漂亮的鹿角

Heard an inspiring story shared by Edwin Li today.

你知不知道？

從前有一隻鹿，牠的鹿角很漂亮。

有一天牠在湖邊喝水。牠看到湖中，自己的倒影。
牠突然發現：自己的鹿角的很漂亮。

當牠在欣賞自己的鹿角時，突然有一隻獅子從後面撲上來。
那隻鹿可以怎麼樣？
當然是逃跑。

當牠直線跑的時候，速度不及獅子快。
於是，牠在森林，左穿右插，嘗試擺脫獅子。

眼前出現了一塊大石頭。
牠決定跳過去。

牠的腳很長，跳過了。
可是，鹿角卻被頭上的樹枝，纏住了。

獅子從後趕上，把牠吃掉了。

Insight:
I'm just like the deer.
The certificates, master degrees and all those diplomas are my beautiful horns.
When I'm ready to jump over the hurdle and turn a new leaf, they have become my obstacles.
My ugly legs (teaching experience as a tutor) may instead save me.
所以如果我決心專注補習，就要將我的鹿角放下。
家長重視的，不是我的學歷和教學經驗，而是我教唔教到佢哋的小朋友，有冇成績返，進步大唔大。

校長已表明唔會加人工，現時我的人工，和大學畢業生初入行一樣。
最近又開始掙扎搵唔搵工。
其實坐定定，收租、收股息，１日補２—３個鐘，收入都有６萬。
重點係：補習收入比全職教師多好多。
或者係時候好好專注補習了。

But definitely, the horns may grow back.
When my tutorial centre really becomes a success, I'll be too old to embrace the success.
I may not be able to tailor make so many materials for my students.
They'll leave me.

Even if you're a very successful educator, got a lot of awards, have a lot of students, so what?
There's a limit for everything.
Just like swimming. U can be an excellent swimmer, got a lot of awards, but there's a finishing line.
If your target is being the fastest, running may be better.
Even the 100th runner is faster than you.
But most people would stay in the swimming pool and keep swimming.
This is their comfort zone.

But after leaving the pool and become a runner, others may laugh at you:
u r gd at swimming, why on earth do u wanna become a runner?
How can u run faster than the experts?

For most people, after hearing that, they simply go back to their familiar field: quit running, resume swimming.
After jumping into the swimming pool again, they'll never leave the pool anymore.

所以大部份創業的人，最大失敗的原因是走回頭路。

source:
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