Feng Tang: Ten Elements of Success

I hate success. First of all, in my world view, "success" is more difficult to define than "love", or the "success" in my definition is too far from the "success" generally defined by society. I know a brother whose only formal job in his life is to be his father's secretary. The formal job lasted less than half a year before my father died. After that, this senior succeeded in doing nothing in the imperial city for 30 years until today. My definition of success is to use one's own material safely, whether it is useful or useless. During the thirty years of this brother's idleness, he drank heavily and wandered around. He wrote two simple books, one called Jade Age, which filled the blank in the study of jade in the Yellow River valley during the China cultural period, and the other called Tea Lantern in Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, which filled the blank in the study of tea lanterns in old kilns in China. As a person, I think he is very successful. Secondly, in my cognition, I don't think success can be learned. People can learn to manage, beg and tell fortune, but they can't succeed. The success of the so-called secular definition involves too many factors, and success cannot be copied.

In the autumn of 20 15, I gave three consecutive speeches in Peking University, Zhejiang University and Wuhan University. Students not only care about how I became an erotic writer (more accurately defined as a scientific erotic writer), but also seem to care more about my legendary small courtyard in Houtan, my ranking on the rich list of writers, and my achievements in establishing the largest medical group in China. In other words, students are more concerned about the success of the secular definition. In desperation, under the attack of occupational diseases, I am reluctant to do so. I still used the framework provided by the ancients in China, and with the ability of induction and summary cultivated by consulting companies, I told my classmates ten factors that I think are the key to success in the world.

One life, two luck, three feng shui, four virtues, five studies, six seven relationships, eight respects, nine friends and ten health preservation.

A life my definition, life is DNA. From a biological point of view, people are never equal. People's IQ, EQ and physical function are largely determined at birth, and it is useful to work hard the day after tomorrow, but nature precedes the day after tomorrow and nature is greater than the day after tomorrow. Exaggerated, Pig Bajie couldn't be the Monkey King no matter how hard he tried, and the Monkey King couldn't be Tang Priest no matter how hard he practiced.

Second luck. According to my definition, luck is timing. If famous people such as Bai Qi and Wu Qi were born in Ningshi, they would open chicken farms, cook sushi and kill chickens and fish every day. If Liu Yong and Li Hesheng are in wartime, they are worthless private soldiers and will be caught back on the way of desertion.

Three feng shui. My definition, feng shui is orientation. If a person stays in a place for more than ten years before he is twenty, this place is his hometown forever. Stomach, taste buds, beauty, expression, accent and so on are all defined by this place, and it is difficult to change afterwards. If Yu Hua had been born in Beijing, he could not have written Crying in the Drizzle, which was wet and cold. In Beijing, no one shouted except traveling and selling goods. The streets are so wide and the Forbidden City is so big that no one will be so humble as to shout in the rain. If Feng Tang was born in eastern Zhejiang, he could not write Give Me a Girl at the age of eighteen. If he can't help it, he may write a book "Give me an 18-year-old widow".

The product of four virtues. In my definition, virtue means not doing anything that harms others and does not benefit others. I can understand hurting others for self-interest, I can understand hurting others for self-interest, and I don't understand hurting others for self-interest. Think about it carefully, people who do things that harm others and do not benefit themselves must be unable to control their demons. It's hard for demons to control themselves for a long time.

Five readings. If you have talent, you must study; if you don't have talent, you must study more. How many people now spend more time reading books than watching mobile phones every day?

Six. My definition is fame, and the key to success is to be worthy of the name. People can deceive a person for a lifetime and the whole world for a while, but it is difficult for people to deceive the whole world for a lifetime. It's time to be heartbroken and famous. Fame is too early, fame is greater than reality, and under fame, carrying it all day will be exhausting.

Seven stages. Since ancient times, the human world has been a world of looking at faces. A photo has three components: appearance, figure and mental outlook. Good-looking people do take advantage. Facing a beautiful face as porcelain as jade as lotus, although we know that it may be reshaped, slightly reshaped, thanks to cosmetics, there are skeletons under the skin, but human beings will inevitably have evil thoughts and pity. Even if you don't look good, at least keep in good shape. Even if you can't keep a good figure, at least keep your weight. No matter how bad it is, it has no face, no ass and no breasts. At least you should keep your mental outlook and face the world with a smile every morning. When you meet Yang Guifei, you can dance the Hu Xuan like An Lushan.

Eight respects to god. The god I worship is not the ugly golden Buddha that can be seen everywhere, but the starry sky above my head and the true human nature and beast in my heart. Set your own bottom line, don't break through your bottom line just because it's convenient and others don't know.

Make nine friends. According to my definition, a noble person is not a rich person, a powerful person, a person who helps you out when you are in trouble, a person who wakes up like a lighthouse in a dark sea, a person who looks like a crutch after a broken leg, a person who looks like wine when he is very unhappy, and a person who looks like water after a long thirst.

Ten health. From one to nine, you can do it. If you are not healthy, you will be empty. Health preservation is not believing in Chinese medicine, not fasting and chanting Buddha, but living moderately, eating moderately, and sleeping when you should.

Finally, even if it is a secular success, we should realize that this has nothing to do with happiness, and there is no guarantee that people sitting in Lexus will not want to cry.