A wonderful biography of characters. Using a double-line structure and cross-narrative approach, on the one hand, it reviews how Bill Gates went to success, and on the other hand answers the question of where a person should go after becoming famous.
In the film, Gates has a wide mouth like a frog, and when he smiles, he looks happy and innocent like a big child. Of course, we know that in fact this BOY scheming is not simple. His own talent is different, the blessing of an elite family, a strong enterprising spirit and a judgment of the situation, all of which are indispensable to create a god-level figure in the 1990s.
If you list them one by one, you can probably outline the following portrait for Gates:
About talent
Melinda's evaluation is warm and soft, with a strong interest in things. My head is so complicated, I'm always thinking about a lot of things.
The weirdo in the eyes of my sister, the otaku, the room is a mess all day after reading. Likes to think while nibbling on pencils (now this habit of nibbling pencils has become nibbling on temples).
In the eyes of his work partners or friends, he reads 150 pages per hour, and the key is to be able to write down 90% of the content. The brain is like a CPU, which can handle extremely complex things; I like to learn very much, but I have never seen someone as enthusiastic as him; it can handle many complex problems, and the more complex the problem, the more competent it is. Can combine ideas in ways that others can't see, very thoughtful.
Interested in many things, but will first think about how to build the structure, and then will start to put information.
If he wants to learn about a new field, he reads books. He likes to gain insight and understand complex things. Many people are too lazy to do this. Most people just want one paragraph, one sentence, one tweet, right. (yes, you're right)
The annual contemplation week, away from the crowd, reading and thinking. Calm yourself down and write the question down. This is his CPU time. Write down something to think about. When will the low interest rate end, how to do safety testing, whether to read relevant books, who to talk to…
About family and mom
Comes from a wealthy family (though, no richer than Gates).
My mother is an outstanding professional woman with super aura. In some workplaces, she is the only woman among a bunch of men. Her influence runs through Bill Gates' life and is his signpost, and the values continue and develop in Bill Gates.
Caring about Gates' daily life inspired his interest in things.
In the early days, Microsoft was Gates' right-hand man, handling chores for him, making him consider becoming a community contributor, and teaching him to give back to society.
Special attention is paid to cultivating his communication, and creating opportunities also forces him to go out and communicate with people. Melinda once wondered, the foundation is named after our common name, why does everyone only mention Bill Gates when talking about the foundation? Gates' answer to this is that you have to choose whether to stay behind the scenes or speak up - which shows how visionary Gates' mother is.
There is a desire to give back to society and equality, and there are values about success that are indirectly passed on to children.
about friends
There is no such thing as starting a business on your own, but you must look for like-minded and passionate partners.
The mother introduced Buffett to meet him, and the two cherished each other. "Good friends make you a better person."
How the richest man behaves
Each of the three episodes is about a project of the Gates Foundation. From water purification systems, to polio to clean energy impacting the future. The basic process is that at the beginning, a report that I saw by chance attracted attention to a certain thing. If so many people died of diarrhea, this is something that can be avoided in principle as long as there is a water purification system. Or feel the same way, their children grow up happily and healthily, but there are such a group of children who suffer from polio because they are not vaccinated.
With the problem to be solved, the next step is to find the problem point, then find a solution, and then implement it. The most important things in this process are money, smart and efficient people, and willpower.
As the richest man in the past, of course, he is not short of money, and he can use his influence to raise more money. But when you have money, you will find that there are problems in this world that cannot be solved by spending money (in fact, this is normal, isn't it). Even some solutions are too expensive. 50,000 yuan for a toilet is not unaffordable, but it is not realistic and sustainable, and must not exceed 500 yuan. Then find suitable production partners all over the world to reduce costs.
- How do you feel when you are depressed, how do you think when you are in trouble? How do I solve a problem raised on the whiteboard?
It's not about whether it's difficult to revolve around the problem, but to ask, why is it ineffective? What plan have you tried? What can't you try?
——How to adjust the huge setback?
Will take a step back and try to be objective.
—— When encountering difficulties, should you give up or try harder?
Usually choose to try harder.
- What if something goes wrong?
Then learn and know why it doesn't work. Thinking like an engineer, the uncertainty of human behavior can be daunting - when everything is in place, the two countries start a trade war, how can you handle it?
In short, do it if it has to be done. Like Buffett's attitude to the foundation on polio. With great responsibility, optimistic and never give up.
About the future
The third episode focuses on the issue of global warming. Unlike the regional problem of polio in the water purification system, this is a problem that affects the fate of all mankind.
Thinking about nuclear energy is more agreeable. Nuclear power is seen as the beast of the energy world because of its dire consequences, but what if it was tamed? Is it better to put the beast in a cage out of fear, or to find a way to solve it? Is it a choice to give up or with the introduction of technology, the safety of nuclear energy for my use becomes possible.
These are two paths that lead to different outcomes. Interestingly, the same is true for the attitude towards Earth. The party represented by Musk is working hard to "terraform Mars and migrate humans to Mars". Gates and the others are adhering to the fact that it is impossible for people to leave the earth, and what needs to be done is to repair in all aspects, and repair the earth wherever it is damaged: since the greenhouse effect is caused by emissions, then change the way of emissions. Of course, this requires innovation in many areas. This question is not simple.
However, for Gates, "innovating the basic business is the only thing I am committed to." So I like to challenge the extremely difficult and risky things.
Maybe in the impression of some people in developing countries, is it too vain to talk about climate warming and clean energy all day long without doing a good job in the economy? But from a strategic point of view, planning ahead and staying in the moment are not contradictory. It doesn’t mean that there is a problem to solve it. And many people may not realize that environmental protection does not only mean using less plastic products, sorting garbage, saving resources and eating less meat. It is not a charity, but a green innovation, and information about the industrial revolution. Like the revolution, it brings scientific exploration and breakthroughs, which will promote the upgrading of the industry and create new employment opportunities. So where is the conflict with development?
About values
It involves the question of how to use the money in the future.
One is spending money like revenge. Of course, money is spent how you want to spend it. At most, others think that you have poor taste, but you will not criticize or kidnap morally. There are still so many people who can’t eat enough, why don’t you donate money?
But there will always be people who will use part of the money they earn to benefit others. To put it simply, it is to give back to the society. Money is just a handy tool here. In fact, as long as you have this heart, there are many ways to achieve it. The so-called rich and powerful contribution, even if you have no money or power to have this belief.
For Westerners to donate money to charity, there is a popular saying that the wealthy are doing this to avoid tax. Tax is a very complicated thing I don't understand, but if it is famous and beneficial for the rich, I have never seen the rich do it, at least the down payment after the great President Trump and Gates. Zos has never done it or is not very keen on doing it, do they not know this way or is it not good enough or it is more noble and not famous?
In fact, the idea of giving back comes from a simple truth of Western Christianity: "Before the throne of God, we will eventually be judged, and the reason for his judgment is not what we ate or who we met in our lifetime. It's who we've helped and how we've helped them. As long as we've helped someone who is in trouble in our lives, we've fallen into the grace of God."
Therefore, when it comes to motivational skepticism, you need to ask yourself whether you believe in this kind of value, whether you believe that someone believes in and implements this kind of value, and whether the person involved is driven by the value, really don’t make an assertion across the mountains. Negative is good.
Generally speaking, as a documentary, it is not necessarily a taboo for His Holiness, but people also do not tell the truth about their own affairs, nor do they write confessions. But try to show yourself as level as possible. One of the ways to bring people closer is to make him human, and "the hardest day of my life?" was the death of his mother. Although mentally prepared, it is still difficult to accept. It was raining heavily, and my mother was gone, not anymore. To maximize empathy, the audience will not be moved. Secondly, I also show that I have a difficult road under my feet, which makes people feel that the richest man also has troubles, and there are things that make money unfair.
Indeed, life is not easy, the little people are running for their livelihoods, and the big people are worrying about human beings. There are great difficulties.
The same is that there are countless problems to be solved and overcome. The richest man is rich, but there are problems in this world that cannot be solved by money, and there may be as many problems as those that can be solved by money. So everyone's predicament is the same. From a certain point of view, success is to solve the difficulties one by one, kick out the obstacles one by one, fight monsters and upgrade to the top.
After reaching the top? Is the rapids brave to retreat to the world? Wait until the day Lian Po is old, some people are destined to ride the wind and waves to fight for their whole life.
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