Li Ka-shing, who only received primary education, dropped out of junior high school.
1928 On July 29th, Li Ka-shing was born in a teacher's home in Beimen Street, Chaoan County, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province. At the age of five, under the guidance of his father Li Yunjing, Li Ka-shing took Confucius and Confucianism as his teachers and entered Guan Hai Temple Primary School.
1July 7, 937, the Japanese invasion of China broke out in an all-round way, and the Japanese bombed Chaozhou on 1938. 1June, 939, Li Ka-shing, who had just entered junior high school, moved to Hong Kong with his family, and the family lived in his uncle Zhuang Jing 'an's home.
Before the age of 30, Li Ka-shing worked nearly 16 hours a day almost all the year round, which is unimaginable and difficult for us to do.
Li Ka-shing has strong self-discipline, insists on studying, listens to the news every morning, understands international information, reads books related to the company's business, and always pays attention to social changes and industry information. Accurate vision comes not only from long-term thinking, but also from continuous accumulation and summary.
Li Ka-shing: Today we must win with knowledge.
"Superman" Li Ka-shing continues to be the richest man in China. It has been 15 years since he surpassed Lee Shau Kee in 1999. His self-made inspirational story has inspired generations and is recognized as the pride of Chinese people all over the world. And he actually only has a primary school education.
"There are countless people in our society who have made great achievements from scratch without a college degree, and the outstanding entrepreneurs among them are even more remarkable. They contribute to society through their own activities, and society rewards them with lofty honors and great wealth. " Li Ka-shing once said.
1938 Japanese bombed Chaozhou, and Li Ka-shing, who had just entered junior high school, moved to Hongkong with his family in June 1939. My family lives in my uncle Zhuang Jing 'an's house. It never rains but it pours. At this point, Li Ka-shing's father Li Yunjing was unfortunately infected with lung disease because of overwork. As the eldest son, Li Ka-shing took care of his father while desperately reviewing his lessons. Father didn't survive that winter, but he gave up and died.
As the eldest son, Li Ka-shing had to finish his studies in tears and go out to work to support his family. After his father's death, Li Ka-shing, aged 65,438+04, was forced to leave his beloved school and resolutely shouldered the burden of supporting his loving mother and raising his siblings.
Li Ka-shing first worked as an apprentice in Zhongnan Watch Company of Uncle Zhuang Jing 'an. After Li Ka-shing arrived here, the first kung fu he learned was to sense motive and play it by ear. He is always the first to arrive at the company and the last to leave every day.
Three years of hard work have passed, and 14-year-old boy has grown into a lean but strong and heroic young man. Li Ka-shing, 17 years old, worked as a salesman in a hardware factory and a plastic belt manufacturing company, and started his marketing career as a "street boy" by Hong Kong people.
"/kloc-started to be a wholesale salesman at the age of 0/7, and realized that it is not easy to make money and life is hard. If people do it for 8 hours, I will do it 16 hours. " Besides being diligent, Li Ka-shing has a keen business mind.
"Smart businessmen can only play the role of business intelligence to the extreme if they have a keen sense of smell. Company bosses who are insensitive and behind closed doors often do nothing. " In his view, it is small businessmen who only pay attention to their small pockets, and big businessmen who pay attention to the world market.
Li Ka-shing admits that he never stops reading books about new technologies and new knowledge, so that he won't be out of touch with the trend of the times because he doesn't know new information. As for knowledge, Li Ka-shing believes that only the content of textbooks, as well as the overall elements such as social experience, civilized culture and the spirit of the times can be competitive. "Knowledge is the capital of the new era, and people in the fifties and sixties can accomplish things by hard work; Today's Hong Kong wants to grab knowledge and win with knowledge. "
Today, Li Ka-shing has been awarded honorary doctorates by more than ten well-known universities, such as Hongkong University, Peking University University and Cambridge University, all of which are well deserved. Perhaps a person with extraordinary ability like Li Ka-shing can't be measured by academic qualifications, so it is meaningless to discuss Li Ka-shing's academic qualifications.
"Before the age of 20, 100% of career success was earned by hard work with both hands; Before the age of 20 to 30, 10% is luck, and 90% is earned by hard work; After that, the proportion of opportunities gradually increased; After the age of 60, luck has almost accounted for 30% to 40%.
"Li Ka-shing summed up his success. In his view, in times of adversity, you should ask yourself whether you have enough conditions." When I am in adversity, I think I have had enough! I believe I can build a reputation because of my diligence and perseverance.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Li Ka-shing.