Wake up, knowledge cannot change destiny

The host interviewed an 18-year-old millionaire and asked him how he did it. "Actually, I didn't receive any formal education and stayed at home all the time." Host: "It must be your parents who trained you to be an outstanding talent." No, my parents didn't teach me either. On my 18th birthday, my parents called me over, gave me a bankbook and said: Son, this is the money you have saved in the past few years since you were not in school...

I believe many people have read this Although this joke is a joke, it also tells the truth. Excluding the 9 years of compulsory education, plus the 3 years of high school (the 12-year compulsory education has been hotly debated), the remaining kindergarten and "higher education", if parents want their children to receive a better education If so, spending 1 million is not an exaggeration at all.

Such a high tuition fee will inevitably cause some questions: Is this expense worth the money? Can the knowledge I learned help me earn back the tuition fees?

In fact, a class reunion can tell you the answer to this question. If so, you may wish to recall your class reunion two or three years after graduation. Those classmates who did not study well and entered the society to work hard after graduating from high school seemed to have become bosses later. And those students who were class presidents or class representatives continued their studies after high school, and after finally returning from their studies, they became working-class people. Some even went to work for classmates who had not studied well before.

After the prosperity comes silence, an ordinary class reunion seems to tell us a cruel fact - reading is of no use.

So, those who regard reading as the only way out, wake up, knowledge cannot change destiny.

However, as long as you are willing to lower your goals a little bit, you will actually find that knowledge can improve your life.

1. Knowledge can make people progress, but it is difficult to make people leap forward.

The reason for forming the view that reading is useless is because those people generally hope to improve themselves through knowledge. bring qualitative changes to your life. This has also led to many "high-achieving students" who have high ambitions and low abilities after graduation - I studied hard for more than ten years to earn 100 million, but you want to send me away with a few thousand yuan? After that, he continued to search with his dream of 100 million yuan. In the end, he spent all his living expenses and still couldn't find anyone willing to give him 100 million yuan, so he cried and said that the fairy tales were all lies.

Therefore, I feel that the saying that knowledge changes destiny is somewhat misleading, making those young people always think that getting a diploma is equivalent to getting rich. It is precisely because their goals deviate from reality that they simply cannot discover that knowledge has improved their lives.

To give you an example:

Once upon a time, there was a small remote village where an elderly couple lived. The couple worked diligently till dawn and dusk every day to cultivate their farmland, just for the sake of a better harvest so that they could exchange a few more dollars for their son Tie Zhu, who was far away in Beijing, to study. Tiezhu is the pride of the village. For many years, he has been admitted to Beijing to study at university. The couple's many years of education and education were finally in vain. A few days ago, they received a call from their son. He had just graduated and found a job in Beijing, with a monthly salary of 3,000. It can be said that all hardships have been paid off.

Okay, here comes the story. Those who have a dream of 100 million are probably very disdainful. With a monthly salary of 3,000, it is a blessing after all the hardships, R u kidding me?

But in my opinion, it is indeed a blessing after all the hardships. You may have overlooked Tiezhu's starting point here. From living in a remote rural area to now establishing himself in a first-tier city, it can be regarded as a turning point in his life. Just imagine, can the opportunities in these two places be comparable? Can the knowledge be compared? Tie Zhu may not be able to earn 100 million in the short term, but at least he is on the road to earning 100 million. And these are the changes he brought about through reading and taking exams.

It’s not that knowledge can’t help you earn 100 million, the premise is that you must have 10 million first.

As a recent graduate, you only have 10,000 yuan in your pocket but want to earn 100 million yuan. Isn’t it just a dream? What is the concept of turning 10,000 into 100 million? The rate of return reaches 100%. Sorry, the ratio is too large for me to calculate. Such an unrealistic fate, not to mention that knowledge cannot change it, even if it is gambling, how many times in a row do you have to win? Sorry, the number is too large and I still can’t count it.

Dreams are not impossible to have, but you must first be worthy of them. When you only have 10,000, it is the last word to think about how to make 100,000 first.

Those classmates who graduated earlier than you entered the society and made money earlier than you. It is reasonable to have more wealth than you. Why should you want to make more as soon as you come here? Let’s retrace the path that others have taken in advance.

Life is a long-distance race, and the key to victory is not absolute speed. Don’t worry about the temporary lead of those who start early. As long as you have the acceleration, you will one day surpass them. And knowledge is the accelerator on your life journey.

The temporary lagging behind is just preparation for running faster in the future.

2. Knowledge gives you a reason to work hard

There is a saying that goes like this:

If you have never eaten pork, you have to see a pig running.

This is easy to understand. Although I am not yet capable of eating pork, at least I have seen pigs, and I have a goal to pursue. And knowledge is a tool that allows you to discover all kinds of "pig".

I have personal experience in this regard. In the early days when I had just achieved a monthly income of over 10,000 yuan, I felt that life was quite nourishing. Of course, the most important things like a house and a car were already taken care of by my parents, so I really wanted to buy and eat whatever I wanted at that time. There's no pressure at all.

Later, as the amount of knowledge slowly accumulated, I realized that my original plan was broken. It made me realize that the value of life must not only meet physical needs, but also spiritual needs, and spiritual needs are the real luxuries. What impressed me most was that I applied for the CFA exam. The registration fee was nearly RMB 10,000, and it cost me another RMB 30,000 to sign up for a training course. Only then did I realize that I still have a long way to go on the road to making money. Far away.

These days, the distance between people no longer depends on the bag you carry or the car you drive, but the level of education you receive.

Some people may be confused. You have never seen a limited edition bag. Yes, I don’t know much about Baobao. I only know that an EMBA course at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business costs 500,000 to 600,000 yuan.

Some people are confused again. You have never seen a supercar. Yes, I don’t know much about supercars. I only know that it costs more than 10 million to have lunch with Buffett and learn from it.

I believe that when a person sets his or her goal on the material level, his or her life will have an end. However, if a person puts his or her goal on the spiritual level, mission completed will not appear in his or her world, but will be continued instead.

There is no end to learning, and only continue can match the knowledge that is constantly updated and iterated.

Knowledge cannot change your destiny, but it can change your vision, and your vision changes the situation, but the situation changes your life.

The biggest risk these days is not doing anything. I am most afraid that you will be mediocre, but I comfort myself that being ordinary is valuable.