常諷刺!
最後,當然有了超強的美元,才可支撑超乎任何正常需要的龐大軍事力量。美國擁有瘋狂的6000枚核飛彈,每年軍備支出超過7000億美元,是緊隨其後9個國家軍費的總和!除核武外,其他所有武器系統,都是有「實用價值」的,過去20年,美國非法攻打伊拉克和阿富汗,轟炸敘利亞、利比亞、巴基斯坦,幾乎每天以無人機(drones)執行暗殺行動,更製造數百萬可憐伊斯蘭難民,死傷人數過百萬!
整個穆斯林世界被逼害,因此走向更極端化,包括新疆也開始出現恐怖主義。美國本身經濟,本應無法支撑此誇張程度的窮兵黷武,絕對有走向如古羅馬帝國崩潰之路的可能,但正因有超級傳媒支持美元霸權,才可維持歷史上從未見過的美式「Nine Power Standard」!
美國堅信Intel前CEO的名言──Only the Paranoid Survive──對任何新崛起國家和勢力,都盡早提防和阻撓發展。美國打擊方法包括媒體攻擊、貿易戰、貨幣戰、軍備戰、顛覆政權行動,甚至正式軍事衝突,不一而足,看情况而定。二戰後的兩個被認為挑戰美國霸權例子為蘇聯和日本。對付蘇聯的主要策略為二戰後著名外交家凱南(George Kennan)在「X Article」中所建議的「圍堵政策」(Containment Policy),最後非常成功,經40年冷戰,不費一兵一卒,蘇聯自動解體。二戰後的日本受美國軍事保護,根本不太可能對美國構成很大真正威脅,但美國仍不放過日本,當日本汽車和電器業在七八十年代急速崛起時,美國貿赤日趨嚴重,就即馬上出手,在1985年與英國、西德、法國和日本達成廣場協議(Plaza Accord),迫使日圓在18個月內升值一倍,削弱日本出口競爭力,更把日本經濟推向泡沫化,到1990年正式爆破,至今仍未完全復原!
一般說法是美國對任何挑戰者的警戒線約為美國GDP規模的50%左右,但其實此說法有誤。大家用的例子是日本,到了1990年,日本經濟規模確到了約美國GDP的50%,但很多人忘記了美國出手的時間點是早5年的1985年,在日圓大幅升值前,當時日本GDP只約為美國的25%。所以美國認為真正有效的警戒線應為自己GDP的25%,若等到50%,可能已經太遲。
若把這些警戒線放到中國發展時間表上,到了2000年左右,中國GDP已接近美國的25%,本應已是美國出手打擊中國的時候。現今美國喜說中國能夠在2001年加入WTO,全靠美國支持,因此中國經濟發展突飛猛進。事實上,美國在中國入世前,多年來不見得非常支持,反而阻撓重重,每年以最優惠國待遇作為貿易要脅條件。到中國終答應各種開放市場要求後,美國才勉強支持中國入世。
911後沉迷反恐 錯過遏制中國時機
最關鍵的一件事是「911恐襲」,改變了美國外交政策,甚至美國的命運。本來蘇聯解體後,沙特阿拉伯和石油輸出國組織(OPEC)失去軍事靠山,轉投美國懷抱。在當年石油仍非常重要的時代,美國本應再無後顧之憂。但人算不如天算,拉登出身沙特富貴人家,但立志捍衛伊斯蘭,決定投身阿富汗反蘇聯侵略聖戰,接受美國訓練和軍事支持,無形中變成為美國賣命。當戰勝趕走蘇聯後,才恍然發現取而代之的是美國帝國主義,繼續雄霸整個中東,包括沙特。拉登感覺被出賣,所以就反噬美國,計劃了911恐襲,改寫了歷史。
911恐襲震撼美國,必須採取大規模軍事報復行動。此舉本無可厚非,但中東和中亞,尤其阿富汗是出名的英雄塜,多個帝國如英國和蘇聯等,都發現入侵容易退兵難,到發覺時已泥足深陷,難以自拔。至今美國在阿富汗打了近20年,仍處於如此尷尬局面。
到了約2015年,美國才開始夢醒和後悔軍事和外交上過度沉迷於在中東和中亞的所謂反恐戰。他們終於明白恐怖主義只有「干擾能力」(Power to disrupt),但沒有「替代能力」(Power to take over),所以威脅有限。另外,隨着美國頁岩油的發展和數據年代的來臨,中東石油資源的重要性愈來愈低,美國更倍覺中東之戰沒有價值。
最重要的當然是美國終發現錯過了打壓中國崛起的最佳時機!到了2015年,中國名義GDP已逼近美國的50%,按PPP方法計算,甚至有人認為早在2014年,中國已超越美國!
在2015年,資深美國國防部中國專家白邦瑞(Michael Pillsbury)出版了《Hundred-Year Marathon》一書,提出中國有百年挑戰且取代美國霸權的野心,美國必須提防。到了2017年,哈佛Kennedy School前院長Graham Allison出版了更有影響力的《Destined for War:Can America and China escape Thucydides's Trap》,修昔底德陷阱一詞頓然流行起來,其實只是給予過時和危險雙邊鬥爭,零和遊戲一個糖衣毒藥包装。
到了2018年一月,美國國防部更首次在每年威脅評估報告中,把中國提升至第一位,取代之前十多年的伊斯蘭恐怖主義,是非常重要的一次戰略改變。2019年5月,美國國務院(即外交部)時任政策規劃主任(Director of Policy Planning)斯金納(Kiron Skinner,黑人女士),出了一個名為「Letter X」的報告,明顯模仿凱南的「X Article」,同樣建議以圍堵策略對付中國。
但報告太過老實,竟承認中國崛起是美國首次面對非白種人挑戰。意思是即使蘇聯和甚至納粹德國,都只是白人大家庭的自己人之爭,中國人是外族,才是真正最大威脅!我當跟一些美國外交官員討論此事,他們自辯此屬個人觀點,在報告出了之後不久,斯金納已離職。但離職與否有何關係,官方報告中仍存在,抹黑和打壓中國政策仍在執行!
上周文章包括了皮尤研究中心(Pew Research)的一些西方國家人民對中國態度的長期民調圖表,數據顯示在2000年代初,在不少國家,包括美國,對中國有好感的比例仍略高於反感,之後10年反感比例確有緩慢上升趨勢,但真正出現類似非線性急升情况,是到了約2015年後才出現的。美國流行的講法是中國在2012年起,開始走向專制甚至獨裁,踐踏人權,所以西方因正義而產生反感。但此說根本與事實不符,現在對新疆的無稽非殺人種族滅絕指控,也奇怪地堅持中國只從2018起,才突然建造大量集中營。但新疆的恐怖襲擊高峰期在2009年,即使要大力鎮壓,也應在2009年開始,不應在近10年後才開始。
美國對新疆香港立場急轉彎
我認為真正解釋是從911恐襲後,美國一直希望中國支持全球反恐戰,亦長期支持中國的反恐政策。在小布殊年代,甚至曾讓中方到訪古巴的關塔那摩灣(Guantanamo Bay)黑獄,參與偵訊被監禁新疆恐怖分子。此反恐合作維持超過10年,只因美國從2015年後,逐漸認為中國對其威脅更大,才突然改變對中國新疆政策的說法,由支持改為抨擊,美國傳媒亦樂於順從宣傳此充滿虛偽和種族主義的謊言,廣大西方人民亦逐漸被洗腦。我相信大家仍記得,在2019年的香港暴亂中,也曾出現類似的急轉彎,由認同中央和香港政府的克制處理手法,突然改為嚴厲批判,並加以所謂制裁。
所以事實是,過去5年,中國發展方向並未有巨大改變,仍然堅持歷史上罕有,美國從未嘗試過的和平崛起,中國人權狀况,仍然不斷改善和進步。在2019年的巨型香港暴亂,政府竟能避免奪走任何性命,簡直是奇迹!
真正改變了的是如夢初醒的美國,等到約2015年,才意會到中國可能將在不久將來,在經濟上超越美國,所以就開始了瘋狂的傳媒抹黑行動,再加上其他貿易和科技戰等等。但他們仍誤解中國,中國發展方向是和平的,固然為中國人帶來美好生活,走向富強,但亦為全球各國製造更多更有利商機。只要美國削減誇張軍費和財赤,連美元霸權也未必馬上消失,因為中國在金融開放上,偏向保守。
中國和平崛起利各國商機
如今中國經濟規模,在未來5至10年內超越美國的大勢已成,除非出現恐怖正面戰爭,或其他意想不到巨變。美國實應回頭是岸,接受芒格(Charlie Munger)和其他智者的意見,不少中國政策是正確的,有利於民和全世界,美國應支持甚至模仿,而非永遠偏見,且嚴重抹黑。此做法損人不利己,最差情况,甚至可帶來世界末日!
今期本答應討論弱媒體對中國的壞影響,但篇幅有限,先解釋清楚美國媒體以至人民,在過去數年,對中國態度突然改變的因由,下周再討論其他。
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【國立臺灣大學 109學年度畢業典禮 貴賓致詞】
Commencement Address, National Taiwan University Commencement 2021
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管校長,羅副校長,各位貴賓,畢業生的家長跟朋友們,還有今天最重要的2021年臺大的畢業生,大家早安、大家好!
首先恭喜你們,今天從全世界最優秀大學之一的臺灣大學畢業了!
在過去幾年,在管校長,以「大學教改」和「國際化」的理念,率領全體師生的努力之下,臺大在全世界的能見度,和各項排名,都有顯著的進步,也讓身為校友的我們倍感光榮。
是不是我們大家一起鼓掌,給自己鼓勵一下好不好!
你們今天剛剛畢業,但是你們已經創造了臺大一項新的紀錄:第一次,沒有傳統畢業典禮的畢業生。這將是你們人生一個非常特別的回憶,也預表了你們未來將會有與眾不同的表現,和非凡的成就。
現在的世界,局勢是在東方跟西方的勢力,彼此對抗而動盪不安。而全世界的經濟活動,也因為科技的突破性創新,而受到很大的影響。不盡理想的、不盡公平的全球化,也將逐漸地變成 全球在地化。而COVID-19肆虐全球的結果,使得臺灣跟全世界,大家的生活型態、社會的結構、經濟活動的節奏都被打亂了,而必須要加以全面的整理跟重新的架構。這當然是一個危機,但是更是一個絕好的機會。所以,將你們迎面而來的,是無數的創新的機會,以及冒險卻令人興奮的全新挑戰。
因為臺灣,這是第一次跟全世界各個國家,同步的站在一個嶄新的共同起跑點上面。所以我要恭喜你們,你們躬逢其會,將要進入一個充滿希望、嶄新的時代。
我是1969年從臺大畢業的,所以我想今天就以我畢業之後的50多年,人生的一些學習和體會,來跟諸位分享,給諸位作個參考。
當我大學畢業的時候,我滿懷抱負,迫不及待地想要大展身手,我當時進入臺灣最大的貿易公司工作,但是我發現我所學的很多東西,只有一些國際貿易的實務跟英文有用,至於其他我所學習到的經營管理的很多知識,恐怕都要等到10年、20年之後,如果我有幸當上高級主管才能派上用場。
更諷刺的是,我是商學系畢業的,但是工作兩年後,我發現我真的不喜歡做商人,我也不喜歡做生意,我有興趣的是做事業。
後來,幸好我有聆聽我心裡面的微弱的聲音,決定踏進自行車業,放棄掉台北最好的貿易公司的金飯碗,而去參加在大甲一個只有38個人的小公司,來追求我的夢想。
那時候許多人認為我腦筋有問題,頭殼壞去,但現在回顧回來,我當時是做了人生一個非常好的決定。
創業的過程飽受艱辛,但是我也學到了很多寶貴的經驗:我首先學到的,是在做事之前,必須要先學做人。
人必須要誠信踏實,不能自私自利,而要利他共好。
要隨時心存感恩,尊重、關切別人。要熱愛這個世界,並且要了解到一個人的能力是有限的,而必須要去建立互信、互助的人際關係;要融入群體、要發揮團隊的精神。
在做事方面,一定要以正面積極的態度,認真努力去工作。 而且不要怕失敗,要勇於接受新的挑戰。因為如果有失敗了,那只是代表說你又更靠近成功一步了。要作中學,學中作,要虛心好奇的終身學習,開拓挑戰、追求卓越。
在這裡,我想要送給大家一個很特別的畢業禮物,就是兩個「成功的錦囊」。
第一個錦囊:不管你做什麼工作,不論你職務的高低,永遠都要站在顧客的立場,來為他們設想,還能做什麼,讓他們能夠得到更多的創新價值。
第二個錦囊:無論作什麼工作,不管你職務的高低,永遠都要站在經營者的角度來為公司設想,要做什麼,才能讓公司更健康,永續經營跟發展。
既使你們把我後面講的很多東西都忘記了,沒關係,但是這個畢業禮物你們一定要記得帶回去,因為這些「同理心」的兩個錦囊,在未來會給你們帶來意想不到的祝福!
其次我體會到,名跟利都是副產品。正產品是你成為什麼樣的人,成就什麼樣的事。當正產品是對的時候,名跟利都自然會來。
所以我鼓勵大家在找工作的時候,不要太計較開始的薪水和待遇。因為事實上,一個新人,在前面三年是很難有大的貢獻的,反過來只是公司發薪水來給你培訓而已。所以選擇一個有意義的行業,找一家你可以學習進步的好公司,這才是重要的。
第三,我學習到 知識不等於智慧。諸位都學有專精,有很多寶貴的知識,但這些知識必須要實際去做才能夠產生經驗,而累積的時候會有不同經驗的反省、學習、跟體會,尤其是從那些失敗的經 驗,才能夠漸漸地凝結成有用的智慧。
我的成長過程分成三段,開始我是一個「I」型的人,我擁有一些經營管理的基本的能力。後來因為工作的需要和我的好奇心,我漸漸地學習到技術開發、製造生產、品牌推廣、全球經營、以及行銷、服務等等寶貴的經驗,這樣漸漸地,我就形成一個「T」型的一個跨界的人才。但是到了我真正找到公司未來的使命跟方向,並且把它跟我的人生目標結合在一起,熱情的、積極去推動的時候,那時候我終於成為一個「十字架」型的一個領導者。
當公司發展得比較穩定之後,我就面臨要如何來替公司規劃願景、使命、定位,跟長期策略。在這個階段,我有一些新的體會:首先,你必須要能夠畫出一個「黃金正三角形」,正三角形是最穩定的,上面是戰略,中間是戰術,下面是戰鬥。先要有正確的戰略,才能衍伸出有效的戰術,再根據這個戰術去貫徹戰鬥的執行。換言之,戰略就是做對的事情,戰術就是對的方法,戰鬥就是用對的方法去把事情做對做好,並且不斷地去持續改善。
想要能夠思考出長期的戰略,就必須要有洞察力。
我很喜歡看地球儀,就是那種在一個架子上面,有一個可以轉動的地球模型。當你把地球轉動的時候,你看到上面每一個地方、每一個國家,它的地理位置、它的自然生態,以及你思考它的歷史的演變跟它的發展,這樣子你就能夠得出一個整體的,跟全方位的一個概念。
在思考長期戰略的時候,很不容易得出一個有突破性的一個創見,它的原因往往是因為「當局者迷」的關係。
所以當我考慮長期戰略的時候,我會把自己設想,好像從一個人造衛星上面,來觀看一個轉動的地球。以宇宙格局的高度,以全球視野的廣度,以歷史演進的長度,這樣子你就能夠以一個「旁觀者清」的姿態和角度,來正面、反面深入思考,這樣子你就可能得到一個突破性的一個解答。「世界的捷安特」跟「全球在地化」的品牌經營—這樣子的策略、願景就是這樣產生的。
另外一種洞察力,是如何推出給人們有創新價值的產品跟服務。這就要時時地站在人文跟科技的十字路口,仔細觀察它們的變化,然後活用科技的進步,為人文潛在的需求,適時地提供最佳的解決方案。捷安特的Cycling世界,就是用這種方法,不斷的推出創新價值的產品。
我們在經營上也有發展出一個特別的理念,那就是「不求第一,要作惟一」。全世界的人這麼多,但沒有兩個人的指紋是一樣的, 所以每一個人都是獨一無二、都是惟一的。可見當上帝造每一個人的時候,祂都有衪特別的計劃,而且也把成功所需要的能力跟要素,已經放在你的心中,等待你取用。所以每一個人不應該只是模仿別人,或者是按照別人的期望來生活,而應該要找出並且發揮自己的天賦,真正做自己,成為惟一,才能夠活出精采的生命。
企業也是一樣,不能隨波逐流,必須要找出什麼才是對的,什麼是合適你的,什麼才是有意義、對這個世界有貢獻的,這個才是惟一。當你精益求精,努力的想要成為惟一的時侯,你才能夠找到真正正確的目標,以及永續生存的價值。如果事事都想為第一,那麼你可能去追求很多不切實際的目標,而被你無法承受的巨大壓力所摧毀。或者,因為不擇手段,最後走上一些錯誤的道路。
在長期追求惟一的過程當中,我也得到兩個重要的體會:當你決心做一件對的事情,而且不屈不撓,勇敢堅持奮鬥的時候,全宇宙的力量都會起來幫助你。另外,把一件有意義的事情,用生命的力量把它作好,你就有可能改變這個世界!
我鼓勵你們,聆聽你們內心深處的微小的聲音,讓它引導你們,去尋找到你們的天賦,了解你們的命定。
不求第一,要作惟一。做你真正的自己,成為惟一。活出你精彩的生命,享受你幸福的人生!
很多人說,生長在臺灣的人,一輩子裡面一定要完成三項挑戰:登玉山、泳渡日月潭、還有騎自行車環島。我覺得這非常有道理。所以我建議大家在畢業以後,在去當兵、就業之前,不妨參加一個自行車環島的旅行團,用九天的時間,仔細的去體會、欣賞寶島臺灣的美好,用自行車的輪胎去親吻,這塊生你長你的美麗大地,就當作是送給你自己的一個畢業禮物吧!
那教授們跟家長們,可能會想說,啊!太可惜了,我畢業的時候沒有騎自行車環島,我現在已經五六十歲了。沒關係,你這個年紀正好來從事人生的壯遊。
我們臺大的校長-管校長,在今年的一月份,就勇敢的完成他夢寐以求的自行車環島的壯遊。我們給管爺一個掌聲好不好?
有人認為臺灣很小、沒有前途,真的是這樣嗎?世界經濟論壇每年都要把全世界的國家的實力做一個調查跟排名。讓我們來看一下臺灣的排名。全世界有235個國家,就面積來講,我們排名第137;就人口來講,第57;就經濟體來講,第21;就整體競爭力來講,排名第11;而創新力,臺灣排名第4。沒錯,臺灣的確不大,但是我們很強,我們可以很有前途!
可預見的,未來的世界將會成為美、歐、亞三區鼎力的這個新局面。就像三個圓圈,各自都以自己的利益為優先,並且彼此長期的競爭、對抗和抵制,但是同時又不得不相互的維持一些必要的連結。而在每一個圈裡面,它將持續的有很多劇烈的改變,就像一個暴風圈一樣。而這三個暴風圈連結在一起,就形成一個所謂完全風暴PERFECT STORM。
最近經濟學人雜誌,把臺灣當作封面,稱臺灣為地球上最危險的地方,但同時又是科技業最關鍵的地方。我個人倒認為,未來臺灣可能是處在一個最有利的地位,就在那三個暴風圈中間的那個颱風眼,也就是這三個圈圈彼此連結交會的中心點。這個地方看起來好像危險,其實是最安全、最有利、又是最關鍵的地方。
當三個暴風圈無可避免的,參與在一個長期的競爭、對抗、跟抵制-這樣一個零和的賽局裡面。那臺灣並不屬於任何一個圈圈,也不需要去參與這些競爭、對抗跟抵制。而可以去想說,我可以在這個關鍵的中心點,替這個世界來提供什麼樣子的創新價值的貢獻。
臺灣過去50年的努力累積了很多技術開發、製造管理、金融資本,社會資源,以及民主法治體制,這些稀有而寶貴的實力。而且如果以全世界作為舞台,那麼,能夠精通中文跟英文、能夠深切的了解東方西方的文化;有專業,又能跨界,謙卑而不自卑,自信而不自大的臺灣人,可能是全世界最優秀的人才。
未來無法被預測,但是可以被創造!30年前,有誰能夠預測到說臺灣會產生世界級的台積電跟捷安特?
台積電秉持著作惟一的理念,以全球晶圓代工的戰略,厚植實力,打造了優質高效的供應鏈,把臺灣變成一個科技島。以臺灣為核心,轉動引領全世界的半導體市場。
捷安特也秉持著作惟一的理念,以世界的捷安特,全球在地化的品牌戰略,帶領A-Team把臺灣變成全世界高級車的中心,又積極的推動Cycling的新文化,把臺灣發展成一個自行車島,以臺灣為核心,轉動引領全世界自行車的市場。
在這裡我也期許我們臺大,也能夠以作惟一這樣子的理念,轉動引領世界,變成全世界最優秀人才培養的最佳搖籃。
未來的50年,臺灣將迎來前所未有最大的機運!所以臺灣是不是應該要脫離過去單純競爭的心態,而來積極的謀求長期的未來生存之道,或者更進一步要問自己:臺灣可以為世界貢獻些什麼?臺灣不應該只是消極的「根留臺灣」,而應該更主動積極的「放眼全球、立足亞太、深根臺灣」。
臺灣過去的50年,那是一個非常艱辛跟特別的階段。很慶幸的,臺灣在那個階段裡面,是屬於勝利的這一組。
現在是應該到了必須要了解過去、深入現在、策劃未來,這個重要關鍵的時刻。要如何的以宇宙格局的高度、以全球視野的廣度、以及歷史演進的長度,衡外情,量己力,來為臺灣重新的定位,重新畫一個正確的戰略、戰術、戰鬥的黃金三角形。讓臺灣能夠真正發揮自己的長處,能夠打造創新價值的優勢,成為惟一、做Only One!要能夠創造一個更安全、更廣闊、更興盛-全新的藍海。臺灣必須要成為世界的好公民,繼續的為全世界做更多、更好的貢獻!
2021的畢業生們,在你們當中有未來國家的領導人、有全球企業的創造者、有在社會各行各業、方方面面的核心人才,所以臺灣未來50年的未來,就掌握在你們手中了。
最後,我想用一位著名科學家的名言來作結尾: Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. 人生就像騎自行車,要保持你平衡最好的方法,就是繼續不斷地向前進。
你知道這是誰的名言嗎? 沒錯,就是愛因斯坦!
2021的畢業生們,請你騎上你人生的自行車,勇敢的向前邁進,去開創你獨一無二、精彩無比的新生命跟未來。再一次,恭喜你們,並且祝福你們每一位,將來都能夠有健康、幸福、精彩跟有意義的人生!
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President Kuan, Executive Vice President Luo, Distinguished guests, family, friends, and most importantly, the graduating class of 2021, good morning!
First of all, congratulations! Today, you are graduating from one of the best universities in the world – National Taiwan University!
Over the last few years, President Kuan led the university forward with his vision of “educational reform” and internationalization”. Together with all the faculty and students, NTU has made significant progress in both ranking and global visibility, making us, alumni, extremely proud.
I think we deserve to give ourselves a round of applause!
You are the graduating class of 2021 and already, you have set a new record for NTU: For the first time, there will not be a traditional graduation ceremony. Let this be a very special memory of your life and a sign of the difference you will make in your future with extraordinary achievements.
The world is now in a volatile state where the East and the West are confronting each other. The world’s economic activities are also greatly affected by the breakthrough and innovations in technology. The less-than-ideal and less-than fair globalization will gradually become global localization. And as a result of COVID-19, Taiwan and the rest of the world’s lifestyle, social structure, and economy have been disrupted, and must be comprehensively reorganized and restructured. This is certainly a crisis, but in the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity. So, what lies before you are countless opportunities for innovation, and exciting new challenges.
Because, for the first time, Taiwan is standing with the rest of the world on a new race-track. Therefore, I would like to congratulate you, you are entering a new era full of hope.
I graduated from NTU in 1969. It has been more than 50 years and today, I would like to share some of my life experiences and insights.
When I graduated from college, I was filled with ambition. I couldn’t wait to make my mark. I joined one of the largest trading companies in Taiwan, where I quickly realized the only materials I learned in school that came in handy are a little bit of international trade practices and English. Much of what I had learned about business management would only be relevant 10 or 20 years down the road, if I was lucky enough to become a senior executive.
What’s even more ironic is that I graduated with a degree in business, but after working for 2 years, I realize I really don’t like being a businessman, and I don’t like doing business. What I am actually interested in is building an enterprise.
Fortunately, I chose to listen to the faint voice in my heart and decided to enter the bicycle industry. I left my position at the best trading company in Taipei to join a small company with only 38 employees in Dajia to pursue my dream.
At the time, many people thought I must’ve broken my skull and gone crazy, but looking back, I have made a great decision in my life.
The process of starting my own enterprise has been very difficult, but I have learned many valuable lessons. The first thing I learned is that before you can do anything else, you have to learn to be a person of good character.
We must be honest, down to earth, selfless, self-serving, and altruistic for the common good.
Be grateful, respectful and caring at all times. To love the world and to understand that one person’s ability is limited and that is necessary to build interpersonal relationships of mutual trust and support; to be part of a group and to play as a team.
When it comes to work, you must work hard with a positive attitude. And don’t be afraid to fail, be brave enough to accept new challenges. Because every time you fail, it just means you are one step closer to success. Learning is an active process. We learn by doing. We must stay open-minded and curious, aspiring to lifelong learning; to explore challenges and pursue excellence.
Here I would like to give everyone a special graduation gift, which are my two tips for success:
First, always put yourself in the customer’s shoes, regardless of what you’re doing or what kind of job title you hold. Think for them, think about what else you can do to create more value for the customers.
Second, regardless of what you’re doing or what kind of job title you hold, always think about the company from the proprietor’s point of view; what can we do to build a healthier company that’s sustainable.
Even if you are going to forget everything I say later, that’ ok. Just remember to take your graduation gift at heart, because these two tips on “empathy “are sure to bring you unexpected blessings in the future!
Later on, I realized that fame and money are merely byproducts. The real product is you, what kind of person you have become and what have you achieved. When the real product is identified, fame and money will come naturally.
So I encourage you, when you look for a job, don’t be too concerned about the starting salary and benefits. Because as a matter of fact, as a newcomer, it is very difficult to make a big contribution in the first three years, so really the company is paying to give you training instead. So choose a meaningful industry and find a good company where you can improve and grow, that’s what’s important.
Thirdly, I learned that knowledge is not the same as wisdom. All of you have learned a lot and have a lot of valuable knowledge, but this knowledge must be practiced in order to produce experience, and in the process of accumulation, there will be different experiences of reflection, learning and empathy, especially from failure, slowly and surely all these experiences will be condensed into useful wisdom.
My personal development can be divided into three stages. I began as a I-shaped person with some basic skills in business management. Later on, due to my job and curiosity, I gained respected experience in technology development, manufacturing, branding, global marketing, and service and thus gradually becoming a T-shape multidisciplinary professional.
However, when I combined the future mission and direction of the company with my life goals, promoting it enthusiastically and actively, that is when I finally became a X-shape transdisciplinary leader.
Once the company became more stable, I was faced with the challenge of planning the vision, mission, positioning, and long-term strategy for the company. At this stage, I had some new insights.
First, you must be able to draw a “golden triangle”, an equilateral triangle is the most stable shape with strategy on top, tactics in the middle, and operations at the bottom. In other words, the strategy is to do the right thing, the tactics is the using the right methods, and operations is using the right methods to excel on doing the right things while constantly improving them.
To develop long-term strategies, it is necessary to have insight.
I enjoy looking at the globe, yes, the spherical model of Earth that sits on a stand and can be rotated. When you rotate the globe, you can see every place and country on it, its geographical location, its natural ecology, and you can think about its historical evolution and development, so that you can come up with an overall comprehensive concept.
When thinking about long-term strategy, it is not easy to come up with a groundbreaking idea, because “men are often blind in their own cause”
Therefore, when I think about long-term strategy, I imagine myself as if I were looking at a rotating Earth from a man-made satellite. With the height of the universe, the breadth of global vision and the length of historical evolution, you will be able think about it from the perspective of an observer, and then you may have a breakthrough. This is how the strategy and vision of “GIANT for the World” and “glocalization” brand management came about.
Another kind of insight is how to introduce the products and services to create additional value to people. This requires standing at the crossroads of humanity and technology, observing their changes carefully, and then using technological advances to provide the best solutions for the potential needs of humanity in a timely manner. This is how GIANT’s Cycling World continues to introduce innovative values to its products.
We have also developed a special philosophy in our business, which is “don’t be the first one, be the only one”. There are so many people in the world, but no two people share the same fingerprints, making each person unique and one of a kind. God created each person with purpose and has gifted us with the abilities and elements needed for success. All of which is in your heart, waiting for you to take them. Therefore, we should not just follow each other’s footstep or live under the expectations of someone else. Instead, we should find and give reigns to our talents, to truly be ourselves, to become the only one and live a brilliant life.
The same applies to businesses, you can’t just go with the flow, we must find what is right and suitable and what is meaningful and contributive to the world, this is what it means to be the only one. When you strive for excellence and strive to be the only one, you will find the right goals and the value of sustainability. If you try to be first in everything, you may pursue many unrealistic goals and either be destroyed by unbearable pressure or resort to doing whatever it takes, and end up on the wrong path.
I have learned two important lessons in my long quest to be the “only one”. When you are determined to do the right thing and you are unyielding and persistent in your struggle, the power of the universe will rise up and help you. In addition, if you do something meaningful and do it well with the power of life, you may change the world.
I urge you to listen to the small voice deep within you and let it guide you to find your talents and understand your destiny.
Do not seek to be the first but to be the only. Be true to yourself and be the only one. Live your life to the fullest and enjoy your life to the fullest!
Many people say that growing up in Taiwan, you must complete three challenges in your lifetime: climb to the top of Jade Mountain, swim across Sun Moon Lake, and ride a bike around the island. I think this is very true. Therefore, I suggest that after graduation, before you go to the military or get a job, you might as well join a bicycle tour around the island and spend nine days to carefully experience and appreciate the beauty of Taiwan. As a graduation gift to yourself, let the tires kiss the beautiful land where you were born and raised.
All the professors and parents must be thinking in regret, “Ah! Too bad! I didn’t ride my bike around the island when I graduated and now I’m already in my 50s and 60s…” But that’s okay! You are actually at the perfect age to start your adventurous life.
Our President of NTU, President Kuan bravely completed his dream bike tour around the island in January this year. Let’s give President Kuan a round of applause!
Some people think that Taiwan is small and has no future. Every year, the World Economic Forum conducts a survey and ranking of the strength of countries around the world. Let’s take a look at Taiwan’s ranking. There are 235 countries in the world and we rank 137th in terms of landmass, 57th in terms of population, 21st in terms of economy, 11th in terms of overall competitiveness, and 4th in terms of innovation. It’s true that Taiwan is not big, but we are strong and we have a promising future.
In the foreseeable future there will become a new situation in which the United States, Europe and Asia will be the three focal regions. Just like three circles, each of which prioritizes its own interests and is in long-term competition, confrontation and resistance, but at the same time has to maintain some necessary links with each other. And in each circle, drastic changes will be endless, just like a storm circle. These three storm circles are linked together to form a so-called PERFECT STORM.
The Economist magazine recently featured Taiwan on its cover, calling it the most dangerous place on earth, but at the same time the most critical place for the technology industry. Personally, I think that Taiwan may be in the most favorable position in the future, right in the middle of the three storm circles, the eye of the typhoon, which is the center point where these three circles are connected. This place seems dangerous, but in fact it is the safest, most favorable, and most critical place.
When the three storm circles are inevitably involved in a long-term competition, confrontation, and boycott - a zero-sum game. Taiwan does not belong to any of these circles, nor does it need to participate in these competitions, confrontations, and boycotts. Instead, situated in this critical position, I should begin to think about what kind of innovative value I can provide to the world.
Taiwan's efforts over the past 50 years have accumulated many rare and valuable strengths in technology development, manufacturing management, financial capital, social resources, and the democratic rule of law system. If the world is our stage, Taiwanese people who are proficient in Chinese and English, who have a deep understanding of Eastern and Western cultures, who are professional, who can cross borders, who are humble but not inferior, and who are confident but not arrogant, may be the best talents in the world.
The future cannot be predicted, but it can be created! 30 years ago, who could have predicted that Taiwan would produce globally renowned TSMC and GIANT?
TSMC is committed to the concept of being the only one, and has built up its strengths with its global foundry strategy, creating a high-quality and efficient supply chain and turning Taiwan into a technology island. With Taiwan as the core, TSMC is leading the worldwide semiconductor market.
GIANT also upholds the concept of "Be the only one" and leads the A-Team to turn Taiwan into the center of the world's premium bikes with the brand strategy of globalization and localization, and actively promotes the new culture of cycling, developing Taiwan into a cycling island and leading the world's cycling market with Taiwan as the core.
Here I also hope that we, NTU, can also lead the world with the concept of being the only one, and become the best cradle for the cultivation of the best talents in the world.
In the next 50 years, Taiwan will have the greatest opportunity ever! Therefore, Taiwan should get rid of the simple competitive mentality of the past and actively seek the long-term survival of the future, or go even further and ask itself: What can Taiwan contribute to the world? Taiwan should not just "secure Taiwan" in a conservative way, but should be more proactive with global outlook and establish a foothold in the Asia Pacific.
The last 50 years, for Taiwan, has been very difficult and significant. Fortunately, Taiwan pulled through and came out as one of the winners.
Now is the crucial moment to understand the past, delve into the present, and plan for the future. We must take the height of the universe, the breadth of our global vision, and the length of historical evolution, weigh the external situation, and measure our own strengths to reposition Taiwan and draw the golden triangle of strategy, tactics, and operations. Taiwan should be able to give full play to its strengths, create innovative value, and become the only one! Taiwan must become a good citizen of the world and continue to make more and better contributions to the world!
Graduates of 2021, among you are the future leaders of the country, the creators of global enterprises, and the core talents in all walks of life, the future is in your hands.
Finally, I would like to conclude with a quote from a famous scientist: Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
Do you know who this quote belongs to? That's right, Einstein!
Graduates of 2021, please get ready for your life adventure, get on your bikes and peddle courageously forward to create your own unique and exciting future. Again, congratulations and best wishes to each and every one of you for a healthy, happy, and meaningful life!
Thank you!
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