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Beijing Chestnuts
A Beijing friend visited us yesterday. She brought two bags of roasted chestnuts. We celebrated. Traditionally, chestnuts are roasted in a bed of hot sands, coarse, more like fine gravels. Vendors mix sugar and sands into a roasting pan and … Continue reading
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Happy Year of the Ox
My 4th blog on on Chinese New Year. I reflected back when the years of Rat, Pig, and Dog came. This is a tradition now. A Chinese cycle, similar concept to century, is 60 years. This coming one is the … Continue reading
大业系列之三:体育酒å§
先看基础篇,å†å¾€ä¸‹è¯»ã€‚è®°ä½ï¼šæˆåŠŸä¸åœ¨ç‚¹å,而在执行能力。全世界都能看这åšå¿—ï¼Œä½ èµ¢åœ¨æ›´å¥½åœ°æ‰§è¡Œèƒ½åŠ›ã€‚æ²¡é”™ï¼Œåˆ«å¦„è‡ªè²è–„。å†åŽ»è¯»ä¸€éåŸºç¡€ç¯‡ã€‚å¦‚æžœä½ å‡†å¤‡å¥½äº†ï¼Œä½ ä¸€å®šè¡Œï¼Œä¹Ÿä¸€å®šä¼šèµ¢ã€‚ 什么是Sports Bar?啤酒,下酒èœï¼ˆæ²¹ç‚¸ï¼ŒåœŸè±†ï¼Œå¤§å—肉),大è¥å¹•ç”µè§†ï¼Œå‡ ä¸ªå¤§åŽ…ï¼Œå°çƒã€‚ è¦çƒé—¹ï¼Œä½†èƒ½èŠå¤©ã€‚啤酒è¦å‡‰ï¼Œèœè¦çƒï¼Œæ¤…åè¦èˆ’æœï¼Œç”µè§†è¦çœ‹å¾—到但å¬ä¸åˆ°ã€‚ä¸å¿…低价,但ä¸èƒ½è´µã€‚æœåŠ¡å‘˜è¦æœ‰ä¸ªæ€§ï¼Œæœ‰ç¤¼è²Œï¼ŒåŠ¨ä½œå¿«ï¼Œä¸å¿…美丽,但得å¯çˆ±ã€‚ 是的。这是专对男士的市场,但女性åŒèƒžä¸èƒ½è¢«æŽ’斥在外。å¦å¤–,得有个å–点。这å–点,看个人巧æ€ã€‚我有一招å¯ä¾›å‚考:自助啤酒。 进门æ¯äººå‘一电åå¡ï¼Œå…¥åº§åŽè‡ªå–æ¯åï¼Œè‡ªé€‰é¥®æ–™ï¼Œç»æ¯ä¸€åˆ‡è‡ªåŠ©ã€‚
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大业系列之二:知é’下乡
先看基础篇,å†å¾€ä¸‹è¯»ã€‚è®°ä½ï¼šæˆåŠŸä¸åœ¨ç‚¹å,而在执行能力。全世界都能看这åšå¿—ï¼Œä½ èµ¢åœ¨æ›´å¥½åœ°æ‰§è¡Œèƒ½åŠ›ã€‚æ²¡é”™ï¼Œåˆ«å¦„è‡ªè²è–„。å†åŽ»è¯»ä¸€éåŸºç¡€ç¯‡ã€‚å¦‚æžœä½ å‡†å¤‡å¥½äº†ï¼Œä½ ä¸€å®šè¡Œï¼Œä¹Ÿä¸€å®šä¼šèµ¢ã€‚ å‡è®¾ä½ 有IT的背景,有å调的能力,有点组织能力。ä¸å›½çš„农æ‘ï¼Œæ˜¯ä½ æœ€ä½³çš„ç©ºé—´ã€‚å†œæ‘æ˜¯é›†ä½“共有的资æºï¼Œå¹³å‡æ•™è‚²æ°´å¹³ä½Žï¼Œæ²¡æœ‰ä»€ä¹ˆèµ„讯系统å¯è¨€ï¼Œç”Ÿäº§åŠ›ä½Žã€‚ä»Žå¦ä¸€ä¸ªè§’度看,管ç†ï¼Œç»„织,ITèƒ½å¸¦æ¥æœ€å¤§çš„生产力æå‡çš„空间。美国的农民生产力,是ä¸å›½çš„20å€ã€‚å¦‚æžœä½ æ‰¾åˆ°ä¸€ä¸ªå†œæ‘,æå‡ä»–们的生产力10å€ï¼Œä½ 能赚多少钱? é¦–å…ˆï¼Œå†œæ°‘ä»¬å¾—ä¿¡çš„è¿‡ä½ ã€‚æœ€ç®€å•å°±æ˜¯ä½ çš„åŒä¹¡ã€‚ä¸å›½äººä¹¡åœŸæƒ…æ·±ï¼Œä½ è¯´åŒä¸€ç§ä¹¡éŸ³ï¼Œåˆ†æžç»™ä»–们å¬ï¼Œæ‰èƒ½èµ°ä¸‹ä¸€æ¥ã€‚感情åŠä¿¡ä»»ï¼Œæ˜¯ä¸€åˆ‡çš„基础。 åšä»€ä¹ˆå‘¢ï¼Ÿæœ€ç®€å•çš„æ˜¯äº§é”€é“¾ã€‚ä¸€æ ·çš„ä½œç‰©ï¼Œå†œæ°‘æ‹¿å¤šå°‘ï¼Ÿå¸‚åœºå–多少?ä¸é—´åˆ°å“ªåŽ»äº†ï¼Ÿå¦‚æžœå¥½å¥½ç»è¥ï¼ŒåŽ»æŽ‰ä¸é—´äººï¼Œç¼©çŸäº§é”€é“¾ï¼Œå¤§å®¶éƒ½æœ‰å¥½å¤„。 冿¥æ˜¯ä¸“业化åŠä¸ªæ€§åŒ–。一æ‘ç§ä¸€ç§åº„稼,和全国æ¯ä¸€æ‘都ä¸åŒã€‚这庄稼è¦å¥½å¥½é€‰ï¼šä»¥è‡ªç„¶æ¡ä»¶ä¸ºä¸»ï¼Œå†œæ°‘知识为辅。市场需求和ç»é”€ï¼Œæ˜¯ä¸‹ä¸€æ¥çš„工作。大家ç§å¤§ç±³ï¼Œè¿™æ‘ç§é¦™ç±³ã€‚å¤§å®¶ç§æ¡ƒå,这æ‘ç§æ°´èœœã€‚ 当然最赚钱的是新产å“。农产å“需è¦å‡ å¹´æ‰èƒ½èŽ·åˆ©ï¼Œä¸èƒ½å…¨æ‘一下转ç§ã€‚è¦æœ‰è®¡åˆ’的更新,一亩一亩,一家一家,大家有组织的åšã€‚å‡ å¹´åŽå°±æˆäº†ä¸ªäº§ä¸šã€‚ç„¶åŽå¾€ä¸‹ä¸ªæ‘推行。 比较有é„åŠ›çš„åšæ³•是把整æ‘ç§Ÿä¸‹ï¼Œæ”¹ç§æ–°ä½œç‰©ã€‚现æˆçš„农民,æˆäº†ä½ çš„å‘˜å·¥ã€‚ä»–ä»¬çš„åœ°ï¼Œå°±æ˜¯æ–°çš„å·¥åŽ‚ã€‚åªæ˜¯ä¸åˆ¶é€ ,而是耕作。农民的收入改æˆå·¥èµ„ï¼Œè€Œä¸æ˜¯å–农产å“。既然决定æƒåœ¨ä½ ï¼Œèµ„é‡‘ç”±ä½ å‡ºï¼Œæˆæœ¬é£Žé™©åœ¨ä½ ,将æ¥çš„æ”¶ç›Šä¹Ÿæ˜¯ä½ çš„ã€‚å†œæ°‘æ‹…å¿ƒçš„æ˜¯ä½ å€’äº†è¿™ä¹ˆåŠžï¼Ÿä½ å¿…é¡»ç»™ä»–ä»¬ä¸ªä¿éšœï¼šé“¶è¡Œé‡Œä¸€ç¬”ä¿è¯é‡‘,如果公å¸å€’了,农民ä¸ä¼šä¸€æ— 所有。盈利分红更是激励士气,é™ä½Žæˆæœ¬çš„好办法。 这是个å年大业。没有决心,ä¸è¦è¿›æ¥ã€‚这也是最有æ„义,最赚钱的事业。
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æ°´æµ’ PodCast
其实我是è¦å¦PodCast怎么åšã€‚ä½†ç¬¬ä¸€æ¥æ˜¯è¦æœ‰ææ–™ï¼Œæˆ‘è¿™æ²¡ä»€ä¹ˆåˆ›é€ åŠ›çš„äººï¼ŒåŽ»é‚£é‡Œæ‰¾ææ–™å‘¢ï¼Ÿåœ¨åŒ—京时,买了套评书CD。那时就转æˆMP3,放在iPod里å¬ã€‚想想就用它å§ã€‚自然会考虑产æƒçš„问题。但我的CD还在海上,看ä¸åˆ°è®¸å¯çš„细节。记忆ä¸ï¼Œæ²¡æœ‰ä»»ä½•许å¯ã€‚也就是说,那些CD是我的,如åŒç‰©ç†è´¢äº§ã€‚ç‰æˆ‘拿到CDæ—¶ï¼Œå¦‚æžœæˆ‘æ— æƒåˆ†å¸ƒï¼Œé‚£å°±å¾—把这些撤下喽。 I was to learn the mechanics of podcasting, but having contents appears to be the necessary 1st step and I don’t have any. While I was in Beijing, I bought this audio book and quickly ripped them into MP3 … Continue reading
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æˆå¤§åŠŸï¼Œç«‹å¤§ä¸šï¼Œå‘大财:基础
这系列是我对ä¸å›½è¿™ä»£äººçš„æœŸè®¸ã€‚å°¤å…¶æœ‰é«˜æ ¡èµ„åŽ†ï¼Œåˆåœ¨åŒ—京,上海,深圳的外ä¼åšäº†5å¹´å·¦å³çš„年轻人。会介ç»äº›åˆ›ä¸šçš„观念。我认为æˆåŠŸçŽ‡é¢‡å¤§ï¼Œä½†æ²¡æœ‰ä¸€æ¥ç™»å¤©çš„。 ä½ å¾—æœ‰é«˜æ ¡èµ„åŽ†ï¼Œè‡³å°‘5年工作ç»éªŒï¼Œæœ€å¥½10年包å«2至3年的管ç†ç»éªŒã€‚ä¸ç„¶ä¹Ÿå¾—有å调沟通的能力。 ä½ å¾—æœ‰ç‚¹åˆ›ä¸šå†²åŠ¨ï¼Œä¹Ÿæ„¿æ„åšäº›ç‰ºç‰²ï¼šä¼˜è¶Šçš„å¾…é‡ï¼Œå¤§åŸŽå¸‚的生活,一呼百诺的å¨é£Žï¼Œæ‚ é—²çš„å‡æœŸï¼Œç‰ç‰ã€‚ä¸å¿…也ä¸è¯¥å…¨ä¸¢ï¼Œä½†æ€»è¦èˆå‡ 个。 æ‰¾ä¸€äºŒä¸ªä¼™ä¼´ã€‚è·¯æ˜¯å¾ˆè¿œçš„ï¼Œéœ€è¦æœ‰ä¼´åŒè¡Œã€‚ä¸èƒ½ç”¨é…å¶ï¼Œå¯ä»¥æ˜¯æœ‹å‹ã€‚创业伙伴最é‡è¦çš„æ˜¯èƒ½åŒç”˜å…±è‹¦ã€‚平日留æ„个性相投的人,观察他的为人处事。时间到了,看能ä¸èƒ½å…±è¥„盛举。ä¸è¦è¢«èƒŒæ™¯è´¢åŠ›è¿·æƒ‘ï¼Œé‚£æ˜¯èƒ½è¡¥è¶³çš„ã€‚æ€§æ ¼æ˜¯ä¸å¤§èƒ½æ”¹çš„。 ä¸å›½æ²¡æœ‰å¥å…¨çš„é€€åœºæœºåˆ¶ã€‚åˆ›ä¸šçš„åŽæžœï¼šå€’äº†ï¼Œå–æŽ‰ï¼Œæˆ–ç»§ç»ç›ˆåˆ©ã€‚上市的机会ä¸å¤§ã€‚也就是说,è¦åšå¥½é•¿å¾çš„æ‰“算。å¯ä»¥ä¸€äºŒå¹´æ²¡èµšé’±ï¼Œä¸èƒ½æŠŠå°†æ¥é€€ä¼‘çš„æœ¬èµ”è¿›åŽ»ã€‚è‡ªå·±äººå·²ç»æŠ•å…¥äº†ï¼Œä¸èƒ½æŠŠå®¶äººåœ¨æ‹‰è¿›åŽ»ã€‚ 想好自己的能力,ç»éªŒï¼ŒåŠæ€§æ ¼ã€‚能力是出身,知识,å¦é—®ï¼Œæˆ–è®ç»ƒã€‚ç»éªŒæ˜¯ä¸Šåœºå®žæˆ˜çš„åˆ€ç–¤ã€‚æ€§æ ¼æ˜¯å¾…äººæŽ¥ç‰©çš„é£Žæ ¼ã€‚è¿™äº›æ˜¯åˆ«äººæ— æ³•å–ä»£çš„ï¼Œä¹Ÿæ˜¯ä½ ç«žäº‰çš„æœ¬é’±ã€‚ ä¸å›½äººè®²â€œè°‹å®šè€ŒåŽåЍâ€ã€‚我常告诫年轻人:“æ¦åŠŸæ²¡ç»ƒå¥½ï¼Œä¸€ä¸‹å±±å°±è¢«äººæ€äº†â€ã€‚å†å›žå¤´è¯»ä¸€éï¼Œä½ å‡†å¤‡å¥½æ²¡?
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New Forbidden City
Starting July 20th, Beijing will be an easy to move-around city only for the Olympians. First the most expected: only cars with license plates that are even can drive on the even days, odd plates for odd days. This means, … Continue reading
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To Localize or not, that’s the question
Too many dread the request from headquarters every year or so, “Your term is coming to an end.” What follows is the all-too-common maneuver to renew. As designed, and often so used, the generous bundle of compensation and perks commonly … Continue reading
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Go for Gold
Cross posted at http://blogs.sun.com/syw Humor me. Have a piece of paper and draw the productivity curve of yourself over the next 15 years. Most people’s curve steeply go upward during their younger years (30 to 45) and flattens out as … Continue reading
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