11個小時的飛行，下飛機後搭Canda Skyline 到巿區，等待六點多的灰狗，又是15個小時到Banff。
早上九點到，一下車就感覺到冰天雪地的威力，走到hostel卻被告知下午三點才能chech-in。又累又臭，我只想洗個熱水澡。
一個人在巿區亂晃，室外溫度太低，只好躲進麥當當喝杯熱茶。
Banff view
20120227-0308-Vancouver & Banff Canada
11個小時的飛行，下飛機後搭Canda Skyline 到巿區，等待六點多的灰狗，又是15個小時到Banff。
早上九點到，一下車就感覺到冰天雪地的威力，走到hostel卻被告知下午三點才能chech-in。又累又臭，我只想洗個熱水澡。
一個人在巿區亂晃，室外溫度太低，只好躲進麥當當喝杯熱茶。
11個小時的飛行，下飛機後搭Canda Skyline 到巿區，等待六點多的灰狗，又是15個小時到Banff。
早上九點到，一下車就感覺到冰天雪地的威力，走到hostel卻被告知下午三點才能chech-in。又累又臭，我只想洗個熱水澡。
一個人在巿區亂晃，室外溫度太低，只好躲進麥當當喝杯熱茶。
5:3-5
suffering produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us.
「熱情和錢，不知道誰會先燒完？」
是的，這是一條陰屍路，撐得下去，就是你爆人家的腦；撐不過的，就是人家來爆你的腦。
是的，這是一條陰屍路，撐得下去，就是你爆人家的腦；撐不過的，就是人家來爆你的腦。
非常單純的信念
環境是如此複雜
維持單純的信念是如此困難
找到自己快樂的初衷
Linsanity
Forbes
Just Lin, Baby! 10 Lessons Jeremy Lin Can Teach Us Before We Go To Work Monday Morning
Image by Getty Images via @daylife
Lin-sanity has swept up the NBA over the last week. Now it seems like the phenomenon has gone worldwide.
Friday’s 38 point performance by Harvard grad Jeremy Lin for the New York Knicks against the LA Lakers was his greatest performance yet as a starter, since he burst on to the scene and propelled the team to 4 straight wins.
Lin now has over 200,000 followers on Twitter. He’s got over 800,000 on Weibo – including 200,000 new ones in the 24 hour period after beating the Lakers.
But there’s more to this story than basketball. This isn’t just a modern-day, real-life version of the Hoosiers movie. The Jeremy Lin story is incredibly popular because we can all see a little bit of ourselves in this man’s struggles and now successes.
What can all of us learn from this young man — and how can we apply these same lessons to our own lives when we go back to work on Monday morning?
1. Believe in yourself when no one else does.Lin’s only the 4th graduate from Harvard to make it to the NBA. He’s also one of only a handful of Asian-Americans to make it. He was sent by the Knicks to play for their D-League team 3 weeks ago in Erie, PA. He’d already been cut by two other NBA teams before joining the Knicks this year. You’ve got to believe in yourself, even when no one else does.
2. Seize the opportunity when it comes up.Lin got to start for the Knicks because they had to start him. They had too many injuries. Baron Davis was gone. The other point guards were out. Carmelo Anthony was injured. Amare Stoudemire had to leave the team because of a family death. Lin could have squandered the opportunity and we would have never have noticed. But he made the most of it. You never know when opportunities are going to arise in life. Often, they’re when you least expect them. Make the most of them. Don’t fritter them away.
3. Your family will always be there for you, so be there for them. It wasn’t until a few days ago that Lin got his contract guaranteed by the Knicks for the rest of the season. Before that, he could have been cut at any time. He had to sleep on his brother’s couch on the Lower East Side to get by. His family always believed in him and picked him up when he could have gotten down on himself. That made him continue to believe. If you want your family to believe in you like that, you’ve got to be there for them too when they need it.
4. Find the system that works for your style.Lin isn’t Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant. He’s not a pure scorer. He’s a passer and distributor – who can also score very well. It didn’t work for him in Golden State or Houston – where he was before landing at the Knicks. But Mike D’Antoni’s system at the Knicks has been perfect for him to show off his strengths. You’ve got to do your best to understand what your strengths are and then ensure that you’re in a system (a job or organization or industry) that is a good fit for those strengths. Otherwise, people overlook the talents you bring to the table.
5. Don’t overlook talent that might exist around you today on your team. You probably manage people at your own company today. Are you sure you don’t have a Jeremy Lin living among you now? How do you know that “Mike” couldn’t do amazing things if you gave him a new project to run with? How do you know “Sarah” isn’t the right person to take the open job in London that you’ve been talking over with your colleagues? We put people around us in boxes. He’s from Harvard. He’s Asian-American. Not sure he can play. How many assumptions have you made about talent around you? Don’t be like the General Managers in Golden State and Houston, and let talent slip through your fingers. With all their money, scouts, and testing, they didn’t have a clue what they had in their hands. Do you know what your people (or even yourself) is really capable of? Take off the blinders of assumptions you wear when you look at the world.
6. People will love you for being an original, not trying to be someone else. You’ve got to be you. You can’t be some 2nd rate copy of Michael Jordan. There will never be another Michael Jordan. Just be Jeremy Lin — yourself. Whatever that is. That doesn’t mean you don’t work hard — it just means you find what you’re good at and do it. Fans will love you for being you, just like they love Jeremy Lin. Judy Garland said it best:
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
7. Stay humble. If you one day are lucky enough to have newspapers want to put you on the cover in order to sell more, don’t let it get to your head. It’s been remarkable watching how humble Lin remains through all this media frenzy. It makes his teammates and fans love him that much more.
8. When you make others around you look good, they will love you forever. I didn’t know how good Tyson Chandler was, until I saw him playing with Jeremy Lin. Lin has set Chandler up many times over the last week for easy dunks because he drew the defense and then passed the ball. That’s partly why the Knicks are playing so well. They are all working harder to share the ball with others. And it’s beautiful to watch. And when the media swarms Lin, he tells them how good his teammates are. Do the same with your peers and reports.
9. Never forget about the importance of luck or fate in life. Some people believe in God, some in destiny, some in luck. Whatever you believe in, be grateful for it.
10. Work your butt off. Lin couldn’t have seized his opportunity if he hadn’t worked like crazy for years perfecting his skills. There are no short cuts to hard work. Success is a by product of that. If you’ve got a Tiger Mom who’s always pushed you to work hard, great. If not, let your conscience be your own Tiger Mom! Get up early, stay up late. Nobody gave Lin any free passes. Why should you get any? You can only control what you control and that means you’ve got to work harder than anyone else you know.
I hope the Lin-sanity continues. And I hope we all can apply these lessons to our own work and family life.
There’s a great line from a New York Times article on Lin and his faith which is worth it for all of us to remember (from Romans 5:3-5):
suffering produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us.
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
suffering produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us.
正氣歌並序 by 文天祥
下則為河嶽，上則為日星。
於人曰浩然，沛乎塞蒼冥。
皇路當清夷，含和吐明庭。
時窮節乃見，一一垂丹青。
在齊太史簡，在晉董狐筆。
在秦張良椎，在漢蘇武節。
為嚴將軍頭，為嵇侍中血。
為張睢陽齒，為顏常山舌。
或為遼東帽，清操厲冰雪。
或為出師表，鬼神泣壯烈。
或為渡江楫，慷慨吞胡羯。
或為擊賊笏，逆豎頭破裂。
是氣所磅礡，凜烈萬古存。
當其貫日月，生死安足論。
地維賴以立，天柱賴以尊。
三綱實繫命，道義為之根。
嗟予遘陽九，隸也實不力。
楚囚纓其冠，傳車送窮北。
鼎鑊甘如飴，求之不可得。
陰房闃鬼火，春院閟天黑。
牛驥同一皂，雞棲鳳凰食。
一朝蒙霧露，分作溝中瘠。
如此再寒暑，百沴自辟易。
哀哉沮洳場，為我安樂國。
豈有他繆巧，陰陽不能賊。
顧此耿耿在，仰視浮雲白。
悠悠我心悲，蒼天曷有極！
哲人日已遠，典型在夙昔。
風簷展書讀，古道照顏色。
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