幾年以後，各位將收到哈佛大學盛情邀請你們重返母校參加第五屆校友聚會的一封信。信中會描述校方安排的晚宴菜色和酒會形式，還會刊登一籮筐參加過盛會的歷屆校友拍攝的光鮮照片，他們身上都穿著印有校徽的衣服，臉上都掛滿興奮的笑容。

千萬別去。

1978年，當我準備報考美國伊利諾大學的戲劇電影系時，父親十分反感，他給我列了一個資料：在美國百老匯，每年只有兩百個角色，但卻有五萬人要一起爭奪 這少得可憐的角色。當時我一意孤行，決意登上了去美國的班機，父親和我的關係從此惡化，近二十年間和我說的話不超過一百句！

但是，等我幾年後從電影學院畢業，我終於明白了父親的苦心所在。在美國電影界，一個沒有任何背景的華人要想混出名堂來，談何容易。從1983年起，我經過了六年的漫長而無望的等待，大多數時候都是幫劇組看看器材、做點剪輯助理、劇務之類的雜事。最痛苦的經歷是，曾經拿著一個劇本，兩個星期跑了三十多家公 司，一次次面對別人的白眼和拒絕。

有人問達賴喇嘛：「關於人性，最讓您感到驚訝的是什麼？」

"I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you."

-Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, September 2002
US actress & television talk show host (1954 - )

 

"Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

-- Francis of Assisi, clergyman

 
"It's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
-- Charles Darwin(1809-1882)

 

"There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it."
--George Bernard Shaw, "Man and Superman" 1903, act 4

 

"When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him." --Euripides

“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”

― G.K. Chesterton

“The first thing the intellect does with an object is to class it along with something else. But any object that is infinitely important to us and awakens our devotion feels to us also as if it must be sui generis and unique. Probably a crab would be filled with a sense of personal outrage if it could hear us class it without ado or apology as a crustacean, and thus dispose of it. "I am no such thing," it would say; "I am MYSELF, MYSELF alone.”

― William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience

最須要恐懼的，是恐懼本身 (The only thing we have to fear is fear itself）--Franklin D. Roosevelt

1. “Life is not fair - get used to it.” 

2. “The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.”

3. “You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with car phone, until you earn both.” 

4. “If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.” 

5. “If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.” 

Good for both young generation and "old bone".

「他是我們這個時代思想最歷久彌新的管理學者，」《BusinssWeek》

基本架構 : 召喚→啟程→歷險→回歸

千面的英雄其實都遵循這個架構走，包括現代的電影、漫畫、小說也只是換湯不換藥，簡單來說，英雄是那些能夠了解，接受並進而克服自己命運挑戰的人。

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned so as to  have the life that is wating for us.

就這麼想吧！當有不如意的事情發生，但是不論你多麼的努力，事情似乎都沒有好轉時，就當作是上天賜給你的一個長假。在這段時間裡你可以努力地充實自己，也可以乘機放鬆自己，好好關心在自己身邊的人與事。上天自會安排一切，等這段假期過後，即會出現人生的轉變......
                                                                                 --經典日劇 <悠長假期>

阻礙我們前進的磚牆，不會無緣無故擋在我們前面。這種磚牆存在的目的，不是為了把我們排除在外，而是讓我們有機會證明自己都麼想要一件東西。

Brick walls are there for a reason-they let us prove how badly we want things.

   －Randy Pausch(藍迪˙鮑許)

好策略產生於發現問題解決問題的過程，好的問題通常為關鍵、本質性的問題，化繁為簡分析後方可得(診斷)，明確界定問題後，接下來的任務就是訂定能克服問題的目標(指導方針)，確立目標後，須發展成能確實執行、相互協調不會互相衝突的任務來達成目標(協調一致的行動)，若能解決問題，即為好策略。診斷、指導方針、協調一致的行動於好策略中缺一不可。

-- <好策略 壞策略>

每一個機構，每一個部門每一個崗位都有自己的遊戲規則。不管是明是暗，第一步學會它，不過好多人還沒有走到這一步就已經死了，知道為何？自以為是。第二步，就是在這個遊戲裡面把線頭找出來，學會如何不去犯規，懂得如何在線球裡面玩，這樣才能勉強保持性命。

--電影 <寒戰>