The fact that women hold up half the sky cannot be ignored. We can see some successful women in any industry. As representatives of our inspirational women, what stories will they bring us? What inspiration will their deeds give us other women? How much bitterness is behind their success?
Listening to Female Inspirational Stories Part I: Idol Yang Lan
Net assets of $7 billion
Yang Lan was listed on the 20 10 Hurun Rich List with a net worth of 7 billion yuan. This celebrity who has interviewed countless celebrities has always maintained her elegance, and her temperament and cultivation have provided an example for women. And her dress is a standard that white-collar women can refer to and imitate. Let's take a look at this elegant and decent woman-Yang Lan.
Chuangshilan jewellery
In an international art activity in Gao, the artistic director of a famous American ballet company deeply attracted Yang Lan's attention. It comes from a emerald blue brooch on her chest, so quiet but moving. When learning that it was originally China's jewel, Yang Lan was shocked and could not calm for a long time. The birth of Lan extended the symbolic meaning of love and glory to the beauty of oriental elements and the design of modern top technology. Then CelineDion from Celine Dion asked her to speak.
Yang Lan: The hardships and failures I have experienced.
My life, like drinking water, is not perfect Some people say that Yang Lan has been doing well, but I just smiled helplessly. I can't explain my hardships and failures to everyone. From 2000 to 2005, I was in this state for five years. This is true both in career and mentality.
1996, I came back from Columbia University. At that time, several major television networks in the United States wanted me to be their photojournalist, covering Asian affairs and Chinese communities in the United States, but I felt that this was still a long way from what I wanted to do. My professional orientation is cultural industry, which is completely different from IT, commerce, finance and industry. When I went to America, I knew I would definitely come back. When I got married, I told Wu Zhi that you already have your own business in America, but I will definitely go back later. You have to think clearly. He said, I'll go back with you. At that time, media reports used the word "resolutely". I think these words are very suitable for him. He seems to have given up something, but I don't need to give up anything.
1997, I didn't work for a whole year, just gave birth to children and took care of them. 1998, I cut my hair short, went to Hong Kong Phoenix Satellite TV and started to work as Yang Lan's studio.
The first person I interviewed was Wang. No matter from the program or life level, she is a woman who has a great shock to me. By doing this program, I really established one thing-I do this program to record the relationship between people and the times, and I hope to record history by interviewing people. I majored in English and minored in international economics in college, but my love for history began in middle school. I am Su Like Dongpo, Roosevelt and Churchill. I have read the book "The Leader" written by Nixon and "Interview with the Man of the World" written by farage for a long time. When I took the college entrance examination, I wanted to apply for the history department most. All these have a subtle influence on my career ideal.
I have cultural ideals, and I think China needs a TV platform with a sense of culture and values. I thought of it and did it. In 2000, I worked in Sunshine TV, producing and broadcasting documentary TV programs.
I made a mistake in business. I am a content-oriented person and don't want to be a channel. It seems that I don't want to be a big business chain. The starting point of my business is to make content and then equip this content with a matching operating mechanism. Wanting a glass of milk is a bit like raising a cow yourself. Because no one sells this cup of milk in the market, you must raise your own cows. But I don't think it's a waste of time. After a long time, you have a certain interest and affection for the cause of raising cattle. Cow means cow. Slowly, you see that there are many people like you on the grassland around you, and they also have their own cows or a group of cows, thus forming an industry.
Of course, I'm a little hard on myself. I studied international economy in college, but it's totally different from being a real enterprise. In order to raise this cow, I did something I didn't completely like, at least I didn't completely love. China is not like the United States. The media system in America is very perfect. You just have to do what you are best at. However, at the end of last century, China's media changed from a rigid system in the past to a gradual opening, which required many vivid mechanisms to operate and grow, so as to have a market and personalized creation. This is the characteristic of this era. Maybe in another 30 years, I won't need to make such a choice.
Wu Zhi encouraged me from the beginning, but for me, the transition from doing programs to doing business was extremely difficult, and I fell down at the beginning. It was Sunshine TV. Now it seems that the impulse of my cultural ideal is far greater than my knowledge level and cognitive level of business and enterprise management.
When Sunshine TV was founded, I was not prepared for business judgment. I built a large TV production center in Hong Kong from the beginning, costing tens of millions, with a lot of original programs, hundreds of hours a year. In fact, this is not in line with market rules. Documentary is a niche market, which is based on the fact that overseas satellite TV cannot fully land. At that time, I should concentrate more on purchasing programs, reduce production costs, and try not to do so much originality and make such a big production center.
This shows my naivety. Doing business was childish at that time. I still remember that Wu Zhi was startled when I showed him around my newly-built production center with great interest. At that time, he told me that I didn't expect you to pull such a big stall and something would happen.
It must have been five years. I'm very tired. The key is that when your business model is wrong, you will get more and more tired and get twice the result with half the effort. Now it seems that the company actually had problems in capital operation at the beginning. Such a company whose income model has not been confirmed by stable sources and practice, listed at once, and then listed with financial statements, which often leads to contradictions between short-term revenue and long-term strategic positioning, which actually brings great trouble to the entire management team and myself.
I cried many times in those years. Wu Zhi knows me, and I have this cultural ideal. In the later period of Sunshine Satellite TV, a series of capital operations were carried out with companies such as Sina and Bertelsmann. Although many people question that he likes capital operation, in fact, he hopes to introduce different partners through capital operation, and at the same time, this satellite TV platform can last a little longer. I understand his painstaking efforts, which actually shows his love for me. I think so, too, so looking back, it's hard for him, really.
Wu Zhi finally persuaded me to give up. He said that cultural ideals can be realized in many ways, but in such an environment, your business model has gone wrong again, and you should learn to give up for the benefit of investors. I didn't want to face and admit it at first, but for three years, it was repeated. I also quarreled with him and complained that he made the wrong business decision. We lived more in Shanghai at that time. Once, at home in Shanghai, he talked to me seriously about it. He said, you are an idealist, but now you must become a realist. You should consider this problem. Your withdrawal is the best responsible way for this cause, for investors and for the existing platform.
His words greatly stimulated me and made me feel that I should have enough courage to face myself. I finally made a decision. In the summer of 2003, I sold Sunshine TV.
I still don't think Sunshine TV is a cultural failure. It is a commercial failure, but it has cultural value. After all, there are various documentary channels and humanities channels of CCTV and local TV stations. It is often ridiculed that it is an individual's business behavior to accomplish what a country should do.
I met Wang Shi at an event at the World Expo last year, and he also took the initiative to chat with me about Sunshine TV. He said that Sunshine TV has its success. It was a groundbreaking thing and the first person to eat crabs. It tried the combination of culture and business. Although it was not successful in business, it pointed out which way to take and which way to take. I am not a person who can't express myself, but after so long, some people still remember what you did, and some people are sure that I feel very warm.
I feel very lucky now. I was only 30 years old when I was a Sunshine TV. I was very young. It doesn't matter if you lose once when you can bear it. Failure at 30 is better than failure at 50. But at that time, this incident made me feel very frustrated, and I didn't even figure it out for the next two or three years. My spiritual victory is to continue working. I find that work is the best way to bring me peace. I continued to do interviews with Yang Lan, and began to be a woman in the world in 2006. Then I had a daughter. Blue jewelry and other businesses.
For the company, this failure is also an opportunity to complete strategic transformation and business adjustment. The company used to be a platform operator. After the sale of Sunshine TV, it became a content provider. But then I gradually saw the direction of the media market: in an era of integrated media, a single media platform can no longer meet the market demand. Both brand promotion and business cooperation need a concept of integrated media. "Integration" has now become a very fashionable view. It should be said that I clearly saw this as a development trend in 2005, and because I didn't have a platform to operate, it became the only business outlet, so we started the transformation of multimedia management and strategy earlier. Now it seems that this prediction is correct.
We currently have three business departments. One is the elite influence community with the brand of Interview with Yang Lan as the core. One is an influential urban white-collar women's community with the brand of "Women in the World" as the core. The third is our new business in recent years-undertaking the production of large-scale activities and concerts in local cities. We are not only producers, but also provide urban culture promotion and three-dimensional publicity behind it as services. This is a fast-growing business of the company. By 20 1 1, such large-scale activities and integrated communication will account for more than half of the company's income. In addition, we also have physical jewelry stores, online film and television drama platforms, credit card development and other related businesses. These businesses are not independent, and they are all tied together with integrated marketing and integrated communication on our network.
The company is developing steadily now, and will have a larger commercial scale by 20 12, which also benefits from my accumulation in these four or five years. Actually, I didn't want to be big either. Maybe Wuzhi is engaged in investment and financing, and sometimes he will pay attention to a capital amplification effect. But I still like to keep my feet on the ground in the media. For me, proper scale and excellent quality are much more important than simple scale. But then I also found that when you set up an organization, it will have its own needs, it will grow and start to have its own desires.
Last year, I celebrated the tenth anniversary of Yang Lan's interview. 10 years ago, Yang Lan was quite smooth, just a good girl. If I saw Yang Lan at that time, I would ask her if she dared to do something challenging or even rebellious. Facts have proved that Yang Lan did this rebellious thing, which is a kind of rebellion against the current system and operation mode of the whole TV industry.
10 years of experience made me start to know myself again. The other day, I took my children to the art gallery. Many folk handicrafts were exhibited, one of which was a model of folk making steamed bread. Print a small fish and a chicken on it, and then cover it on the steamed bread, and the steamed bread will have this mark. I feel that I, Yang Lan, especially don't need to be a model. The so-called model is actually a model word, and I think it is particularly unnecessary to do those things.
My biggest experience in these years is that everyone can come to live in high. I will be myself. My hobby, my personality, and the things in my bones have never changed. I am in charge of my own business and my own projects. I don't need to shape myself according to other people's needs. Of course, over the years, I have become more sophisticated, I know how to protect myself, I have gained more knowledge, I have seen many scenes, and I have become more calm, but in the final analysis, if you can be yourself, all these failed experiences are worth it.
Listening to Female Inspirational Stories Part II: Liz Murray's story was so shocking that it was made into a movie and won a grand prize, a female inspirational story. A girl lives in a homeless family. Her parents are infected with AIDS, but she has no hope of giving up life. She challenged her fate with her meager strength and finally entered the academic hall of Harvard University.
Because both parents were addicted to drugs, Murray began begging at the age of 8, his mother 15 died of AIDS, and his father entered the shelter. Since then, Murray has been sleeping on the street. 17 years old, she decided to return to school and change her destiny. Although she was homeless in her early years, she was full of elegant temperament and sincere temperament. Her persistence, unyielding fate, strong will and continuous progress have inspired thousands of Americans. People see from this girl a spirit of how to overcome difficulties and hardships, a driving force to face life's self-choice.
Some people are born rebellious, and Murray belongs to this type of child. Her parents are addicted to Ke, and almost all the income at home is used by their parents to satisfy their addiction. Murray and his sister were neglected by their parents since childhood, and they lacked food and clothing. But before 15 years old, little Murray didn't have much pursuit, lived a poor life and didn't know what the future would be like. In her opinion, it is good to have a job to support herself when she grows up.
When Murray/Kloc-0 was 0/0 years old, his mother was diagnosed with AIDS. Murray has been taking care of her struggling mother ever since. Murray doesn't want his mother's tragedy to repeat itself, nor does he want to live the same life as his mother. Murray's mother died when she was 15 years old, which made her fall into a nightmare life, but it also woke her up and began to seek her own life path. Murray swore to himself after his mother died that he would change his destiny, not give up the pursuit of life goals as easily as his mother did, but be a useful person to society. Murray saw that there was only one way to change his fate, and that was to go back to school, get an education and get a better education.
Murray finally understood that no matter what, people can't bow to fate. The world keeps running and life goes on, and it will not change because of your loss and depression. Blindly sad will only block the road in front of them and get herself deeper, so she decided to be strong and start a new life.
Murray said in a speech that I am a self-taught child. When I was homeless, no one came to guide me At that time, I would go to the self-help bookstore and steal my favorite books. Of course, today I will forgive myself for my behavior when I was young. In a speech hosted by my boss who stole books, as the keynote speaker, I told him that I think I owe you $25.
Murray said that gratitude should be the first trait in a person's life. I don't know why, since I can remember, gratitude has been deeply contained in my heart. I am where I am today, and I thank all those who have helped me. Secondly, no matter what the environment is, I have my own choice. When I lived in the street, I was thinking about the value of life. I know that when I overcome these obstacles every day, nothing can stop me from reaching my goal.
Of course, in my life, I have complained countless times. I complain that I don't know where to sleep at night. I complain that I have nothing. I complain why I sleep on the street.
Murray said, however, I know I need to change. I have no mother, but I have my own. In the face of life, you can choose resentment or gratitude. I chose to go back to school. I went to school to apply for admission in dirty and smelly clothes, which inspired "inspirational stories of women". I swear to the school that I will try my best to get an A in every subject. The school asked me why I worked so hard. I asked the school, if I work hard, will it change my life?
/kloc-When she was 0/7 years old, Murray finally returned to high school. No one in the school knew that she was a homeless child. In high school, she chose morning classes, afternoon classes, evening classes and independent research classes. She goes to school by subway for an hour every day and has to work to support herself.
Murray said that I made every effort to study, which was my promise to myself. I must fulfill my promise, and soon I became one of the best students in the school. In this process, I feel that life is cruel and I want to back down, but I remember my promise and I can't give up.
Murray unswervingly started her high school life according to her own plan, although she was still short of food and clothing. Murray entered an accelerated class after graduating from high school for two years. Every night, she still sleeps on the street and can only read her homework at the corner of the stairs on the side of the road. But she found the direction of life in reading. She loves reading so much that Murray completed the four-year high school courses in two years, and her grades in every course were above A ... She won the The New York Times Scholarship with the first grade in the whole school and her tenacious experience in overcoming difficulties, and won a scholarship of 65,438+2,000 US dollars. After her story was published in the newspaper, the indifferent new york people were also moved. People donated $200,000 to help Murray go to college.
Murray said that before graduating from high school, my teacher took me and the best students from nine other schools to Harvard campus, standing on the Harvard campus, and I couldn't say a word. This is a surprise and unspeakable moment beyond what you expected. She asked herself again, "What's the difference between these people and me? Why can they study here? Is it fate or because of their origins? Are people's origins really very different? If not born, what made a different life?
Murray decided to apply to Harvard University. She said, I love Harvard University so much that the education here will make people different. In the end, Murray was admitted to Harvard University. When receiving the admission notice, Murray said with joy, I feel that I have wings now and can do what I want.
Murray replied that she felt neither pain nor anger about her childhood situation and the burden her parents brought to her life and spirit. Although her parents got into bad habits, they still love her. When he was very young, he knew that his parents were infected with a terrible disease, and his parents tried to avoid infecting her. Murray said that a person's childhood can't be cut off all his life, and childhood memories will grow with him. It is important to learn the truth of life from past experiences.
Murray said, I love my mother, from beginning to end, from beginning to end, although she takes drugs, although she doesn't take care of her daughter, I have been taking care of her as if she had become my child. Even if you are the worst mother in the world, even if you are an addict in the eyes of the world, mom, I still love you so much. If possible, I am willing to give up everything for the integrity of my family.
Murray's childhood was unfortunate and helpless for her. Where did the child get his strength? Murray said it was love. Although my parents are addicted to drugs, I can still feel their love. My uncle is like a godfather. He cares about me. My classmates at school are also very concerned about me. They became my best friends.
Murray said that a person will accept many things when growing up, but they may not know that no matter what happens, parents will stand with their children. Although I couldn't get the care of my parents when I was a child, just as many parents were busy with their work and neglected the care of their children, I had to face the reality that my parents ignored me, but my parents' love was eternal. I started studying when I was very young. My father often takes me to the library to borrow books. He is a doctoral student in psychology at new york University. He had a good life in his early years, but Du Ping ruined him.
When Murray was in the third grade at Harvard University, her father also became a serious AIDS patient. Murray dropped out of school to take care of him. After his father died, Murray returned to Harvard and got a bachelor's degree in psychology. In 2009, Murray re-entered Harvard University to pursue a doctorate in clinical psychology.
Murray said, I am eager for success. I want to enter Harvard University. I want to get a scholarship from the new york Times and study for myself. I have all these. When I was sitting in the dormitory of Harvard University, I suddenly felt lonely, because despite all this, my mother left me. I realized that if I didn't perform my duties, any success would be a failure. My duty is to be a useful person to society. A person can get a lot in his life, but if he wants to make up for his wounds, he needs to face it squarely. Success is the satisfaction of choice. Even without fame and fortune, a person will succeed.
In response to a reporter's question, "Have you ever slept on the street and wandered around? Do you feel sorry for yourself?" Murray said, "Why should I be sorry? This is my life. I even want to thank it, which makes me have to move forward under any circumstances. I have no retreat, so I can only keep trying to move forward. Why can't I do it?
Murray said that my life has come to this day, and the next step is to serve more people. I am willing to help others, listen to their voices and try my best to help them. This is my life goal, everyone has his life pursuit, and it is important that this pursuit comes from your heart. I will remember what my mother once said to me, life will not stay there waiting for everyone, your life will never be too late, and the road of life is right in front of you, at your feet.
Bosh plays Murray in the film The Storm on Harvard Road. She stayed with Murray for two weeks. She said that Murray is not telling me to cheer up no matter how difficult the situation is, and he is definitely not telling or teaching you to persevere. It's strange to say this, but the purpose of Murray's continuous efforts is just like what she said. She is already very bad, and life has no way out for her, so she will see how bad life will be. This is also one of the values of Murray's story, which is not just a simple inspirational sermon to you.
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