As the saying goes: In your 10s, you focus on your intelligence, in your 20s, you focus on your physical strength, in your 30s, you focus on professionalism, in your 40s, you focus on connections... I don’t know what you should focus on when you get older, but after that When you turn 60, you will definitely have to work hard again. Living is more important than anything else, haha.
When it comes to personal connections, everyone now believes that it is becoming more and more important. At least most of my friends around me regard expanding their personal connections as an important thing (including myself), and they are just over 30 years old. I have some experience and accumulation at the age of 10, and I still have the physical strength to still have dreams and passion.
When it comes to personal connections, I think of two short stories. The first is that Bill Gates got his first contract from IBM when he was 20 years old. It is said that it was because his mother was an IBM director. She won this landmark contract by recommending Bill to the chairman of IBM. This story is known to everyone in the neighborhood and is often mentioned to prove the importance of personal connections. But I think this matter is not about personal connections but Speaking of nepotism, after all, the old mother is not a real connection.
The second thing is what Mr. Yu Minhong from New Oriental School said, which impressed me deeply. He said that if you want to know how much you are worth today, you should find the three best friends around you. , the average of their income is the income you should receive. Mr. Yu's words are really to the point, and I admire him.
According to some sociological viewpoints, the China we live in is transforming from a society of acquaintances to a society of strangers. The people you meet every day and have a significant impact on your life are strangers (so old people Mom's relationship just proves the importance of acquaintance society). The existence of strangers has increased the importance of personal connections; and the importance of personal connections has also given rise to some new industries, such as various SNS (social networking service) websites, such as "Ruo Neighbor" and "Liao Lia Jia" etc., proposing fresh theories such as “six-dimensional space” or “social banking”.